If the Street Fighter series wants to survive should it go back to 2D???

[parallax]

People born after the year 2000 aren't excited about Rival Schools, Cyberbots, Darkstalkers, etc.

Thats because they don't know about any of those franchises. The last rival schools was on the dreamcast which was 20 years ago and that's the most recent of the games I mentioned. And it isn't like these are games that have been given many chances to fail either

 

[the_FUTURE]

Fighting games are in a peculiar place, not sure what draws new gamers to the genre.

Is it customization, storylines, streamability?

this is pretty much what it is. for the people who aren't heavy in the tourney scene fighting for money and livelyhood, people play these games for a little more than just the mechanics and who'll get them the most wins, some have an attachment to these SF characters from their involvement in story development and character personality.and design. it's why a game like smash is so insane because even without a storymode those characters have insane amount of history.

Making a new IP is a lot easier said than done if you ask me.

 

[Batsute]

Thats because they don't know about any of those franchises. The last rival schools was on the dreamcast which was 20 years ago and that's the most recent of the games I mentioned. And it isn't like these are games that have been given many chances to fail either

All it takes is a HD Remix of Rival Schools to validate the market for Capcom.

I always thought the Rival Schools franchise would make for a great tag team game with Mahvel dead.

 

[parallax]

All it takes is a HD Remix of Rival Schools to validate the market for Capcom.

I always thought the Rival Schools franchise would make for a great tag team game with Mahvel dead.

They'd have to speed it up a bit, but I'd be glad to see a new rival schools.

 

[Ill-Mind]

They'll never go back to 2D graphics, yall need to let that dream go. Development in that space is more time consuming, plus how else can they sell yall additional DLC costume packs and stages? You think they're gonna hand draw the same characters multiple times in different costumes?

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Guilty Gear did exactly what I was hoping SFV would do in the visuals department. Instead they went even more realistic than 4.

 

[klientel]

If anything needs to go back to sprites, its the VS series. MVC2 was broken as shyt, but one of the GOAT fighting games.

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

Would have loved to see SF do a force mode or type of beat em up mode like Tekken did. Make that shyt Co-Op and they could be on to something.

 

[Another Man]

Like EX plus @?

That was nothing like Tekken. It was 2.5 D like SF is right now.

Far as dude who said KOF flopped cuz its not 2D, bs. It has the same niche following its always had. KOF was never meant to sell big cuz its not casual friendly at all.

 

[Batsute]

That was nothing like Tekken. It was 2.5 D like SF is right now.

Far as dude who said KOF flopped cuz its not 2D, bs. It has the same niche following its always had. KOF was never meant to sell big cuz its not casual friendly at all.

SNK was never popular in the US , but im south america it does gangbusters due to the fact the arcade boards were cheaper down there.

 

[TripleAgent]

The current games are already 2.5d.
I dont think its a good idea seeing as they have invested pretty heavily in their current toolset. Going back to sprites will only really affect the look, and not the actual gameplay. Heavy endeavor for low return IMO
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False. Hit detection is completely different for sprites rather than 3D models. Part of the reason true 2D games feel different no matter how hard they try (KOF)

 

[Sinister]

SNK was never popular in the US , but im south america it does gangbusters due to the fact the arcade boards were cheaper down there.

SNK was a lot more popular in the us than it is now

 

[Roland Coltrane]

Street Fighter 4 was one of the most successful fighting games of all time and it was 3D. 3D has nothing to do with it, Street Fighter 5 failed because Capcom got greedy, and it was incomplete at launch.

Now what should go back to 2D is King of Fighters, they flopped when they went 3D.

I always thought 3D meant they could fight in different planes a la Tekken or Virtua fighter as opposed to characters fighting strictly face to face horizontally, what makes Street Fighter 5 3D and when did Street Fighter move to 3D?

sorry if this is a dumb question

 

[Roland Coltrane]

YouTube street fighter AR

this looks and probably plays horrible

 

[Roland Coltrane]

Lol at nobody in the thread using the terminology right

Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat are both 2D fighters and have been for years. Not 3D or 2.5, those are different types of fighters.

You mean animated or hand-drawn sprites. Maybe they'll do one eventually, but it's more expensive and more work. Anyway the art style isnt why SF5 is lacking.

thanks, this video also helped me understand it better also