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Catapharact
06-07-06, 14:47
The same question was asked in another forum, and the results were a tad surprising. It has me all curious so I bring it here:
What qualities in a fighting game will appeal to both guys and girls? Specifically what do you like to see as far as character design abilities etc.
For me personally, its all down to abilities;Character astetics come second. I'll use one of my fav. fighting game oul Calibur 3 as an example.
Give the Trailer a watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHmd1LyKfXY&search=Soul%20Calibur%203
My personal favs. from Soul Calibur 3 include Nightmare, Ivy, Siegfried (the only girly boy that can truly fight Lol! Then again, he and Nightmare were one once), Cerventes and Mitsurugi. Nightmare and Siegfried are your "No way you can lose" characters. Their Heavy Zewihanders give you the distance and the damage and they ae suprisingly quick for being who carry swords of that heft.
Cervetes and Ivy... well lets just say Power and Skill runs in the family Lol! Ivy deals heavy damage with her "Snake Sword" and Cerventes just eats anyone alive (quick or powerful.)
As you can see, Nightmare has to be one of the most fearful fighting game characters of all time:
http://ada69.blog.jeuxvideo.com/images/mn/1124838577.jpg
Just... Look at him Lol! He got even more powerful once he got detached from Seigfried.
Ivy, welll... most people don't like her in the way she dresses:
(too much like a dominatrix.) However, they really underestimate her in vs. battles.
http://www.soulcalibur3.us/soulcalibur3/costumes/ivy1.png
Cerventes... well, stopping this man and his combos with his two swords is next to impossible (I usually counter him with Nightmare.)
http://www.soulcalibur3.us/soulcalibur3/costumes/cervy1.jpg
Now, I'll leave the floor open to you guys. Discuss away.
Melonie Tomb Raider
06-07-06, 14:56
I love Soul Calibur!!!! :jmp: Seung Mina and Kilik are my favorites. :)
Hey, you forgot Taki and Setsuka! They rule!
I annihilate anyone when I'm using them.
"Demon begone!" *Taki slashes enemy, rolls and kicks on floor, charges forward with four slashes, does a back kick followed by two vertical strikes from below, kicks enemy three times to the head doing a KO or Ring Out. :D
What can i say?
I rule. :D :D :D
StarCroft:AOD
06-07-06, 15:03
Quote:
What qualities in a fighting game will appeal to both guys and girls? Specifically what do you like to see as far as character design abilities etc.
For guys I think of this (I'm a boy)
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~jmx2001/cgpic/ish_025.jpg
http://www.kicks-hobby.com/components/com_phpshop/shop_image/product/e4c6d72b86210640a1aad3f9e109c9f7.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/Mahreo/KOF2.gif
http://www.100won.pe.kr/2d/kof2000/images/picCharMai.jpg
And Huge spells like this one
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/kof.jpg
http://xboxmedia.gamespy.com/xbox/image/article/633/633105/king-of-fighters-maximum-impact-maniax-20050713100842414.jpg
http://www.peliplaneetta.net/images/articles/478/b_2.jpg
Catapharact
06-07-06, 15:13
I love Soul Calibur!!!! :jmp: Seung Mina and Kilik are my favorites. :)
Me surprised you didn't take Tira Lol! There is just something about her. My babe likes Setsuka a lot.
It had me chuckling: "Hidden sword in Umbrella; Wonder who else would keep such a thing :whi:."
Hey, you forgot Taki and Setsuka! They rule!
I annihilate anyone when I'm using them.
"Demon begone!" *Taki slashes enemy, rolls and kicks on floor, charges forward with four slashes, does a back kick followed by two vertical strikes from below, kicks enemy three times to the head doing a KO or Ring Out. :D
What can i say?
I rule. :D :D :D
Easier to get a ring out with Nightmare and Seigfried's back Slash combo ;). It just send em flying in the air.
Soul Calibur 2 Xbox version ha Spawn in it. He was truly amazing.
http://www.onickz.com/games/sc2/onickz-soulcalibur2-spawn01.jpg
For guys I think of this (I'm a boy)
Fair enough.
Melonie Tomb Raider
06-07-06, 16:48
Well I haven't gotten SCIII yet, I still play SCII. Although Tira does look like my kind of character. Those double circlurlar blade things look like awesome weapons! Very creative.
