Rusted Blade
[14] Master
Aww, I think the Ugly Green Guest (which name I like if nothing else--it rolls off the tongue like Jolly Green Giant), gets a lot more shit than he deserves. The design is a little Buck Rogers alien meets Professional Wrestler, I will grant you, but the moveset is actually quite a bit of fun if you dig into it. Alienboy has frame traps and other control mechanics for days.How dare you. No one talks about Aeon like tha- oh you mean THAT guy. Oh well never mind.
I think Project Soul/Namco are only out of touch to the extent of their communication. When it comes to features in the last few games that the hardcore crowd abhor, I think those were made not because they were unaware of how top level players would feel about them, but because they were attempting a blue ocean approach to their sales that took them away from strict adherence to the expectations of their most loyal and longest-term fans. The extent to which this is reasonable because they "are after-all a company who wants to make money, and maybe particularly emphasize short-term profits as a business matter" is a 'your mileage will vary' kind of situation, of course. Ok, yes, in SCV, some of that was just simply the result of a bad design philosophy. But that emphasizes another important point: this is still a game at the end of the day that its developers will design with fidelity to principles other than just market research (though I'm sure Namco's marketing team inundates the developers with what data does exist on character popularity, to help inform and constrain those decisions to some extent.I just wanna say do not underestimate Project Soul's ability to be out of touch. They could still be using that shitty poll from 2015 to determine the season 2 pass.
Meaning Yun-Seong would be next
Anyway, I think no matter where you're taking your ques from, Hwang is highly indicated this time around. I mean, honestly, I'll eat my hat if that yellow spot doesn't end up being him. I know you're gun shy after 12 years of disappointment, but I'm telling you, I think it's safe to start imagining your approach to him in SCVI, because I can feel him coming.
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