Soul Calibur VI: General discussion

Can Setsuka just be much more reminiscent of her original design . . . I’d also hope for a nod to her SC4 P2, but in my opinion it’d surprise me if that were the kind of pink of the panel (but not the kind of blue . . .) although from what we’ve seen, her panel color might just represent her umbrella or, hell, one flower in her hair ornament.

I personally hated her blonde although it’d have been much more natural with backstory considerations. I also hated her SC4 1P — like, put those things away.

Can we get a PROPERLY-stylized kimono look. Not too proper, because she’ll look like a box, but . . . . ya know?
 
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Ill always remember my favourite setsuka design. Hope this one returns
 
While I don't have Steam, I noticed it in the Astaroth Discord. Gonna add likelihood for an announcement coming up. Florida Man posted a screen showing that most of the content had been updated in the Steam database 9 days ago, and another one 23 hours ago at the time of the screencap. Looks like "soon" is actually probably closer than expected.
 
genghis_chan said:
Wait till Setsuka comes it will be another debate about "boobies" cus people cant handle a cleavage it seems.
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Oh no, not at all. People can handle cleavage here. And because Setsuka has had somewhat revealing designs before (such as her SCIV 1P with the chest and naval) it wouldn’t be a drastic issue. It would only be a problem if it was something that went against how Setsuka traditionally dresses.
 
KageKazenami said:
While I don't have Steam, I noticed it in the Astaroth Discord. Gonna add likelihood for an announcement coming up. Florida Man posted a screen showing that most of the content had been updated in the Steam database 9 days ago, and another one 23 hours ago at the time of the screencap. Looks like "soon" is actually probably closer than expected.
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I saw that too! But it's kinda weird how they only updated one app. I'd imagine they would've changed one for Hilde and one for the whole 2nd season pass, assuming they're preparing for a release. Maybe the Season 2 update is coming without Hilde, and she'll be released sometime afterwards? I hope not, I want her now...
 
Crash X said:
Oh no, not at all. People can handle cleavage here. And because Setsuka has had somewhat revealing designs before (such as her SCIV 1P with the chest and naval) it wouldn’t be a drastic issue. It would only be a problem if it was something that went against how Setsuka traditionally dresses.
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Watch as they end up doing exactly that by putting her in some sort of kawaii BS like this Kappa
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Ugh.

But on a more serious note, I think they'll stay faithful enough to Setsuka's older design points. They've done a pretty good job doing that with most of the roster, save for a few exceptions (see: Hilde and Talim).
 
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Ill always remember my favourite setsuka design. Hope this one returns
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I can hear the riots already..

Peacock Jive said:
I personally hated her blonde although it’d have been much more natural with backstory considerations. I also hated her SC4 1P — like, put those things away.
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With the way things have been going, they're going to be out and bigger than Ivy's.
 
What if they give her brown hair....with blond highlights?!

I'd also like to throw in my previous dumb idea of her getting a different hair color in every new appearance she makes. In this one, she'll be a red head. In SCVII, she will have white hair. And in VIII, jet black. Once she has mastery over this new power, her soul charge will make it rainbow. Bwahaha!
 
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Peacock Jive said:
Can Setsuka just be much more reminiscent of her original design . . . I’d also hope for a nod to her SC4 P2, but in my opinion it’d surprise me if that were the kind of pink of the panel (but not the kind of blue . . .) although from what we’ve seen, her panel color might just represent her umbrella or, hell, one flower in her hair ornament.

I personally hated her blonde although it’d have been much more natural with backstory considerations. I also hated her SC4 1P — like, put those things away.

Can we get a PROPERLY-stylized kimono look. Not too proper, because she’ll look like a box, but . . . . ya know?
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I can't agree with you more here. Hated the idea of her being European, like why even introduce her with black hair and kimono and then say she's European and blonde. It's like they couldn't decide and said lets just go with both.

I strongly hope it resembles her SC3 1P.
 
Raregroove said:
What if they give brown hair....with blond highlights?!

I'd also like to throw in my previous dumb idea of her getting a different hair color in every new appearance she makes. In this one, she'll be a red head. In SCVII, she will have white hair. And in VIII, jet black. Once she has mastery over this new power, her soul charge will make it rainbow. Bwahaha!
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Yeah, personally, I think too much is made of hair colour. Maybe in another game which didn't have the kind of racial inclusion that Soulcalibur has--much as it can feel one-dimensional in certain respects--I would be more concerned about the implications. But considering that and also that A) Setsuka's background story implying a vague (we know she's "not Japanese", though I don't know that we know for sure that she is of European descent, as is often suggested), and B) the long tradition of variation in designs for the series (including hair colour changes), I think the blonde alt works well enough, even if you are one likes the designs to fit closer to continuity. On that last point, personally I could care less, though I guess I do prefer more practical and closer to historically accurate designs--or, you know as close to it as this franchise ever gets, which you could argue is not terribly close.

Of course, for some who aren't fans of the blonde hair, it may be closer to an abstract aesthetic call (or at least occur to them in that fashion) and how can you argue with that--that is, a matter of taste? But in that respect I'm happy to see variations in colour schemes all around. But then, I also tend to think that far too much gets made of default custumes and 2Ps in this franchise: even in forums like this one that cater to a relatively more "hardcore" part of the fanbase, there is just much more micro-analysis of the designs than I would expect. I mean, on the one hand it is sort of nice to see people appreciating part of the art design of the game, but on another, it genuinely surprises me just how much time is spent discussing this minutia (as opposed to movesets, mechanics, and major features). Maybe partly that's a product of us never knowing anything about what is coming in this game until the last minute (a marketing strategy of PS that has come in for some reasonable criticism of late), and people ending up discussing the superficial details of new characters more so than they otherwise should, but it still surprises me how much importance people place on this character model or that piece of equipment.

It's not that I care zero about all of that (obviously, from the mocking I devote to the recent emo and wizard characters), but it's honestly a far distant interest to me, relative to mechanics, frame data, and the nuts and bolts of the movesets generally. And relative to the nitpicking that I bring to bear on those areas, I'm pretty non-nonplussed by most designs (that don't look like Gerard Way!): give them whatever hair you can imagine--can it really look weirder than a robin-hood / ninja / wooden cyborg / magical demon spirit?


@FluffyQuack I did notice your further commentary and investigation into the netcode / lag puzzle. I still substantially agree, but with the same caveats as to how certain we can realistically be. You'll have to forgive a delay in a more substantive response: I only had a little bit of time to post this evening and I just spent it all talking about virtual doll hair. ;)
 
kyrt said:
If Setsuka returns she'll probably end up in a version of this costume...
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I’m not completely sure, but before meeting her sensei, Setsuka seems to be slightly poor. She appears really well dressed in Soul Calibur 3, but the kimono is a gift from her sensei. I wonder if this will affect how she is designed for this game.
 
I'm more concerned about her gameplay. I'm afraid they'll follow the trend of making all characters "beginner-friendly", like they did with Hilde recently. A huge part of what makes Setsuka fun to play, imo at least, is how difficult or challenging it is to master her and her just frames.

Oh dear god, please don't let them fuck her up Okubo san.
 
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