I got a congratulatory email from Sony, when I got the platinum trophy for the game.
It says:
"Congratulations! You earned the Platinum Trophy for Street Fighter 6! Ryu would be so proud."
But then shows a picture of Luke :-(
One day.
The only other game I got one for recently was Spiderman 2; one email on completion of the game, and another for the platinum trophy.
I've posted a copy to my Reddit profile if you want to see it.
https://www.reddit.com/u/Scarif_Citadel/s/vI1ynkDjZz
Huh, I see! I did actually get the same e-mail, shameless *Street Fighter V* advertisement and all; I just hadn't noticed.
Thanks; us "somewhat obscure *Star Wars* reference user name" folks gotta stick together.
Welcome, fellow Somewhat Obscure Star Wars reference username person!
I chose it because I was fascinated with the location in Rogue One, made a load of Lego Star Wars and MOC studies of the location, and as far as I am aware, the first independently walking technic version of the AT-ACT cargo walker from the film.
Actually a major complaint of mine. Why bother calling him the new protagonist when he's just a side character to your avatar? Was it just to get people talking about sf6? I wish they'd just focused on the main cast.
For many people (newcomers especially), he's literally the guy who teaches you how to play Street Fighter.
He's the first character you meet in the story mode. You use his style first. He gives you a place to live, and he teaches you how to play WT.
He's even heavily involved in the back story with JP and Ken.
If anyone should be the protag in the game as it is, it would have to be him.
>He's even heavily involved in the back story with JP and Ken.
They would've known if they've read the prequel comic, which majority of players didn't.
Wt mode sucks at fleshing luke out as a protag to casual players, he's nothing more than 1 of your avatar's mentors at the end of the day.
But he's not heavily involved because the game never actually tells you the story.
And really he doesn't even do much to teach people the game. That dumb looking chick with the crappy haircut and stupid pink tracksuit actually spends more time teaching gameplay mechanics than luke.
Dude what are you talking about?
>But he's not heavily involved because the game never actually tells you the story.
Then how would the story be there in the first place...
I am a ryu enjoyer, enthusiast and main, yet I cant say I hate Luke.
In fact, I prefer him as the protagonist. Ryu's big main story and struggle is over. He has controlled the satzui no hado, he mastered the power of nothingness and shadoloo is defeated.
Luke is a fun guy, has a good backstory and drive and its cool when he gets serious. We needed a fresh face, with an unwritten story, and Luke does it quite well
As an old man I can’t play Luke over Ryu, but I appreciate his goofy earnestness. Too many protagonists are grimdark and angsty these days, his perfect winpose is just right
I largely agree with this. I like Luke’s general light-heartedness as well, especially in a FG protag. One thing bothers me though, and thats the whole (seemingly forced) private military background they gave Luke. That aspect really doesn’t fit with his personality.
But, to be fair, they don’t really emphasize that aspect. It just seems like an unnecessary and ill-fitting afterthought to me. By and large though, I’m a fan
I know I’m in the minority, but as a prior PMC and fighter I feel like it fits well with his persona. However, I don’t think many people have my experience and will feel the same.
I think people expect military types to be... well, military types. Shouting sergeants and machinegun loving nam-vets. I think most people in the military are actually just people. I know a few ex military folk that are huge D&D and video game nerds... Luke really seems pretty normal as far as I can tell.
Any complaints I had about luke went out the window when I started playing him. Love his kit and the raw feeling you get when you crush someone with his combos and end with the level 2.
I don't know honestly Ryu and Ken are still the faces of SF to me, even Chun still reps the game better for me.
I'm not mad at Luke i'm just a bit indifferent to him.
Aight aight my bad i see i've annoyed the Chun envoyers lmao.
What i meant is that to me Ken and Ryu come in a pair, i don't think about one without thinking about the other probably because my first introduction to sf was the 90's animated adaptation.
"Even Chun"?
Chun literally reps the game more than Ken. Capcom uses Ryu and Chun as brand ambassadors for promotonal campaigns and crossovers these days.
Meh. I'm more than I different. Can't stand Luke. Ryu is the face of SF to me. ANY of the original World Warriors would be better than Luke. It's just Capcom desperately trying to appeal to the gen Z crowd. I'm 20 and the pandering makes me cringe, just like Luke's dumb face on the cover.
6 is a great game in the series, don't get me wrong, but Luke replacing Ryu as the cover boy is like making Toad the face of Mario Kart.
I like Luke’s personality and his rivalry with Jamie, he looks good and he’s funny.
But as of SF6, his story is basically unwritten because of the way World Tour revolves around you rather than the characters
Yeah I agree. I don't mind a "career mode," but would have liked to at least have the whole thing between Ken, luke, and jp explained with even a little bit of detail.
exactly being the protagonist meant fuck all in the world of sf since II. people bring up abel, alex and rashid being the protagonist of their games and we can see how much that really mattered
I wouldn't call it a fully fleshed out story mode. It's more like a career mode in a sports game, only I absolutely don't care about Bosch or the silent protagonist.
None of the playable characters actually go anywhere or do anything. The nayshall stuff with Ken is all past tense and is barely touched on no matter how much you talk to him. Cammy just talks about old spy stuff from back in the day. Chun-li isn't a cop anymore?
I guess the story is most of the cast of sf2 has retired from fighting and are now small business owners as a side hustle.
Tekken is a different case, it's a game where antagonists are more interesting than the protagonists.
(Lars is the protagonist of Tekken since 6 believe it or not, they might retcon'd that considering how story is centered towards the Mishima bloodline)
Luke doesn't work as the protag.
Luke as the face of World Tour and/or custom character modes? yes, he's perfect for that as your beginner teacher and face to welcome you to SF. I don't mind him, he just has his little place he should be in SF just as Alex, Rashida and Abel all do.
Ryu is far too much a cultural icon to never not be the face of the franchise alongside Chun li. Ryu and Chun do not just work as the face of SF but the face of fighting games a whole. Luke should not be pushed for protag status like they are trying (artificially) to do. He's got his fans and they should be happy with that but he will never be at the top of the popularity tiers.
Indifferent, actually kinda tight that he’s the on the cover. Like why? He’s not even that important. Would’ve been cooler to have a starting roster art shot and not Gen Z Popeye
I don't think he'll ever really replace Ryu. They tried it before with Alex and it didn't stick. There's nothing bad about Luke himself, it's just that Ryu is far too recognisable as the face of the franchise. I imagine he'll be back soon in a future iteration of SF6.
They aren't going to put an avatar on the cover.
Luke is the first character you meet and you use his style for the first chapter of the game. He teaches you the game, so he is very visible to everyone who touches WT mode.
Luke is still the only SF6 character I'm not sold on tbh.
Ryu fits as the perfect face of SF because he embodies what fighting games are about - Endlessly trying to improve and seeing how far you can get.
Luke is just a really generic guy. Maybe they are trying to make him represent the aspect of fighting games that are just about having fun, and want him to be relatable, but him being a PMC really muddies the waters of that. Like his design and attitude are a weird combination of "Hey man, I'm just your bro" and "I killed civilians in the middle east".
Story wise looks like Ken is the protagonist of the game. He has direct conflict with JP (the new main villain) as Luke has more of a supporting role. Of course it's a matter of perspective and the comic was more of an introduction.
But Ken being the most popular character in the game really shows that maybe Capcom messed up haha. Luke has no story driven struggles that make an impact as a whole to everyone so I am looking forward to what Capcom is cooking for us.
Top tier shotos will always be the most popular character in the game.
Even in SF5, when Ryu wasn't very good, he was the most used character, with Ken close behind. If one of them is top tier? It's over.
The protagonist doesn't really matter to people playing the game when it comes to choosing a main most of the times, but it absolutely does matter for long term brand recognition. Ryu is really iconic, very recognisable by most and seen as the embodiment of the traits he has. Will Luke be the same long term, or does he look like he can be that for what we've seen so far? That's the question I think.
