Which characters would you have killed off?

Badly customized CAS. XD

I mean, if you're going to win, at least look as good as you play. I'm actually remembering SC4 Online, but so far the one's I've met online in SC5, are actually pretty good. Some are heroic or attractive, others, hardcore and beastly. And yet others are creatively crazy and interesting like that eyeball in a bug costume. Must be because we no longer have that skill level stuff that went with the armor pieces. That made it difficult to freely rock any favorite gear I suppose. XD

As far as the standard characters, well...why not keep all of them? You can always reserve the ones you want to kill off as practice dummies. Some characters wear meant to love to beat down on. That's just part of what makes for a fighting game. Some characters you can enjoy challenging, and some you can vent off of. A little bit of something for everyone.
 
Ivy, because she pretend to be sexy and she´s not, she is ugly and looks more like a man, give me a break, so disgusting
 
Why do so many people want to kill off Aeon?

Anyway, these are the people I'd kill off and feed to him. SO NOW HE GAINS THEIR POWERS!

Pyrrah:

"Let's pick one emotion/trope and base a character entirely around it with no other notable personality traits!"
"Well, which one should we use?"
"Hmmmmmm"
"Doesn't want to fight?"
"GENIUS!"
"Let's make her super apologetic too!"
"Double GENIUS!"
Wait wait wait, let's give her one of the best moves in the game, and make her scream and moan whenever she does it!"
"Triple GENIUS!"
"You've been around Dampierre's voice actor too long, haven't you, Daishi?"
"Now now, fighting about this would be pointless"

Plus, now Aeon get's 236B.

Xiba:

"Let's do the exact same thing we did with Pyrrah for another character!"
"GENIUS!"
"How 'bout a guy who loves food?"
"Yeah! It's not like that's been done to death already!"
"Let's also make him super-buff even though he has the face of a 12 year old!"
"That's why you're the lead designer bro!"
"Why, it's, dare I say it.... GENIUS!"

Now Aeon gets long, sweeping strikes and evasive moves.

I might have more...
 
Lang said:
Ivy, because she pretend to be sexy and she´s not, she is ugly and looks more like a man, give me a break, so disgusting
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Well she has actually has a nice figure but she dresses kind of slutty yeah. If they make her broken like in SC4 again, then Im fine with getting rid of her (even SC2 Ivy who is considered the best Ivy wasn't as OP as SC4 Ivy). If they keep her as she is, then Im okay. She may not be my type, but a real life Ivy would actually be pretty hot.
 
I'd actually be open to seeing a Mitsurugi replacement. But this might be because Mitsurugi as a character never really appealed to me even though I liked some of his costumes a lot. Same with Maxi though I do like him a bit more then Mitsu. And yeah, I'm used to Natsu now but it makes me wonder what they'd do to Taki if they brought her back in a future game?
 
Pyrrha. I hate her whole bloodline but she is by far the most annoying.
Astaroth. I am getting tired of seeing him in all honesty.
Maybe Nightmare? This new one does not appeal to me as much as the old one. #Tira Status
 
DarkRhythm said:
Pyrrha. I hate her whole bloodline but she is by far the most annoying.
Astaroth. I am getting tired of seeing him in all honesty.
Maybe Nightmare? This new one does not appeal to me as much as the old one. #Tira Status
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Pyrrha: I'm sorry...
Astaroth: SILENCE, YOU MAGGOT!
Nightmare: You will stand aside or die like the rest!

But aside from that, I like this new Nightmare. He's a lot more than just "Gimmie your soul!!1111!!!"
 
Hmm.... I dunno.... except... I was surprised to see Algol in SCV- Not a fan of his. Kill off the mimics except Elysium- I just love her CE. Even Tekken Tag 2 went over board with the mimics... actually tekken has always gone over board with the mimics.. It just shows a lack of new ideas.

I think NM, Seig, Asta, Maxi, Mitsu and Yoshi have run their course.

I quite liked Shura.... but would have liked her to have a more unique fighting style and a decent costume... was she from another game????

