Recent content by salarta

More accurate to say that my complaining here allows me to say something that matters to me, while causing people that don't want it to be said to whine that someone doesn't agree with them that fighting games should be absolutely nothing but gameplay. Because giving the impression that you're...

Because Daishi called this site out by name, so I came here to post. Simple as that. How about no. If story matters so little, then Soul Calibur should be nothing more than stick figures named after what weapon they use to ensure people focus on the gameplay only. Fact of the matter is, you...

That may be the case, I have no way to really prove or disprove that, but I'm not a fighting gameplay nut. I don't care about memorizing combos and executing crazy moves and flaunting gameplay ability in a fighting game. It's usually the characters and story that draw me. If those are bad or...

Never played either nor did I care about them enough to do much research about them, so I can't comment other than to say I recall reading some people that had played SF3 or at least a version of it saying that unnecessary roster changes severely hurt it and led to SF4 bringing back a lot of...

Nah, two out of three of those things actually are the problem. 1) People get attached to specific characters. Not just their movesets, which is what a lot of people here seem to think is all that matters. That's largely because people around here are mainly concerned with gameplay. 2) The...

I see your "it's not like Natsu killed Taki' example and wonder if you considered saying "It's not like Pyrrha killed Sophitia" only to realize I can say exactly that due to the nature of SC5's "story." :) That's not a serious accusation of any sort on my part, only an honest statement of...

As far as I see it, this is a good thing. Maybe he was good for the gameplay side, I don't know because I never played SC5 and never will, but he royally screwed over the story side of it. The only good thing I might be able to say from a personal perspective is that he might have kept Soul...

My wishlist for Soul Calibur: Unbreakable Soul 1) Sophitia 2) Taki Ideally Setsuka too, but I can go without her so long as Sophitia and Taki are in the game and important and playable characters. If that's not the case for Sophitia and Taki then I won't buy or play it, same reason I'll never...

Sophitia and Taki back as meaningful and playable characters or no buy. And by "no buy," I mean of DLC. Because this will have it.

An excellent, excellent move. Since Taki got to be in a few things despite not being in SC5, and was originally planned to return and possibly be in SC5 if there was time, Sophitia needed this more. Plus, she's an excellent choice because she represents an outside culture that goes as far back...

That makes the most sense to me. My personal guess is that SC2HD is in some respects a test of remaining interest in the franchise. It's a game that came before some of the more awful roster and gameplay changes started fragmenting the fanbase, so it's a safe way of judging how much interest the...

Well, I can say I'll be buying it. It's been a long time since I got to play Soul Calibur II.

I didn't expect them to announce Lost Swords today, but I'm surprised they talked about an SCII remake at this thing. Though I thought that was already revealed a while back.

I've always personally thought the place where it had the most promise was in how it's set in the past and has its characters from all over the world. That results in an eclectic mix of fighting styles from multiple societies, and story-wise, there are vastly different cultural expectations and...

There's a panel called "Namco Bandai Games Presents the Future of Fighting Games" at Comic-Con today that is mostly about Tekken. Some people think Soul Calibur might be discussed there or its new game introduced there. I think it's fairly likely we'll get some kind of announcement today, but I...