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Chikara Sashimi
Generally they've sold pretty consistently so long as they don't crap the bed on the single player content.
Soul Calibur 6 Discussion
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Ryuhza
[13] Hero
Too bad consistently never seems to be enough to satisfy Namco.
I dream of the day the series sells enough to get a bigger budget and focus. I mean hell, the series nearly collapsed after V, which sold better than Tekken Tag 2 by most accounts.
It ain't right. Feels like the series is stuck in a Catch-22, where it needs a bigger budget to afford audience attracting features and sell better, but it needs to sell better to get a bigger budget.
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Chikara Sashimi
SCV got hit with a bus honestly. Tsunami hit, the idea that story modes weren't important had taken hold firmly in Japan...
TalimUser
[10] Knight
My main issue is with so many fight games coming out recently and next year even with good single player content people just won't want to pkay another fighter that and they don't market the game well
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WuHT
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Yeah namco's gotta get those casual dollars. Us hardcore fans are going to get a copy pretty much no matter what.
Darkmoonlight
[13] Hero
I’m really interested to see how they market SCVI
Keldon_Creep
[08] Mercenary
Well this game has Ivy in it, so in a way the marketing has already begun. :) Some one will write an article demonizing the game for sexually objectifying women, it'll create a buzz, and end up selling more copies. But it would be great if they had some humor in their direct marketing techniques.
Futabot
[10] Knight
They just need to make the next big PvE Souls mode a gigantic dating sim with fighting and pitch that you can court your true love, Voldo.
Pyrrus
[14] Master
If Hilde is in SC6, I'd like it if there was an indication for each charge attack. Like maybe the controller vibrates a certain way for each charge. Idk.
Fatal_Exodus
[14] Master
I'm sure I could have totally picked up Hilde if I could get a hold of her charge system and learning how to count and multitask at the same time. Maybe a Brave Edge-like visual indicator for charges would be nice (and not that ugly piss yellow color, maybe pink for vertical and teal and horizontals).
Ave
[14] Master
You can charge horizontal and vertical at the same time though, why not just have the lance or sword be surrounded by blue effects to match the charge attack colour, so for Stage 1 the weapons release a puff of blue, Stage 2, the blade of the sword or lance lights up, Stage 3, the weapons have an aura, Stage 4 the aura surrounds Hilde.
On Ps4 they could do cool stuff with the controller light bar and make that change colour per stage or have sound indications coming from the speaker in the controller. But this isn't Sony exclusive so that won't happen.
Pyrrus
[14] Master
They could also put in a small indicator for her charges. Like a little meter or something.
Draggonnfs
[12] Conqueror
I think since they're doing the charge up effects with RE, they could just use the same effects with a different colour for Hilde's chargeups. I think that's the easiest solution. Having a separate meter just for Hilde's charge up would be weird. Remember the Force meters in SCIV?
Ave
[14] Master
Or think of how dumb it looks on T7 fighting against Akuma, Geese or Eliza with a normal character.
garjian
[12] Conqueror
All visual indication is also visible to the enemy, you must remember. Also I doubt any sticks have a vibration feature.
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WuHT
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If they are willing to dumb it down, they might modify Hilde's charges to a max of 2 levels instead of 3.
Soul Charge would make those charges completely better moves or something. Just my guess
Soul Charge would make those charges completely better moves or something. Just my guess
Ave
[14] Master
They go up to 4
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AmorAstrum
[09] Warrior
SCV definitely got the short end of the stick. Whenever someone points out a flaw in it, I can't help but want to defend it like it's that one bullied kid in school who gets into a ton of shit after finally standing up for himself. It did have a lot of flaws, no doubt about it. But what do you expect when it was rushed out in 9 months? :T
I hear SC6 has already had a production time of 3 years? So I already have high hopes for it.
I hear SC6 has already had a production time of 3 years? So I already have high hopes for it.
Ave
[14] Master
Maybe not at a high level online match but when I first started playing SCV it was easy to drop the UB and win.
Plus if they learned anything from SCV they'll realise online isn't everything and offline content is just as important, you can execute them more often against AI. Plus they look cool, and she doesn't have any other unblockables.
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