Hate Speech: The Review

No button config at character select??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Ok I'm done with the question marks. That was the first thing that players of other fighting games would see and be generally impressed with, they shouldn't have changed it.
 
No button config on the CSS makes me go wtf, not sure how you can gear a game towards the competitive community and leave that out. But whatever. I have to be a patient soul and wait till feb 3rd, so right now I'm being distracted by every and any stream/video/fan art out there. Can't wait to get hands on the game.
 
Alright. I liked having a single story mode to cut out the multiple endings (random and stupid more often than not) But from what I've been hearing, mysterious questions remain mysterious questions? Like who's Hilde's baby daddy(and do we really want to know)? Why does Zwei even matter(does he?)? Why has Kilik returned unaged/unchanged/mimicfied? Isn't Viola Amy (just get it over with!)? Where did Taki go again? Cervy's... alive(literally?)? And so we've heard Nightmare has a new body... who?

BUT. The gameplay looks freaking amazing. I'm reminded of that every time I see a gameplay vid. The lighting is beautiful, the online seems so improved, the characters that are there don't disappoint (they even managed to smuggle in Sets...) So no, I will not be disappointed and I'm happy this game exists :)

Besides, now we have plenty of subject matter left over for SC6! ;)
 
I thought you start a round to test the config in tournaments anyway, so button config option in character select is not really necessary?
 
FleshMasher said:
I thought you start a round to test the config in tournaments anyway, so button config option in character select is not really necessary?
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Just because it can be done in game doesn't make an excuse for it not being there. Negative point awarded for negligence. I would extend this to the lack of SCIV's pre character select screen, controller select screen. That was simply a genius idea and SCIV was the first to have it. Additionally, why get rid of the fourth controller config option? I don't even think there is a default option for the SQA, TRI, R1 > EKS, CIR, R2 controller layout, you gotta assign it yourself. (might be wrong on that, don't feel like loading and double checking atm).

Overall Hates, a solid review, but you are way too forgiving for the lack luster presentation in story mode. It's presentation alone was enough to turn two casual preorders into cancellations at the midnight I attended. Plus, didn't Rich say at one point all the answers as to what's been happening in the past seventeen years would be revealed? Yeah, that was either a flat out lie, or he never got to play the story at that point... regardless, setup for disappointment from the horse's mouth.

As for balance... I have a bad feeling about Lizardman, Aeon and small stages... As for Algol... his air control lockout shit is REALLY effin annoying. But same goes for Viola and maybe Devil Jin. Air control lockout is just plain bad for this series. What little SCIV had was bad, and is far more widespread here. Makes this game on the whole way more combo happy than ANY other SC. If I wanted juggles, I'd play Tekken.
 
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