Rusted Blade
[14] Master
Personally, I think Libra is the biggest, most embarrassing waste of resources imaginable. Imagine how much more content in the form of characters, stages, and custom assets was sacrificed from the already threadbare basic experience of the game in order to produce those unending hours of uninspired interactions featuring boring, ham-fisted dialogue with meaningless NPCs, supported by mediocre voice acting and static visual novel quasi-animations. I have never before had to press the skip button so many thousands of times in a row as I did with that single-player "experience": absolutely zero narrative/dramatic/entertainment value. All coupled to a psuedo-RPG system that was incredibly half-baked, if I stretch myself to put it kindly. I was incensed when I realized I would have to play through that experience twice in order to get all the trophies (which is something I normally don't give a flying f--- about, but this being the return of Soulcalibur, I thought it would be nice, and did manage it within the first couple of months--though as with just about everyone, I am guessing, the second run on Libra was the one that held everything up and I put it off for a while). Ugh--ugh, ugh, ugh. What a waste of our time and that of the developers (even if this portion was clearly the part that was outsourced in its entirety).It was easier than i expected. I didn't really like LoS in the beginning, but now i think it's alright and i especially appreciate all the work & effort put into it.
Well, I mean its not like Namco will have nothing else to announce: if they have stage presentation and showcase, they will mention Cassie there among various other announcements; if not, they will make an online announcement contemporaneous with the event and promote her in the booths. I mean, it's not like all of their franchises can be hitting on all cylinders for major announcements at E3, and because of the timing and their current approach to viral marketing, EVO really does suit as a good platform for announcing Season 2. And I wouldn't rule out E3 as a platform for announcing Season 2 altogether, but I think we would have heard about Cassandra already if that were the case. My money is on Cassie at E3 and S2 at EVO.I have mixed feelings about the whole Cassandra reveal at E3. It does seem like the most realistic option, but using the biggest gaming event of the year to announce a single character seems like a waste. Especially when you compare it to announcing a second season on the main stage. Now that would be bloody fantastic.
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