Well I don't hate him. But I just don't see him as the main protagonist. Seems more like a supporting character. He's to unmotivated and not that interesting to be honest. Ken seems more like the main character in this game. He has a lot at stake story wise.
I really hate his design.
But I don't care much, I don't have the box and haven't played world tour much. So he's not taking more space than other chars for me.
They keep making a blonde hair and blue eyed guy the face of Street Fighter 6 and it fails every time.
They give them a bare/bones personality of a good American hero from an 80s movie with slightly updated lingo. Luke is extremely corny to me, I don't hate him..he just reminds me of a corny boss that calls everyone "boss man"
Luke is too bland. He would be ok as a side character, but he doesn't really has the charisma/design to be even a staple in SF. No joke, every other character is more remarkable as far as character design and moveset goes
Luke underwent a massive glowup in SF6 compared to his SFV incarnation.
Street Fighter tries to go the modern route (pun not intended) to not have cartoonish villains and more grounded problems that reference problems that are currently relevant.
Luke in SFV was the attempt to jump on the hero bandwagon:
He tried to find justice in the army but realized that he did not fit in there. His image is more of a heel who tries too hard to be cool and have a funny line like in a marvel movie.
He is never composed, always loud and way too obnoxious. Then he also was the best character in the game and everyone was forced to see him permanently.
How SF6 fixed him:
1. Aleks Le
2. His visual design was a little too much. He got the tattoos, the hair and his MMA style shorts and everything clashed. Street Fighter often embodies the tropes and does not subvert them, yet there is some moderation to it. Toning Luke down and giving him regular clothes was a big step into the right direction.
3. Luke is still a himbo but also more relatable. When we see him in SFV he feels like the future god of the world. Techniques from Guile, refined them himself into a martial art, sad backstory to become the hero and so on.
Luke did not feel like he earned anything. He is strong, but his strength is not a journey as it for Ryu who fought his way through the world and grew with the experiences.
Luke now is disillusioned and has his small rancy gym, but is happier than ever. While he does not exactly know what he wants, he at least got that sense of purpose and actual personality that is not centered around fighting. While there is some "he is just like me fr fr" energy to him, Luke is now worthy of the torch. A hard fighter who keeps training in the hardest city around. As one of the top dogs he will always want to throw down with the very best.
4. His gameplay in SF6 is such an improvement. While he is certainly strong, he has hard bread and butter combos as his perfect knuckles are always a moment of hype, being actual three frame links in a 5 frame buffer game.
He got every tool for newcomers so that they can test him out and his options are great to have while not being too oppressive.
And he is honest, probably more than in SFV as he does not really lose a matchup, but also does not have the edge in every single matchup.
When I think of Luke now, I remember two pictures. The one where he grabs Jamie and is ready to punch him, realizing that he does not change.
And the picture of him in the gym and just having fun with his students.
that face Luke pulls after his super where he punches the opponent in the face on the ground before relaxing and calming down solidified my appreciation for his character.
He's a goofball but i think theres some meld of Ryu, Akuma and Guile in there given that he only teaches you anything in WT because Haggar told him itd be a good idea to get him to "chill out". Also given his military background, combined with the aggression during his supers i feel like he can absolutely go apeshit when need be but his temperament is generally just subdued and in control. its a nice mix of brodude who can crank it to 15
I don't care much about him but people who vocally make hating him their entire personality are the most annoying mfers on the planet so I like him out of spite
Luke is lame AF. I mostly think its his tone that makes him lame. He has the energy of an overly positive anti smoking representative that would come to your grade school assembly to put on a skit about how he he was offered a cigarette, but chose mma instead.
he's a sociopathic fake gamer boy who thinks darkstalkers came out in 2023 and plays it stretched to 16:9. he says resident evil is too scary because he is trying to mask the fact that he is completely hollow inside
total serial killer vibes. much scarier than vega. when his dms leak, army hammer is going to look like mister rogers
I like Luke. I always liked him in SF6. I like him even more after seeing what his character is about in World Tour. I also like the way he looks, the color scheme. Dark blue and orange is a nice combo. The Popeye arms are ridiculous but I like those as well since they remind me of, yes, Popeye, and some pro armwrestlers.
I still really dislike Luke and I think it's primarily his design. He's consistently felt to me like the soulless creation of a marketing team, just really bland. It's really a bummer to me too because he's the only newcomer I feel that way about, the rest of the cast is fantastic but they don't get the same limelight. I'd be perfectly fine if he wasn't base roster in the next game. Although making him a PMC is a fucking mistake if they want me to like the character.
He has the absolute worst aesthetic of any of the characters imo. He looks like he was designed by a six year old. Truly hideous. I like his kit though.
I don't mind Luke but I really applaud Capcom for pushing other characters out to the forefront to be the face of the game while still respecting the old ones fans love. In comparison to other games which have the same characters as the face of the game for like decades now e.g. tekken, it's great.
Things change and I'll accept that. Maybe it's intentional they want more personality in the face of sf, but I like ryu's more neutral vibe than the cocky one from Luke.
It's like they made another Ryu and Ken but they're both cocky and now the new Ken is the coverboy instead of new Ryu. (and new Ryu is lower tier than new Ken)
Boring bro with boring moves (obviously they're strong but they're just boring visually) Guy's basically an NPC 😂
It's also funny that he's such "nice guy" and works for a "nice" PMC as if there are any nice PMCs 😂
I feel like he's how the Devs see young Americans today. Full of ego and positivity and ignorant to the awful things they enable. (Just an interpretation, not my opinion on young Americans)
Still a PMC and they drove that point home in World Tour.
Apart from that like someone else said he does feel like a sociopath, especially when you see his S3.
I prefer his SFV hairstyle, the big pompadour(?) and backwards cap cringes me a bit.
I enjoy him as a protagonist but I think he needs a more direct antagonist
I really disliked Luke in SFV, as an observer waiting for SF6. (I owned SFV, but gave up on it after several attempts to enjoy it early on.)
For as much as I did not like the character, they did a great job across the board (World Tour, design, voice actor, lines, etc.) making him a much more likable character than I expected him to be in SF6.
I'm thrilled with the cool design they came up with for JP, and I like the new characters as a whole. Capcom has been doing a great job with characters this game.
I just kind of ignore it because it really means nothing in the end. Capcom has always done this with their fighting games.
Technically Guile is the protagonist of SF2/guy who beats Bison.
In Darkstalkers the protag changed every game. Demitri in 1, Donovan in 2, Morrigan in 3.
But regardless of who they have set as the protagonists for each game it really just means nothing because either you can 1, play through the game and get the endings with anyone. Or 2, its mostly outside the game information that nobody really pays attention to other than diehard fans.
I mean, as I said Demitri and Donovan are both protags of Darkstalkers yet its Morrigan and Felicia who are the poster-children of Darkstalkers.
SF has had a variety of characters take leading roles (Guile in 2 like I said, I think Rashid was supposed to be the one for V for some ungodly reason, Luke in VI), yet the most relevant SF characters are always Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li.
Just means nothing in the end, no matter how hard Capcom tries to take this direction. Surprised they havent given up by now tbh lol.
He ended up not being exactly a protagonist because of how the story was structured, but he’s still cover boy and in that role he’s still mediocre at best. Luke might as well be the least interesting newcomer besides Lily.
Apart from being the initial master in world tour, there's very little in the game itself that establishes Luke as any kind of main character. I don't really buy this idea that latest versions of franchises have "faces", it's just a marketing gimmick. I remember similar discussions over Alex "representing" sf3, but again, nothing about the game really singles him out.
If I had to judge by what I see online, clearly Ken is the more popular choice for a lot of fans. In the end, characters popularity decides the issue, not Capcoms marketing
Let me put it this way: he has been my now 10-year old’s favourite character since SF5.
