>>743405902
Same. 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.

>>743405902
You like it because it plays and feels like a third person action game just with a side camera angle.

>>743405902
I wish there was a beat'em up or Yakuza style game with Soul Calibur style movesets and weapon variety.

>>743405902
It's a very common phenomenon among people who don't play fighting games. It's called being a poser faggot.

>>743405902
Is this worth playing if I have no friends to play it with?

>>743406401
only posers play fighting games

>>743406405
Yeah, Soul Calibur series tend to have better than average single player content.

>>743405902
>>743406295
No 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.

>>743405902
Take Links moveset from this game and make a Zelda with it, instant classic.

Ten bucks you only played as Link

>>743405902
Why is this game not available digitally?

>>743406617
Never 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

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>>743405902
Hating fighting games is cis-coded.

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Astaroth uber alles.

>>743406328
Soulcalibur Legends

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>>743406689
It is

>>743406471
>but I sure would like my Soul Calibur 8 Way Run back.
It would be anime trash like 6, no thanks

>>743406405
The single player is solid. Emulate it.

>>743405902
Commands 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.

>>743405902
Soul Calibur tends to put more effort into single-player content than other fighting games, and the controls are comparatively fluid and intuitive.

>>743406694
He's stupid fun to play as and fits better than the other guest characters.

>>743406689
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/soulcalibur-ii-hd/C4PK2KZ7HHTM
https://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 quest
kino announcer

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>tfw playing newer SC games
Fucking tourney slop

>>743407083
SC2 Nightmare is the coolest character design in the history of videogames

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>Whatcha playing son?

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>>743405902
>How did they do it?
Not retarded controls, one button + one direction
Each 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

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>>743405902
xbox version was best since you got to play as spawn

kino

>>743407679
Nobody even knows who this faggot is

>>743407578
too slow!

>>743407754
only zoomies wouldn't

>>743407786
Born in 92. I have no idea who Spawn is.

>>743406937
Where? Nintendo only? It's not on Steam or Xbox.

>>743407834
emulation

>>743407818
Dude you've had like 30+ years to figure this shit out

>>743407873
I'm no pirate tho

>>743407578
I think you mean
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>>743407945
Why should I waste my time on finding out who this stupid edgelord character is?

>>743407948
pansy

>>743407679
He looks like shit and out of place. MK11 did him justice.

>>743407679
Why did Xbox even get Spawn?

>>743407978
Because you just do, okay?

>>743408119
Xbox 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

>>743408119
The spawn guy made official figures of sc characters and designed necrid. Also xbox had no characters yet.

>>743408189
We 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.

>>743407948
It's not pirating since they're not selling it anymore.

>>743406917
Isn't that just a 3D arena fighter?

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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.

>>743408379
I had the art book for pre-ordering at Gamestop. A very well-loved, cherish book.

>>743408379
For me it was Talim.

>>743408447
SOAR!

>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

>>743408447
I 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.

>>743408379
same. 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 KINO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Evc5IPJZk

>Ivy's shaking titties

>>743406694
Link is unironically the most fun character in the series, and that is saying something because a lot of characters are genuinely fun.

>>743408658
I 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.

>>743408993
Hell yeah, or if I got a ring out, I'd chase after them to (in my teenage mind) finish them on the way down
I still do to this day because I thonk it's funny

>>743408993
I 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 out
what the fuck happened?

>>743407679
This is technically Spawn's best video game

>>743409294
What 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)

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>>743406694
He 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.

>>743407083
Weapon 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.

>>743409512
That'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.

>>743409427
Is it possible to learn this power?

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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.

>>743409512
No, 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!

>>743410139
My man, that was prime MILF era.

>>743405902
i don't care at all for fighting games but i've played every soul calibur and i love them all even the bad ones

>>743405902
One of the only fighting games with a good singleplayer mode

>>743407818
You were a normalnigger growing up. I bet you thought DC and Marvel were the only comic publishers.

>>743408771
>>Ivy's shaking titties
so choice
i also love how mitsurugi blocks a bullet with his sword
if you play soul edge, his ending involves not being quick enough to do that and getting shot; shows how strong he's become

>>743405902
Tons of single player content. Same reason why SF6 is a huge success.

https://youtu.be/-ALjHC8uqA4

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ENTWINE

UGHRAHHHHHHHH

>>743409469
He'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 heihatchi
to be fair they reportedly tried to get Cloud from FF7 but S-E hates Bamco

https://youtu.be/1Fr9xrcJ_cc?si=JS7D5ftGG93rJdxX
Like a roaring tempest...

>>743411164
>cloud
That would have been so much cooler, what the fuck? Fuck squeenix

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I can't into 3d fightan

A HERO DESIRES A SWORD AND A SWORD DESIRES TRUTH

>>743411174
god damn I lol'd

>>743408379
After 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.

>>743412039
Did you ever masturbate together? I bet you did.

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Momvy

>>743411174
lol this certainly captures the essence of those intros

>>743408379
>Seong Mi Na
Nice. She was my favorite. If you fought her as Yoshimitsu and did the x + square grab you could see her pantsu

>>743407754
0/10
what a retard

>>743408993
>running up to them as Nightmare and curbstomping the fuck out of them
The 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.

>>743405902
I 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
>>743411214
Supposedly, the initial pitched lineup was:
>Link on GameCube
>Cloud Strife on PS2
>Kasumi (Dead or Alive) on Xbox

Both 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.

>>743417328
Nah the new ones suck ass. I went back to SC2 because I hate the super bar faggotry of modern SC.

>>743405902
A 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.

>>743405902
by having great singleplayer modes

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>>743408379
For me it was this cuite

>>743418416
Wonder if they regret it after SC2's success.

>>743415315
is there a full pic of ivy in this pose?

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JUST KIDDING

>>743417093
I'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.

>>743419216
no

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>>743419310
damn

>>743405902
It 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.

>>743406401
What is he posing as, a poser casual? Fucking sperg kys. Imagine being a fighting game fan and not knowing why people like this game.

>>743419247
I heard that in her voice and I have not played this game since like 2006.

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>>743419348
Actually anon, I found this. Maybe there might be a higher res out there.

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>>743419514
nice thanks anon

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>>743408163
should have just given master chief the covvie energy sword and thrown him in SC.

HIS PURPOSE IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY

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>>743410139
I 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).

>>743409259
Kek, me too. And there was always something satisfying about killing them and getting a ring out at the same time

>>743420735
>(One was the Wii side game, I think).
AFAIK Legends is a retelling of his first corruption; the second one was between SC1 and 2.

>>743407578
why did they make raphael look so fucking gay in sc6

>>743424909
He's french and uses a rapier, he was always gay.

>>743407818
can't tell if you were just sheltered or retarded