Soul Calibur VI: General discussion

[JohnMcKee]

I suppose that choosing a race will have a weight on the scales...

 

[Wadou_Ichimonji]

Few stray observations/comments:

Spoiler: 1

Food? So Libra of Souls (LoS) will have power up items?

Spoiler: 2

"Background 43" and the scroll bar isn't even halfway down. Just based on the 12 we can see, some of the backgrounds are from past games and others are based on the new stages.

Spoiler: 3

This CaS seems to be based off of Nightmare's unarmored 2p from SCVI.

Spoiler: 4

Here are the descriptions for 6 of the races you can choose in LoS (the one for "Lost Soul (Winged)" sounds like Elysium).

 

[Ryuhza]

Lizardman's chances are looking pretty grim

Here we have the seemingly generic lizardman from the Libra of Soul trailer:

Note the stance. Note that he is right-handed. Note that he is wielding an axe (hard to see in this image, but it is so.)

Here is a much smaller image of Sophitia. It was the best I could find in the proper position.

Note the stance. Note that she is right-handed. Note that she is wielding a sword.

Quality images of SCIV Lizardman are slim pickins, but this should get the point across.

Note the stance. Note that he is left-handed. Note that he is wielding an axe.



That said, I would love to be blindsided by a unique Aeon wielding a sword who has picked up a bunch of Patroklos's moves and a bunch of his old SCIII/SCIV stuff.

 

[Vergeben]

I suppose that choosing a race will have a weight on the scales...

 

[Maedhros]

So... Pre-orders are not possible on Playstation Store, huh?

 

[JohnMcKee]

Few stray observations/comments:

Spoiler: 1

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Food? So Libra of Souls (LoS) will have power up items?

Spoiler: 2

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"Background 43" and the scroll bar isn't even halfway down. Just based on the 12 we can see, some of the backgrounds are from past games and others are based on the new stages.

Spoiler: 3

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This CaS seems to be based off of Nightmare's unarmored 2p from SCVI.

Spoiler: 4

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Here are the descriptions for 6 of the races you can choose in LoS (the one for "Lost Soul (Winged)" sounds like Elysium).

"Background 43" is on the 2nd page, so it might be 34 backgrounds per page, given 5 pages it's still quite enormous ^^

 

[SSfox]

What fighting style is this? Can only think of Voldo?

 

[SomeRandomHuman]

I can create my own lizard-pirate hooray! I can die happy now. Damn this game looks to be very well packed.
Tira looks awesome, though her voice is a bit too... normal. I think she needs to be a little more screechy and insane.
And that mage boss is great, I just hope that he is playable.

 

[Hayate]

Hayate:"Tira might be pre-order, I will explain later"

Lizardman in the artwork of story mode looks quite different. I don't think it excludes him yet from being the 3 unlockable additionnal character that were designed when the game has been delayed (with Hwang and Rock like I said in my last video).

This was speculation, so I can still be wrong if they put 3 mimic haha

Tira being DLC (or unlockable) was the only option because it was not easy for them to explain her story either in 1583 to 1588 where she were too young, or to expand the Timeline to SC3 events. And there was only one Timeline in SC2 era, the reveal of Talim has sealled this one.

Well, I'am even more confident about :
Raph, Cervy for sure.
+ Hwang (or at least Yunseong, but I really think with less chance for him)
Lizardman can still be here
Rock can be cutted out, but Tira being DLC add some credibility to my theory, so he gains some chance again.

Can't wait to see.

 

[JohnMcKee]

What fighting style is this? Can only think of Voldo?

Maxi's, given the precious pictures of the character.

 

[SomeRandomHuman]

So... Pre-orders are not possible on Playstation Store, huh?

Usually they are, I guess they will open in a few weeks.

 

[Wadou_Ichimonji]

"Background 43" is on the 2nd page, so it might be 34 backgrounds per page, given 5 pages it's still quite enormous ^^

The other pages might also be different categories besides background (frame, lighting, stickers, etc.).

