Soul Calibur: 3D Model Review/Rant

Hikari said:
Yes, but in SCIV, everyone was suffering for some tragedy. Most of the characters had a giantic evolution, even the purest were maturing, also the game had this heavy aura, very dark....and the game itself had this gothic and melancholic feeling, also most of stages were set in places with little or none sunlight
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I agree. The renders in SCIV really fit with its dark theme.
 
Ninjaguy446 said:
My beautiful Viola was promised a formidable sized bosom.... but was given..... nothing...View attachment 22593

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE! The renders in terms of bust size for Viola and Tira are horribly wrong. Also, in Viola's art, she looks older than in her render. Just look at the difference... it's huge, isn't it (lol)? I mean, seriously, I could understand if the art were smaller but that's a really big difference between the art and the render.

I demand her breast to be re-sized in SCVI/SSCV/SCTT2. >:[ I mean, come on Project Soul. At least Pyrrha's render's size would be fine.
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Pyrrha is a Alexandra. Viola is a Sorel so don't have those genes is new they still, have to work n her in future games
 
Hikari said:
Pyrrha is a Alexandra. Viola is a Sorel so don't hve those genes is new they still, have to work n her in future games
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Well, she technically isn't a Sorel since she's adopted. But my gripe is that they didnt follow the art. And it's not just her breast either. Her skirt is much longer in the render (which makes it look worse IMO). She looks a lot taller and older in her art than the render too. But whatever I guess. Hopefully if there's a SCVI they'll fix her render like you said.
xXSoulCaliburXx said:
Im glad they didnt f*ck up my Pyrrha C:
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Screw you. Lol and Pyrrha! T^T

And if in case anyone is wondering why I'm being so iffy on her boobs, it's because of her art, not because I'm a perv who wants DOA physics.
 
They could have made Viola's a tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny bit bigger, but I'm not too bothered.

They still look good in a glossy top.
 
The breast I can understand in a way since I guess they didn't want another SCIV (although they should've either asked the artist to tone them done or the renderest to make them bigger and not have to opposite things) but the tallness should definitely be fixed in the next game. Viola is 5'3" and Leixia is 4'10". Leixia is taller than Viola in game (I believe she still is. Not sure if they fixed that or not).
 
I thought her breasts looked like that because the dress had a built in push up bra lol and WHAAAT? Viola is taller??? >____>;;;I wish she was her real height then.
 
xXSoulCaliburXx said:
I thought her breasts looked like that because the dress had a built in push up bra lol
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LOL I don't think they had push up bras in 1601 (Somebody is bound to correct me eventually). Project Soul just needs to fix her height and breast size (along with Tira because they gave her the short end of the stick lol). Or make her breast smaller in the art along with make her shorter in the art (and her official height I guess)
 
In general, I think that by the time of SCIV, the character's renders started to look more questionable (moreso on some of the characters, not all). In my opinion, it looks like they were trying to add more anime traits into the characters in SCIV and a lot more in SCV. I'm used to it now but I wasn't back then. In SC2-3, even though the graphics weren't as detailed and polished like they are now, I could tell that they tried to make the characters look like their heritage to a certain degree. I'll never forget the Soul Calibur 3 promotional art with how they rendered Xianghua, Yun-Seong, Taki, Sophitia, & Kilik looked like their nationalities.

the renders that bother me in this game (V) are...

-Viola: I don't really care about her bust size. I mean, if they were a tinsy bit bigger, it'd fill out her dress more but I don't mind her small breast. But I do wish they made her taller as well. She looks a little too short in her render. And yeah, her dress looks a bit too long. They should have made it a tiny bit shorter but I think the reason it looks so long is because they made Viola short. Also, in the face area, I wish they made her look more older. She's supposed to be in her 20s(?) but she looks like a teenager to me. Other then that, Viola is awesome, like I said before, she's my favorite new character on the female side.
-Ivy: Her face looks slightly better this time around in my opinion. But her outfit looks a bit too bulky on her. In her artwork, she looks bad ass and everything looks like it fits snuggly but comfortably. In her render, it looks like they are more bulky. But I do like her SCV outfit a lot more then her IV outfit this time around. I just wish for the future that when they do her face, they make her appear more feminine like the good old days of SC2-3.
-Leixia: Her outfit looks alright but her face... Umm no... She doesn't look Asian at all to me. She just look a generic anime girl. I hope that in the next game, they refine her face and make her look a bit more Chinese like her mother.
-Nightmare: He looks awesome but he looks a lot shorter then I remember... lol Hopefully if they continue to use him, they make him a bit more taller.
-Tira: I love love love Tira but she doesn't really look her age. Now, I'm not sure if Soul Edge took over her during her teens and that is why she isn't physically showing some age but still, if that's not the case, I would have liked if they made her face look a bit more older. And probably tone down the size of her irises.
-Xiba: Personally, I think he looks so adorable. But yeah, his haircut looks really gross. I think they should have went with a bushy shaggy side swept hairstyle instead of the messy looking faux-hawk. They also should tone down his neck. And I'd really like if next time around, they made his face look more youthful Chinese instead of anime-like. His body type doesn't bother me too much since he trains in the mountains, so of course he'd become more ripped. lol
-Natsu: I'm a little used to her barbie ninja get up even if I still don't necessarily like it. I do hope in the next game, if they age her, she dawns a more dark ninja-like outfit. I just don't like the whole sparkle-Naruto esq ninja style they did her in. But I do love her moveset and personality and I do use her a lot so yeah. :D Also, I'm not sure if she's Asian or European? But I hope they make her face look more refined instead of the anime route.

And that's pretty much it. I know I used the word "anime" too much but it's true. It's like they are stepping away from the Fantasy meets slight realism/slight anime with just full on fantasy meets anime archetype. I liked the former artistic direction but that's just me. I look at it like I look at the Dead or Alive series. The Dead or Alive series characters looked like anime barbies but in the latest installment that's coming out this month (Dead or Alive 5), they look more refined and less anime doll like.

But anyway, that's just my 2 cents. ^^;
 
Bloodpixel said:
Personally I'm glad Viola's breasts aren't really big. To be honest jiggling breasts really piss me off for some reason.
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You just pissed me off for some reason. Good day sir!
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Kai_lombax said:
-Nightmare: He looks awesome but he looks a lot shorter then I remember... lol Hopefully if they continue to use him, they make him a bit more taller.
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He's actually taller in this game than the previous ones. In older games he was actually one of the shorter characters (5'6" 168cm).
 
Right. Nightmare is actually small because in his former versions, he used Siegfrieds old azur amor as a host and since Siegfried is small (used to be 1,68m), NM had to be small too.

Now that he has a new host, he is actually taller.
 
I miss the old Nightmare so much. His 2p is pretty cool looking but his 1p looks like shit. He just doesn't seem as threatening any more. And they went in the complete wrong direction with Soul Edge! It looked so much more refined and complete in SCIV, but now it just looks like a disgusting piece of flesh. Not badass in the slightest.
 
TheCursedImage said:
I miss the old Nightmare so much. His 2p is pretty cool looking but his 1p looks like shit. He just doesn't seem as threatening any more. And they went in the complete wrong direction with Soul Edge! It looked so much more refined and complete in SCIV, but now it just looks like a disgusting piece of flesh. Not badass in the slightest.
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It was to appeal to the nostalgia freaks. Look at SCII NM/Siegmare.
 
Actually it makes sense, since in SC3 and SC4 NM wasn't human, his body was much more deformed and unstable like the big hole in his upper body.

Stuff like this is gone with the new human host.
 
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