I know this will sound a little hilarious coming from me but....... why are so many people convinced Amy is DLC?
Like seriously, I love her to pieces and want her in the game more than anything but I category DO NOT THINK she will even appear as a simple cutscene in Raphael's part of the story (assuming HE even makes it in).
I mean maybe that's just my uber emo pessimism but I don't see why people are so confident that she'll make it. Especially since Viola seems the more popular (and unique) playstyle, and even our lord and saviour Verge has said she will most likely be replaced with Viola from now on.
I dunno, I wish I could be as confident as you guys. I really hope I'm wrong and you're right on this one.
I laughed as I re-read my Talim post because I looked so butthurt by it XD Fact is I don't play or even like her that much. I just felt like this was literally the BEST day they could've chosen to reveal her and they went and f*cked up, lol. Also really bummed for the Talim fans but honestly with the teasing they're doing with her I think she's 99% likely to be in the game. Unless they're all massive trolls, which is still possible...
As for the other awesome things. Story Mode looks GREAT. Almost like a fusion of Tales of Souls (the ability to choose individual character's) and Soulcalibur V's story mode. I'm interested to see exactly how that timeline will play out as a gameplay mechanic but either way it's looking really interesting and a big step up from V.
It's so weird that they soft-revealed Cervantes, Astaroth and Lizardman though. Cervy and Asty aren't much of a surprise because they're important to the SC story but I'm surprised their reveals weren't more epic or at least in character trailer form (though I'm sure we'll get those eventually). And then there's Lizardman just thrown in there like "hey, you didn't want me, but here I am anyway!" XD As long as his AI isn't as annoying as it was in V, I'm fine I guess. I'm actually glad to see him with a sword and shield since that's his original style (even if it IS a slightly overused weapon combo). I'm sure they'll find a way to utilize it differently. I like the theory someone had about him gaining Patroklos's fighting style. It would maybe need a lot of tweaking to make him see less human in his animations but it could be a good mix.
Most people hated Sieg's new costume and honestly I wasn't a huge fan but what bothered me more was that his face looks NOTHING like his artwork, to the point of actually being annoying. He's fugly as hell in-game and I hope he's one of the next to get a face lift. And he had long hair, when we all know he had short hair in the original SC. Seeing the short hair but new costume in the trailer was a tad confusing and I wonder why that wasn't how his 1P looked to begin with.
I still feel like the roster's a little small and we DEFINITELY need more stages (although the current stages are gorgeous). Speaking of, could someone timestamp the Asta/Lizzy stage? I can't for the life of me spot it, lol.
19th October feels so far, far away... but at least now I have a solid date to look forward and count down to :)