They're not really similar in the way you play them however. Sophi's strength being punishment and Cass's being pressure. Just saying, I think you could find room at the table for either by playing around with the sliders for both, unappealing as some people might find that prospect.
namco made both tekken and soul calibur right? so how come no one's complaining about the 4 or 5 kazuya characters in tekken? actually you can go ahead and find that just about every fighting game 2-D or 3-D have a family in the game that is often made up of at least 3 to 4 members. so this is no different. and those characters have something that tie them all together as well. so this is nothing new.
whoa there. calm down. I was only talking about that namco made tekken and soul calibur so it shouldn't come as a surprise if there are several related characters in the roster. the comparisons to other games was just an example. SC is already different in A LOT OF ASPECTS as a 3D fighting game. i'm talking about the roster anyway. i don't know wear all that other stuff came from. it's the same with fighting games having a young person in the roster and having a goth person in the roster. and on occasion a black guy. there were 3 S&S characters in SC3 but no one complained. each fighting style was different. S&S for story mode was different as well as cassy and Sophie. i think it's dumb when people misuse the word clone character. clone characters are the bonus characters in SC4 that don't have their own individual style. cassy fights much different than sophie, pyrrha, pat, and that SC3 S&S.
but when you have the possibility or either a. a variation on a similar weapon or b. a completely new weapon and style I would choose b. I don't want this to be like a weapons version of Noah's Ark, two of everystyle with differences. I'd rather it be an extremely fail version, with completely different weapons.
[GASP] @_@ you take that back! Cassy had the most realistic and outstanding personality from everyone else. Cassy was snotty and arrogant but in a much different sense than yun. talim's character was pretty static and seemed like she was a pacifist in denial. (Low blow! how do you like it) I love talim and i'm saying this. you can't talk smack about my main cassy and expect to get away with it. expect Patroklos at your door any time now.
at least talim's style didn't revolve around throwing her ass at people :P That and her style is unique at the very least :)
oh yeah? well...well...Talim throws her face at people's feet! but yeah cassy's style is unique too. no one else does a lot of her moves. I'm pretty sure that Talim and cassy are gonna return because Tago-san said that some fan favorites would still be returning and those to are certainly in that category.