SoulCalibur V discussion thread

Sairus · 27-05-2011 11:29am

Not strictly SC5 related, but I was having a gander through some of the old SoulCalibur/SoulEdge concept art on http://www.soularchive.jp/tmr/archives.htm and noticed that Nu-13 was a contender for inclusion in the latter.

Also, it appears Battle Fantasia was almost beaten to the punch regarding chainsaw wielding characters:

Sairus · 31-05-2011 2:31pm

To all you Hwang Seong-gyeong fans, Daishi has confirmed via Twitter that he won't be in the game.
Also, there's an in game trailer going live on GameTrailers on the 5th.

Scavenger XIII · 31-05-2011 5:30pm

Sairus wrote: »

To all you Hwang Seong-gyeong fans, Daishi has confirmed via Twitter that he won't be in the game.

To hell with that, grizzled old man Hwang would've been hella boss.

K.O.Kiki · 01-06-2011 12:31am

Hwang Who?

Sairus · 01-06-2011 11:53pm

Phyrra and Old Man Mitsurugi.

This screenshot looks to be just SoulCalibur 4 with new character models.
Daishi has mentioned on his twitter before that they're using SC4 to test out stuff, so this probably doesn't reflect what the game will actually look like at all. Some people on 8wayrun.com have mentioned that a lot of her costume actually looks like slightly modified pieces of other SC4 characters' outfits and pieces from the character creation.

I'm not too gone on the design if that's what she's going to look like. The colours are very boring.
I do like that she's fully clothed. Interesting direction for a SC game to take these days.

Fergus_ · 02-06-2011 5:07pm

So is she the new Cassandra? Where is Cassandra?!

Yreval · 02-06-2011 6:14pm

Fergus_ wrote: »

So is she the new Cassandra? Where is Cassandra?!

Given the amount of time that has passed since SC4 I am guessing she went home and became a family woman.

Sairus · 03-06-2011 9:43am

Gameplay trailer, very clearly still using SC4 as a base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMY5HKtmVGs

Those slowdown moves are odd. I wonder do you have to charge up their use with something like an EX meter.
It looks like Patrolkos got more of Cassandra's moveset and Phyrra is more Sophetia. I don't play either of those characters much so I could be horribly wrong, but Pat's quicker stabs and slashes give me that impression.

Dunjohn · 03-06-2011 11:30am

It's Ken. It's freaking Ken with a sword.

Ken B · 03-06-2011 1:18pm

What always amazes me about Soul Caliber is that, here's these great big dudes and dudettes, hitting and hacking at each other with these great big swords, yet flying, dismembered limb are notably conspicuous by their absence....

It'd really be a development for the series if they actually did something like realistic damage depictions, at the moment they're simply giving kids unrealistic expectations about the realities of martial combat.......

EG: 'Mummy, I didn't mean to hack Tony's arm off, I thought the kitchen-master 9000 would simply pass through him in a CGI blur, a la Soul Edge in the XBL demo of Soul Caliber 8!'

'That's okay Ruttiger, you weren't to know...what's the number for 999 again?'

Sairus · 03-06-2011 1:27pm

Ken B wrote: »

What always amazes me about Soul Caliber is that, here's these great big dudes and dudettes, hitting and hacking at each other with these great big swords, yet flying, dismembered limb are notably conspicuous by their absence....

It's been a terrible flaw in the series since Soul Edge. I've similarly been waiting for Street Fighter to cop on and have it realistically simulate people being set on fire with hadoukens and yoga blasts.

Doctor DooM · 03-06-2011 1:33pm

Ken B wrote: »

What always amazes me about Soul Caliber is that, here's these great big dudes and dudettes, hitting and hacking at each other with these great big swords, yet flying, dismembered limb are notably conspicuous by their absence....

It'd really be a development for the series if they actually did something like realistic damage depictions, at the moment they're simply giving kids unrealistic expectations about the realities of martial combat.......

EG: 'Mummy, I didn't mean to hack Tony's arm off, I thought the kitchen-master 9000 would simply pass through him in a CGI blur, a la Soul Edge in the XBL demo of Soul Caliber 8!'

'That's okay Ruttiger, you weren't to know...what's the number for 999 again?'

What a ridiculous thing to say.

No one would ever name their kid Ruttiger

UberPrinny_Baal · 03-06-2011 2:26pm

Ken B wrote: »

What always amazes me about Soul Caliber is that, here's these great big dudes and dudettes, hitting and hacking at each other with these great big swords, yet flying, dismembered limb are notably conspicuous by their absence....