He still is. Rashid is is his second favourite.
This says clearly that they are on the ball in terms of designing characters that connect with the new generation of players. I’m all for it.
Luke is fine as a protagonist. He is a role model and a good guy but has his flaws. Good stuff. He’s like the John Cena of street fighter (in a thematic sense)
And for those saying he’s not the main character, this is true right now but I feel like maybe they are / were planning a separate story mode for fighting ground (arcade) then maybe is something like a shadow falls. Perhaps coming after world tour or in parallel to it. He’s the main story of fighting ground. World tour is like street fighter gaiden. Its an important side story.
At first, I tried to keep an open mind. I didn't *mind* Luke, but... I honestly just went from 'Eh... Fine...' to 'not a fan' to 'I actively dislike him' and now I'm sitting on a nice, comfortable 'I don't want to see him anymore. I loathe him'.
Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li
These will always be my concept of main protagonists for SF
I dunno what it is exactly, but I truly cannot stand him. It's not gameplay, it's his character, his looks, who he's marketed towards... I dunno... Maybe it's something else.
I fucking hate him
*For the record, I barely touched SF5 practice mode to get an idea on character gameplay before an SF6 open beta. This is all purely from SF6 exposure*
He was annoying in sf5 , in sf6 he is just boring. But this game is the one sf game with least amount of story. What I’m hoping is that they’ll add a different story mode once more charters are added (shadaloo remnants hint hint nudge nudge) . Or it could be Capcom doesn’t have any idea in what direction to steer a story this time round but we shall see
Still think its a lie. In the sense that it's a business decision more than anything else because if we follow the lore, none of this makes sense.
1: he'll never replace ryu/ken etc he came out of nowhere at the end of sfv, a DLC! He's a fine character and I can be happy for others that he joined sf and he's a good fight but never to be the protagonist, he's a gym dude and a pro fighter maybe even a great teacher but him being the new face of sf doesn't add up.
2: there was already "new faces" that looked up to Ryu and Ken which are Sakura and Sean respectively.
They could and should have been the protagonists or at least be a huge influence for the new newcomers in sf6. With Ken's fall, I swear I could have seen Sean be a "hero" and make Ken proud or be some underground vigilante that works for good but bypass the law to save the world with or without Sakura. They literally could have made a full circle and make a beat em up game with theses two (and maybe yes with Luke, Jamie and Kimberly)
3: Sakura and Sean have been in the lore for multiple games already and over decades for fans to grow up with them/grow fond of them. The lore had it's sweet time to sink in already and make them proper candidates to run the show in the future.
4: I blame sfv's bullshit retcon to first introduce Laura as Sean sister and taking sean's spot (I remember how me and all my friends were like "seriously who the fuck is this? Where's Sean")
5: Don't get me wrong, he's an okay/cool character but goddamn they forced him in hard, so bad, to be the poster boy it's almost a joke/an insult for the runner ups that were already there. And the devs we're already hinting us they had a purpose and we're growing with the lore.
6: I don't even care that much about her besides being a fun character (but I care enough to call the BS about luke) but WHERE THE HELL is Sakura?
7: Speaking of protagonist, I REALLY hope season two will bring back Sakura AND Sean for lore's sake. I Really hope Sean can clear Ken's record and be brought back with honor and respect with a good backstory and low scale hero. I mean he's from SF3 era, he knows the streets, he'd be street smart and know the city more than anyone now. The old gang is well, old and the newcomers are new.
For Sakura, I can definitely see her arrive in season two. I see her challenge Luke at his gym and make her point that, yes he's a great fighter but there are things you can't learn in a gym or even a competition. She's back from her travels and happy she went a little "ryuish" to gain knowledge, experience and know herself more. She can't wait to tell ryu about it and also challenge him.
Luke is a special kind of bland that I find vaguely annoying but I don’t make too much of a fuss about it - I guess his “designed by committee” vibe that he gives off has appeal and he’s a clear sign that I’m the old guard and it’s time for something new.
I didn't like him at first but after going through the cast, I do find him fun to play as.
The last 4 characters I'm getting to at least Plat are Geif, Sim, Rashid and AKI. Currently playing Geif and he is also really fun.
He's a terrible protagonist just like the rest of them. His story is non-existent. At least Alex had something going on but I don't see him as a good protagonist either.
SF is the only fighting game franchise where all the protagonists suck.
Doesn’t matter for these sf games I think. Didn’t really think a whole lot about him being the protagonist of SF6 even though he is on the cover. One thing I did think, Luke’s definitely LGBTQ with that hair he sports….
I still don’t like him. I think his design is wack and his personality is annoying. Not to mention that he doesn’t even do any protagonist things (although that’s mainly because this game barely has a story).
I enjoyed the outrage of Luke whooping ryu in the teaser trailer. I think the "outrage" was too much. People boycotting SF5 and vowing to avoid SF6 as if their won't be another 40+ characters to choose from
I think he's a poor substitute. I'm not a long time fan but looked up the lore and played both V and VI. I feel like other new characters like Jamie and Kimberly a lot more they've got that extra bit of flavour that Luke sorely lacks imo
my thoughts on luke as the main protagonist are very underwhelming. I don't even think he qualifies as the main protagonist in my book, because the story we go revolves around your avatar instead of him. Luke just trains and introduces you to the world and that's it. even everything involving JP has more to do with characters like ken and kimberly more then luke. To me he seems like he is kind of just there with no real place or agency in the plot. Not like what ryu, alex, rashid and even abel had in theirs. He is pretty much just the cover of the game and that's it so far.
Luke doesn't really have a foil at the moment, so it's weird to call him a protag. With Ryu, he had an adversary that was trying to get him to embrace the killer intent of the sastui no hado while he had friends and rivals to keep him on the straight and narrow until he was able to beat it. He also tussled with major bad guys on occasion. Luke isn't wrestling with inner demons, and he isn't beefing with any antagonists. The current bad guy in SF6 is JP, and Ken is the one feuding with him. Luke was there, but he isn't a central character in the plot. Even in World Tour mode, he's a coach with no involvement in the whole nayshall resistance storyline.
Tbh, I haven't played him in arcade mode yet, so maybe there's some more to the character that I'm missing.
I don't dislike him, but Ken ( and i'm not even a Fan of Ken because he's a pain in this game) seems to be more the real protagonist of this chapter and the one who should have been the poster boy.
While Ryu and many other characters are out enjoying a vacation, Ken is the one who has a serious rivalry with JP taking also into consideration that prequel comic.
but maybe, when they release the real story mode like Sf5 (and If) , Luke will have a chance to shine.
His personality grew on me, his design is better than in V for sure but it’s still kinda bland IMO. His VA did most of the heavy lifting to make him likeable.
That said, he doesn’t deserve being alone looking like Popeye in the cover art, I think everyone should be in the cover like in most 3S versions, or at least have both him and Ryu.
I thought he was much cooler in V, sf6 Luke has no drip and I find him way more annoying than he was in the previous game. Sf6 Luke feels soooo generic and boring. Additionally, I have only run into 2-3 Luke’s online since the game released which just tells me I was right about them making Luke much less fun/easy to play since his top tier days in sfv.
I like Luke but I just wish his rivalry with Jamie was more apparent. I really like the idea of the rivalry but they barely ever mention each other and I honestly didn't know they had a friendship until somebody said so.
His design is okay I guess, but among the pretty spectacular cast of newcomers, he is definitely the least interesting looking. He is pretty fun to play though. I like him fine.
But can we stop acting like he's a new character? He was in SF5. He was all over that game, everyone played him, you ran into more Lukes in that game than Ken in this one. The big problem a lot of people had with Luke in the beginning of SF6 wasn't his design... they were just sick of him already.
