Libra of soul analysis and discussion

Ukkesh

Ukkesh

[13] Hero
MOD EDIT: Including the trailer.
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Libra of souls has been announced and like okubo said it appears jam packed full of stuff. My speculation is as follows.
We appear to be getting dlc pieces from scv, so I think it's a safe bet to say we will be getting all of them. The Valkyrie set has already been confirmed.
There is a race menu. This appears to let us choose from;
Basic humans
Outcasts
Elves
Trolls/ogres
Lost souls (winged)
Demons?
Automatons
Terminators? (Shiny people idk)
Lizardman
Mummies
Different levels of malfested
Skeleton
Oni?
Statues?

Older equipment appears to be in, as well as some of the older hairstyles.
You can place characters is other stages it appears, and special equipment is still a thing. As are the photos.
Not sure whether there might be racial traits or not.
Kopis is in the game. So extra weapons confirmed I can say for sure that it is going to be an amazing CaS.
Libra or souls appears to have a story following groh. Wizardguy may be anew character

After video evidence, it appears that at least three of the scv CaS voice cast are returning.
Femme fatale
Reliable leader - m
Young girl (the default female in scv)


I'm assuming this means at least most of the scv are going to be out. I hope we get more voices.
 
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The bunny people are called Outcasts, and the angel is called a "Lost Soul (winged)" while the one below it is presumably "Lost Soul (horned)".
 
I just noticed that this mode has an option to change weapon and has an option to select food. It also seems as if the reward for doing the mission is 500 gold and you're a mercenary so you get money from doing missions essentially.

the prologue also takes place in 1584

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That was also true of Chronicles of the Sword, so it would make sense that they would carry over unlimited time to this mode.
 
Can't help but think there will be race specific voices. It'll be really jarring when someone invariable makes a nightmare Lizardman who speaks like an anime girl.
 
Ukkesh said:
Can't help but think there will be race specific voices. It'll be really jarring when someone invariable makes a nightmare Lizardman who speaks like an anime girl.
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Now I'm imagining the Libra of Soul (LoS?) protagonist as an anime girl lizard, AKA the best protagonist.

Race-specific dialogue and events would be cool too.
 
I am looking forward to making a lizardman so I can name him Biscuit and color him brown in honor of my crested gecko. :D lol
But in all seriousness I like the variety in the types of characters you can now make. ^____^


Edit: I am curious to know how/why you select food. It reminds me of Metal Gear Solid 3 where you had to catch food and eat it to keep your endurance up. I wonder if this is similar conceptually in any way??? Guess we'll find out later of course.
 
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I'm curious about the weapon being used by the player character actually being listed in the pre-mission versus screen. I wonder if weapons are going to have different stats and effects again like in the old SC games.
 
I don't think that weapons themselves will have natural abilities and stats, but only in Libra of Souls. You'll be able to select different customizations as you level the weapon up, just base damage, or critical chance, whatever that means, and maybe special abilities. And probably weapons like Soul Calibur and Soul Edge will have built-in unique traits.

Another interesting point is that they made it a point to show that the default standard male human character from the trailer was a Mitsurugi style user, using Hide in Shadow for the majority of the content, but in the cutscene where he had Soul Calibur, it remained in jian form. I wonder if this was just a nod to SoulCalibur III doing the same thing, where Abyss would spit out Soul Calibur or Soul Edge in jian / zweihander form, you'd pick it up, and then in battle it would morph to your form of choosing, or if it would remain in this form no matter what style you pick. Would be nice to be back in SoulCalibur II times where everyone gets a Soul Edge, except this time, everyone gets a Soul Calibur as well.

I think food is just going to be like, a special perk for either one or a number of battles, like it is in Tales games.
 
I wonder what the specific stages (the shrines for example) mean... Maybe we’ll get SC2-like dungeons?

Hoping there’s an SE-SC1 arena too.
 
Apparently the elf race's official name is the 'Hidden Village Clan' (@ 2:18 in the video).

For the voices, I think the red-haired girl is using 'Serious' from SCV, and the 2nd girl definitely has 'Femme Fatale' since the Ring Out line sounds exactly the same (@ 6:22). I have no clue what voices the male characters are using because I'm not too familiar with V's male voices. Also, there's a screenshot of a male character with a voice called 'Adventurous Youth', which could either be a new voice or just a re-named one from SCV.

I'm a little bummed that they're bringing over voices from SCV, but I suppose it's less strenuous on the game's budget to re-utilize assets than to create entirely new ones. Hopefully they'll at least change the intros and win lines, otherwise I'm gonna go mad from hearing "Let's get this fight started!" another thousand times.
 
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