Zafina's a meta character IMO, with select OP moves that save her from being weak (abusable blockstun's a fightman rarity), and it's both her reliance on and thus detours from those that get into so many heads. I don't fancy Ash to maintain momentum over the full Evo, but he does make her so, so horrible to face. Spiky, in a word.

It feels like there's a limit on how many of her counters and interrupts you can eat before second-guessing yourself into a failing pattern. But if you make few mistakes and don't get dragged into those mindgame traps, she's probably not the best comeback character.

Tiers are like this: if Rouj picks 'em they're low. If he doesn't and they're rubbish, they're mid.

All good characters are developer-favoured, Michael Murray lovechildren.

I have KOF XV. Haven’t put any proper time into it.

Far be it from me to criticise other sick fucks who won't switch from a long-in-tooth fighting game.

VF5 is the only one I'd consider outside of 3s for serious okay these days I think, although SFIV is a very close also ran.

That… looks so shit.

Yes I will play the adventure mode and I will like it.

It’s not PS only, it’s also coming to Xbox (but not the One) and PC.

Don't like the presentation, and didn't expect to. On moves the world.

Very good point about the fireball situation. 5 felt like more characters had projectile evasion moves than those who had them.

It's not the visuals that bother me so much, but them taking another lurch towards extended cinematics that demote players to frustrated passengers. Some of V's EX moves take as long as 3S supers.

Again, I really hate the look of a fast-starting armoured counter that can crumple for guaranteed ultras. It even looks unsatisfying to claim the follow-up. Landing FA3 in IV felt great because it was so hard to catch anyone decent with.

I think that's Drive Impact for 1 bar, and looks like an instant FA3 (crumple's possibly only if you absorb a heavy, with no follow-ups against absorbed lights). I feel like they're taking all the worst parts from modern Tekken, but it's worse than that because it's 2D with blockstrings. It'll have a choice of classic and modern controls (scroll down to Overdrive for an example).

https://streetfighter.com/6/en-uk/mode/fightingground.html

Dash-cancelling after a parry for 1 bar's a great idea, but sounds lenient enough to remove the hype we'd get from watching pros do it (because there's also Perfect Parry).

Sounds like the tipping point where fundamentals with complementary meter flips. A meter-based game with time-filling footsies is the opposite direction to what I'd have guessed most older fans want. Fortfite attempt, innit.

Modern-inputs Gief, lol! Sirlin rubbing himself raw. Alas, there'll be no IABK Viper in this; no chaining Seismic Hammers with feint cancels.

I'm down for accepting yoot visuals now, because hey, I'm old! But of all the fightmen, SF's classic formula stands above all. IV got it mostly right, and I reckon its missteps are what we're looking at here.

Images and a bit more info here: https://news.capcomusa.com/2022/06/02/street-fighter-6-redefines-the-genre-in-2023/

Possible leak:

In light of the SF6 trailer, to which I REALLY hope the open world adventure mode did not take resources that could have been better spent on the mechanical systems, I will point out that the below is the last time anything good for SF was revealed:



It hurts me that Capcom are just seemingly completely lost as to an overall vision for the series at this point.

Also, at least 6 has a very low bar to be better than 5. As long as it doesn't launch as a full price early access shitfuck with only the core roster, arcade, practice and Vs mode, they will have done better than 5. I look forward to seeing what the man in the bottom row and maybe the Mexican person are all about.

Oh and I stan Jimmy's lil neckerchief.