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Soul Calibur V goes gold - New Vids, Screens
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I am Korean.
Yet nobody speaks of the sequel. (Which is out.)
The overall vibe actually does more to remind me of 3S, actually. Daishi has made of his love of that game apparent more than once.
And now we got Gill err...Algol mk. II which practically makes it full circle. 8D
sixteen-bit
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I wonder if Algol will have a two-tone customization option, LOL.
I'd be happy if I could at least cut his hair. He's already practically Urien as it is. 8D
54 minutes into this video http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19315788
1:05:00 into this video http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive/b/303016385
Japanese print ad has you covered...oh Japan
Thanks. Is that seriously an advertisement for the game?
Edit: Anybody getting the SCIV stick with this? I still don't own a TE and would like to know how this one compares.
sixteen-bit
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Same parts as tradtional TE sticks but the buttons are arranged to mimic the Noir HD cabinets instead of the generic Madcatz layout that is somewhat inspirited by Vewlix cabinets.
sixteen-bit
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No. Both consoles will have Ezio as guest though.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I can't believe I'm saying this, but after seeing Ezio in action, he fits really well into the cast.
He at least makes some modicum of sense compared to Starkiller, Vader and Yoda.
Jay Shadow
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They said their main criteria this time, other then popularity, was that the character didn't break the aesthetics of their world like the previous game did.
Hours Left
Member
So which layout is more useful to more games?
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
A wise decision.
This is coming from the developer that allowed their characters to wield corn as swords?
LAUGHTREY
Modesty becomes a woman
Wow, that's actually amazing.
Jay Shadow
Member
Well, all bets are off in customization. Very very off.
A tale of Souls and Corn eternally retold.
Pimpbaa
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I'm aware there are gay gamers. But the audience for the series has been traditionally targeting straight male gamers with it's abundance of busty women. Putting more clothes on the women, having a half naked guy, and a transexual seems like they are trying to alienate that audience.
Pyrrhus
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Ekernelly retold?
I'm talking about straight too. Lots of straight males (least they consider themselves straight) are really into the transsexual thing now.
Jay Shadow
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Hours Left
Member
I think you need to reevaluate your expectations a bit here. It's not like the female cast is cloaked in modesty robes, there is plenty of fan service for everyone.
Just because there is more male skin being shown, it doesn't mean they are trying to drive away straight male gamers. 95%+ of all gamers are primarily targeted to that demo, so I think you need to open your mind a bit to other groups and realize there is room for everyone. (And fighting games have always had a large gay following.)
Also, transsexual does not necessarily mean gay, there are a lot differences between the two groups. And even though they communities do overlap and support each other a lot, they are not analogues. Transsexual characters can appeal to gamers of any orientation, for a variety of reasons.
Pimpbaa
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They may consider themselves straight, but they gotta to be at least bisexual. No straight guy wants a dick on a girl.
Pimpbaa
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There are plenty of other games that cater to that. I just hate seeing roster space being wasted for just a fraction of the people who play the game. I want some more scantily clad women to make up for namco replacing some of the women with teenagers with small breasts and more modest outfits.
It works too!
Hours Left
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It's not a waste though. There are plenty of people who appreciate these types of characters. And as I said before, straight gamers are not getting shunned in any way here.
Also, "plenty of other games"? Not really. It's hard enough to find a game that at least has equal (or at least comparable) amounts of characters that appeal to different groups of gamers, let alone find some that appeal specifically to gay gamers. (Especially in North America.)
There is an infinitely larger selection that specifically cater to straight gamers. That's not even debatable.
Pimpbaa
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It's a waste when they changed the original busty women with goddamn teenagers. And instead of adding new busty women or just adding the oiriginal characters, they are gonna add a transexual? Adult straight male fans of the series are definitely getting shunned.
I don't feel shunned.
I couldn't care less what a digital avatar wears. Past the initial I like/don't like her, I couldn't care less. It's all about how they play. No time to admire cleavage or banana hammocks when I've got swords all up in my face.
Hours Left
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That's your right to think that, and if you don't find what you are interested in this game, then maybe you should give SCV a pass.
But I find it hard to believe that straight gamers are being left out when all you have to do is look at Ivy, Tira or Viola's artwork. Or the giant poster of Ivy's breasts posted above. (Plus, the entire roster hasn't even been revealed yet.)
Also, a transsexual and a cross dresser are not the same thing. Though, that's neither here nor there.
Pimpbaa
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Ivy is the only woman out of the females in the game. The rest look like teenagers (small breasts). Easy to say pass on SCV, but I've been a fan since the beginning and it angers me to see them focus on japanese sexually confused otaku. Although like you said the entire roster hasn't been revealed.
"God's Beard!"
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I'm a straight male gamer that doesn't like fanservice of any form.
That makes two EVO games that won't be on the australian legs.
That makes two EVO games that won't be on the australian legs.
Pimpbaa
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Not sure what you are laughing about. The replacement and new characters look considerably younger.
Hours Left
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Well, that just boils down to your personal preference. I've been playing the Soul series since it's inception too, and I wasn't put off when the series was much more heavy handed with the female sexuality on display.
You'll probably find that there will be enough to interest you if you give it a try. Especially considering that you can make your own characters. You'll just have to decide if your devotion to the series is enough to justify you giving the game a shot despite it not appealing fully to what you expect a SC to be.
Personally, even though there are a lot of characters I'm missing too, I think it's shaping up to be really great.
Watching =/= Playing
Jay Shadow
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They posted the pictures on their Facebook page. I find that the litmus test on when people started playing is watching how many people don't know who Edgemaster is.
Knux-Future
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Technically Ivy is the only Adult female...well her and Hilde but she wears armor. Sp technically Namco is being realistic this time...
but it's funny that now there isn't enough boobs( and lets be honest there is never enough boobs) when in IV there was too much (a blasphemous statement).
Still, I guess wait for the last 4 to be revealed.
Talim better make it Namco...otherwise, I'll may not pre-order right now and wait for next week.
Don't tempt me bro.
but it's funny that now there isn't enough boobs( and lets be honest there is never enough boobs) when in IV there was too much (a blasphemous statement).
Still, I guess wait for the last 4 to be revealed.
Talim better make it Namco...otherwise, I'll may not pre-order right now and wait for next week.
Don't tempt me bro.
Your implication that mature women have large breasts and teens have small breasts. Made me laugh.
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They should have just given Ivy the Bayonetta outfit.
I know I'll try to make it in the CAF
I know I'll try to make it in the CAF
dragonlife
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You do know it's a created character, right?
good thing it's just a CAS, then. right?
Hours Left
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Lazy vs Crazy
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So apparently you only get Dampierre if you preorder at best buy? That's pretttty lame.
Hours Left
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I'm pretty sure he'll be available for purchase eventually. You just get him for free (and early?) if you pre-order at Best Buy.
Mechanized
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He's on the character select screen so he has to be an unlock or something. Right?