Well I personally don't think the MKvDC comparison is really a fair one, for two things. One, while a bad game in a lot of rights, at least idea wise it was an improvement over the PS2 games, and was the half way mark to getting to MK9 in terms of actually being a capable fighter. Secondly, DC basically making them lower the rating to T...didn't really help matters when most if not all casuals only get MK games for the gore.
Capcom's barely being affected by Namco, and they're doing too many things, rather than not enough with the other game.
But yeah, if this game gets universal panning by players on release, it will not make it to EVO as a main game. Gem system's likely banned at UFGT and at CEO, which means most other TO's will follow suit effectively ruining the online for tourney players even before we find out the netcode since there's no way to make sure others won't use gems so they can't practice honestly for tourneys.
And since the entire game seems to have been made from the ground up with Gems in mind...yeah, not good. I'm sure S-Kill doesn't like it at all, if nothing else, because they did so many things to piss the FGC off. Even if the Gem System didn't have the Preorder/DLC controversy, the way they implemented it in order to build and use it for a match (at least from what I could tell from that stupid X the Line video), the building is in a completely different menu and not at character select, and you have to select a build for the character at character select. If anyone's watched any early MK9 Tourneys on stream...putting an important system in another freaking menu slows down...everything.
But with Gems banned and Pandora sucking right now, the game would be on its way...you know if the actual gameplay were any good. Which it could be with ONE SIMPLE CHANGE. Just bring back the ability to cancel into specials off of Cross Rush chains. That's it. Do that, then at least the game would be decent. As of now, it's just a flashier SF4 with Tag Team Mechanics and Tekken Characters.
I did say on release that making this game was a huge mistake...just didn't think that a completely new mechanic outside of SF and Tekken would mess up the game.
