Soul Calibur Thread - Return of Neclord's Waifu

[Darc_Requiem 1694]

Just noticed we don't have Soul Calibur thread. My personal favorite fighting game franchise from Namco, sorry Tekken fans. It seems SCVI is going back to more of a SC2 style of game. Hopefully they don't forget to put in the series stalwarts while they are wasting slots on guest characters. @Neclord , I got a present for you for all your tournament steam updates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 5, 2018 by Darc_Requiem

[misterBee 968]

Never been seriously into SC. If this one's fun I'll give it a shot. 

[Deadly_Raver 854]

4 hours ago, misterBee said:

Never been seriously into SC. If this one's fun I'll give it a shot. 

They REALLY pissed me off when they took my boy Kilik out.  I know why they brought monkey boy in and I don't care.  Add that fucker as a skin if you want, but leave my homey alone.  I MAY try six.  That's a big if since I barely play at all anymore.  

 

Also:  Ivy?  Just throw the clothes away.  You want to do it, and we want you to do it.  

[Onyxe 43]

Well Kilik is definitely back in SC6. His son Xiba most likely won't ever appear again unless Team Soul does a time line crossing 

[Makrow 4]

Well seeing as how they have Nightmare in the game and they brought back my boy Zas I'm definitely playing 6. Anybody else is icing on the cake really. All that's left is seeing if the gameplay is any good.   

[GetTheTables 212]

I'm looking forward to this. The game has been looking good and SC is the only 3D game I've ever really been able to play. 

 

Waiting to see if Voldo creepily wiggles his way into the roster.

[Darc_Requiem 1694]

Voldo is basically the Yoshimitsu of the Soul Calibur franchise. He'll be in and he'll be as creepy and weird as ever.

[GetTheTables 212]

Yeah I think he is high %. They seem to be pushing this as a psuedo-reboot of the franchise so I figure they are gonna pull a SFIV and try to hit all the favorites.

 

My one concern is that in this modern era of waifus I'm not sure a creepy old bondage guy can still get a release spot. But failing that Xianghua and Sophitia are in so the game is already off to a strong start for me.

[The_Weasel 54]

As a long-time fan of the SoulCalibur series, I'm excited for SCVI. However, I'm also kind of guarded about the game because of Namco-Bandai's track record of treating the series like a red-headed stepchild compared to all of the attention, marketing dollars and development each and ever Tekken game gets.

 

Personally, I'm waiting on Taki, Astaroth, Raphael, Cervantes and new characters.

[Darc_Requiem 1694]

They better have Taki this time. I prefer Siegfried to Nightmare, but I'm not sure if they are going to have both this time. But we have Geralt Yup, good old guest characters. Taking up slots that could go to series regulars. I wish Soul Calibur got the respect from Namco that Tekken did. I actually enjoy Soul Calibur.

[GetTheTables 212]

Namco seems to have discovered the Smash phenomenon of adding a character from another thing makes fans of that thing likely to buy your game because video game fans usually have poor impulse control. 

 

I will be massively shocked if Taki doesn't show up. She has always seemed to be a popular character and dear lord her character design and "costume" make her perfect for the modern FG waifu culture. Not like she doesn't already have a spot there, but c'mon who doesn't want to see a current gen Taki?

[Neclord 48]

Just saw this thread. Shame I didn't notice it earlier.

 

Anyway.

Soul Calibur is my favorite 3D fighter series. I think I played every game of it.

Played 4 and 5 online until it died. Was fun, but sadly the playerbase wasn't nearly as big as SF4 during the time so it wasn't always easy to find matches.

 

Well and Ivy is probably my favorite Fighting Game character of all time. I fell in love with her in SC2 and mained her in every SC game since then.

Spoiler

Also first video game crush pls don't tell anyone

 

I like that she has a younger face this time. Looks fresh. But I hope we get the option to give her her older face from IV as a costume option. Probably won't happen and it's not really necessary but I liked her face from IV a lot too so would be cool. But no preference overall. All her faces in all SC games are top tier imo.