I kinda like Cervantes but preferred his soul calibur 4 customisable costume. With the gas mask you could turn him into a Storm Trooper. But alas its not there.

Kill off the crappy hair styles and give us really neat ones- Tira's sc4 long pig tails and a couple from Tekken...

Bring back Hilde's SC4 Princess Dress.....

Sorry I went off topic.

Really don't see the point of Leixia, Xiba or Natsu.

Which leaves me with the Alexanders.....and Tira....Keep Patsy but bring back Setsuka, Ivy with a breast reduction she should have been given a Cat O Nine Tails as part of her weapons set..... hmmm Keep Tira, Aeon, Voldo, bring back Miser, Taki and Greed (his moves would be better for Talims and I daresay she could do with a beard...), Cassandra and Yoda. I love that little pooch!

I think a character like Miser would have been a better Taki or Mitsurugi Replacement if they'd replaced mitsu of course.

Kill off Daishi...and make him unemployable.
 
MIZIEYA said:
I quite liked Shura.... but would have liked her to have a more unique fighting style and a decent costume... was she from another game????
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Shura is an original character by that guy that wrote Gantz. Like the other guest characters, she's too tied up in copyright BS to make another appearance.
 
Wandrian said:
Shura is an original character by that guy that wrote Gantz. Like the other guest characters, she's too tied up in copyright BS to make another appearance.
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I thought it was simply the fact that guests don't get to be in other games because they're non-cannon guests?
Inb4 people say Kratos was cannon.
 
I'd like to kill off viola and zwei. they use magic too much. a little magic is OK (i.e. nightmare, natsu) but if your whole style is focused on magic i think it takes away from the point of the game, which is fighting with weapons. a magical, mechanical wolf that constantly appears and then disappears is just flat out DUMB. zwei's design is good, they should have given him vader's or the apprentice's style. it not like there's a shortage of weapon fighting styles. i don't know why the developers choose to give the game so much magic. At first it didn't bother me so much but lately fighting against zwei or viola just bores me to tears.
 
MIZIEYA said:
Hmm.... I dunno.... except... I was surprised to see Algol in SCV- Not a fan of his. Kill off the mimics except Elysium- I just love her CE. Even Tekken Tag 2 went over board with the mimics... actually tekken has always gone over board with the mimics.. It just shows a lack of new ideas.

I think NM, Seig, Asta, Maxi, Mitsu and Yoshi have run their course.

I quite liked Shura.... but would have liked her to have a more unique fighting style and a decent costume... was she from another game????

I kinda like Cervantes but preferred his soul calibur 4 customisable costume. With the gas mask you could turn him into a Storm Trooper. But alas its not there.

Kill off the crappy hair styles and give us really neat ones- Tira's sc4 long pig tails and a couple from Tekken...

Bring back Hilde's SC4 Princess Dress.....

Sorry I went off topic.

Really don't see the point of Leixia, Xiba or Natsu.

Which leaves me with the Alexanders.....and Tira....Keep Patsy but bring back Setsuka, Ivy with a breast reduction she should have been given a Cat O Nine Tails as part of her weapons set..... hmmm Keep Tira, Aeon, Voldo, bring back Miser, Taki and Greed (his moves would be better for Talims and I daresay she could do with a beard...), Cassandra and Yoda. I love that little pooch!

I think a character like Miser would have been a better Taki or Mitsurugi Replacement if they'd replaced mitsu of course.

Kill off Daishi...and make him unemployable.
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As far as mimics goes, I prefer Edge Master over Elysium, just my opinion but I also agree with you on the Algol part.

NM, Ziggy Pop (Sieg), Mitsu, and Maxi may have ran their course but who are you going to find to replace them. Asta will be mass produced, meaning he'll still be in the game, and Yoshi already has a successor.

I wished Shura was back but...oh well.

Hilde's 2P from SCIV was pretty nice.

