the main problem when it comes to the character being fap-inducing
I thought they called this sex appeal? most games have it in some form, and in fighters, usually there's at least one really "fap-inducing" character; if you catch my drift.
although i do agree that there is a line that shouldn't be crossed in this department, i really don't see that line being crossed at this point and time.
I'm sure once they get the gameplay down, they'll work on the finer details and making the models less ugly. Relax.
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This lol.
When the time comes, even though we're kinda concerned about it now, will you guys really be concerned with a character's appearance if the gameplay suffers and we end up with a bunch of doom combos and infinite? IMO, let namco do their thing we'll have plenty of time to complain once the final product is actually out. as much as i hate to say this (and im not saying this from a competitive perspective, but as a lifelong casual gamer):
graphics = appeal = boosted sales, HOWEVER:
gameplay > graphics
why would i want to play a gorgeous looking game if it plays like crap? hopefully you guys can understand a viewpoint like this, and maybe you'll agree with me...maybe you won't...
however, not desiring a higher standard of gameplay, and instead simply buying any nice looking piece of crap that DEV's throw at us, we lower the expected standard of quality in a video game, which leads to crappy, disappointing releases, which eventually leads into a spiral which will eventually make playing the games themselves nauseating. does anybody remember the video game crash of 1983? hmm?
http://tinyurl.com/6cc3zhn
with continual focus on how a game looks rather than how it plays...well you may disagree, but IMHO our current market, our video game "culture" is already headed far down this road...look at FFXIII, or any of the new call of duty games...and i kinda feel this is partly due to the way the new generation of gamers seems to judge a book by its cover. but that's just my opinion.
Perhaps Namco could say, try to turn things around and DEFY this trend? I want a good, quality calibur game, not a blatant money grab underneath a beautiful mask ^-^