>hate fighting games >love this oneHow did they do it?
>>743405902Same. I just dusted off my PS2 emulator this week to play some Nightmare and practice some sword assisted flight with knocking enemies into the stratosphere. Normally I hate fighting games, but I love the weapons in Soul Calibur.
>>743405902You like it because it plays and feels like a third person action game just with a side camera angle.
>>743405902I wish there was a beat'em up or Yakuza style game with Soul Calibur style movesets and weapon variety.
>>743405902It's a very common phenomenon among people who don't play fighting games. It's called being a poser faggot.
>>743405902Is this worth playing if I have no friends to play it with?
>>743406401only posers play fighting games
>>743406405Yeah, Soul Calibur series tend to have better than average single player content.
>>743405902>>743406295No fighting game system has felt as satisfying as the 8 Way Run + Weapons for me. No other 3D fighter has used their 3D space this well, and no 2D fighter has as interesting a Neutral game. This was when we were kids- before we even knew what Neutral game was. The Rock-Paper-Scizzors of Soul Calibur just felt that good.And that's before you factor in 2 and 3's single player modes. I don't want present day Namco Bandai to make a new Soul Calibur, but I sure would like my Soul Calibur 8 Way Run back.
Every time I want to play a fighting game I end up saying what's the point.
>>743405902Take Links moveset from this game and make a Zelda with it, instant classic.
Ten bucks you only played as Link
>>743405902Why is this game not available digitally?
>>743406617Never tried Link. Is it worth playing the GC version over PS2 for him?
soul calibur isn't a fighting game in the street fighter formula. Previously it was all about jumping and stupid combos. SC had sensible primary attacks and allowed 3d movement, and every fighter has a unique moveset which is also fairly realistic. It's just a good formula, sf fighting games are stupid once you get to projectile spam and sekrit combos the computer can do but you can't
>>743405902Hating fighting games is cis-coded.
Astaroth uber alles.
>>743406328Soulcalibur Legends
>>743406689It is
>>743406471>but I sure would like my Soul Calibur 8 Way Run back.It would be anime trash like 6, no thanks
>>743406405The single player is solid. Emulate it.>>743405902Commands and combat is pretty simple for a fightan (mostly). There aren't long combos to learn, rounds are short, the cast has a good variety. It's Tekken without the autism.
>>743405902Soul Calibur tends to put more effort into single-player content than other fighting games, and the controls are comparatively fluid and intuitive.
>>743406694He's stupid fun to play as and fits better than the other guest characters.
>>743406689https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/soulcalibur-ii-hd/C4PK2KZ7HHTMhttps://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-gamecube-nintendo-classics-switch-2/
The feeling of weight in Nightmare's sword is a masterwork of gameplay design.His sword never just stops like a limp noodle. If you hit the enemy hard enough, he's launched or smashed into the ground. As you swing the sword from the left to right, up and down, you transition into other stances. The sword doesn't just bounce back to the neutral stance, it stays right where your previous attack ended. The weapon is a persistent entity in the game, not just a decoration and part of your character sprite/model.
Nightmare is the closest to the feeling we ever got to playing Guts from Berserk.
>her soul knows no solace in the constant turmoil of her questkino announcer
>tfw playing newer SC gamesFucking tourney slop
>>743407083SC2 Nightmare is the coolest character design in the history of videogames
>Whatcha playing son?
BBBBBBBBBBBB
>>743405902>How did they do it?Not retarded controls, one button + one directionEach button on the right is for one specific thing (vertical attack, horizontal etc) + one direction for variations.And that's it, simple to understand, based on skills and not on retarded memorized combinations which don't make sense like any other fighting games, that's why i hate fighting games in general but loved soul calibur on my xbox
>>743405902xbox version was best since you got to play as spawn
kino
>>743407679Nobody even knows who this faggot is
>>743407578too slow!
>>743407754only zoomies wouldn't
>>743407786Born in 92. I have no idea who Spawn is.
>>743406937Where? Nintendo only? It's not on Steam or Xbox.
>>743407834emulation
>>743407818Dude you've had like 30+ years to figure this shit out
>>743407873I'm no pirate tho
>>743407578I think you mean6BBB6BBB6BBB
>>743407945Why should I waste my time on finding out who this stupid edgelord character is?
>>743407948pansy
>>743407679He looks like shit and out of place. MK11 did him justice.
>>743407679Why did Xbox even get Spawn?
>>743407978Because you just do, okay?
>>743408119Xbox had no iconic characters of its own besides Master Chief.
Soul Calibur w is pretty much a party game>every stage has ring outs>every character has launching attacks, attacks that have then lunge across the arena, or a move that can be spammed to jump around>one throw can determine the outcome
>>743408119The spawn guy made official figures of sc characters and designed necrid. Also xbox had no characters yet.
