Everyone should be alone. When people all come in groups the individuality and purpose thins for the sided or background characters forced to be the supporters. (Seung Mina) It was much better when they all had their own personal reasons to find the swords rather then them all banding together just because they share a common moral view. I mean, finding the legendary swords before anyone else around you should be treated like war tactics.
I honestly don't get why they would even consider that. Though it's clear that PS doesn't know what they want to do with this series and have clearly forgotten their original concept with really makes this game sad.. It just doesnt make sense to me. They honestly should reboot the series back into the actual Middle ages were Swords and Souls actually mattered... being the strongest warrior of strength or skill was what defined a country and a culture. The age of Gladiators and European Kings or Queens was the age of fairytales which Soul Calibur could have been told as. If we look at stories of that age we can open up so many possibilities for character motivation; it wouldn't ever be a this mess. Maybe a western company should take over the series to at least give it that. What is Soul Calibur about now? Nothing, there is no consistancy and no theme which is wh ypeople think this series has a shitty to no story at all. No focus, no attention and no linearity. Soul Clibur could have been much better then this.
It also bothers me that nobody even seems to have reasons to find the swords anymore. Everybody suddenly has other shit going on and no need for Soul Edge.
Personally, the story should be in that same structure as Soul Calibur 1's: Soul Edge causes things to become drastic, and the characters need to slowly recover from the turmoil.
Pretty much both swords have ran their course seems like. The only ones who are more concerned about it are Siegfried, Nightmare, Tira, Hilde, Raphael, Ivy, Cervantes, Patroklos, Pyrrha, and Algol. Everyone else are pretty much have their own storylines but not pertaining to the cause at hand (looking at the Asian fighters) or we're stuck not knowing who they are (Z.W.E.I. and Viola). I think a reboot is in order with the premise surrounding only the two swords and their reasons for obtaining it i.e. Mitsurugi wanted Soul Edge to be more powerful, Yun-Seong wanted Soul Edge to protect his homeland, and Kilik wanted to destroy Soul Edge so that he can atone for his sins. Its stories like those that made Soul Edge, Soul Calibur, and the characters' motivations that have kept us interested in the whole story and the swords.
That would just make me quit SC altogether. Play a 2D fighter if you want that.
While I think it would be cool I personally dont think it belongs in Soul Calibur. Other than Zwei/Viola the combat system in SC leans more towards the Realistic than the fantasy.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! I am not in the "WE" group. Let's get that one straight.
OMG! I support this!Most new SC characters end up looking like something out of an anime. The next game needs characters like this:
It's obviously shown in Soul Blade. Just later on they began to develop the characters more. They'll probably do the same approach for the new characters in SCV.
Fair enough. I just PERSONALLY would not want it in SC unless it was a very limited thing. Like a guy with a sword who can shoot a fireball for one of his skills. And it was not spammable.
While I do agree with you, almost none of the characters in the SC universe seem realistic.