Soul Calibur VI: General discussion

[sytus]

So, just to make sure, is everyone resigned to the idea that we're getting the now-standard "cinematic" story mode? Same as in SCV, Tekken 7, Street Fighter 5 and every other big fighting game of the last decade?

Is anyone happy about this? It seems inevitable, but damn if it isn't disappointing.

The reason I ask is that an SC3-style "Tales of Souls" story mode (with lots of TEXT) would totally resolve the debate over how much of a role Geralt will have in the story. His role in the story could just be confined to his own personal story. And the premise of his story would just be "what if Geralt was in the SC universe?" He's have an enormous role to play in this story, and zero role in any other story.

Maybe it's pointless to mention this, since we're unlikely to get any story mode that good again.

When rumours of SC6 popped up before it's announcement I tweeted Harada a good few times about SC3 Tales of Souls being the best story mode the series has ever seen that really needs to make a return. No response of course but the idea has been thrown out there to him plus when SC6 was announced I also gave Okubo a few tweets on bringing SC3 Tales of Souls to SC6 so even he knows and while I do think they have something different to Tales of Souls, I'm hoping with the nudges I gave them on Twitter that they will add it as well. I think they're aware now that Soul Calibur's single player features are a core selling point of the series.

 

[Soul]

So, when do you guys think we'll get the next character reveal trailer(s)? It'll be either 12th, 19th, or 26th of this month unless they break the pattern.
My guess is next Thursday, since it'll be a month since Geralt's reveal trailer by then.. and because i'm really desperate for news atm..

 

[Antonia-Lorena]

So, when do you guys think we'll get the next character reveal trailer(s)? It'll be either 12th, 19th, or 26th of this month unless they break the pattern.
My guess is next Thursday, since it'll be a month since Geralt's reveal trailer by then.. and because i'm really desperate for news atm..

Around April 12th and 26th... I still suppose Taki and Voldo are next :) and, new stages please !

 

[Crash X]

So, when do you guys think we'll get the next character reveal trailer(s)? It'll be either 12th, 19th, or 26th of this month unless they break the pattern.
My guess is next Thursday, since it'll be a month since Geralt's reveal trailer by then.. and because i'm really desperate for news atm..

Around April 12th and 26th... I still suppose Taki and Voldo are next :) and, new stages please !

I feel it could be Taki as well, but I’m not so sure about Voldo (sadly). I’m thinking maybe Maxi to complete the Kilik/X/Maxi trio along with Astaroth because of their rivalry. After all, they revealed Groh and Kilik together so it would make sense.

Though as much as I like Voldo...I honestly don’t see it happening this month. Not getting my hopes up for him so soon.

 

[SpellcraftQuill]

Of course Geralt being considered part of the story seems as valid as Viola being important when all she did was talk about wine.

 

[InhumanPotato]

Of course Geralt being considered part of the story seems as valid as Viola being important when all she did was talk about wine.

Well the only reason the story was so garbage in that game was the tsunami fucking up the game's development, so much so that I'm convinced they just threw whatever storyboards they had along with any cutscenes they had rendered up to that point. Granted, that's no excuse for the trainwreck we got, but with more time every character's role would likely have been explored rather than the dangerously incestuous story we actually got. And I also think that Patroklos might actually have been an interesting character if they had time to flesh him out more and give his redemption more oomph. After all, Siegfried went from cocky bastard to worthy of wielding Soulcalibur; we just never saw him do anything such as slaughter his father like we saw Patroklos murder a random peasant for pretty much no reason.

Anyway, getting back to the original point, given that we have interesting characters to work with now who fans actually care about and no pesky natural disasters ruining the process, the story mode, even if taking the same format as with SCV, should be leagues ahead of it. All they have to worry about now is giving each character their turn in the spotlight (even Voldo, perhaps as a transition between two totally unconnected stories) and representing said characters accurately, even if that might not be how fans expect. I'm actually quite anxious to see Siegfried return in the game, because hopefully we should be able to see more of him when he was a 5'2, 16 year old arrogant, sociopathic serial killer and committer of amnesiac patricide by decapitation. And if that's represented accurately, you'll definitely see Siegfried fans whinging that they butchered his character and turned him into Patroklos, at least before he gets his redemption arc near the end of the story.