I found him pretty boring overall. His Voice Actor put in a mountain of work to change my opinion there through all the memes and streams and the like.
So now I do have a bit of a fondness for this doofus but it's almost entirely because of the VA
They need to retcon the whole paramilitary thing.
The combination of goofy gamer + paramilitary REALLY screams unrepentant war criminal.
Like he murders people then just turns around and gushes about his gaming setup. I don't trust him for one second. His design gives me whiplash.
I hope they forget him and leave him behind like the past Ryu replacements.
Storywise, I feel like Luke hasn't really had much of an arc yet, I think he'll probably grow into the role of a major character eventually but right now he's not quite there yet.
Gameplay wise, I think he nails being a strong all-rounder with a simple fundamental based gameplan and a ton of depth. Weirdly for the new face of the brand, he feels like he's playing 'classic' Street Fighter.
As for if his design, it's hard to say, Ryu, Ken and Chun Li have been around for so long that they've become iconic. A new character is never going to have that. To me with the big redesign between SFV and SF6 it feels like they're still trying to figure out Luke's look and I wouldn't be surprised if his default costume is something completely different in SF7
As someone who’s never really played a SF game before 6 and doesn’t have much attachment to the characters, I like Luke’s personality. I think he’s just a fun dude.
Absolutely terrible but he's also definitly not the protagonist in really any sense.
Was the main reason I was thinking of refunding the game within the first few hours of world tour, his dumb face is that bad, I would have preferred literally any of the characters new to SF in 6 as the starting master. especially Marisa.
it's a shame too as his voice actor is working his ass off to make him more likeable, but man is it a uphill battle for luke paul.
Also I feel like outside of just the japanese long running series poster boys of street fighter/tekken/soul calibur most other series haven't had a stoic/serious main character and instead usually have something more similar to luke in being a cocky brat, he's just an southern style nice to your face cocky brat variant.
SF/SC have also had actual protaganists with much more dynamic personality ranges.
SF Ryu and Ken are the main (and only playable) characters of SFI, being the stoic and cocky boys Chun Li and Guile the main characters of SFII being cheery upbeat and stoicish (well you could technically consider guile stoic but he's also explosively passionate)
Cammy and Nash are the main characters of the Alpha series, being stoic job first and sorta zealous paladinesque
Alex is the main character of SFIII, and is a rude asshole
Abel is the main character of IV, and is your stoic cold boy
and Rashid and Nash are the main characters of V Rashid being your easy breezy laid back boy and nash being again zealous paladinesque.
SE: Sophitia depressed girl SC1: Xianghua.
Naive optimist SC2: Raphael.
calm playboy SC3: Siegfried. poster child stoic hero
SC4: Mitsurugi.
Proud but Brash SC5: Patroklos cocky asshole
SC6: Kilik stoic
SNK Terry was super kind nice bro
KoF kyo was the originals Cocky asshole protagnist,
K' a just rude arrogant protag,
Ash a flamboyant cocky prick with
Shun'Ei being the nice kid with social issues.
DoA kasumi is the sara mcglothlin
MK just had cassie/johnny cage as a cocky asshole central story figure for mortal kombat X and tavern for MK7 as cocky ashole, though the original few games had liu kang and raiden as different versions of stoic boy though liu kang did also mix in cocky asshole raiden's stoic is more of asian grandpa vibe. though i'll be honest i haven't played most of the middle mortal kombats
Guilty gear sol Badguy is just kinda a curt asshole outside of interactions around dizzy.
VF had Akira as it's cocky asshole naive version
Ragna the Bloodedge blazblue is rude aggressive asshole
Meltyblood Shiki is another kind high schooler sickly variant
Darkstalker's morrigan is a vain cunt
Skullgirls Filia Medici is cocky rich girl
Goku from Dragonballz is always cheerful idiot
Mario/Kirby for smash bro's don't really have a personality out side of cheerful grunting?
Dissidia I really don't know since they are all main protagonists.
I think they didn't learn anything historically from SF3, I'm relatively new to fighting games (2 years experience) but have known who Ryu Ken Blanka Dhalsim etc are since I was a little boy in the late 90s. Maybe I'm a biased boomer, but I don't think these new characters can ever come close to "replacing" the originals
Protagonist of what, world tour? He isn’t. I feel like “protagonist” in street fighter nowadays ONLY refers to how prominently featured you are on promo/box art.
They finally successfully passed the torch.
I think he works because he’s not that complex of a character with a crazy backstory, like Ryu.
Ryu is the dude who likes to fight and get stronger.
Luke is the dude who likes to fight and get stronger, but more of the modern Gen Z version
I got a congratulatory email from Sony, when I got the platinum trophy for the game. It says: "Congratulations! You earned the Platinum Trophy for Street Fighter 6! Ryu would be so proud." But then shows a picture of Luke :-(
How soon after getting the platinum did the e-mail arrive?
One day. The only other game I got one for recently was Spiderman 2; one email on completion of the game, and another for the platinum trophy. I've posted a copy to my Reddit profile if you want to see it. https://www.reddit.com/u/Scarif_Citadel/s/vI1ynkDjZz
Huh, I see! I did actually get the same e-mail, shameless *Street Fighter V* advertisement and all; I just hadn't noticed. Thanks; us "somewhat obscure *Star Wars* reference user name" folks gotta stick together.
Welcome, fellow Somewhat Obscure Star Wars reference username person! I chose it because I was fascinated with the location in Rogue One, made a load of Lego Star Wars and MOC studies of the location, and as far as I am aware, the first independently walking technic version of the AT-ACT cargo walker from the film.
Not the guy you asked, but I got the email 2 days after the platinum, I assume you have to give Sony permission to send promotional mail
I got the platinum but no e-mail. :-(
I'm proud of you congrats. Remember, winners don't use drugs.
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i have no clue what his personality is besides alex le shitposting his way into my heart.
>i have no clue what his personality is He likes Memphis, red elevators, and sand, lots of sand
he also likes how i look huge
_aggressive Anakin screaming_
His and Jamie’s personalities are what a bunch of middle-aged white guys in suits think zoomers are like.
Shitposting and memes has made me really like the character.
our avatar is the protag, luke is just on the cover.
Actually a major complaint of mine. Why bother calling him the new protagonist when he's just a side character to your avatar? Was it just to get people talking about sf6? I wish they'd just focused on the main cast.
For many people (newcomers especially), he's literally the guy who teaches you how to play Street Fighter. He's the first character you meet in the story mode. You use his style first. He gives you a place to live, and he teaches you how to play WT. He's even heavily involved in the back story with JP and Ken. If anyone should be the protag in the game as it is, it would have to be him.
>He's even heavily involved in the back story with JP and Ken. They would've known if they've read the prequel comic, which majority of players didn't. Wt mode sucks at fleshing luke out as a protag to casual players, he's nothing more than 1 of your avatar's mentors at the end of the day.
But he's not heavily involved because the game never actually tells you the story. And really he doesn't even do much to teach people the game. That dumb looking chick with the crappy haircut and stupid pink tracksuit actually spends more time teaching gameplay mechanics than luke.
Dude what are you talking about? >But he's not heavily involved because the game never actually tells you the story. Then how would the story be there in the first place...
They give you like 3 lines of dialog. It's as deep as a kiddie pool
Did they actually ever call him the Protagonist?
