Did devs really had to add Cherry Hunter?

[RarestProGamer]

She fights with a guitar in a game where everyone fights with bare fist, hence the name Bare Knuckle, she doesn't fit the style of this game. Plus, we already have Adam Hunter (the most badass of all), i don't understand why we really needed Cherry!

-The whole point of Skate replacing Adam in SoR 2 and SoR 3 was so that through him we could still relate to Adam and that he still part of the story which in way he was. You guys already made the point by bringing the original trio back no point in adding one of the main protagonist's daughter too, this is no castlevania or JoJo where main protagonists only branch out from the primary bloodlines, should have added Max & Zan as the 3rd and 4th character or vice versa!

[L.3.N.Z.]

I would not mind Cherry Hunter's character so much if she had something to give to the team rather than just giving her Leon's fighting style (Leon is from Brutal Paws of Fury). Skate had speed, Max and Zan had strength.

Skate was the fastest because he had skates and the skates made his kicks lethal.

Max and Zan were built with strength.

Cherry Hunter has... eh... Oh yes! a guitar and that gives her the advantage in... intimidation?

:Cherry Hunter: "Im gonna smash you with upside the head with my $900.00 guitar!!"
I guess she didn't like her dad's birthday gift to her or something.

[Doc Holiday]

I fully agree with you. I would prefer to play with her uncle, the iconic Skate character. Who beat up punks with his rollerblade shoes.

I think they were very unoriginal in making Axel a fat depressed guy just like Capcom made Cody back in Alpha 3, but without prison uniform and handcuffs. They had a chance to distance his design from Cody since decades had been passed, but no, they just copied Cody again.

[Jazman2k]

I would have loved to see Skate rather than Cherry. Also the name cherry sounds like a cheap por* actress. Streets Of Lust - Starring Cherry Hunter. Also, she having a weapon all the time is also other thing I don't like.

Overall, I don't know what to expect from this game. So far there are more stuff I dislike than like about this game.

[L.3.N.Z.]

anyone else think of Mrs. PacMan whaen you hear her name?

[Doc Holiday]

Originally posted by Zebulenz:

anyone else think of Mrs. PacMan whaen you hear her name?

no, it reminds me exactly what Jazman said. Streets of Lust, starring Cherry Hunter and Blaze Fielding. Perfect XXX parody already.

[L.3.N.Z.]

Originally posted by Doc Holiday:

Originally posted by Zebulenz:

anyone else think of Mrs. PacMan whaen you hear her name?

no, it reminds me exactly what Jazman said. Streets of Lust, starring Cherry Hunter and Blaze Fielding. Perfect XXX parody already.

LMBO Sounds rated R
XD

[AH-1 Cobra]

Skate was cooler, however Skate would have aged, and Skate might have had a Jr. Skate who could have filled the roll just fine, could have even been a Skate-ette. They could have just put Roo back in the game, and the backstory for Roo would be that Roo is a female Kangaroo, so the game would technically have 2 female characters in it, and plenty of diversity.

Not a fan of Cherry Hunter. The whole concept is kinda dumb. Cherry Hunter would have been OK if she had a pair of skates, and not a guitar. If this is the developer's attempt at making an original character, it's the worst character in the lineup, by far.

[L.3.N.Z.]

Originally posted by crimsonedge11:

Skate was cooler, however Skate would have aged

Wait couldn't skate still be as fast, if not faster, than when he was in Sor 2?

I mean, 10 years is a lot training time for a skater. Plus he could have grown more stronger in his legs making him faster.

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Originally posted by Zebulenz:

Originally posted by crimsonedge11:

Skate was cooler, however Skate would have aged

Wait couldn't skate still be as fast, if not faster, than when he was in Sor 2?

I mean, 10 years is a lot training time for a skater. Plus he could have grown more stronger in his legs making him faster.

10 years? Try more like 28 years.

[V11CU96]

FFS give cherry a chance, she and Floyd look ok to me design wise (more quirky for sure), but how they play is where it counts. But damn, don't get as outraged by wokness as the woke get out raged by lack of it. keep a level head and don't assume every little thing is a political statement.
Skate (roller blading) and Max (Wrestling) are not so culturally relevant as they were in the 90's) and how you are gonna age Skate with out basically turning him in to another Adam? that's kind of tricky.

[L.3.N.Z.]

Originally posted by V11CU96:

FFS give cherry a chance, she and Floyd look ok to me design wise (more quirky for sure), but how they play is where it counts. But damn, don't get as outraged by wokness as the woke get out raged by lack of it. keep a level head and don't assume every little thing is a political statement.
Skate (roller blading) and Max (Wrestling) are not so culturally relevant as they were in the 90's) and how you are gonna age Skate with out basically turning him in to another Adam? that's kind of tricky.

First off, im the annoying guy that will say this..." I was not raging, it was them. I merely stated my criticism." Okay with that out of the window, time to reply.

If we are talking about characters being culturally relevant then why the blazes is she wielding a guitar like a BC caveman? XD

Also, Skate could be stronger in his legs than he is in his arms. This would give devs the opportunity to make lanky-ish and avoid the Adam clone mistake.

And over all, good point on the keeping a level head and to not assume every little thing is a political statement.
I guess people have just seen too many games get woked to death. I think that would explain the worried thoughts of these players.

[V11CU96]

Sure, Its fine to crit Cherry and Floyds design, as new comers to the series I guess its to be expected. but ill still reserve judgement for how they play. And I think they will be interesting.

Your idea for skate could work I guess. (you convinced me) :) But at the same time its understandable the dev's want to put something of their own stamp on the franchise and not just do 100% fan service, but who knows man, maybe skate and max will appear at a later date? Also with more female gamers now, it also makes sense to have more than one token female character in the sausage fest :).

The obsessive ultra PC wokeness thing will go out of fashion it isn't dying already. (surprise surprise, it turns out lecturing morality to people - then condemning them for not agreeing, doesn't actually make you popular :P ) So i wouldn't lose too much sleep over that. The right tried it and failed and now for some reason the left decided to have a go. ahh well what can you do?

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So remind me why are people hating about this time? Oh no a new female character! Considering this is the series ONLY other female character other than Blaze not seeing the problem here. It sounds like a bunch of people pissed off over NOTHING as usual.

[L.3.N.Z.]

Originally posted by V11CU96:

Your idea for skate could work I guess. (you convinced me) :) ?

Thank you good sir :D

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They need Max more than Skate. There is no Heavy Hitter like previous games although Adam Hunter filled that role in the first game. Plus Max was fun as hell, he would just go in and spank those guys left and right and if you held the special button down would roll through everyone like a bowling ball.

No the reason they added Skate is incorrect. The original developers wanted a small mobile character for Part 2 and since inline skates were big at the time Skate was born. The games sprites were increased in size to compete with games like Final Fight which at the time had both a Sega CD and SNES version with huge sprites and better graphics than SoR1. The sprites in part 1 were also awfully small compared to the other games and made for less attention to detail even with an ass kicking soundtrack by Yuzo.