How would you feel about a Soul Calibur game that relies on user-generated content?

[HydroJames]

I was thinking "What would we get if we put Soul Calibur and Super Mario Maker in a blender?"

What if players were able to create their own characters, arenas, and weapons?

What if players were able to share their creations with other players online?

What if we were to fit every character in the series in one game?

 

[Marginal]

Sounds like a hot mess.

 

[HydroJames]

Sounds like a hot mess.

Why?

 

[linkorz]

From a competitive standpoint, that sounds abysmal...

 

[HydroJames]

From a competitive standpoint, that sounds abysmal...

How about this? In order to achieve the great customization and competitive balance, one big sacrifice has to be made that probably won't sit well with some people...

No story mode...

 

[linkorz]

I honestly don't see how that solves anything.

 

[HydroJames]

I honestly don't see how that solves anything.

It would save resources that could be used for the other parts...

 

[linkorz]

You misunderstand me. My problem with that game is that it would be focused on user generated content. Player-created styles? That would be awful.

 

[HydroJames]

You misunderstand me. My problem with that game is that it would be focused on user generated content. Player-created styles? That would be awful.

Good news! There would not be player-created styles, but you would be able to make custom weapons for the pre-existing styles. Having custom styles would take too many resources and would let players create fighting styles that are overpowered.

 

[subsmoke]

That seems like a waste of time if it would just be for aesthetics and not have any effect on gameplay. Also there's no way anyone is gonna wanna pay 60 bucks for a game and then have to sit down and design half the roster and weapons. I can see a feature like this having a ton of glitches as well and user-designed characters and weapons wouldn't look half as good as professionally designed ones. There's a reason why developers are paid to do this stuff.

I will say I like the idea of being able to design my own arenas though. As long as it doesn't come before gameplay and single player stuff I wouldn't mind a create-an-arena feature in the next game.

How about this? In order to achieve the great customization and competitive balance, one big sacrifice has to be made that probably won't sit well with some people...

No story mode...

Bite your tongue.

 

[Withvees]

yeah i'll take Pats 66B, a JFT, and an orb. Sounds like a fun game

 

[Draggonnfs]

Pretty much my idea of a perfect SoulCalibur game.

 

[Draggonnfs]

Oh, and user created fighting styles would be almost impossible, and if it happened, it would be a catastrophe.

 

[JohnBoyAdvance]

User Created Stuff only works in [Blank]
Racing Games because more tracks helps with longevity and custom liveries, car setups are handy for the average joe.
Wrestling games because the amount of detail they go into now is immense.
Platforming because of longevity. More stages are cool. Along with art stuff. (Jet Set custom tags)

It wouldn't work really. The 4 custom character games (3, 4, 5 and Broken Destiny) havent demonstrated any sort of real improvement in customisation in anyway that would make the frame work of user generated stuff to be worth it.