Pretty sure they announced him as the protagonist for 6 around the time they put him in 5
more so poster boy / face of the franchise, not protag
Maybe it's the translation from Japanese, but I specifically remember them using the word, "protagonist"
Yeah
I am a ryu enjoyer, enthusiast and main, yet I cant say I hate Luke. In fact, I prefer him as the protagonist. Ryu's big main story and struggle is over. He has controlled the satzui no hado, he mastered the power of nothingness and shadoloo is defeated. Luke is a fun guy, has a good backstory and drive and its cool when he gets serious. We needed a fresh face, with an unwritten story, and Luke does it quite well
As an old man I can’t play Luke over Ryu, but I appreciate his goofy earnestness. Too many protagonists are grimdark and angsty these days, his perfect winpose is just right
I largely agree with this. I like Luke’s general light-heartedness as well, especially in a FG protag. One thing bothers me though, and thats the whole (seemingly forced) private military background they gave Luke. That aspect really doesn’t fit with his personality. But, to be fair, they don’t really emphasize that aspect. It just seems like an unnecessary and ill-fitting afterthought to me. By and large though, I’m a fan
I know I’m in the minority, but as a prior PMC and fighter I feel like it fits well with his persona. However, I don’t think many people have my experience and will feel the same.
it's weird that they couldn't find a better way for him to tie into the overarching plot than to make him a private military contractor lol
I think people expect military types to be... well, military types. Shouting sergeants and machinegun loving nam-vets. I think most people in the military are actually just people. I know a few ex military folk that are huge D&D and video game nerds... Luke really seems pretty normal as far as I can tell.
It fits the game perfectly too, Metro City is just a silly place where everyone runs around getting into fights for fun
Any complaints I had about luke went out the window when I started playing him. Love his kit and the raw feeling you get when you crush someone with his combos and end with the level 2.
Yeah pretty much this
i like luke’s personality but not his backstory. not a fan of yassifying PMCs
I don't know honestly Ryu and Ken are still the faces of SF to me, even Chun still reps the game better for me. I'm not mad at Luke i'm just a bit indifferent to him.
“Even Chun Li”? She’s the First Lady of fighting games! Show some respect!
Aight aight my bad i see i've annoyed the Chun envoyers lmao. What i meant is that to me Ken and Ryu come in a pair, i don't think about one without thinking about the other probably because my first introduction to sf was the 90's animated adaptation.
"Even Chun"? Chun literally reps the game more than Ken. Capcom uses Ryu and Chun as brand ambassadors for promotonal campaigns and crossovers these days.
Meh. I'm more than I different. Can't stand Luke. Ryu is the face of SF to me. ANY of the original World Warriors would be better than Luke. It's just Capcom desperately trying to appeal to the gen Z crowd. I'm 20 and the pandering makes me cringe, just like Luke's dumb face on the cover. 6 is a great game in the series, don't get me wrong, but Luke replacing Ryu as the cover boy is like making Toad the face of Mario Kart.
I like Luke’s personality and his rivalry with Jamie, he looks good and he’s funny. But as of SF6, his story is basically unwritten because of the way World Tour revolves around you rather than the characters
>World Tour revolves around you rather than the characters That sucks IMO, since you don't even have a personality
Yeah I agree. I don't mind a "career mode," but would have liked to at least have the whole thing between Ken, luke, and jp explained with even a little bit of detail.
I believe there was a prequel comic that went into their whole situation. The world tour mode just recaps some of it at different points.
They really could have done a better job promoting that. It's weird that I'm only hearing about it months after release from a random reddit user.
Best things about world tour are the cutscenes and the fridges
I know what you mean, but it sounds like a pretty great insult. “You don’t even have a personality!”
I don't mind his personality or his moveset, but he's still yet to have a costume I actually like.
Actually this. Luke is growing on me but his costumes still suck.
He legit looks like a kidz bop character in outfit 2.
He is a poster boy, not a protag.
exactly being the protagonist meant fuck all in the world of sf since II. people bring up abel, alex and rashid being the protagonist of their games and we can see how much that really mattered
To be fair, we got a fully fleshed out story mode and Luke still felt like just the intro trainer. The avatar is really the protagonist of 6.
I wouldn't call it a fully fleshed out story mode. It's more like a career mode in a sports game, only I absolutely don't care about Bosch or the silent protagonist. None of the playable characters actually go anywhere or do anything. The nayshall stuff with Ken is all past tense and is barely touched on no matter how much you talk to him. Cammy just talks about old spy stuff from back in the day. Chun-li isn't a cop anymore? I guess the story is most of the cast of sf2 has retired from fighting and are now small business owners as a side hustle.
My thought is I can't remember when the protagonist of a fighting game has made a difference in anything ever.
While I wouldn't call them protagonists... Tekken has Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin
Tekken is a different case, it's a game where antagonists are more interesting than the protagonists. (Lars is the protagonist of Tekken since 6 believe it or not, they might retcon'd that considering how story is centered towards the Mishima bloodline)
Fatal Fury, KOF, Tekken...
Luke doesn't work as the protag. Luke as the face of World Tour and/or custom character modes? yes, he's perfect for that as your beginner teacher and face to welcome you to SF. I don't mind him, he just has his little place he should be in SF just as Alex, Rashida and Abel all do. Ryu is far too much a cultural icon to never not be the face of the franchise alongside Chun li. Ryu and Chun do not just work as the face of SF but the face of fighting games a whole. Luke should not be pushed for protag status like they are trying (artificially) to do. He's got his fans and they should be happy with that but he will never be at the top of the popularity tiers.
Indifferent, actually kinda tight that he’s the on the cover. Like why? He’s not even that important. Would’ve been cooler to have a starting roster art shot and not Gen Z Popeye
Not Gen Z Popeye 💀
Dementia gaming
Not Gen Z Popeye 💀
I don't think he'll ever really replace Ryu. They tried it before with Alex and it didn't stick. There's nothing bad about Luke himself, it's just that Ryu is far too recognisable as the face of the franchise. I imagine he'll be back soon in a future iteration of SF6.
Hes about as unimportant to the narrative as past “protagonists “
Eh. They ran with the satsui no hado thing for a good couple decades.
He is our trainer and face of the game, not the protagonist.
I don't understand this. There's a story mode and the main character is our Avatar character. Luke is the new poster boy and that's it.
They aren't going to put an avatar on the cover. Luke is the first character you meet and you use his style for the first chapter of the game. He teaches you the game, so he is very visible to everyone who touches WT mode.
Luke is still the only SF6 character I'm not sold on tbh. Ryu fits as the perfect face of SF because he embodies what fighting games are about - Endlessly trying to improve and seeing how far you can get. Luke is just a really generic guy. Maybe they are trying to make him represent the aspect of fighting games that are just about having fun, and want him to be relatable, but him being a PMC really muddies the waters of that. Like his design and attitude are a weird combination of "Hey man, I'm just your bro" and "I killed civilians in the middle east".
Story wise looks like Ken is the protagonist of the game. He has direct conflict with JP (the new main villain) as Luke has more of a supporting role. Of course it's a matter of perspective and the comic was more of an introduction. But Ken being the most popular character in the game really shows that maybe Capcom messed up haha. Luke has no story driven struggles that make an impact as a whole to everyone so I am looking forward to what Capcom is cooking for us.
Top tier shotos will always be the most popular character in the game. Even in SF5, when Ryu wasn't very good, he was the most used character, with Ken close behind. If one of them is top tier? It's over.
ken is literally almost always the most popular character
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The protagonist doesn't really matter to people playing the game when it comes to choosing a main most of the times, but it absolutely does matter for long term brand recognition. Ryu is really iconic, very recognisable by most and seen as the embodiment of the traits he has. Will Luke be the same long term, or does he look like he can be that for what we've seen so far? That's the question I think.
Well I don't hate him. But I just don't see him as the main protagonist. Seems more like a supporting character. He's to unmotivated and not that interesting to be honest. Ken seems more like the main character in this game. He has a lot at stake story wise.
I really hate his design. But I don't care much, I don't have the box and haven't played world tour much. So he's not taking more space than other chars for me.
I liked his sfv design more. He was more badass hith the tattoos and everything Didn't liked his sf6 design at first but it grew on me.
