The redesigns.

[Lednard]

Just to know, am I the only one who absolutely hate those new designs?

I mean, some of them are okay, some I can't see the difference, Axl is pretty good, now the problem is that I absolutely hate Axl.

But damn, some are downright terrible looking!
Faust looks bad. I get that they tried to give him a creepier look, but I don't why, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
I-No looks like trash, she lost all her sex-appeal which was a huge part of her character, her hat is gigantic it's ridiculous, and she wears ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shorts with long ass coat-like... Stuff attached to it. It's just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ridiculous. Glasses are nice tho.
And damn.... May. She looks like that one girl from Gambling School, her redesign got no personnality, its just the purest kind of trash man.

[Those Bloody Badgers]

I can agree on May and I-No to some degree. I-No was always a risque thrill-seeker and she lost some of that in her redesign. May also lost some of her identity due to the disparity between her stature and the enormous ancor she uses being reduced by a lot.
Faust looks fantastic in motion though, man cmon, he's one of the best redesigns in terms of how strongly he embodies this new identity. Now I guess one could critisize the drastic shift from his much goofier appearance in the X series to this new creepy vibe but that's not something new to Faust, in fact, one may consider this a return to form of sorts as he now resembles his "Dr. Baldhead" design a lot more.

Overall, I'd say the redesigns are pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ great on the whole, even though they lost some things in the transition to this new style, but then again, new Guilty Gear, new identity. This isn't the X series, it's something brand new.

[Matoi]

This is the perfect example of "That's you opinion", when you have re-designs like Millia's and Chipp's... this is pretty CAP.

[Powercrank]

frankly the female re-designs reek and whoever's responsible for them should be replaced.

[Sephilar]

It's pretty obvious by just looking at the redesign of the female cast that ASW for the first time is not trying to appeal to the Japanese audience only, which is a shame honestly if Daisuke is really forced to change his style as a character designer just because of western haters, but I can understand his decision if they want to try to appeal their games worldwide now.

As for I-No goes I agree with you, it's not as good as before, but I wouldn't say it's bad either, just not as good. I-No was never a fanservice character to begin with since her whole character including her design was a clear reflection to the wicked nature of the character, but even then a lot of people would without doubt start throwing trash at the game just for a character showing a bit of skin without knowing anything.

[Titan]

The designs in this game are better than they've ever been in the series.

Also lmfao the sex appeal for I-No got even bigger with this design, they didn't remove it.

[Lednard]

Originally posted by Matoi:

This is the perfect example of "That's you opinion", when you have re-designs like Millia's and Chipp's... this is pretty CAP.

Nah. Chipp look super buffed and not enough like an anime character for the game's ninja.
As for Milia... Her design is fine. But I kinda prefer the old one.

Originally posted by The Rollback Carnival:

It's pretty obvious by just looking at the redesign of the female cast that ASW for the first time is not trying to appeal to the Japanese audience only, which is a shame honestly if Daisuke is really forced to change his style as a character designer just because of western haters, but I can understand his decision if they want to try to appeal their games worldwide now.

As for I-No goes I agree with you, it's not as good as before, but I wouldn't say it's bad either, just not as good. I-No was never a fanservice character to begin with since her whole character including her design was a clear reflection to the wicked nature of the character, but even then a lot of people would without doubt start throwing trash at the game just for a character showing a bit of skin without knowing anything.

Oh no. It's ♥♥♥♥. I-No had a perfect design: She looks like a witch, have a guitar, and is almost bare tits: She's reminiscent of a wicked witch, which fits since she is a bad guy, because Witch=villain and female villain=sexy. And her being a witch with a guitar tells quite a lot about her playstyle: If you see a witch, you imagine them fighting from afar, if you see a character with a guitar, you imagine them fighting from afar, and her range is quite wide, but more importantly: it's an unexpected mix that is well translated in video game mechanics, kinda like Super Mario. And they had a perfect balance for the character.
Now her design shows her as being somewhat of a cool girl, funky clothes, guitar, sunglasses but also does not give that villain vibe, which is one of her character basis.
And the design is kinda... Really important in fighting games as game design ? Not to mention the most important part of it all: What the ♥♥♥♥ is that outfit ? Really she got a long ass witch hat with a little top, a little jacket, shorts, but long ass boots and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ long-coat ♥♥♥♥ attached to her ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ short, and man, that ♥♥♥♥ is not only ugly, but it can serve no purposes, especially for fighting when someone can just grab those and take you around town. It's like someone took a Summer outfit, Yang's outfit from RWBY season 4 onward (I do think there's an inspiration, she IS in a ACS game after all), smashed them together, put that ♥♥♥♥ on I-No, and BAM, Instant regret.

