SDTekken.com Interview with Akire

Di has posted the first of what should be many in a series of interviews covering the players of Soulcalibur V. This first interview is with French Mitsurugi player Akire. Akire talks a little about his background and goes into his thoughts on Soulcalibur V and of the character Mitsurugi.

Check out SDTekken.com for the full interview.

Excerpt:

Di: How would you describe SOULCALIBUR V in one sentence?

Akire: “A completely different Soulcalibur”, I think. The game is more nervous because of the characters’ movement. Even Asta has a good sidestep and backdash now. Soulcalibur IV was more coherent on the character movement, but that gave an impression of slowness even if attack’s speed look like the globally the same in SC4 and SC5. There is also a lot of new gameplay elements, the Critical Gauge and all stuff that imply (GI, BE and CE), Guard Burst, Just Guard and Quick Step. There are also some features like the damages received on the ground are more important than damage received standing, or the nerf of the step guard (after a side step, the guard will take more time than any other Soulcalibur to be activated). All those thing will make SOULCALIBUR V different than the series like 3rd strike is different than SFII and SFIV.

Interview

 

That microphone makes Varghas look tiny, lol.

 

Nice, I didn't know that the time it takes to go from stepping to guarding takes longer to do in 5 than in any other SOULCALIBUR. This is good news.

 

i wonder if they did one on hayate about his experience with zwei

 

That microphone makes Varghas look tiny, lol.

lol

 

@Babalook
He doesn't win enough =/

 

i wonder if they did one on hayate about his experience with zwei

This is just their first player interview so not yet. Maybe eventually.

 

Kudos to Akire, one of my fav Mitsu player =D

 

That's not one sentence..... :o

lol

 

.....I do not like how he described Mitsu. More like an amy in 4? *shudder*

 

Nice, I didn't know that the time it takes to go from stepping to guarding takes longer to do in 5 than in any other SOULCALIBUR. This is good news.

This I don't like, because I feel like they really overdid it. (at least as far as the NEC build was concerned, I don't think it has changed though)

I know Step G was a problem, but now stepping is not one of those things that "you should be doing all the time, just because" (which I liked)

 

Yo that Ivy cosplayer is HOT!

 

Hayate is one of the players I'd like to interview, that's for sure. Nevertheless I have also some other players in mind, not only French. I've started a new job recently as a game tester and can't find enough time for the interviews but stay tuned, I will try to work on a new one the upcoming week :).