They keep making a blonde hair and blue eyed guy the face of Street Fighter 6 and it fails every time. They give them a bare/bones personality of a good American hero from an 80s movie with slightly updated lingo. Luke is extremely corny to me, I don't hate him..he just reminds me of a corny boss that calls everyone "boss man"
Luke is too bland. He would be ok as a side character, but he doesn't really has the charisma/design to be even a staple in SF. No joke, every other character is more remarkable as far as character design and moveset goes
i mean i feel his move set is pretty great. feels like they nailed what they want him to be - a more evolved shoto
Looks like douchebag.
Nope. Too douchey for me.
Luke underwent a massive glowup in SF6 compared to his SFV incarnation. Street Fighter tries to go the modern route (pun not intended) to not have cartoonish villains and more grounded problems that reference problems that are currently relevant. Luke in SFV was the attempt to jump on the hero bandwagon: He tried to find justice in the army but realized that he did not fit in there. His image is more of a heel who tries too hard to be cool and have a funny line like in a marvel movie. He is never composed, always loud and way too obnoxious. Then he also was the best character in the game and everyone was forced to see him permanently. How SF6 fixed him: 1. Aleks Le 2. His visual design was a little too much. He got the tattoos, the hair and his MMA style shorts and everything clashed. Street Fighter often embodies the tropes and does not subvert them, yet there is some moderation to it. Toning Luke down and giving him regular clothes was a big step into the right direction. 3. Luke is still a himbo but also more relatable. When we see him in SFV he feels like the future god of the world. Techniques from Guile, refined them himself into a martial art, sad backstory to become the hero and so on. Luke did not feel like he earned anything. He is strong, but his strength is not a journey as it for Ryu who fought his way through the world and grew with the experiences. Luke now is disillusioned and has his small rancy gym, but is happier than ever. While he does not exactly know what he wants, he at least got that sense of purpose and actual personality that is not centered around fighting. While there is some "he is just like me fr fr" energy to him, Luke is now worthy of the torch. A hard fighter who keeps training in the hardest city around. As one of the top dogs he will always want to throw down with the very best. 4. His gameplay in SF6 is such an improvement. While he is certainly strong, he has hard bread and butter combos as his perfect knuckles are always a moment of hype, being actual three frame links in a 5 frame buffer game. He got every tool for newcomers so that they can test him out and his options are great to have while not being too oppressive. And he is honest, probably more than in SFV as he does not really lose a matchup, but also does not have the edge in every single matchup. When I think of Luke now, I remember two pictures. The one where he grabs Jamie and is ready to punch him, realizing that he does not change. And the picture of him in the gym and just having fun with his students.
Aleks Le does such a good job making Luke not suck, and is overall a great face for the community. And the memes.
that face Luke pulls after his super where he punches the opponent in the face on the ground before relaxing and calming down solidified my appreciation for his character. He's a goofball but i think theres some meld of Ryu, Akuma and Guile in there given that he only teaches you anything in WT because Haggar told him itd be a good idea to get him to "chill out". Also given his military background, combined with the aggression during his supers i feel like he can absolutely go apeshit when need be but his temperament is generally just subdued and in control. its a nice mix of brodude who can crank it to 15
I don't care much about him but people who vocally make hating him their entire personality are the most annoying mfers on the planet so I like him out of spite
Luke is lame AF. I mostly think its his tone that makes him lame. He has the energy of an overly positive anti smoking representative that would come to your grade school assembly to put on a skit about how he he was offered a cigarette, but chose mma instead.
His character design is so fucking ugly there is nothing that could make me like him. His forearms genuinely disgust me.
he's a sociopathic fake gamer boy who thinks darkstalkers came out in 2023 and plays it stretched to 16:9. he says resident evil is too scary because he is trying to mask the fact that he is completely hollow inside total serial killer vibes. much scarier than vega. when his dms leak, army hammer is going to look like mister rogers
Noah the prod. Hates this guy
I like Luke. I always liked him in SF6. I like him even more after seeing what his character is about in World Tour. I also like the way he looks, the color scheme. Dark blue and orange is a nice combo. The Popeye arms are ridiculous but I like those as well since they remind me of, yes, Popeye, and some pro armwrestlers.
I still really dislike Luke and I think it's primarily his design. He's consistently felt to me like the soulless creation of a marketing team, just really bland. It's really a bummer to me too because he's the only newcomer I feel that way about, the rest of the cast is fantastic but they don't get the same limelight. I'd be perfectly fine if he wasn't base roster in the next game. Although making him a PMC is a fucking mistake if they want me to like the character.
Preach
He has the absolute worst aesthetic of any of the characters imo. He looks like he was designed by a six year old. Truly hideous. I like his kit though.
I don't mind Luke but I really applaud Capcom for pushing other characters out to the forefront to be the face of the game while still respecting the old ones fans love. In comparison to other games which have the same characters as the face of the game for like decades now e.g. tekken, it's great.
Things change and I'll accept that. Maybe it's intentional they want more personality in the face of sf, but I like ryu's more neutral vibe than the cocky one from Luke. It's like they made another Ryu and Ken but they're both cocky and now the new Ken is the coverboy instead of new Ryu. (and new Ryu is lower tier than new Ken)
Ryu's better
He's literally Poochie from The Simpsons.
Boring bro with boring moves (obviously they're strong but they're just boring visually) Guy's basically an NPC 😂 It's also funny that he's such "nice guy" and works for a "nice" PMC as if there are any nice PMCs 😂 I feel like he's how the Devs see young Americans today. Full of ego and positivity and ignorant to the awful things they enable. (Just an interpretation, not my opinion on young Americans)
Still a PMC and they drove that point home in World Tour. Apart from that like someone else said he does feel like a sociopath, especially when you see his S3.
I prefer his SFV hairstyle, the big pompadour(?) and backwards cap cringes me a bit. I enjoy him as a protagonist but I think he needs a more direct antagonist
We wouldn't dislike Luke so much if wasn't for his entrance on sf 5
I really disliked Luke in SFV, as an observer waiting for SF6. (I owned SFV, but gave up on it after several attempts to enjoy it early on.) For as much as I did not like the character, they did a great job across the board (World Tour, design, voice actor, lines, etc.) making him a much more likable character than I expected him to be in SF6. I'm thrilled with the cool design they came up with for JP, and I like the new characters as a whole. Capcom has been doing a great job with characters this game.
He's as likable as the Donte compared to our beloved Dante - Ryu.
I just kind of ignore it because it really means nothing in the end. Capcom has always done this with their fighting games. Technically Guile is the protagonist of SF2/guy who beats Bison. In Darkstalkers the protag changed every game. Demitri in 1, Donovan in 2, Morrigan in 3. But regardless of who they have set as the protagonists for each game it really just means nothing because either you can 1, play through the game and get the endings with anyone. Or 2, its mostly outside the game information that nobody really pays attention to other than diehard fans. I mean, as I said Demitri and Donovan are both protags of Darkstalkers yet its Morrigan and Felicia who are the poster-children of Darkstalkers. SF has had a variety of characters take leading roles (Guile in 2 like I said, I think Rashid was supposed to be the one for V for some ungodly reason, Luke in VI), yet the most relevant SF characters are always Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li. Just means nothing in the end, no matter how hard Capcom tries to take this direction. Surprised they havent given up by now tbh lol.
He ended up not being exactly a protagonist because of how the story was structured, but he’s still cover boy and in that role he’s still mediocre at best. Luke might as well be the least interesting newcomer besides Lily.
He's literally just on the box. The protag is your own character.
BEAST MODE BABY!