 

I just hope that gameplay wise they didn't simplify her more. SCV already did that a little bit and I just hope she remains a stance character. That's what made her so interesting to me.

 

 

But of course Ivy is not my only interest in the game. I want to see some old fan favorites making it into SC6.

 

Especially Taki. She derserves it so much to be back after she got replaced by female Naruto in V. She was my secondary in IV.

Other characters I wanna see are Setsuka and Siegfried. I liked to mess around with them in previous SC games. Hated the fact that Setsuka got replaced by Alpha Patroklos in V (V made a lot of bad decisions in that regard).

 

 

 

[GetTheTables 212]

First off: I never saw the cosplay in the initial post. Damn fine.

 

I'd be surprised if they changed Ivy much. Her whole two stances/whip sword thing is her jam. They may mechanically make her easier/more streamlined but that is the way the winds are blowing nowadays anyways (though Namco is still making "fuck you get good" games like Tekken 7).

 

I would love to see Setsuka come back. Her move set was rad as hell and she got shafted in terms of representation. Fuck every version of Sophie's children.

[GetTheTables 212]

Siggy confirmed, looking tough:

 

 

[Bea_Iank 162]

"Taste the power of my sword"

Yes, yes please, I will.

 

This development pleases me. I must acquire SC6 when it goes on pre-order.

[Darc_Requiem 1694]

Yes , my boy is back. Good news. I need good news.

[GetTheTables 212]

I always forget how much I love his attacks until I see them in action again. Something about Nightmare just isn't the same.

 

Edit: I sort of purged Soul Calibur from my mind after being disappointed with 5. Now that I'm thinking about it I'm pretty pumped to potentially get Cervantes back. He was probably my #1 in those games.

Edited April 12, 2018 by GetTheTables

[Darc_Requiem 1694]

Added Siegfried's video to the OP. Thanks GetTheTables.

[Makrow 4]

Thank God. Thought I would be stuck using Nightmare. Now I have my true main.

[misterBee 968]

I used to think I was special because I used Siegfried.  Now I realize everyone uses him and I am another nameless scrub.

[Darc_Requiem 1694]

On 4/12/2018 at 1:01 PM, misterBee said:

I used to think I was special because I used Siegfried.  Now I realize everyone uses him and I am another nameless scrub.

Nothing wrong with being a scrub. Just sing this and you'll feel better.

 

I don’t know
What this move’s gonna do,
But I know one thing,
I’m gonna keep mashing…
Baby, 'cause I’m a scrub
All day, every day
Baby, 'cause I’m a scrub
Can’t confirm for the world
Uh huh, 'cause I’m a scrub
That’s right you heard
Baby, ‘cause I’m a scrub
Uh-huh, oh, yeah, mash it out

[Deadly_Raver 854]

uh oh.  Sieg's back?  Looks like him and Mitsu are going to be my main problems again.  

[misterBee 968]

3 hours ago, Deadly_Raver said:

uh oh.  Sieg's back?  Looks like him and Mitsu are going to be my main problems again.  

You must have had a terrible time because by my scrub math I think these two characters are like 95% of the user base.

[GetTheTables 212]

I actually think Siegfried and Nightmare are probably the SC player % equivalent of Ryu and Ken except instead of "I like shotos" its "I like big swords". They seem to be super popular. Throw Kilik and Mitsurugi into the mix and you probably have the vast majority of the player base covered right there.

[Deadly_Raver 854]

5 hours ago, misterBee said:

You must have had a terrible time because by my scrub math I think these two characters are like 95% of the user base.

well, this was way back in the SC2 days and I was quite lucky.  Only me and some guys on the ship were playing.  Thankfully, they were playing quite a diverse group.  Still, the mitsu, seig, and one Cervantes guy were wrecking my shit more often than not.  I ended up picking up some mitsu because of that.  Might grab that Seig this time since we ALL know what's gonna happen.