SC6 from the perspective of someone who knows flip about this series

[ArachShiradi]

i got this game a while back for 1 reason. i wanted to fiddle with the character creation. and i hope they add more to it and open workshop. but i eventually sat down to, well, ACTUALLY PLAY THE BLASTED THING

now then, i never usually play fighting games because i suck. i'm very very bad. i have a ahrd time entering circles and inputs at the right time and never really am sure what im doing wrong. (Im taking advice i want to try and get better)

eventually i got to the story mode and gave it a try and i think i;ve seen enough so far to make an assumption

is it just me or is this game trying to pull an MK9 and act as a soft reboot because the previous story was so buggered?

then again i don't know the story but that's my assumption

i've also noticed that despite being very bad at fighting games, this game seems to have a high skill ceiling when it comes to the actual fight. i feel i could tring this farther if i got more familiar with moves, thought currently im playing a lot of astaroth because damn i love his throws. i love playing grapplers.

that being aid this 8 way run thing gives me square brain, maybe it's because i prefer using D-pad to analog and im trying to fight this like it'd 2-D but it never ceases to catch em off guard and remind me: oh yeah, the Z axis

i have enjoyed my time and will continue to. i've loved fiddling with the character creator but now that i've decided to give the rest of a game a try, i am getting into this series.

my one wish for this game: please, if you introduce another character, don't let them have a sword. i need more weapon variety in my character creations.

[Noodles]

Originally posted by ArachShiradi:

is it just me or is this game trying to pull an MK9 and act as a soft reboot because the previous story was so buggered?

Correct. SoulCalibur V was a nightmare in both the roster and the story. SoulCalibur VI is a soft reboot (alternate timeline) that covers SoulCalibur II through SoulCalibur IV in terms of the timeline. It makes several hints to the alternate timeline, especially if you play Cassandra's character story.

[ArachShiradi]

Originally posted by Noodles:

Originally posted by ArachShiradi:

is it just me or is this game trying to pull an MK9 and act as a soft reboot because the previous story was so buggered?

Correct. SoulCalibur V was a nightmare in both the roster and the story. SoulCalibur VI is a soft reboot (alternate timeline) that covers SoulCalibur II through SoulCalibur IV in terms of the timeline. It makes several hints to the alternate timeline, especially if you play Cassandra's character story.

Aaah. Figured. Id imagine the old story was a mess.

[Yu Ryujin]

SC5 was a huge mistake in the characters and story part, so they reused the base of the saga in sc6... and they messed it with low quality content and changes on both art, story and characters. Its like they're forcing themself to go DoA with a mix of Naruto to appeal certain demography.

If you come to like SC singleplayer content, I recommend you to play thru 2 and 3-the best ones- which most of sc6 content comes from both games, especially creator. SC 3 has the best and most huge content overall, more than sc6... and without any dlc involved.

[klimat13]

Originally posted by Noodles:

Correct. SoulCalibur V was a nightmare in both the roster and the story. SoulCalibur VI is a soft reboot (alternate timeline) that covers SoulCalibur II through SoulCalibur IV in terms of the timeline.

That is incorrect. SC6 covers SC1 timeline and a years long gap right up until SC2 events. It doesn't actually get to SC2, let alone SC3 or SC4.
SC5 was indeed a mistake which lead to SC6 being a soft reboot.

Originally posted by ArachShiradi:

now then, i never usually play fighting games because i suck. i'm very very bad. i have a ahrd time entering circles and inputs at the right time and never really am sure what im doing wrong.

That's why I love SC6, some characters don't really even have circle imputs worth bothering about.