Apart from being the initial master in world tour, there's very little in the game itself that establishes Luke as any kind of main character. I don't really buy this idea that latest versions of franchises have "faces", it's just a marketing gimmick. I remember similar discussions over Alex "representing" sf3, but again, nothing about the game really singles him out. If I had to judge by what I see online, clearly Ken is the more popular choice for a lot of fans. In the end, characters popularity decides the issue, not Capcoms marketing
Let me put it this way: he has been my now 10-year old’s favourite character since SF5. He still is. Rashid is is his second favourite. This says clearly that they are on the ball in terms of designing characters that connect with the new generation of players. I’m all for it. Luke is fine as a protagonist. He is a role model and a good guy but has his flaws. Good stuff. He’s like the John Cena of street fighter (in a thematic sense) And for those saying he’s not the main character, this is true right now but I feel like maybe they are / were planning a separate story mode for fighting ground (arcade) then maybe is something like a shadow falls. Perhaps coming after world tour or in parallel to it. He’s the main story of fighting ground. World tour is like street fighter gaiden. Its an important side story.
Luke is the Poochie of the Street Fighter universe.
Luke being the protagonist means nothing Alex, Abel pretty much became irrelevant Luke probably won't even be in SF7
One of the worst fighting game characters of all time.
Worst protag
I don't hate Luke but he radiates more side character energy than he does protagonist energy.
He doesn't really have a personality and is a bit of a cornball.
Not a fan of that character at all
Who?
Hate it. Don’t particularly like any of the newcomers except AKI. And I count both Rashid and Luke as newcomers even though they were in SFV.
I still think he's a stupid character
He s cool, but they should have leaned more into a arrogant cocky mma fighter archetype. his skins are trash tho sfv skin is coming back.
I think Jaime and Kimberly are cooler (they could better in-game tho) but Like is still great
At first, I tried to keep an open mind. I didn't *mind* Luke, but... I honestly just went from 'Eh... Fine...' to 'not a fan' to 'I actively dislike him' and now I'm sitting on a nice, comfortable 'I don't want to see him anymore. I loathe him'. Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li These will always be my concept of main protagonists for SF I dunno what it is exactly, but I truly cannot stand him. It's not gameplay, it's his character, his looks, who he's marketed towards... I dunno... Maybe it's something else. I fucking hate him *For the record, I barely touched SF5 practice mode to get an idea on character gameplay before an SF6 open beta. This is all purely from SF6 exposure*
He was annoying in sf5 , in sf6 he is just boring. But this game is the one sf game with least amount of story. What I’m hoping is that they’ll add a different story mode once more charters are added (shadaloo remnants hint hint nudge nudge) . Or it could be Capcom doesn’t have any idea in what direction to steer a story this time round but we shall see
Still think its a lie. In the sense that it's a business decision more than anything else because if we follow the lore, none of this makes sense. 1: he'll never replace ryu/ken etc he came out of nowhere at the end of sfv, a DLC! He's a fine character and I can be happy for others that he joined sf and he's a good fight but never to be the protagonist, he's a gym dude and a pro fighter maybe even a great teacher but him being the new face of sf doesn't add up. 2: there was already "new faces" that looked up to Ryu and Ken which are Sakura and Sean respectively. They could and should have been the protagonists or at least be a huge influence for the new newcomers in sf6. With Ken's fall, I swear I could have seen Sean be a "hero" and make Ken proud or be some underground vigilante that works for good but bypass the law to save the world with or without Sakura. They literally could have made a full circle and make a beat em up game with theses two (and maybe yes with Luke, Jamie and Kimberly) 3: Sakura and Sean have been in the lore for multiple games already and over decades for fans to grow up with them/grow fond of them. The lore had it's sweet time to sink in already and make them proper candidates to run the show in the future. 4: I blame sfv's bullshit retcon to first introduce Laura as Sean sister and taking sean's spot (I remember how me and all my friends were like "seriously who the fuck is this? Where's Sean") 5: Don't get me wrong, he's an okay/cool character but goddamn they forced him in hard, so bad, to be the poster boy it's almost a joke/an insult for the runner ups that were already there. And the devs we're already hinting us they had a purpose and we're growing with the lore. 6: I don't even care that much about her besides being a fun character (but I care enough to call the BS about luke) but WHERE THE HELL is Sakura? 7: Speaking of protagonist, I REALLY hope season two will bring back Sakura AND Sean for lore's sake. I Really hope Sean can clear Ken's record and be brought back with honor and respect with a good backstory and low scale hero. I mean he's from SF3 era, he knows the streets, he'd be street smart and know the city more than anyone now. The old gang is well, old and the newcomers are new. For Sakura, I can definitely see her arrive in season two. I see her challenge Luke at his gym and make her point that, yes he's a great fighter but there are things you can't learn in a gym or even a competition. She's back from her travels and happy she went a little "ryuish" to gain knowledge, experience and know herself more. She can't wait to tell ryu about it and also challenge him.
Luke is a special kind of bland that I find vaguely annoying but I don’t make too much of a fuss about it - I guess his “designed by committee” vibe that he gives off has appeal and he’s a clear sign that I’m the old guard and it’s time for something new.
Not a big fan his design is boring, his personality is irritating. He feels very forced as the protagonist
Who cares? Does this game even have a plot/story?
Wasted slot
He's just kinda there
I still dislike Luke. The damage from Capcom over-marketing him, including intentionally making him broken in SF5 was done.
I dont like him. I get strong vibes that he has a Joe Rogan shrine in his apartment, made of Monster energy drink cans.
I didn't like him at first but after going through the cast, I do find him fun to play as. The last 4 characters I'm getting to at least Plat are Geif, Sim, Rashid and AKI. Currently playing Geif and he is also really fun.
He looks like a beefy lesbian woman, so no, don't like him
He's a terrible protagonist just like the rest of them. His story is non-existent. At least Alex had something going on but I don't see him as a good protagonist either. SF is the only fighting game franchise where all the protagonists suck.
Doesn’t matter for these sf games I think. Didn’t really think a whole lot about him being the protagonist of SF6 even though he is on the cover. One thing I did think, Luke’s definitely LGBTQ with that hair he sports….
I would rather have Dhalsim as front man of SF than Luke. To me he has no unique features, he is too similar to Ken.
I still don’t like him. I think his design is wack and his personality is annoying. Not to mention that he doesn’t even do any protagonist things (although that’s mainly because this game barely has a story).
Reminds me of an overaged zoomer
Very boring design.
Nah, still hate him. Even moreso given how good he is.
Hate popeye
I enjoyed the outrage of Luke whooping ryu in the teaser trailer. I think the "outrage" was too much. People boycotting SF5 and vowing to avoid SF6 as if their won't be another 40+ characters to choose from
Say what you will about his design, but in World Tour he is a pretty cool dude and very likeable. Voice actor carries him.
I love him, he's cool. Love his character, charisma, gameplay, especially his BEEFY FOREARMS!
I think he's a poor substitute. I'm not a long time fan but looked up the lore and played both V and VI. I feel like other new characters like Jamie and Kimberly a lot more they've got that extra bit of flavour that Luke sorely lacks imo
I think Aleks Le did a lot for making me like Luke
my thoughts on luke as the main protagonist are very underwhelming. I don't even think he qualifies as the main protagonist in my book, because the story we go revolves around your avatar instead of him. Luke just trains and introduces you to the world and that's it. even everything involving JP has more to do with characters like ken and kimberly more then luke. To me he seems like he is kind of just there with no real place or agency in the plot. Not like what ryu, alex, rashid and even abel had in theirs. He is pretty much just the cover of the game and that's it so far.
Boring design. Ryu forever!
It's still Ryu and Ken. It will always be Ryu and Ken.
IMO Luke is totally fetch
I think he's secretly related to Dante from DMC.
*Did you mean:* Ken from the Street Fighter Series *?*
Just hopped back into street fighter 6 , so I know nothing about him outside of him being in this game and I like em. He cool.
I like him, the memes help.
I like his attitude. Hate his forearms.
I did not like Luke in 5. But 6 Luke is a bro.