Legend of Lara
06-07-06, 16:52
SCIII is a very sexy game. So are KOF and (my personal fave) Tekken. :ohn:
Catapharact
06-07-06, 16:57
SCIII is a very sexy game. So are KOF and (my personal fave) Tekken. :ohn:
Cool, but you haven't answered the question:
What qualities in a fighting game will appeal to both guys and girls? Specifically what do you like to see as far as character design abilities etc.
oh seung mina is cool. i loved her as a characters. and DOA i like that. cant imagine why though
What qualities in a fighting game will appeal to both guys and girls? Specifically what do you like to see as far as character design abilities etc.
I think in a fighting game in my opinion anyway... The characters need some sort of sexual appeal... thats what attract me to choosing to play them over any other character.
Also they have to be different, all this normal style of fighting is simply boring. I think young fighters also appeal much more, than say and old man who's always p*****, no comment *cough* Virtual Fighter*and this being with both appeal to Guys and Girls.
The fact of the matter is... i think in many cases whether female of male, the player will always opt to choose a gaming character who is quick, different and has some attractiveness.
This is not the case with all games however... such as 'Mortal Kombat' where Scorpian was my favourite, and his face is covered up. Still the character was different and had unique techniques.
CerebralAssassin
06-07-06, 17:09
yes...we have to fight the games that appeal both to girls and boys I totally agree..they have to go!! :)
Catapharact
06-07-06, 17:21
yes...we have to fight the games that appeal both to girls and boys I totally agree..they have to go!! :)
Amusing.
yes...we have to fight the games that appeal both to girls and boys I totally agree..they have to go!! :)
and why should we do that?
Lara Croft!
06-07-06, 17:45
yes...we have to fight the games that appeal both to girls and boys I totally agree..they have to go!! :)
Agree with who???:D :confused: :D
LOL CerebralAssassin, nice use of the words :D
Anyway, if I'm getting this right - you want to know why I pick Character Number 1 as my favourite as opposed to Character Number 2?
And if I am right, I'm using my favourite fighting game series for this: Tekken
My 3 favourite fighters are: Nina Williams, Ling Xiayou and Michelle/Julia Chang. Why? They're quick and can deal pretty powerful blows when used correctly. It helps that they're attractive tho'. But these women are goddesses when I use them. The men have nothing on them :D
Legend of Lara
06-07-06, 19:24
Soul Calibur III- One for the laydeez. The charatcer creation mode speaks for itself. ;)
Tekken 5- One for them both. Guys enjoy kicking everyone's asses while the laydeez can toy with the fighter's outfits to their hearts content.
KOF- One for the guys. The boobs jiggle like in a earthquake! :cln:
StarCroft:AOD
06-07-06, 19:30
Soul Calibur III- One for the laydeez. The charatcer creation mode speaks for itself. ;)
Tekken 5- One for them both. Guys enjoy kicking everyone's asses while the laydeez can toy with the fighter's outfits to their hearts content.
KOF- One for the guys. The boobs jiggle like in a earthquake! :cln:
Character name please;)
I enjoy Tekken... it was the first '3D' fighter I played, and since they're all much of a muchness, I stuck with Tekken :tmb: My fave fighters include Ling Xiaoyu, Kunimitsu and Hwoarang.
I do find it funny that people think the female characters have been designed specifically to attract a male audience. I'm a married woman, and yet I absolutely love the female designs for these games, and I take a lot of influence from them in my own artwork. I love designing strong, attractive, curvy female characters, and I certainly don't do it to garner a male audience - I do it ti please myself.
Guess that makes me a bit odd!! :D
I enjoy Tekken... it was the first '3D' fighter I played, and since they're all much of a muchness, I stuck with Tekken :tmb: My fave fighters include Ling Xiaoyu, Kunimitsu and Hwoarang.
I do find it funny that people think the female characters have been designed specifically to attract a male audience. I'm a married woman, and yet I absolutely love the female designs for these games, and I take a lot of influence from them in my own artwork. I love designing strong, attractive, curvy female characters, and I certainly don't do it to garner a male audience - I do it ti please myself.
Guess that makes me a bit odd!! :D
I feel the same,so I'm a bit odd,too,lol!It's a bit sad those strong female characters were designed to attract males,and not to attract players who like interesting characters, do not regarding their sex!Those characters like Siegfried,etc,were also designed to motivate male players,so I wonder what's the industry thinks is supposed to attract us in a game!
I think the good thing about fighting games is that there is usually a wide selection of combatants and characters to choose from. Therefore, anyone can pick and choose their favourite characters based on whatever they like.
My favourite fighting games are Tekken and Soul Calibur...
On Tekken, whenever I play with my friends, we usually go for a random team battle - so we have no idea who'll turn up. In these battles, we may play with characters we would have never touched due to one reason or another. And this was where I discovered that I was really annoying with Jack-5, and my friend was a slimy bugger with Christie!