 

[wondersophitia]

So, just to make sure, is everyone resigned to the idea that we're getting the now-standard "cinematic" story mode? Same as in SCV, Tekken 7, Street Fighter 5 and every other big fighting game of the last decade?

Is anyone happy about this? It seems inevitable, but damn if it isn't disappointing.

The reason I ask is that an SC3-style "Tales of Souls" story mode (with lots of TEXT) would totally resolve the debate over how much of a role Geralt will have in the story. His role in the story could just be confined to his own personal story. And the premise of his story would just be "what if Geralt was in the SC universe?" He's have an enormous role to play in this story, and zero role in any other story.

Maybe it's pointless to mention this, since we're unlikely to get any story mode that good again.

I also like SCIII style better, mainly because it lets our imagination go wild. Cut scenes should be used only for important part of the story.

Just like Gintoki said :

 

[Windstar]

So where's our PAX East videos of SC6 gameplay?

 

[DanteSC3]

So where's our PAX East videos of SC6 gameplay?

Far as I know, there were no big names in attendance, and it was just a bunch of walk-by players. Nothing really notable enough to record, since it was just the same build again and with unskilled players, it wouldn't be showing us anything we haven't seen already, so no one really bothered recording.

 

[Marginal]

Far as I know, there were no big names in attendance, and it was just a bunch of walk-by players. Nothing really notable enough to record, since it was just the same build again and with unskilled players, it wouldn't be showing us anything we haven't seen already, so no one really bothered recording.

Sandman went there but he said they were having it be play one game then get off. So you wouldn't be seeing much from people other than mashing there.

 

[Soul]

I feel it could be Taki as well, but I’m not so sure about Voldo (sadly). I’m thinking maybe Maxi to complete the Kilik/X/Maxi trio along with Astaroth because of their rivalry. After all, they revealed Groh and Kilik together so it would make sense.

Though as much as I like Voldo...I honestly don’t see it happening this month. Not getting my hopes up for him so soon.

I think Voldo being revealed alongside Taki would make sense. They're both series vets since Soul Edge. They also had the intro scene in SC3 too.
I'm not saying you should get your hopes up high, but i wouldn't be surprised if we do indeed get him next.

We're yet to have a character announced that fits the weird/creepy genre, and i honestly can't see Yoshimitsu being announced before Voldo.

 

[Psykai]

I don't know who to expect at this point. That's why the prospect of new reveals is so exciting. Zasalamel showed there's no real limit to who could randomly get revealed outta nowhere.

Voldo/Taki would be fine. I always appreciate seeing the classic characters even if I don't personally care for them or like/play them. I guess aside from Amy (never gonna happen, sob, cry, etc.) I'd like to see Maxi and Raphael the most as I enjoy Raphael as a character and fighting style and my friend is in love with Maxi so I want her to be happy, lol.

Siegfried and Cervantes would be a good choice too to desspell all of the worries about Sieg not being in and Cervy possibly being DLC. I personally doubt either of those are true, but they still might want to put our minds at rest for those who are concerned.

I feel like Talim is highly likely to be in the game all things considered (I highly doubt they'd leave her out after she topped the most popular character list and all the complaints about her being absent in V) but I'm not sure they'd reveal her so soon 'cause we already had Zas as an unexpected surprise and they probably want to save her for later or reveal her at a big event or something.

I'm just excited for Ivy and Zas gameplay videos at this point. I really wanna see Zas in particular but also see if Ivy has proper stances because I much prefered being able to switch between coiled and uncoiled modes back in SCIV.

I actually had a question for those who've gotten their hands on the game too. How is Nightmare's AI? Or the AI in general? In Soulcalibur V, Nightmare was so god awful cheap and overpowered, even on the Easiest difficulty in Arcade. Can anyone confirm if the AI is fairer in VI? Does it still read inputs really bad and hit you the moment you let go of Guard? Lizardman is a 'beast' for poking you the milisecond you take your thumb off it in SCV. The AI one of my biggest peeves about the series in general so I was hoping to hear that it's better/fairer this time around :)

 

[Crash X]

I think Voldo being revealed alongside Taki would make sense. They're both series vets since Soul Edge. They also had the intro scene in SC3 too.
I'm not saying you should get your hopes up high, but i wouldn't be surprised if we do indeed get him next.

We're yet to have a character announced that fits the weird/creepy genre, and i honestly can't see Yoshimitsu being announced before Voldo.