Bushido Blade did this on the PS1.

It was a cool concept, but not nearly as much fun as the Soul series (the first Soul game actually had weapon durability that went down as you fought, and when your weapon broke you had to fight barehanded).

K.O.Kiki · 03-06-2011 3:05pm

Looks like SC V will have a very effective dodge system then (more VF/Tekken style).

I'm curious about those "cinematic" moves, too, especially since Patroklos' one was air-comboable.

Dunjohn · 03-06-2011 3:22pm

My memory is hazy, but I thought that SoulCalibur on the Dreamcast explained (deep within the character backgrounds) that anyone who possessed a shard of the Soul Edge would be immune to damage from someone else who had one, though they would still feel its effects. So Siegfried could slice someone in half, and they'd feel it, but they wouldn't actually get sliced, and could keep fighting until the accumulated pain caused them to black out.

Or something.

It's possible that that's something my brain formulated itself while playing and didn't inform me.

Sairus · 03-06-2011 3:52pm

Dunjohn wrote: »

It's possible that that's something my brain formulated itself while playing and didn't inform me.

Yep.

The swords were fully intact in SoulEdge for insance, and characters like Hwang never obtained shards. Most characters who did collect shards only got them in SC2.

Scavenger XIII · 03-06-2011 4:27pm

Sairus wrote: »

characters like Hwang never obtained shards.

Aye but Hwangs a hard bast.

Dunjohn · 03-06-2011 4:48pm

Sairus wrote: »

Yep.

The swords were fully intact in SoulEdge for insance, and characters like Hwang never obtained shards. Most characters who did collect shards only got them in SC2.

Hmm. The "Evil Seed" is what I was thinking of, rather than shards, but that's still right.

Still, I can rest assured that my explanation will probably leak out by itself and people will be quoting it five years from now with no clue of where it came from.

Scavenger XIII · 03-06-2011 6:40pm

Just watched the trailer, why are they even showing us this?

It's literally just SC4 with a couple (half-)new models and awful cutscene moves shoehorned in.

Sairus · 03-06-2011 7:29pm

Yep. The idea of showing a tech demo for a game using a different engine has bugged me since they showed that shaky cam footage a few weeks back.

Da Bounca · 03-06-2011 8:53pm

Gonna play some SC4 online later if anyone is interested.
Xbox Live: the k0ng

OniKen · 05-06-2011 6:13pm

The first 3 I engoyed but 4 was total crap. Ill prob pick this up though, Not top of my list though.

K.O.Kiki · 12-06-2011 4:33am

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MY HEART.
IT BELONGS TO HER.

Scavenger XIII · 12-06-2011 10:57am

I was all set to hate her based on the earlier sketch but she's got a very adorable expression, and freckles.

Sairus · 12-06-2011 12:01pm

Apparently Tira's ending from SoulCalibur 3 where she abducts Phyrra is canon, so she doesn't know that Patrolkos is her brother.
How she ended up using Sophetia's fighting style if they've been separated for 16 years needs some explaining though.

And that picture is great, though I still don't like the overall brown colour scheme she still has going.

Dunjohn · 12-06-2011 1:51pm

I take it Tira didn't actually raise her? Tira doesn't really go for lace....

Scavenger XIII · 12-06-2011 9:29pm

Sairus wrote: »

How she ended up using Sophetia's fighting style if they've been separated for 16 years needs some explaining though.

You're forgetting that fighting game characters somehow carry special moves in their blood. :pac:

Sairus · 21-06-2011 5:16pm

As a birthday present for Kayane, Daishi posted some concept art of Xianghua in SCV on his Twitter. Awesome.

http://twitpic.com/5ejuha
http://twitpic.com/5ejuhq

Also, Patroklos' second costume:

http://twitpic.com/5ekypj

Sairus · 15-07-2011 6:19pm

Daishi revealed a new character via twitter:

Read all about it on SF.ie :pac:

http://streetfighter.ie/index.php/2011/07/15/takis-replacement-revealed-for-soulcalibur-5/

Mr.Saturn · 15-07-2011 7:13pm

Any word on any sort of guest stars? If not, could work out to be a good'um, once they're not charged with melding in some odd addition, and failing.

