G turned out to be a pretty fantastic character judging by day 1 videos. He has a ton of utility and is very strong. I thought I would hate him but he's been great so far.
Y'all thinking they were gonna like G are in for a rude awakening. I dig him, though. When they originally revealed his face I thought he looked pretty bad, but he turned out to be a really lively character. All of his poses, his delusional speeches, his oddball behavior... he's a real eccentric, larger than life dude, and I like that a lot. He's bizarre and baffling, and nobody in-game or IRL can tell if he's an idiot or if he's secretly doing some shady shit for the Illuminati or whoever.
I wish I could get some elaboration from Jeff on what he feels like is the core of what Street Fighter is and should be, but I'm not sure it that's reasonable. It seems like it's just a feeling of "this is too weird" in regards to certain characters, SF3 characters before and SFV characters now, and it can be hard to nail down what exactly your preferences entail. But all new SFV characters are bad? I can recognize not everyone out of FANG, Laura, Rashid, Necalli, Kolin, Zeku, Ed, Falke, Abigail, Menat or G are bangers, but you'd think anyone could like some of them.
It's the kinda topic that seems ripe for a JAR, at least.
Personally I used to have Street Fighter characters I couldn't stand the look of, like Sakura, Birdie, Rose or Karin, but I've mellowed out on most the characters I hate. Rose's whole design still annoys me.
That's what's so good about Sakura and Karin's V versions. Complete fixes to EVERYTHING wrong with them.
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