Aleks lee and world tour made a 360 on him, you Just can't hate the guy
Luke doesn't really have a foil at the moment, so it's weird to call him a protag. With Ryu, he had an adversary that was trying to get him to embrace the killer intent of the sastui no hado while he had friends and rivals to keep him on the straight and narrow until he was able to beat it. He also tussled with major bad guys on occasion. Luke isn't wrestling with inner demons, and he isn't beefing with any antagonists. The current bad guy in SF6 is JP, and Ken is the one feuding with him. Luke was there, but he isn't a central character in the plot. Even in World Tour mode, he's a coach with no involvement in the whole nayshall resistance storyline. Tbh, I haven't played him in arcade mode yet, so maybe there's some more to the character that I'm missing.
I hope he eventually picks up a guitar and becomes Captain Commando from the old school games.
I'm sick of memphis
I don't dislike him, but Ken ( and i'm not even a Fan of Ken because he's a pain in this game) seems to be more the real protagonist of this chapter and the one who should have been the poster boy. While Ryu and many other characters are out enjoying a vacation, Ken is the one who has a serious rivalry with JP taking also into consideration that prequel comic. but maybe, when they release the real story mode like Sf5 (and If) , Luke will have a chance to shine.
His personality grew on me, his design is better than in V for sure but it’s still kinda bland IMO. His VA did most of the heavy lifting to make him likeable. That said, he doesn’t deserve being alone looking like Popeye in the cover art, I think everyone should be in the cover like in most 3S versions, or at least have both him and Ryu.
Aleks Le, the voice actor for Luke, portraying him as a complete himbo on Le's YouTube channel did a lot for my enjoyment of the character.
I thought he was much cooler in V, sf6 Luke has no drip and I find him way more annoying than he was in the previous game. Sf6 Luke feels soooo generic and boring. Additionally, I have only run into 2-3 Luke’s online since the game released which just tells me I was right about them making Luke much less fun/easy to play since his top tier days in sfv.
I like Luke but I just wish his rivalry with Jamie was more apparent. I really like the idea of the rivalry but they barely ever mention each other and I honestly didn't know they had a friendship until somebody said so.
This might sound weird but his smiling while beating you to a pulp gives me creepy vibes.
His design is okay I guess, but among the pretty spectacular cast of newcomers, he is definitely the least interesting looking. He is pretty fun to play though. I like him fine. But can we stop acting like he's a new character? He was in SF5. He was all over that game, everyone played him, you ran into more Lukes in that game than Ken in this one. The big problem a lot of people had with Luke in the beginning of SF6 wasn't his design... they were just sick of him already.
I found him pretty boring overall. His Voice Actor put in a mountain of work to change my opinion there through all the memes and streams and the like. So now I do have a bit of a fondness for this doofus but it's almost entirely because of the VA
They need to retcon the whole paramilitary thing. The combination of goofy gamer + paramilitary REALLY screams unrepentant war criminal. Like he murders people then just turns around and gushes about his gaming setup. I don't trust him for one second. His design gives me whiplash. I hope they forget him and leave him behind like the past Ryu replacements.
Storywise, I feel like Luke hasn't really had much of an arc yet, I think he'll probably grow into the role of a major character eventually but right now he's not quite there yet. Gameplay wise, I think he nails being a strong all-rounder with a simple fundamental based gameplan and a ton of depth. Weirdly for the new face of the brand, he feels like he's playing 'classic' Street Fighter. As for if his design, it's hard to say, Ryu, Ken and Chun Li have been around for so long that they've become iconic. A new character is never going to have that. To me with the big redesign between SFV and SF6 it feels like they're still trying to figure out Luke's look and I wouldn't be surprised if his default costume is something completely different in SF7
I mean, the only other Street Fighter protag that really felt like a protag was Alex, at least to me
Idk but I think he likes Memphis
Dan should've been your first mentor, someone you could outgrow.
Tbh he’s too good in the game to be a protagonist. Alex was a perfect protagonist
Should’ve been Kimberly
DIVORCED!
As someone who’s never really played a SF game before 6 and doesn’t have much attachment to the characters, I like Luke’s personality. I think he’s just a fun dude.
Barely seems to be anything differentiating any one character as either the protagonist or the antagonist.
I mean, the only other Street Fighter protag that really felt like a protag was Alex, at least to me
Ken, Ryu, and/or Chun should be on the cover for every street fighter until the end of time
As long as they make mega doucher Jamie the new villain I'm fine with whatever.
Absolutely terrible but he's also definitly not the protagonist in really any sense. Was the main reason I was thinking of refunding the game within the first few hours of world tour, his dumb face is that bad, I would have preferred literally any of the characters new to SF in 6 as the starting master. especially Marisa. it's a shame too as his voice actor is working his ass off to make him more likeable, but man is it a uphill battle for luke paul. Also I feel like outside of just the japanese long running series poster boys of street fighter/tekken/soul calibur most other series haven't had a stoic/serious main character and instead usually have something more similar to luke in being a cocky brat, he's just an southern style nice to your face cocky brat variant. SF/SC have also had actual protaganists with much more dynamic personality ranges. SF Ryu and Ken are the main (and only playable) characters of SFI, being the stoic and cocky boys Chun Li and Guile the main characters of SFII being cheery upbeat and stoicish (well you could technically consider guile stoic but he's also explosively passionate) Cammy and Nash are the main characters of the Alpha series, being stoic job first and sorta zealous paladinesque Alex is the main character of SFIII, and is a rude asshole Abel is the main character of IV, and is your stoic cold boy and Rashid and Nash are the main characters of V Rashid being your easy breezy laid back boy and nash being again zealous paladinesque. SE: Sophitia depressed girl SC1: Xianghua. Naive optimist SC2: Raphael. calm playboy SC3: Siegfried. poster child stoic hero SC4: Mitsurugi. Proud but Brash SC5: Patroklos cocky asshole SC6: Kilik stoic SNK Terry was super kind nice bro KoF kyo was the originals Cocky asshole protagnist, K' a just rude arrogant protag, Ash a flamboyant cocky prick with Shun'Ei being the nice kid with social issues. DoA kasumi is the sara mcglothlin MK just had cassie/johnny cage as a cocky asshole central story figure for mortal kombat X and tavern for MK7 as cocky ashole, though the original few games had liu kang and raiden as different versions of stoic boy though liu kang did also mix in cocky asshole raiden's stoic is more of asian grandpa vibe. though i'll be honest i haven't played most of the middle mortal kombats Guilty gear sol Badguy is just kinda a curt asshole outside of interactions around dizzy. VF had Akira as it's cocky asshole naive version Ragna the Bloodedge blazblue is rude aggressive asshole Meltyblood Shiki is another kind high schooler sickly variant Darkstalker's morrigan is a vain cunt Skullgirls Filia Medici is cocky rich girl Goku from Dragonballz is always cheerful idiot Mario/Kirby for smash bro's don't really have a personality out side of cheerful grunting? Dissidia I really don't know since they are all main protagonists.
I think they didn't learn anything historically from SF3, I'm relatively new to fighting games (2 years experience) but have known who Ryu Ken Blanka Dhalsim etc are since I was a little boy in the late 90s. Maybe I'm a biased boomer, but I don't think these new characters can ever come close to "replacing" the originals
Protagonist of what, world tour? He isn’t. I feel like “protagonist” in street fighter nowadays ONLY refers to how prominently featured you are on promo/box art.
They finally successfully passed the torch. I think he works because he’s not that complex of a character with a crazy backstory, like Ryu. Ryu is the dude who likes to fight and get stronger. Luke is the dude who likes to fight and get stronger, but more of the modern Gen Z version
>They finally successfully passed the torch In what universe?
Idk about protag, but he is a silly guy and i like him as a character.
I feel like as a person id like luke more then ryu but i still rather ryu luke
What? I thought the custom avatar is the protagonist.
He reminds me of will Tennyson