(I'm a lad, by the way)
I feel the same,so I'm a bit odd,too,lol!It's a bit sad those strong female characters were designed to attract males,and not to attract players who like interesting characters, do not regarding their sex!Those characters like Siegfried,etc,were also designed to motivate male players,so I wonder what's the industry thinks is supposed to attract us in a game!
Well, it's like all this rubbish about Lara and how she only appeals to male gamers - absolute tosh! Why can't women be potrayed as both sexy and as strong as hell? I mean, the likes of Nina from Tekken may have a fantasy bod, but considering she can (and probably would!) punch your voice box out the back of your head, she comes across as an ideal female rolemodel for me! :D
Legend of Lara
06-07-06, 20:02
Character name please;)
Athena Asamya, Mai Shrianui, Lien Neville, Yuri Sakazaki, Leona. :D
That's why I love female assassin/mercanary-like characters - and why, sometimes, they have an advatange over males - seduction! A quick flash of the thigh and a male adversary is defeated, without even attempting to bring guns or knives into the equation!
tombraider123
06-07-06, 21:10
My favourite Character in Soul Calibur is Taki :)
oh i like taki and seung mina the best. i love christie from DOA though
Capt. Murphy
06-07-06, 22:07
This will be a difficult one to answer.
I ususally pick fast/quick characters, male or female. Or a burnette female... :o Hey, I'm partial to 'em. :)
In Final Fight I always used Guy. A fast male 'Ninja'.
In Killer Instinct (I & II) I mostly used Orchid, or I'd use Jago.
Street Fighter II - Ryu. Street Fighter III - Ryu, Ibuki (female Ninja).
Street Fighter Alpha 2 - Ryu, Guy.
Samurai Shodown (Series) - Hoahmaru, Hanzo, Nakoruru.
X-Men: Children of the Atom - Gouki/Akuma. But before I knew how to select that secret character I'd always use Psylocke. A very (pretty) character to play with and watch ^_^. Cyclops was good to use too. But nothing like Akuma.
Soul Calibur - Taki.
Taki appeals to me because of her abilities/moves. She's easy on the eyes too.:D Although in SC I think her costume could've been designed a little better. Like more details... stuff on the lower part of her 'costume'. It's like she's just wearing plain blue (or red) tights. :rolleyes:
Now this just sounds like which characters I like to use in any fighting game. Sounds like a good topic to start somewhere else...
I'm off! *whoooosh!!!* :cln:
A figher for the ladies (and boys) :p
http://img.stern.de/_content/54/30/543020/kaempfer13_400.jpg
Catapharact
06-07-06, 22:16
Taki appeals to me because of her abilities/moves. She's easy on the eyes too.:D Although in SC I think her costume could've been designed a little better. Like more details... stuff on the lower part of her 'costume'. It's like she's just wearing plain blue (or red) tights. :rolleyes:
Now this just sounds like which characters I like to use in any fighting game. Sounds like a good topic to start somewhere else...
I'm off! *whoooosh!!!* :cln:
Yeah when you think about it, there wasn't much thought put up in her constume. You have to try gaining ulternative costumes to see greater detail :). Also, there is the new character creation concept in SC3. Love it!
Lol! And here he goes off gathering his Ninjas from his clan :p.
A figher for the ladies (and boys) :p
http://img.stern.de/_content/54/30/543020/kaempfer13_400.jpg
Yeah, there is a girl at the FD forums named Vixen_VV who adores him to death.
Yeah, there is a girl at the FD forums named Vixen_VV who adores him to death.
And me! :D
Except I've only played Tekken 3 and 4...
The Tekken series seem quite boring to me.
All the same., with better graphics.
Catapharact
06-07-06, 22:27
OT:
Is it just me, or do you have a thing for Asian people in general Lol!
OT:
Is it just me, or do you have a thing for Asian people in general Lol!
Uh? Do you mean me?
In case, no...
Only Takeshiro Kaneshiro and Tadanobu Asano.
I prefer European people. :)
But as to fighting games; Asian people. :D
Catapharact
06-07-06, 22:35
Uh? Do you mean me?
In case, no...
Only Takeshiro Kaneshiro and Tadanobu Asano.
I prefer European people. :)
I see :). Well, then I guess you like Asian culture instead. Ah well, back on topic.
Kamrusepas
06-07-06, 22:36
What qualities in a fighting game will appeal to both guys and girls? Specifically what do you like to see as far as character design abilities etc.
