Well project soul actually throw in new characters but casuals either bitched about new characters replacing the old ones i.e. Leixia, Xiba, Natsu, Pat, Pyrrha...
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or they bitched about new characters not fitting with the lore or shit of Soul Calibur i.e ZWEI and Viola being too "magical" to fit in the series...about a universe with 2 magical swords, a vampire, an alien ninja and living suit of armour that devours souls
Soul
If you're talking about new fighting styles, then yea that's true. Aside from guest characters, in SCIV we only got Hilde and Algol as new characters. In SCV we got Zwei, Viola, and Shitroklos. I guess you can count Aeon too even tho he's pretty much a Kratos clone. I hope they add more new fighting styles in SCVI. Like a giant Chinese fan ~Oh pretty Please!~ .
darkwings13
I only really liked Hilde and Zwei. Everyone was meh. Algol could have been badass but he's just in the corner of Astral Chaos watching T.V. I personally would love to see more unique weapons too. Chinese fans would be fab.
Himiteshu
Or the long chains with blades at the end of them would be awesome. Like Axl Low from Guilty Gear
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that sounds oddly familiar...oh wait they did Kratos 
darkwings13
Just hope that for whatever new weapon style, it's balanced. Don't want another Viola/Zwei thing. One is super buffed and the other one makes me feel like throwing a kitchen sink to win
Himiteshu
We need more stereotypical and awesome things like knights, samurais, native americans, ninjas, greek warriors, pirates, french vampires, immortal monks and big lizards :D
linkorz
pat is actually a completely new style
Himiteshu
I know, Xiba plays different than Kilik too. But I mean completely new waepons
linkorz
No, see, Xiba is fundamentally a slightly changed Killik. Whereas pat had no predecessor in the previous game.
darkwings13
Hime means NeW Weapons. Swords and shield are overdone.
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only 5 characters have had sword and shield...Sophie and Cassie up till 4...Lizardman in SC1, and now Pat and Pyrrha...but they keep in general rule that only 2 per game..
It's like complaining that' there;s too many ZWEI hander's, too many axe users, too many katana users and too many staff users...despite there being only 2 of each in each game
It's like complaining that' there;s too many ZWEI hander's, too many axe users, too many katana users and too many staff users...despite there being only 2 of each in each game
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NM and Sieg, Aeon and Asta, Yoshi and Mitsu, Xiba and Hilde...if you consider her Flagpole and staff...hell we even have 2 hidden-blade users Damp and Ez