>>743408189We made it a drinking game. Drink of each loss. Finish your drink if you get perfected. Finish your drink if you go 3 and out. Finish the bottle if you perfected 3 times.
>>743407948It's not pirating since they're not selling it anymore.
>>743406917Isn't that just a 3D arena fighter?
I actually started masturbating during the time I got SC2.
Imagine how broken Tekken would be with ring outs. Every single combo would be a Touch of Death.
>>743408379I had the art book for pre-ordering at Gamestop. A very well-loved, cherish book.
>>743408379For me it was Talim.
>>743408447SOAR!
>playing with cousins>play as heihachi with his eng dub voice>always play his rape laugh in the VS screen when my opponent is a female character
>>743408447I liked her no-frills tube top+pants combo in 2, I feel like every subsequent entry they knew they made Talim too jailbait in 2 and have been trying to cover her up since.
>>743408379same. taki was my favorite and gave me a bodysuit fetish.
>>743405902>Simple controls for non experts, yet versatility for those willing to learn >Cool alts and weapons >Raise thy sword >3 different exclusives (which is so disproportionately fucked, a fighting game that miyamoto allowed to have LINK, pure edge SPAWN, and in a game with weapons as the emphasis, you have fucking heihatchi)
FUARKING KINOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Evc5IPJZk>Ivy's shaking titties
>>743406694Link is unironically the most fun character in the series, and that is saying something because a lot of characters are genuinely fun.
>>743408658I love the little details, too. Like how after landing the killing blow, you could just wait for the next round...or you could spend the next couple seconds beating the shit out of your opponent's broken body, complete with additional defeat screams.
>>743408993Hell yeah, or if I got a ring out, I'd chase after them to (in my teenage mind) finish them on the way downI still do to this day because I thonk it's funny
>>743408993I would ring out my opponent and then run off the ledge after them.
Rings outs are for cowards and not a true victory.
i remember soulcalibur 1 and especially 2 being fucking huge releases when they were new and then the series just slowly fizzled outwhat the fuck happened?
>>743407679This is technically Spawn's best video game
>>743409294What happened was that SC3 was a PS2 exclusive and people really didn't like it. SC4 went back to multi play with guests but it was was Star Wars characters so it didn't have the soul (kek)
>>743406694He has unique mechanics like C-button moves, charging spin splash, and stab charge. His specials also have special transitions into his bombs and arrows. All around a fun as hell character to play as with incredibly satisfying attacks even if he's just mid tier.
>>743407083Weapon weight in general was fucking incredible in SC2! It wasn't just that some fighters generally had heavier hits than others, the weapons themselves were accounted for - damage, knockback and enemy recovery were all relative and logical for every weapon. Nightmare is a good example, as is Asteroth - if you got hit with the axe head, it had the same effect as getting hit with Nightmare's sword, BUT if you got hit with one of his attacks that utilized the haft, it wouldn't knock back as much and wouldn't do as much damage because getting hit with an axe handle, while painful, doesn't compare to getting hit with the axe head itself.God, and that's not even getting into some of the unique ways you could get staggered in the game! Like how if you hit an opponent in the midsection at just the right moment, they pause and keel over because you fucking knocked the goddamn wind out of them and they need a minute to recover (which you obviously don't give, but still). Or how a foot shot had the chance to make them hop in place before falling over. They're miniscule things, but they helped make each round actually feel like a fight, not just a bunch of button combos.
>>743409512That's actually kind of genius for a character like Asteroth. Normally with big guys in fighting games you play the distance game but that makes him more lethal so you try to get in close but then you're susceptible to his massive hitboxes.
>>743409427Is it possible to learn this power?
I remember being a bit off put by Ivy when I first played SC2. I was unfamiliar with the whole older lady concept since I was just a teen back then.
>>743409512No, fuck, I need to keep gushing, because this shit was fucking incredible. Almost every single goddamn character had a SELECTION of weapons that all had different hitboxes, weights and strengths, and you could tell just by playing how their weights were different, even with the fucking joke weapons!And then there's Charade. Fucking Charade. The mimic character that, in a lesser game, would have just been a carbon copy of whoever he was mimicking at the time. But no, the crazy fuckers who made him gave him a consistent height and frame that affected his hitboxes and how he handled the weights of his weapons - he was slightly taller than Nightmare but he wasn't as strong, so his hits did slightly less damage and less knockback. They put this kind of thought into THE FUCKING MIMIC CHARACTER! You don't get this kind of attention to detail in fighting games these days!
>>743410139My man, that was prime MILF era.
>>743405902i don't care at all for fighting games but i've played every soul calibur and i love them all even the bad ones
>>743405902One of the only fighting games with a good singleplayer mode
>>743407818You were a normalnigger growing up. I bet you thought DC and Marvel were the only comic publishers.
