SomeRandmFreak2
[08] Mercenary
Eh, I'd love an arcade release. I'm in no hurry to play the game and I'd rather it be in the best shape possible at release.
Soul Calibur 6 Discussion
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Macaulyn
[13] Hero
Considering that the roster is less than 30 characters, I think we will get at best 2, actually. SC's roster is smaller than Tekken and MKX, so it makes sense that those games have more guests as well (even though there were way too many guests in MKX).
Exactly, I forgot to mention that. Older games did not have the benefit of patches.
Yeah, thats not to mention there are two types of bugs: the bugs that appear all the time out of nowhere, and the bugs which you must make an absurd effort to make happen. All games have the latter, but only poorly tested games will have the former. If SC6 took this many years to release, and considering that it has to make up for the mess that was SC5, I doubt they will make the mistake of not testing the game.
Macaulyn
[13] Hero
And how does an arcade release help with the game's shape at release? We live in a modern world, people, we can patch stuff, and if we have competent developers, we won't even need to rush any patches for that, because the game will be at good shape regardless.
SoulCraig
[01] Neophyte
With the news that ring outs are back, am i the only one who hopes they also bring back the option for infinite health? Used to have some pretty epic battles trying to force each other off the stage, was a nice way to shake up the gameplay from time to time. I don't think it' been a feature since SC2
SomeRandmFreak2
[08] Mercenary
Given this series' track record, I don't trust the developers to release the game in balanced way. Even after patches SCIV and V weren't amazingly balanced and I wouldn't be surprised if Namco drops support for this game just as quick as the last two. If an arcade release gives them time to see the really dumb shit as well as add the single player modes that have been absent for the last two releases then I'm all for it. Yes it would be amazing if we had tons of content and a well balanced game off the bat I don't see it happening given not only what the last two games have shown us, but Japanese fighting game releases in general.
Von_Blackhardt
[12] Conqueror
An Arcade release is still a release. If anything I think that it's more conducive to achieving better polish to do a home release first. In Japan there are about 5000 actual registered arcades with an additional 9000 places that have machines. Tekken 7 sold 2 million copies. Even if each arcade had a whopping 10 Tekken 7 arcade cabinets, that's still only 180,000 out there being played sporadically by random arcade stoners. More bugs will turn up when 2,000,000 play a game versus the previously mentioned number. Not only that, a console release could introduce new bugs as each version of the game will be set into different system architecture.
Consoles and PC also have better tools for documenting this kind of stuff and making sure that Bamco gets to see it.
You say that, but look at the continuing support that Tekken 7 is receiving. That game as received 9 patches since release, and each one has brought a noticeable improvement to the game. The matchmaking menu was trash, people complained, it got fixed. (It's still not perfect but Bamco has readily demonstrated that they are willing to do the work here). Your cynicism towards this franchise is astounding. What needs to be done to make you happy?
Pyrrus
[14] Master
I can understand the reasoning behind an arcade release but SC6 has been in development for the past 3 years. I would think they're taking time to make sure everything is as polished as it can be on release day.
Seriously, I will set fire to the rain if we have to wait an even longer wait. 2018 is soul calibur's year.
Seriously, I will set fire to the rain if we have to wait an even longer wait. 2018 is soul calibur's year.
SoulCraig
[01] Neophyte
S0Mi
[07] Duelist
Just as somebody said:
We don't need an Arcade version to balance or to prepare for a worldwide console release.
Nowdays it is much easier to bring the game out as a Console version, getting much more feedback, and updating it (and getting money earlier >.>)
MichaelJackson
[14] Master
Shakeable stuns add nothing to the gameplay other than being an unintuitive knowledge gate that breaks sticks faster.
I mean, let’s have stuns, in differing varieties, but not, “some are shakeable and some are not.” Also ten inputs with online lag sounds like nothing but frustration.
And eff that shniznoz to an arcade release before a console release. Arcades are dead, get over it. (Save a few Asian/Asian inspired hold outs)
I mean, let’s have stuns, in differing varieties, but not, “some are shakeable and some are not.” Also ten inputs with online lag sounds like nothing but frustration.
And eff that shniznoz to an arcade release before a console release. Arcades are dead, get over it. (Save a few Asian/Asian inspired hold outs)
SoulCraig
[01] Neophyte
Idea for guest character(s) since they're deffo gonna be a thing. Has anyone played Dragon's Crown? Some of the characters have the "assets" to really fit the game well.....
ProjectTango
[04] Fighter
This is how Tekken 7 looked at first reveal:
And this is how it looks now:
Namco usually minimize few graphics aspects during early preview builds, especially the lighting so the game can run smoothly without FPS drop (super important in a fighting game). Just by adding/removing lighting it make a huge graphics/look difference as you ca see, especially with games using UE4. SFV as well looked way better when it was close to release compare to the first reveal (using the UE4 as well)
I still remember when everyone were saying Tekken 7 graphics were bad, TTT2 looked better and cie, and now all those are praising T7 to be the best looking Fighting game nowadays (which i agree with as well).
Are you seriously making this comparison? How many years between Tekken 7's initial reveal and when they improved the graphics in Tekken 7 FR? Meanwhile Soul Calibur 6 is releasing in a year, possibly less considering they've said it's 70% complete.
You're not gonna see a Tekken 7 FR upgrade here, maybe small improvements here and there, and only when people would actually voice their dissatisfaction to the devs, instead of the inert "don't worry gaiz its EARLY, they WILL upgrade the grafix" rhetoric
Same thing happened with Tekken 7 when a few people pointed out how terrible the hair looked, they got shut down by the "They will fix it, stop complaining!" crowd. Well, guess what, they didn't... And they still seem to be using the same tech in SCVI... Unless you take to Okubo's Twitter and complaining about it, they won't fix anything.
Pyrrus
[14] Master
ew, no
Himiteshu
[12] Conqueror
You know what? Fuck guest characters, I want only my beloved Soul Calibur characters like in SC3
S0Mi
[07] Duelist
Guests as DLCs are "acceptable"
Ryuhza
[13] Hero
For real, I got a lot more enjoyment out of III's full cast and bunch of bonus characters than I ever have out of a guest. But I suppose I'm already a fan of the series, so I don't need much extra to draw me in.
Kind of. I don't like it when they're putting effort into one-off guest characters while classic staples are still missing. That's part of the reason I haven't had any interest in Tekken 7's post-launch content.
SoulCraig
[01] Neophyte
But....bewbs! Not really serious about the sorceress but some of the characters have some awesome moves that might transition well. I'm waiting on the day we get a battle hardened dwarf akin to Gilius Thunderhead from the Golden Axe series
Himiteshu
[12] Conqueror
Hmm Soul Calibur 1 had 18 characters (without Inferno), so if it's REAL that we gonna have 20 chars in 6 - All chars from SC1 are gonna be there plus 2 new characters... but I hope for more new characters and return of Zasalamel, Talim, Raphael, ZWEI, Amy, Tira and Setsuka
I just want all xD
I just want all xD
Ryuhza
[13] Hero
Then you've gotta gotta be down
Crimzin
[12] Conqueror
Does Rock have any fans?
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