5 is super hit and miss with character designs. Some of the new characters were incredible design and gameplay-wise. Menat and G both would've fit perfectly in any of the old games but some of them were terrible (Luke, Ed and Falke suck, a lot of the hair looks terrible and as much I liked the idea of FANG, he ended up being a poor fit for the rushdown-heavy focus of SF5). I hope they do something drastically different but just releasing a product that feels finished and not a fucking broken mess would be a good start.
I'm not as down on SF5 as a lot of people are. The gameplay rounded itself into shape over the years and I don't personally give a shit about single-player content. That said, it was a huge mistake to all but ignore that part of the game early on as not everyone plays fighting games for the competitive aspect. And they REALLY need to get the online infrastructure right. SF5's rollback was fucking doo-doo from day one and while I never had a ton of issues with the game on that front, that shit was widespread and just unforgiveable at this stage. Fighting games in general just need to do better. Dramatic Battle modes, fun single-player stuff to do (Tekken Force? Ways to make training and learning game mechanics fun and not just informative? Arcade Modes that are more than just fight 8 characters and then a boss, etc.), more ways to play with and against friends, more things to do while waiting for online matchmaking, better online matchmaking... just more creativity all-around.
