• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

SFV - Abigail Reveal Trailer

joe2187

Banned
Final_Fight_Abigail.png


ok

Early arcade concept art

and what was actually in the game

gfs_62768_2_58.jpg


Not very black to me

Guy is darker than him in the game.
 

bethore

Member
You sure haven't kept up with the leaks.

I haven't. I dropped SFV completely months ago shortly after Akuma was released. I didn't even know about Ed until two weeks after he was released. Looked up the leaks and I thought the two last characters could be okay. Don't know enough about Menat and Zeku might be interesting. Guy was one of my favorites in the Alpha series.
 

Village

Member
Akuma's fine, but possibly the most boring choice they could have made.

Kolin is alright.

Ed? Nothing but hatred for his redesign. Not a fan of the weird hold button gameplay either.

I like his design, but I do prefer his story and battle outfit ( his battleoutfit should have just been his outfit imo) I also think kolin is great, I don't think akuma was boring, he was a highly requested character, he fulfilled that.

But if season 2 was a let down for you, I hope you like the rest of it
 

Vandole

Member
Dodging is not gonna be an option for his guy, huh? At any rate, I kind of like him. The game was due for a new super heavyweight and this works for me.
 

Giolon

Member
I like his design, but I do prefer his story and battle outfit ( his battleoutfit should have just been his outfit imo) I also think kolin is great, I don't think akuma was boring, he was a highly requested character, he fulfilled that.

But if season 2 was a let down for you, I hope you like the rest of it

It's true. I totally give Capcom credit for fulfilling that community request.
 

NeonZ

Member
Yeah but they stuck pretty close to the original design on those characters and they weren't quite as irrelevant as Abigail is.

Sodom and Rolento were about as irrelevant as Abigail, aside from having more unique designs. Hugo is just meant to be a generic Andore, so he'd be even more irrelevant.
 

fresquito

Member
A green dude in pants? Fuck Capcom.
A goofy bald indian that stretches limbs? Fuck Capcom.
A fat sumo guy that makes stupid faces? Fuck Capcom.
A muscle bearded russian that dances with Gorbachov? Fuck Capcom.

Thanks god people around here are not in charge, otherwise everythingl would be bros and waifus.
 

megalowho

Member
Respect for being weird I suppose. Not a serious player but nothing in season 2 has made me want to get back into the game again. Had hopes for new characters but they seem b-tier enough that they could have waited until later in the release schedule.
 

Neiteio

Member
I don't play SFV (I struggle with traditional fighting games), but conceptually the character looks great!

I didn't know Abigail could be a man's name, though.
 

Village

Member
I thought Abigail had darker skin? What's going on? This doesn't match the initial SFV design

Abigail.jpg

don't trust the pictures

Akuma's picture doesn't look the same
Ed has an entierly new design, that also different from his story model
Sean has a picture that is different than his story model

everything is open season
 

Zubz

Banned
I still would rather have had Hugo, Hagar, or Poison, but I love this dumb-looking doofus far more than I thought I would. I'm glad he doesn't seem to fill any of their niches (On a plane; haven't seen trailer & going off friend reactions).
 

Village

Member
I like Final Fight but there are more deserving characters from the franchise

Oh trust me, I would trade abigail for maki in like... 2 seconds as far as new Final fight characters to SF ( barring alpha 3 max) goes.

But by law I am obligated to play all final fight characters that show up for a period of time.
 

Neiteio

Member
He legitimately looks incredible in every way. He might be my new favorite SFV character.
Similar to Sentinel in MvC3, super-tall characters really stand out in these games. It's great for visual variety. His animation is top-notch, too.

Also, is this a vintage Final Fight character? That's great, if so.
 
Hm...I like his one move that bonces the opponent off the wall. Also I would like to see his health. He has quite a few armor moves.
 
His default costume is basically hugo's, replacing chains with tires. Maybe his alt costumes will look better, but there's no reason for his default to be that uninspired.

Considering the source of both characters I'm not sure what further liberties they could've taken to differentiate Abigail enough from Hugo while still sticking close to his original design. FF characters never really seemed to have had the luxury that characters like Ken or Guile in SFV got in terms of redesigns.

Abigail being super exaggerated works in his favor of making him stand out from the rest of the cast and from Hugo specifically, for better or for worse imo.

It's also damn hilarious/amazing.
 
Top Bottom