Sairus · 15-07-2011 7:36pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Any word on any sort of guest stars? If not, could work out to be a good'um, once they're not charged with melding in some odd addition, and failing.

They said that they were definitely including guest characters, but no word on who they'd be.
Daishi has said before that he particularly liked SC2's guest characters and the way they were unique to each system

Scavenger XIII · 15-07-2011 8:50pm

Sairus wrote: »

Daishi has said before that he particularly liked SC2's guest characters and the way they were unique to each system

Where do they GET these guys?

Sairus · 21-07-2011 6:44pm

All the assets Namco had planned on using for their Comic Con reveal have been leaked.

http://streetfighter.ie/index.php/2011/07/21/soulcalibur-5-characters-and-screenshots-leaked/#more-2078

Mr.Saturn · 21-07-2011 6:55pm

Sairus wrote: »

They said that they were definitely including guest characters, but no word on who they'd be.
Daishi has said before that he particularly liked SC2's guest characters and the way they were unique to each system

If there's a Wii-U version with Link, I'd froth. He's broken as broke can go,
but I love him. I can't help but notice that there's not a terrible amount of
anticipation for SCV in any quarter from here to there other forum I frequent. Did III & IV really do that much damage?

Scavenger XIII · 21-07-2011 7:02pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Did III & IV really do that much damage?

Yes.

Well 4 certainly, I quite liked 3 apart from the stupid extra characters. Apparently there were game breaking exploits but I think they were fixed in the PAL release so meh.

Mr.Saturn · 21-10-2011 10:51am

We've got our guest character; Ezio from Assassin's Creed:

http://shoryuken.com/2011/10/20/soul-calibur-v-ezio-reveal-trailer/

It kind of fits this time, at least, for haters of the concept.

K.O.Kiki · 21-10-2011 12:22pm

Dampierre confirmed... as pre-order DLC

GorySnake · 21-10-2011 9:17pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Dampierre confirmed... as pre-order DLC

WOW **** pre-order DLC

Creepy image there Kiki

K.O.Kiki · 21-10-2011 10:38pm

Why thank you, I had to try and localise the PSP port in like 2 days.

n.b. there was NO WAY to localise it in 2 days <_<

Owwmykneecap · 02-11-2011 5:11pm

SCV - Character Creation Mode

http://randomselect.ie/index.php/2011/11/02/soul-calibur-v-character-creation-mode/

Danonino. · 02-11-2011 10:14pm

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

SCV - Character Creation Mode

http://randomselect.ie/index.php/2011/11/02/soul-calibur-v-character-creation-mode/

damn it now I have to get this

Im a sucker for this kind of stuff.

SirAuronDX · 02-11-2011 11:51pm

They'll probably not allow edits on Ezio. if they do then all of my money.

Da Bounca · 03-11-2011 4:44pm

Can't wait for SC5. Hopefully there will be plenty more players now that Street Fighter has fleshed out the community.

Da Bounca · 19-11-2011 7:08pm

Live

Da Bounca · 29-11-2011 7:00pm

Back playing some SCIV, wanna be in good shape when V is released. If anyone is interested, I'll probably be on most nights for a few hours.
Xbox Live: the k0ng

Also, finally got some ancient footage of SCII and a little bit of IV off a CamCorder and onto my PC. Lashed it up on youtube, pretty bad quality: dabounca's channel

K.O.Kiki · 29-11-2011 8:06pm

Eyy, you're back!

Is that aul' Hori I modded up for you still working?

1man3letters · 29-11-2011 8:18pm

i wonder will they still keep the thing of tira losing health in gloomy stance, that always annoyed the hell outta me

Da Bounca · 29-11-2011 9:14pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Is that aul' Hori I modded up for you still working?

Still working like a charm. Can't say the same about the accuracy of my inputs though.

Da Bounca · 06-12-2011 4:37am

SCV from the Northeast Championships over the weekend. Linked the first of the games. The others should be easy to find.
Round 1

The SCIV singles grand final : Impressive

The SCIV Europe vs USA team fight: fun series

Lythero · 12-12-2011 6:37pm

I loved SC so bad on the Dreamcast. When Link came out on the gamecube version of SC2 I flipped the hell out (biggest Zelda fan right here).

SCIV was alright, and SCV is looking pretty damn awesome, but I can't get nearly as excited about the game cause there's no Link :C

What WOULD be awesome though is if they at least let you use all the previous guest character's play styles in character creation. If not, I guess it's back to Kilik again!

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