Soul Calibur VI: General discussion

Honestly, I'm still kind of on the fence about 2B's inclusion due to her looking too futuristic, but at the same time I'm glad we're getting another female character and it was a wise move marketing-wise to include her. Hell, it sold SCVI to my good friend who likes 2D fighters more, and he was on the fence after trying it out last night.

As for other guest characters, I'd rather not have one, but as I've mentioned on another thread, I'd want a Dark Souls or Bloodborne character (if they were to ever do console exclusives again for the latter, only issue is to find an equivalent for Xbox/PC), just no generic Elite Knight or Hunter dear god. I'd rather see the likes of Ornstein, Artorias, Eileen, Gascoigne, or anyone else but the generic Chosen Undead/Bearer of the Curse/Ashen One/Good Hunter. I can (and have) make my protags from those games in CaS already. For remaining characters, the only one I really want back is Setsuka if they could find a way to include her, but I'd be fine with any combination of her, Cassandra, Hwang/Yun-seong (though I'd prefer the former to get his time to shine again), or Hilde if they could find a way to fit her.
 
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Oh and i forgot about this but... weren't you the most vocal ass hat for like months talking down to everyone for assuming the leaked roster was all there was for the base release? I'd think twice before attempting to play "see, told ya so" games anyway. Especially you.
Difference is, I was against something bad. You were against something good, just like those Smashtards who say a character doesn’t “deserve” to be in, while giving the dumbest reasons. I’ve had enough petty shit thrown at me, now I’m throwing it to you. Let 2B be a monument to your failure.
 
I'm happy they brought in another female to balance out the sausage fest, although I'd rather have Amy. Still think Hunter from BB would have been the optimal GC. They could have used Ludwig's boss battle theme as stage music.

When it kicks in at 0:35. Hot damn, would've been great.


Wouldn't have worked because Bloodborne is a Sony property and a PS4 exclusive.
 
while i personally don't care for 2B i'm glad that we're getting a guest character heavily requested by fans, resulting hopefully in increased sales for the game and longevity. also, if this means they're listening to fan requests, then i'm hopeful about the next two characters.
 
Just because we're getting a character from the future, doesn't mean they still don't prioritize following the story. Clearly the story was the big indicator of who comes and goes in the roster.
what kind of mental gymnastics are you trying to use to justify your point?

talim literally only exists in her little origin story for VI she doesn't even fight anyone from the roster. the way CoS works literally ANYONE could be in it and follow any story and it would still fit. that's the point i'm making.

and just as a matter of fact

SC2,3,4 all take place in the same year or so and only a few years after SC1 talim shows up in SC2 along with cass and yun, zas and tira show up in SC3 along with setsuka and amy. right after 3, 4 happens then hilde and algol show up. none of these characters are absurd or out of place to be in the game as we have it now otherwise tira, zas, talim, and raph shouldn't even be there.
 
what kind of mental gymnastics are you trying to use to justify your point?

talim literally only exists in her little origin story for VI she doesn't even fight anyone from the roster. the way CoS works literally ANYONE could be in it and follow any story and it would still fit. that's the point i'm making.

and just as a matter of fact

SC2,3,4 all take place in the same year or so and only a few years after SC1 talim shows up in SC2 along with cass and yun, zas and tira show up in SC3 along with setsuka and amy. right after 3, 4 happens then hilde and algol show up. none of these characters are absurd or out of place to be in the game as we have it now otherwise tira, zas, talim, and raph shouldn't even be there.
Talim was included because she was left out of SoulCalibur V, and the same goes for Zasalamel. As in, completely left out, without any even possible substitute proxy, like Patroklos could be for Cassandra, and Leixia/Xiba/Natsu/Alpha Patroklos/Pyrrha were for Xianghua/Kilik/Taki/Setsuka/Sophitia. Beyond that, though, their inclusion does not change anything in the timeline, nor are they doing anything that takes place during or after SoulCalibur II.

Your last point disregards that while yes, SoulCalibur II-IV all take place within the same year, the story approaches, but does not start SoulCalibur II. What this means is that the age argument is null and void (except SoulCalibur V people, of course), but the events argument is still quite valid. Anything that directly involves or is contingent upon events from SoulCalibur II-IV can't be included in SoulCalibur VI's Soul Chronicle, because it wouldn't have proper context. It's very likely that SoulCalibur VII will cover 1590-1591, and maybe some years following 1591 to show aftermath of those three stories, but that is a looooooooooooooooong year, and it could feasibly be just that year, and still have plenty of content.
 
I don't think 2B is meant to get anyone new to purchase the game there's not going to be too many people that buy it just because she is in...this is most likely to convince the people on the fence about the season pass to pick that up. (Likely a good call considering how many CaS 2B's I've seen online)

I do find it encouraging that the game has a higher metacritic and opencritic than Tekken 7 and bandai namco will likely notice this especially if the game was made with a smaller budget than Tekken 7.

Thanks to the portals confirmed for the game any character from any time can travel anywhere or enter the soulcalibur universe. The portals were a great addition to explain the presence of guest characters regardless of who they are.

My facebook feed filled up with people who saw 2B is in the game and are now going to buy it. Literally did not expect it to have that much of an impact.
 
Can we just all agree that 2B is a popular guest who doesn't fit the timeline (and is even illogical considered some cut characters), who should have come after legacy characters but will give considerable exposure to the game and move on?

Let's hope she sells well, just like the game, so we can get a second season pass and an ever better SCVII?
 
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Surely, you can see reason that guests don't have to play by the rules so much as the main cast, no? We're not gonna have Z.W.E.I. and Viola pop in through a portal and say hi to Grøh and Amy, that would just be ridiculous. They're not going to burn that bridge after going so far to preserve the original timeline in everything that we've seen thus far in Soul Chronicle and Libra of Soul.


I guess I'm your next target. -prepares to Raphael parry you and put you down gently to the best of her ability-

I suppose an excuse does exist, i just wouldn't call it a very good one.
 
My facebook feed filled up with people who saw 2B is in the game and are now going to buy it. Literally did not expect it to have that much of an impact.
The youtube comments and various game websites have tons of people essentially saying the same thing. This is nothing but good news for soulcalibur. It doesn't matter if you like the character or not it will likely be good for the longevity of the game and makes a season pass 2 more likely.
 
So it's guest characters above legacy characters and it's one that has the same issues that I have with the Star Wars characters. If there ever is a season 2 for Soul Calibur in the future I will not buy it until I know what I'm paying for as I made the mistake of putting too much faith into Project Soul not to pull this jarring stunt again.
 
Can we just all agree that 2B is a popular guest who doesn't fit the timeline (and is even illogical considered some cut characters), who should have come after legacy characters but will give considerable exposure to the game and move on?

Let's hope she sends well, just like the game, so we can get a second season pass and an ever better SCVII?

Yeah, i think i'm done discussing it. The rest of this season pass better be spectacular though because i'm sure as hell not buying it as of now.
 
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