But somehow it is still better than May who went from over the top, very expressive charadesign to "No chara design", which is as consistent with chara-design as how I purposedly written Chara-Design in that whole sentence.

[Lednard]

Originally posted by Titan:

The designs in this game are better than they've ever been in the series.

Also lmfao the sex appeal for I-No got even bigger with this design, they didn't remove it.

No.
And ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ no. Before she had bare-tiddies.

[Cipher Esteria]

So this thread was made by the other 9 out of 10 I-No player.
I assume you're also Baiken Player.

[Lednard]

Originally posted by Mr.Cipher:

So this thread was made by the other 9 out of 10 I-No player.
I assume you're also Baiken Player.

That's very insulting. Not because of your assumptions, but because it's true.
Though I don't play Baiken for dem tiddies but only because I like her playstyle (and 'cause one armed fighters are badass).
Which is weird because I just can't bare playing her in the previous games.

[Mario]

No game can satisfy everyone. You're part of the minority that disliked the redesign, all you can do now is cry on the corner man

[Powercrank]

Originally posted by Madeira:

No game can satisfy everyone. You're part of the minority that disliked the redesign, all you can do now is cry on the corner man

heh, "minority" is and has always been the people who actually play guilty gear. just because gg players like the redesigns, doesn't mean the "majority" of people actually does.

the only reason this game is getting any attention from other fighting game players now is because it is the first game with decent netcode. even if it does get popular, it will get overtaken unless Crapcom and Namco completely ♥♥♥♥ things up.
Its still a game for the "minority" of players.

[Matoi]

Originally posted by Powerbeard:

Originally posted by Madeira:

No game can satisfy everyone. You're part of the minority that disliked the redesign, all you can do now is cry on the corner man

heh, "minority" is and has always been the people who actually play guilty gear. just because gg players like the redesigns, doesn't mean the "majority" of people actually does.

the only reason this game is getting any attention from other fighting game players now is because it is the first game with decent netcode. even if it does get popular, it will get overtaken unless Crapcom and Namco completely ♥♥♥♥ things up.
Its still a game for the "minority" of players.

This is a lie. EVERYBODY in the character trailers has been praising the new designs (myself included) and even OG GG players think the same, so, yeah. The only thing you guys can do is cry while the BIG rest of us enjoys "DECENT" netcode, and amazing re-designs.

[Lednard]

Originally posted by Matoi:

Originally posted by Powerbeard:

heh, "minority" is and has always been the people who actually play guilty gear. just because gg players like the redesigns, doesn't mean the "majority" of people actually does.

the only reason this game is getting any attention from other fighting game players now is because it is the first game with decent netcode. even if it does get popular, it will get overtaken unless Crapcom and Namco completely ♥♥♥♥ things up.
Its still a game for the "minority" of players.

This is a lie. EVERYBODY in the character trailers has been praising the new designs (myself included) and even OG GG players think the same, so, yeah. The only thing you guys can do is cry while the BIG rest of us enjoys "DECENT" netcode, and amazing re-designs.

Ah ! We won't cry ! It is highly probable that they'll just do a huge ♥♥♥♥♥ move and ... Oh, is that a 5$ DLC to get the costumes ? It's quite probable.
Either way... Guess I'll treat this game like a Street Fighter and save money by not buying the game.... Well, more like the last Marvel VS Capcom.

[Lednard]

I will, all the characters I like to play are either off the game or got the short stick regarding re-designs.
Which is impressive in itself since I like to play Faust, May and I-No and those are the 3 who got huge re-designs.... And they all suck.

[SaulD]

Don't want to sound dismissive but, as far as I am concerned, Arcsys outdid itself when it comes to character design in Strive. I like all of them, especially I-No and Faust. To each its own I guess.