Quick Look: EX: Skullgirls

Brilliant video, great hearing the in-depth theory behind Fighting games. Good stuff!

This is nuts!!

Once they work on the HUD and get the words looking better with some other characters this could be a cool game. The fighting hats idea is strange but could be interesting. 

I think it'd be much more visually appealing if there were more intermediate frames, it looks super choppy right now.

" Brilliant video, great hearing the in-depth theory behind Fighting games. Good stuff! "

I can't remember who specifically, but isn't a top BBCS player involved with this? 
 
edit: Oh yeah MIKE Z!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBS

I absolutely take back what I previously said regarding the art of this game. I am totally on board.

I thought that voice sounded familiar, I didn't hear them say Mike Z the first time watching. That kind of makes this game a little more interesting.

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It has a very Melty Blood, Arcana Heart, Darkstalkers feel to it to me anyone else agree?? "

Looks cool to me. 
If it plays similar to the Vs. series, but without the multiple character elements, I'm fairly excited for it.

oh look...a generic 2d fighter with anime chicks that come with their own tentacles to rape from.
 
cool artstyle.  But otherwise looks dumb.

Wow. I did not know Mike Z is involved in this project. I am a big fan of his beastly Iron Tager play in BlazBlue: CS.
 
Now I am interested in how this game turns out.

This art is GREAT. I think most of the criticisms comes from the fact that the UI is all placeholder right now. I think a lot of people must have just missed that part because it most definitely does not look like a flash game. With the proper bars, menus, and effects thrown in this will look amazing.
@Norusdog: Nah

Awww I thought it was a new one of those mr.Driller-y games

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It has a very Melty Blood, Arcana Heart, Darkstalkers feel to it to me anyone else agree?? "

Yes, definitely! I love the art style of those games, and this looks to join their ranks. I'm thinking Day 1 purchase for me! "

Since it's a all female cast, it reminds me of Arcana Heart...which is coming to PSN soon.

Looks clunky as hell so considering their most important feature is girls doing vaguely erotic poses they should have just made a series of animated gifs of tits bouncing and sell that instead.

I love the art in this game. 
 
Nice combo @ 3:20!

" I like the character design and the game play. I'm not a really a fan of the HUD and menu. They  just look plain to me and the character select screen gives you descriptions based on each character and you just sort of pick choices to get a character?  Call me old fashioned but I'd rather just have a character select screen like every other fighting game. I realize that the game is still in development but I don't know. I do appreciate game developers trying new things though I suppose. "

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" Ugly as sin and looks about as fun to play as watching paint dry. No thank you. "

Agreed. I've seen fighting games made in flash that are more fun and eye-pleasing than this garbage. Seriously.  Jesus, I just can't get over how horrible this game looks. I can't believe anyone here is willing to say they like the art style. Its fugly. "

I am getting the audio very smoothly but the video is jittery.

This QL EX sells the game alot more than their trailer did. I hope someone in the company is paying attention.

They sound super elitist when it comes to fighting games.
 
If this bleeds into the design as I'm sure it will not matter how "beginner friendly" they call it people will become tired of it before they are full able to grasp all the specialized stuff.

I like the whole aproach to new players and simple imputs for complex moves , I feel that is something missing in some of the new 2D fighters , the style is cool so im going to be watching this game closely

The philosophy behind the game mechanics sounds very cool.

Good art style so they got me interested at least.

Obsessive anime fans will buy anything anime related.

"Obsessive anime fans will buy anything anime related. "

The menu stuff and text looks so ugly, like they put no work in it at all.

The only real issue I have with the art style is that it isn't very original. The only thing "fugly" about the design is their choice of font, which I'm hoping will change in the final build.

Yes, gratuitous panty shots and bouncing tits, that will make me reach for my di- i mean credit card.
 
oh wait im not a 13 year old hormonal teenager.

looks so great! I'll be keeping an eye on this.
 
The 6 button setup seems strange when they're shooting for XBLA/PSN that both use 4 button pads as standard. 
 
At least SSFIV and the like have the excuse of starting in arcades but I think if you're building for consoles from the start build with console inputs in mind.

Fighting system looks good but i just don't dig schoolgirls fighting with therir hair

" The menu stuff and text looks so ugly, like they put no work in it at all. "

I think it looks pretty cool.

Hopefully there will be a character that deals BIG SOVIET DAMAGE!

Very interested in this game. I remember stumbling upon it years ago, and thinking how great the art direction was. Last time I checked their website, most of the information that had been previously accessible was removed; such as concept art for the entire roster.
 
I absolutely love the character designs... they have a very Darkstalkers-like thing going on, and I approve. Some might say it looks like it plays similarly to Melty Blood, but I don't feel like that's a bad thing in this case. It allows for more free-form combos while regulating outlandish streaks with the combo breaker system.
 
Also, to the people complaining about the UI, keep in mind they mentioned it's all placeholder. They're basically finished with the engine, and are now working on adding the rest of the roster in. I'm sure once that's all set in place and feature-rich, they'll focus on the art assets for the menus, HUD and combat effects.
 
About the only thing I'm not impressed with are the backgrounds. They could definitely use some pizazz: shifts in lighting, animated parts and spectators.
 
Either way... day one!

Did those of you complaining about the HUD watch this with the sound off or something? ...

Looks neat.  Now I hope the game has online.

This is the lowest-budget game I can recall seeing promoted on this site.

I sort of like it, I think that first girl was directly inspired by Zato-1 from Guilty Gear, I get a whole guilty gear / blazblue vibe from the game, the thing it annoys me are the school girls or w\e couldn't they make them older? or is that the sequel skull women :P.

I really, really, don't like the Saturday morning cartoon style and design of this game. 
 
Also, the designer doing most of the talking is a bit of an asshole at a couple of points.

Looks really cool. Especially the art style. Tyson Hesse ftw!

The character design is simultaneously pandering and repulsive.

These comments are a great example of why game companies are so hesitant to show unfinished games to the public. A lot of people make snap judgments without listening to the facts. Now there are a few hundred people out there who know about your game but ignorantly think this is the finished product and think it sucks as a result.

I really dig the art style.

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                These comments are a great example of why game companies are so hesitant to show unfinished games to the public. A lot of people make snap judgments without listening to the facts. Now there are a few hundred people out there who know about your game but ignorantly think this is the finished product and think it sucks as a result.
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