 

[DanteSC3]

Tira being DLC (or unlockable) was the only option because it was not easy for them to explain her story either in 1583 to 1588 where she were too young, or to expand the Timeline to SC3 events.

This is obviously not the case any longer, as her official description indicates that she has already defected from Bird of Passage, but I still do not think it would have been a stretch to see her origin story, to see who she was before she broke free and found Soul Edge. It's just a wasted opportunity, now, but hey, at least we do have Tira.

 

[SSfox]

Maxi's, given the precious pictures of the character.

Oh yeah it's definitely maxi

 

[Nyte]

It'd be a Grade-A fuckup if they accidentally revealed a character using a style that wasn't supposed to be revealed yet in a publicity post.

 

[GhostTear]

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Lizardman in the artwork of story mode looks quite different. I don't think it excludes him yet from being the 3 unlockable additionnal character that were designed when the game has been delayed (with Hwang and Rock like I said in my last video).

This was speculation, so I can still be wrong if they put 3 mimic haha

Tira being DLC (or unlockable) was the only option because it was not easy for them to explain her story either in 1583 to 1588 where she were too young, or to expand the Timeline to SC3 events. And there was only one Timeline in SC2 era, the reveal of Talim has scelled this one.

Well, I'am even more confident about :
Raph, Cervy for sure.
+ Hwang (or at least Yunseong, but I really think with less chance for him)
Lizardman can still be here
Rock can be cutted out, but Tira being DLC add some credibility to my theory, so he gains some chance again.

Can't wait to see.

I was trying to figure out how respond to you.

I'll hold that big L for a while. Respect

 

[Ryuhza]

Lizardman in the artwork of story mode looks quite different.

Does he though? The picture of him in the E3 trailer is little more than a silhouette, but you can see he's got head spikes similar to his SCIV incarnation, minus the frills. The same head we see on the generic lizardmen in CaS.

 

[ColColton]

This is obviously not the case any longer, as her official description indicates that she has already defected from Bird of Passage, but I still do not think it would have been a stretch to see her origin story, to see who she was before she broke free and found Soul Edge. It's just a wasted opportunity, now, but hey, at least we do have Tira.

Were the Bird of Passage destroyed this time around (according to her description) as originally Tira didn't defect, the Bird of Passage were destoryed when the evil seed was released so Tira was "freed" and adopted by a family who named her "Tira".

 

[Niwona]

Well, but her being DLC doesn't necessarily fit her in the story's timeline, so that description has no bearing on if they reshaped her past. I mean, she also looks the same age.

On a gameplay note, Tira really jumps around in her RE. If not on the initial hit, I feel like it would be hard for a lot of characters to break her RE before the cinematic triggers.

 

[Wadou_Ichimonji]

Libra of Soul

Libra Of Soul is the second story mode in Soulcalibur VI, joining the already-revealed Chronicle of Souls mode. In this game mode, players will be able to create their own custom fighter from scratch before roaming the world in a quest to stop a new evil mastermind at work to gather Soul Edge shards. Along the way, players will come up against both characters from across the main storyline, and warriors created by the community, fighting in a variety of rule-specific showdowns which shape their own path.
Players will be able to customize their unique characters through thousands of different combinations, choosing from 16 races, including human, lizard or even living skeleton, before customizing the size, facial features, hairstyle, clothes, armor and, of course. weapons and fighting style!

"warriors created by the community"
I wonder what this means? Something similar to "Quick Battle" in SCV?

Here's Tira's the press release:

Tira, an expert wielder of her Ring Blade named Eiserne Drossel, fights using her own Dance of Death style. Trained by the mysterious Birds of Passage group of assassins, Tira abandoned the group after its leader went mad. Alone and angry, Tira, travels across the world, slaughtering any that get in her way – taking great pleasure in the trail of blood in her wake.