What defines a good/bad character in your eye?
September 04, 2012, 05:27:21 pm View in topic context
Posted by J Dog
in What defines a good/bad character in your eye? (Started by J Dog September 04, 2012, 05:27:21 pmBoard: M.U.G.E.N Discussion
But, observing so many MUGEN rosters and stuff on the Wiki, and noticing a bunch of bad characters (which can be up for debate). This may get controversial, but I think we all can agree what is worth observing and what looks like a no-assed endeavor.
Here is my interpretation as to what makes a good character and a bad character.
GOOD:
*Original characters that are well-edited. I'd really like to do that with my own characters, but alas, it may never be. Still, I'd like to actually create something for the MUGEN community besides editing a public enemy to the MUGEN community.
*Characters taken from their original source and spiritually kept intact. It's not a whole lot, and it's pretty dang obvious, but if one is to have characters from fighting games inserted into MUGEN, attention should be made to have them as intact as possible.
*Original characters with very creative outlets, but not going overboard.
BAD:
*Characters that basically swarm the screen with their attacks and everything. I forgot the user, but the creations of Naruto, Sasuke, and "Super Mario 64" all were offenders of this. It can slow down the program and it looks cheap as hell.
*Characters that only have about 10-20 sprites altogether, which supposedly has them doing all sorts of stuff with such a limited focus. This doesn't involve mod characters or stages, such as recreations of Super Mario Bros World 1-1 or Contra's first stage. I'm talking about a bunch of Pokemon
*Characters that use the KFM KO noise (unless it's original characters, and maybe then it can be up for debate).
*Characters that were developed using the infamous "EasyCHAR" program. One noted example was somebody taking sprites from Warner's Homer Simpson of Peter Griffin and creating an actual character with it.
*Characters that were created just for their intros. There was a creation of Bill Goldberg (the pro wrestler) that consists of him appearing, and then getting a Rock Bottom from the Rock, which was made in early 2003. After that, the game crashes.
*Characters that use certain moves (like Iron Man's cannon or Akuma's final attack) for no particular reason. At least some users have done parodies of these or modified them.
*Characters that simply are taken from one source and modified into jokes. Examples of this include "Gay Luigi" and various Mario-themed characters. It's even worse when it looks like the person stole it without giving permission.
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