Gameplay wise, this game looks much more interesting than 5. They've packed so much shit in behind the drive system, it's impossible not to be impressed. My favourite thing so far is losing ex meter for playing like a pussy. And the fact that it seems so easy to understand (at least as a spectator) is a marvel.
Still not a fan of the art style though. And I still don't fully trust Capcom's marketing department. So I definitely won't be in on day one
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Rooting for Ending Walker. That Ed looks clean. His reactions are mental.
And anyone playing Menat, because she's probably the most interesting character in this game.
A little like Viper was in SF4... Like, when someone uses her (or Sim for that matter) at this level, you know it will guarantee a show.
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Ren vs Ending Walker was lit too. But that dude Walker is brushing everyone rn.
You had the Tekken 7 finals on recently too, but I missed that somehow.
Atif Butt won apparently. The dominance of the Pakistani FGC in Tekken is a mental thing. The way that group of players came out of the other side of the Covid lockdowns to basically do to the Tekken community, what the Mexican FGC does to KoF, is fascinating.
Especially with the aspersions people cast at Capcom over 'Westernising' SF5 -> 6 mechanics.
A very different game, sure, but the same questions about culture abide. Perhaps even more so than Streetfighter actually, because Tekken, along with Starcraft 2, are basically national sports in Korea.
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There are huge regions who for financial reasons, or political reasons (the Pakistani players really struggle to get travel Visas, and even when they do, they sometimes get turned away in airports) are completely unexplored when it comes to fighting games.
You know there have to be parts of African, South American, and Asian countries that have an amazing local scene, but no way to showcase it.
The Chinese massiv' have come out in force. I think Zhen aced his group, but wasn't paying full attention. Came through the last chance qualifier iirc? His bipson looked better than Problem X, who struggled.
"I didn't get it. BUUUUUUUUUUUT, you fucking do your thing." - Roujin Ninty Code: SW-7904-0771-0996