As far as Leixia, Xiba, and Natsu, they were supposed to be the successors of Xianghua, Kilik/Seong Mi-Na, and Taki but it seems like fans just want the originals back and have the "successors" removed or replaced. The only way I see this happening is through the storyline and weapon styles. Have Xianghua find Leixia using a chinese fan and sword, Kilik gets his bo staff style, Seong Mi-na with a staff with blades on opposite ends, and Taki using various ninja weapons other than the kodachi. Age shouldn't matter either, since fans still haven't gotten over their mains not being in the game, and I think this may be the solution.

Pat & Pyrrha will have to be the only S&S characters but in Pat's case with the whole iaido blade weapon, Setsuka should have that weapon. As for Cassandra, I don't know if we need 3 S&S, unless she replaces one of them.

The bonus characters from SC3 would've been perfect replacements for the aforementioned characters that ran their course but I doubt that would happen.

As for Daishi, I wouldn't wish unemployment on him but rather have the director from the previous SC games serve as mentor to him.
 
Lets see...
This was a topic i thought a lot about just after release. Most of the cast of SCV have no story, and barely any personality... I know only 1/4 of the story was told but still...
Some of those that were removed had story still left to tell, had personality and something interesting could easily have happened in the 17 year gap. I wouldve liked to see Talim age, and i wouldve liked to see Zasalamel in a new host body, and Yun-seung matured a little... Bangoo. Lots of things...
(btw, im not really thinking as i type this. Im writing what i feel and that often sounds stupid, always illogical, so bare that in mind)
So here we go...

Raphael is fine, because fencing still needs representation... but he doesnt do anything. Nothing at all... Hes still obsessed with Amy but Amy has clearly been missing for years, if Viola is indeed her, so... What does he do? Why does he look like a vampire and dress so symbolically if he isnt a vampire? A new character or an adult Amy mightve been more interesting.

I would not have removed Taki... she barely had any story or much personality either... but i just hate Natsu... so much. If Natsu was not the most annoying character ever, and actually did something in the story, shed be OK.
This also applies (word for word) to Kilik and Xiba.

Hilde doesnt do anything. Give her a story. Her style is new so, i suppose that give her a reason to exist... but she also lacks personality and story.

Ivy. ...I know she has a cool weapon and shes basically the figurehead for the game. But shes never been important to the story, shes barely ever done anything. Her outfits dont fit her character... she would have to be far more Dominatrix-esque, or have a very apparently sense of humour to wear that kind of stuff in public. Her 2P outfits are more fitting so, maybe that could slide. And speaking of character... Is she a mage? an alchemist? a dominatrix? a noble? an adventurer trying to cure herself of some curse? All? None? ...She doesnt lack character but, she doesnt have much of an identity and i dont understand why she is what she is, or how.
I dont think she could be replaced, but she just needs to do something that develops her character and explains what shes about... What makes her the person she is?

Cervantes... I havent played Soul Blade/Edge or SC1, but he seems largely redundant now. No relevance to the story, basic "Im a pirate, Arrrr!" personality. Bah.

I rather like Aeon, but how long can that singular plot point of his remain interesting? Cursed warrior, slowly losing humanity... great! Its several games later, and hes still doing that. Youd probably have to cure him in order to allow him to relate to other characters and make a story involving other characters... I dont care, he needs to be up to something. Hes been sitting in a cave for 17 years doing absolutely fuck all. (other than killing Kratos and stealing his divine powers... but noone seems to want to mention that)
Maybe if he had relatives... A child, a wife, whatever... They could gave him a story simply by caring about him and wanting to cure him, fighting to cure him even. He wouldnt have a story himself, but he shouldnt because hes an animal, but he becomes more interesting because what hes lost, and the pain he caused those around him becomes more apparent when theres another character to symbolize and tell us that. They usually use Soulcalibur as a panacea, even though weve never seen it heal anything, and that, although weak, is a link to everyone else.
Even in the crappy SCV story mode, it could be an easy barrier to Patroklos as he journeys to save Pyrrha, a desperate [relative of Aeon's] attacks him mercilessly to get that sword and save Aeon. Easy. Both are fighting for a good reason, and both suffer the cost of losing whats closest to them should they fail.
Its not the best, but it both allows Aeon to remain a lizard with his tongue hanging out, sitting in a cave all his life, but hes at least the center of a conflict and therefore still has a reason to exist.