Well, Hwoarang for his kick-ass combos :D
In Mortal Kombat I always play with Noob Saibot, because he's the coolest ninja and he can teleport himself :p
I don't know really, there's no specific thing about a character or a game that makes it special, it's the overall package :)
I see :). Well, then I guess you like Asian culture instead. Ah well, back on topic.
Well, I do have a preferance to Japanese culture.
Dunno why. Personal reasons, I guess. My father lived in Japan for a few years... :D But Judo looks boring! Karate is "blocky"...
I've trained Chinese martial arts... It was fine, but haven't found anythint that suited me very well.
Well, Hwoarang for his kick-ass combos :D
In Mortal Kombat I always play with Noob Saibot, because he's the coolest ninja and he can teleport himself :p
I don't know really, there's no specific thing about a character or a game that makes it special, it's the overall package :)
I was beggining to think that I was the only one that played MK XD
Well in MK I usually go for the girls... because I'm a girl. Don't ask why XD I usually play with Sindel or Kitana or even Jade because those were my choices when I was a kid playing in Mega Drive :D guess it brings back memories :)
As for Street Fighter II in GBA... Chun-Li all the way :D her super fast kicks or whatever they're called, very nice and no work at all :p
Scorpion Is the best ever character out or Mortal Kombat....
Who can forget that "GET OVER HERE LINE" as he shoots out his snake thing from his hand.
Him and subzero are soooooo cool.
:vlol: a few weeks ago I re-watched the movie with my brother... and as usual, we only talked with each other by quoting MK.
You can imagine the look on my mom's face when she heard me yell "GET OVER HERE!" to my brother :vlol: and other beautiful quotes :p
Kamrusepas
06-07-06, 23:14
Well in MK I usually go for the girls... because I'm a girl. Don't ask why XD I usually play with Sindel or Kitana or even Jade because those were my choices when I was a kid playing in Mega Drive :D guess it brings back memories :)
When I was kid, I always chose Sub-Zero :D :tmb:
Catapharact
06-07-06, 23:31
I've trained Chinese martial arts... It was fine, but haven't found anythint that suited me very well.
OT:
Really? ... You have my attention now Lol!
Which particular style? :). Northern, or Southern? :)
Me and boyTraider are the only ones on this forum practicing Capoeira, so its kinda nice to see another person practicing martial arts :).
OT:
Really? ... You have my attention now Lol!
Which particular style? :). Northern, or Southern? :)
Me and boyTraider are the only ones on this forum practicing Capoeira, so its kinda nice to see another person practicing martial arts :).
ahhh well... I'm another one who does or rather 'did' martial arts... I'm a black belt in Taekwondo... Though i finished about 2 years ago... It's a shame really since i even won Gold for my age catergory at the British TKD championships.
Mitch is a hottie... http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g110.gif
OT:
Really? ... You have my attention now Lol!
Which particular style? :). Northern, or Southern? :)
Me and boyTraider are the only ones on this forum practicing Capoeira, so its kinda nice to see another person practicing martial arts :).
Oh, sorry. Didn't read until now. :D
I used to do Jeet Kune Do. "Invented" by Bruce Lee. It's a mix of different martial arts. But It's been years since I did it, so I can hardly remember anything. Apart from a very effective/extremely painful wrist-lock! :D
Mitch is a hottie... http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g110.gif
Why thank you :)
meansizzler
07-07-06, 15:46
Your forgetting about TAo Feng..
LINK (http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/t/taofeng/)
Trailer (http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/1BD3F40B-E482-4D66-9FCF-CE6CF11057BA/0/vidtaofeng0001Hi.asx)
Hurrah4Lara
07-07-06, 19:17
I enjoy Tekken... it was the first '3D' fighter I played, and since they're all much of a muchness, I stuck with Tekken :tmb: My fave fighters include Ling Xiaoyu, Kunimitsu and Hwoarang.
I do find it funny that people think the female characters have been designed specifically to attract a male audience. I'm a married woman, and yet I absolutely love the female designs for these games, and I take a lot of influence from them in my own artwork. I love designing strong, attractive, curvy female characters, and I certainly don't do it to garner a male audience - I do it ti please myself.
Guess that makes me a bit odd!! :D
Hello Elysia :). Woah everyone, I was about to post, then I thought "Why not actually read what others have already said?:vlol:"
I too am a "Tekken-head". I am always Nina Williams (I hope am a bit like her...), and in the Arcade here I always fight against...Nina Williams!:jmp:
I saw some martial art remarks above, and I can confess I like Nina 'cos her moves are the most familiar before my desk-days :D!
H4L:wve: [Jessika]
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