I’d honestly imagine Voldo being announced alongside Yoshimitsu given their history with each other and general unorthodox fighting styles. Taki though, not exactly sure who would work well with her being announced with considering the characters she has had chemistry with have already been revealed at this point, except Cervantes. Hmm...

 

[Ave]

What the fuck, everyone mad about a simple joke..if a mod wants to delete it, thats fine. Dont be so sensitive guys please, we are adults :)

Jokes at someone's expense are only funny if they're in on it. Making fun of strangers is crude and distasteful. Not funny.


On a lighter note, I'm actually fine with whatever story mode they decide to do, whether it's cinematic, story board text, or separate character endings so long as it's meaningful, full of substance and not an after thought. Anything reminiscent of T7's story modes will be a flop and SC6 developers will end up getting scalped and dragged to astral chaos and back on twitter, by me especially.

 

[JayShadow]

Don't know why people keep trying to pair up reveals with connections to each other. Outside of X and Kilik, characters almost never get paired together. Even Siegfried and Nightmare are often not in the same reveal. Astaroth was with Viola last game. Raphael in the game before that. Last game Maxi was revealed with Voldo, Tira, and Hilde. Game before it was with Yun and Mina. These aren't story reveals they're putting out. They're "let's put out a popular character, and threw in some other characters that are polished enough to show" reveals.

 

[Jeromeice]

Guys some ( few) new informations there ! ( interview with Motohiro Okubo:

-> https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/...alibur-vi-reboot-no-cross-play-planned/55747/

Interesting takes :

1 . "We believe that this title can re-engage players who have been waiting for a long time. And that’s why it’s a “reboot” of the Soul Calibur series.”

2. "The Soul Calibur series is about 20 years old. Due to this, many of our fans who were 20 are now 40 years old. We thought we had to make a new game so that all generations could play together by restarting the series while celebrating the 20th anniversary."

3 . “Good question. We started talking about a specific story composed of two grand stories. The story of Soul Calibur VI takes place around the protagonist, Kilik, the new character Grøh and other new fighters."

4. “We have selected characters based on 1586 (the era of the first Soul Calibur). There will be returning characters and some will have changed dynamically with limited conditions during battles, like Kilik"
"There will also be characters with new designs and costumes, such as Zasalamel.”

5. "We have different game modes for players to have fun while playing alone. They will be able to experience and “achieve something with their own sword,” in one of the concepts of this game" (Chronicles of the swords ?)

6. “Character customization is a feature of the Soul Calibur series. But it is not the time to reveal the details yet. Stay tuned for more information.”

7. “Geralt, from The Witcher, will be in the world of Soul Calibur as a guest character. We explained before that there will be two major story lines. For Geralt he will be involved in one of them. But no, it is not time to reveal details yet. Stay tuned.”

8. “We know that players expect additional content after launch. We are considering the possibility internally.”

9 . (About a Switch crossplay) “No. We will not include it.”

 

[I_Love_Aogami]

No, I was on YouTube and I found this video

Spoiler

I'm from Brazil

'Kay, got you. Thought you were in it 'cause of how the title of that video having the word me threw me off.

 

[SpellcraftQuill]

It felt like Taki/Natsu were early reveals. Ivy and Siegfried (even if he’s Nightmare again) were shown after Mitsurugi and Sophitia who are arguably the Ryu and Chun-Li of the series. Even the Lannister wannabes were shown early.

 

[I_Love_Aogami]

3 . “Good question. We started talking about a specific story composed of two grand stories. The story of Soul Calibur VI takes place around the protagonist, Kilik, the new character Grøh and other new fighters."

Not sure if this implies that the story will be entirely cinematic. Though I am pretty sure this means that the stories will be linear and you won't be able to branch them out like in III.

5. "We have different game modes for players to have fun while playing alone. They will be able to experience and “achieve something with their own sword,” in one of the concepts of this game" (Chronicles of the swords ?)

Oh, does this mean perhaps team battle returning? That will make me happy if that is the case. Any good single player content will be nice.

8. “We know that players expect additional content after launch. We are considering the possibility internally.”

I hope this won't consist of only pieces of clothes for just CaS.

9 . (About a Switch version) “No. We will not include it.”

No Link. Lol.

 

[nickbulamadim]

The story of Soul Calibur VI takes place around the protagonist, Kilik, the new character Grøh and other new fighters."

So we are getting more new characters besides Grøh and his father?