I get tired of Nightmare reviving all the time, and it never being explained why or how. He is basically a monster to defeat, with no personality at all. I appreciate that they tried with this Dumas guy, but in that case... Dumas shouldve been the playable character, with a new style befitting of a politician. Maybe he couldve been the rapier guy... whatever. (Yes im aware that Nightmare is Raphael... not that.)
Tira is even said to hate the "new Nightmare"... but he is exactly the same. Same voice, same weapon, same moves, same style. Same berserking with the big sword, kill-y-murder-y. I do think PS wanted to change Nightmare, but didnt have to time, or perhaps werent brave enough.

Im getting bored...

Mitsurugi doesnt do anything. Boring "You cannot defeat me! I am [Insert name here]" personality... he could be a generic CaS voice if he didnt say his own name when he wins.

Maxi has no reason to exist. No story, also bland personality. A personality that does not suit his backstory... I thought Maxi was a bandit/pirate? Why is he so apologetic? Hes a little snarky and sarcastic, but that doesnt make a successful bandit.

Yoshimitsu II... No story... (Why is he Yoshimitsu II? Why is he exactly the same? Yoshimitsu I was never even important. Fun personality though ^^)
Dampierre... No story.
Voldo... No story.
Astaroth... No story.
Algol... No relevance to the current story.
Edgemaster... No relevance to the current story.

My cast of CaSs have significantly more story than the actual cast of Soulcalibur. Most have stories that span the three stages of the three games theyve existed in. In V, there were a few too many new characters for me to keep up with so, theres a little unrelated side-story going on... but there is still a story there. I am one, unpaid individual. Project Soul is more than that, and they should be able to produce a character that actually does something to effect the plot... that does something to effect the other characters. They should be able to involve those characters in new stories in sequels, they should be at least able to write a story for a new character, considering they are practically 100% malleable.
I dont understand how Hilde was introduced with no relation to other characters and no impact on the plot whatsoever.

If i were unable to include them in any kind of plot, i wouldve removed the majority of the cast and replaced them with characters that i could include. I would give them some personality at the very least.

Phew, i wrote a lot... ill bet a lot of that is pretty stupid, and im not gonna proof-read it!
 
Yoshimitsu pretty much passes on his sword that is cursed to the next guy who ritually becomes the next Yoshimitsu. In part one of SC, his sword becomes cursed. Thus, he has to slay bad guys to keep the blade in check or it'll drive the owner insane. The second Yoshi is proof that "he who lives by the code" meaning he will save the weak while keeping the sword in check.

So until his blade is cured(which it'll never be), Yoshimitsu will keep trolling with "I am Yoshimitsu the *insert number here*" Maybe it'll reach the modern day Yoshimitsu(The one in Tekken), but that's just me drawing a conclusion.

How it ties to Soul Edge story is good guy find bad guys and blah blah blah.


Many of the characters(including boring and derpy ones) have a reason to be here, yet SCV didn't quite elaborate why they're here. Just what happens with Pat and Pyrrha.
 
Pocky-Yoshi said:
Yoshimitsu pretty much passes on his sword that is cursed to the next guy who ritually becomes the next Yoshimitsu. In part one of SC, his sword becomes cursed. Thus, he has to slay bad guys to keep the blade in check or it'll drive the owner insane. The second Yoshi is proof that "he who lives by the code" meaning he will save the weak while keeping the sword in check.

So until his blade is cured(which it'll never be), Yoshimitsu will keep trolling with "I am Yoshimitsu the *insert number here*" Maybe it'll reach the modern day Yoshimitsu(The one in Tekken), but that's just me drawing a conclusion.
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So this curse replaces one arm with a mechanical wooden one, and changes his voice, and makes him act like an idiot, and give him the power to spit poison, and fly, and balance on his sword?
Strange curse.
 
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