I love bullshitting about games like this even if I tend to just rant about how certain games' ryona end up disappointing me, lol.
The thing that usually bothers me with Street Fighter and other 2d fighting games is that the KO poses never seem to align with my (very specific) tastes. I believe that the last KO pose in a SF game that fit my tastes was Chun Li's back in Third Strike. That was over 20 years ago....lol. SF5 did add some stage finishing animations when you defeat an opponent near the side of certain arenas. Those were pretty cool, I guess. I would like to see more unique finishing poses if a fighter gets finished by a Super Move, though. That could add a lot of potential ryona content.
Yeah, WWE 2k22 should have some decent ryona content. As shitty and glitchy as these WWE games tend to be they are filled with tons of well animated moves. The character creation options are pretty vast as well so you can create your ideal wrestler. I guess we will see what kind of new bugs they introduce to the series with 2k22.
Regarding Telltale, I am happy they are back. They did a great job on some of their earlier works. I am assuming that Bigby will be the only playable character in TWAU Season 2, but maybe we will get lucky and Snow (or maybe even Faith) will be playable? Could also be some female enemies for Bigby to brawl with, but who knows?
Just hoping for some skins for Harley in that Suicide Squad game because I can't stand that goddamn buzzcut shit she has going on in her default appearance. That shit is repulsive to me, lol. WW could be promising as well. Let's just hope that enemies can actually do things to the main characters, though. A lot of these games seem to treat their enemies as an afterthought and you are just left with one single generic death animation.
As for other games, just going to skim through this list and mention anything that catches my eye: 2022 Video Game Release Schedule
Horizon Forbidden West: Don't have a PS5 and my PS4 is a broken piece of shit so I am still unsure if there is anything decent in this game, ryona-wise. I know there are female baddies and Aloy can execute them at least. Unsure if they can do anything to her.
Elden Ring: Anyone familiar with the Souls series should probably know what to expect. Looks like a lot of reused animations, unfortunately. New enemies could have some new grabs, though.
Forspoken: This game looks pretty crappy and I am not a huge fan of the main character's design. But who knows? Brand new series with a female lead using next gen tech. Could be complete shit, but I guess we will find out in a few months.
Saints Row: Well...not sure what to think of this game. Disregarding the weird, corny vibe the game has going on, there should be some decent customization options for the main character. Could be tons of takedowns you can do on female peds/enemies. The series has been lacking any decent ryona for the main character for a long time now, though. I guess we will see how this one turns out.
Starfield: Similar to other Bethesda games, I am assuming the best ryona will come when you are able to fully mod everything to your liking. Right now, we just don't know enough about how the game will look or play, though.
A Plague Tale Requiem: Didn't the first game have some decent death animations for the main character? Maybe this sequel will be a huge improvement?
Bayonetta 3: I don't think I have ever seen anything in the other Bayo games that interested me ryona-wise, but maybe this one will be different?
God of War Ragnarok: If there are female enemies in the game there is a good chance they are going to be destroyed in some sort of brutal fashion, lol.
Gotham Knights: Playable Batgirl with customizable outfits. Also female enemies to perform takedowns on. Once again, not sure if enemies will be able to do anything interesting to Batgirl or if we will also be stuck with that terrible Arkham death filter that appears right after you die.
Hogwarts Legacy: Female witches dueling to the death...possibly? Once again, as with most of these games we don't actually know enough of how the game will look or play to get an idea of how the ryona will actually be.
Marvel's Midnight Suns: Marvel strategy game made by the Xcom devs. Xcom had some amazing vocal ryona sounds, but some pretty bad animations/graphics. So who knows how this will turn out.
River City Girls: Sprite-based Beat 'em up. Not really a fan of the whole anime look, but others might be interested. Female main characters and lots of female enemies.
Other random games:
Netherrealm's next game has to be revealed at some point soon, no? It's been almost 3 years now since MK11. They have never taken this much time between games. Not sure what the hell is going on over there.
This year's Call of Duty is Modern Warfare 2, a sequel to the 2019 game made by those same devs. Not really a fan of shooting type ryona, but I have to say that MW2019 has the best death animations/ragdolls and facial expressions I have ever seen in a game. Maybe The Last of Us 2 is comparable, but that's about it. It's so weird because CoD games were terrible in that regard prior to the 2019 game. Even Cold War is a huge step down. Vanguard is better than CW, but still not on MW2019's level. Just need to hope for some decent looking characters...
The next Assassins Creed game could be great. After using customization mods and free camera tools for Valhalla, I was very surprised at how good some of the ryona is in that game. Tons of well animated death animations. Just need to mod the main character so she doesn't look like shit, lol. So who knows what the future holds for that series, but I am looking forward to it. Then again, it's Ubisoft so they will somehow take a huge step backwards in their next game.
Anyway, that's all for now. Sorry for the wall of text.
