I want to ask this, but isn't the silence the same with other fighting games? Like Tekken and SFV? To be fair I don't play those games, though I'm guessing they get a bit more communication since they aren't as niche as Soul Calibur.
I don’t play Tekken and SF myself, so I can’t really say much about that tbh.
I'm on a lower end PC myself and those dips are horrendous, I think consoles most probably handle fissure effects better, still the performance impact is undeniable.
I think mostly so. They get a bit more press but then they are each the big hitter in terms of fighters for their respective developers/publishes and get more frequent releases/crossovers. But it's not like they don't release on waves as well. Honestly, you'd think if any group was used to being left in the dark in would be Soulcalibur fans. Namco goes dark or years at a time on discussing the next entry (which is somewhat understandable in that Project Soul is not one of Namco's full on internal studios but rather an ad-hoc team that gets put together when it's time to make a new game), but maybe that is what really drives people getting perturbed at the silence during a development cycle: there's always a sense that the sword of damocles is hovering over the franchise and that no news could be bad news.
I see some frame dips on PC as well, but also on both console versions. This game is just not well optimized--another aspect of its rushed to the gate feeling. Which is weird, because SCV was also rushed and not-really-finished feeling, but it was rock solid on the performance side of things. As we all know, it had its bugs and balance issues at launch, but in terms of rendering on the hardware, it mostly played at a clip without performance dips or laggy menus and transitions. I guess that's the advantage of having already built one game in the franchise (and several other fighters) on that generation of consoles.
It really depends on what time of day and which platform I am playing on--but it doesn't really matter what system/network you are on at some hours--your wait of late will definitely be in double digits. I keep very odd hours some days, so I've seen huge variations--but one thing is for sure: it's getting worse, not better.
Keeping my expectations low.
Let's start a GoFundMe and send Cassandra's phone by UPS Next Day Air Early A.M. ASAP! Someone tell Sophitia to find her sister's phone to ship right away!