>>743408771>>Ivy's shaking tittiesso choicei also love how mitsurugi blocks a bullet with his swordif you play soul edge, his ending involves not being quick enough to do that and getting shot; shows how strong he's become
>>743405902Tons of single player content. Same reason why SF6 is a huge success.
https://youtu.be/-ALjHC8uqA4
ENTWINEUGHRAHHHHHHHH
>>743409469He's low-tier, not mid. Still fun though.
>>743405902>How did they do it?They put Link in it>>743408658>in a game with weapons as the emphasis, you have fucking heihatchito be fair they reportedly tried to get Cloud from FF7 but S-E hates Bamco
https://youtu.be/1Fr9xrcJ_cc?si=JS7D5ftGG93rJdxXLike a roaring tempest...
>>743411164>cloudThat would have been so much cooler, what the fuck? Fuck squeenix
I can't into 3d fightan
A HERO DESIRES A SWORD AND A SWORD DESIRES TRUTH
>>743411174god damn I lol'd
>>743408379After playing it at a friends house and seeing Ivy I went home and masturbated furiously, bought the game as soon as I could after that.
>>743412039Did you ever masturbate together? I bet you did.
Momvy
>>743411174lol this certainly captures the essence of those intros
>>743408379>Seong Mi NaNice. She was my favorite. If you fought her as Yoshimitsu and did the x + square grab you could see her pantsu
>>7434077540/10what a retard
>>743408993>running up to them as Nightmare and curbstomping the fuck out of themThe disrespect was real and we all loved it.
Weapons with interesting passives that change your playstyle. And every character gets 10 of them. Someday SOUL Calibur will return.
>>743405902I bought it on release back than. It's okay, but DoA 2 and 3 had far better stages. Probably the best fighting game on the GC, though.It's a shame that 3d fighting games died in 7th gen.
>>743411164>>743411214Supposedly, the initial pitched lineup was:>Link on GameCube>Cloud Strife on PS2>Kasumi (Dead or Alive) on XboxBoth Square and Tecmo said no, meaning that Namco had to fill their slots with a character of their own (Heihachi), and Spawn, since they were already working with his creator to design Necrid.
>>743417328Nah the new ones suck ass. I went back to SC2 because I hate the super bar faggotry of modern SC.
>>743405902A LOT of single player content. It's why I loved soul calibur. Most fighten games just give you an arcade mode and expect the multiplayer to carry it.
>>743405902by having great singleplayer modes
>>743408379For me it was this cuite
>>743418416Wonder if they regret it after SC2's success.
>>743415315is there a full pic of ivy in this pose?
JUST KIDDING
>>743417093I'd piss off my friends so much by getting in as many hits as possible without knocking them down and inputting the longest grab that character has available at the moment. Good times.
>>743419216no
>>743419310damn
>>743405902It feels good to push buttons, rounds are fast and furious, blocking feels good and easy to understand, there is good character variety, graphically it imo looks good even today.>>743406401What is he posing as, a poser casual? Fucking sperg kys. Imagine being a fighting game fan and not knowing why people like this game.
>>743419247I heard that in her voice and I have not played this game since like 2006.
>>743419348Actually anon, I found this. Maybe there might be a higher res out there.
>>743419514nice thanks anon
>>743408163should have just given master chief the covvie energy sword and thrown him in SC.
HIS PURPOSE IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
>>743410139I genuinely prefer her original P2 outfit, and am kind of sad it eventually just stopped showing up.Ivy's honestly a weird character. Her and Siegfried have fairly interesting, tragic stories that are undercut by just being spelled out in their bios. Siegfried's quest for revenge and redemption is doomed since he himself killed his father while being a shitty bandit and immediately repressed it. That's be an interesting story, were it not just told to you and it was uncovered only by playing his storymode. Ivy's got it a bit better, being on a quest to destroy the Soul Edge for causing her father to go mad in the quest for it, shacking up with Nightmare and his cronies in a faustian bargain to achieve this. Only to eventually learn that not only was she duped into serving the thing she was trying to destroy, but it's part of her very being since she's Cervantes's natural daughter.She ends up escaping from, and maybe kind of atoning for, her blunder, but now she's trapped by her very existence being tainted by the thing she hates, including her weird sword she's in love with. Not really down with just offing herself, she just putters around her castle by herself.Also, both ends up being somewhat undercut, especially Siegfried, by the fact that their stories kind of naturally wrap up immediately, but there's six of these fucking things now so they just keep having to rerun their arcs. Siegfried managed to escape corruption only to get re-Nightmarified at least twice, I think? (One was the Wii side game, I think).
>>743409259Kek, me too. And there was always something satisfying about killing them and getting a ring out at the same time
