Yeah this is all super exciting.

Character design looks awesome so far, and the new stages (arena + moonlit valley) also.

I must admit that I can't help but to be a little pissed off when I read the comments though.

Interesting video from comic on detailing a bit of the gameplay and presenting some new faces:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTKDz68nmeI

Gotta love Ivy's design. It's a nice blend between her classy style and the whole dominatrix flex she got going on. To me, this is probably her best costume so far. Loving the complimenting colours too. Very stylish.

I read somewhere that Ivy's age has stopped at 32 as well. Hey hey hey~!

I'm still holding out and hoping for a Turkish character to appear in this. I can't see how Soul Calibur has gone 4 games so far, all of them set during the Ottoman Empires era, and not one single Turk has appeared in this yet.

She has more clothes on. This is the worst game ever.

I like how the gameplay for Soul Calibur has improved over the years, but TBH, I've disliked the art style and story for every game after Soul Calibur 1. Soul Edge was awesome and Soul Calibur was simply legendary, but Soul Calibur 2 felt like a retread, and then, well, things just went downhill from there. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the art direction and story has changed much for SC5, so I'm kind of disappointed. It's interesting that they're trying to reset the series in a way, but it just seems to embrace the changes that I've grown to dislike, rather than make a return to form. :neutral: Aww well.

News from EVO:

Xianghua is gone and will be replaced by her 15 year old daughter.

Also two gameplay videos from the stream showcasing ivy, natsu, zwei, patroclus, mitsurugi and siegfried:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjL_ogGvV7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aza9x3iY_g

Hilde, Voldo, Maxi, and Tira are Returning SC5
http://shoryuken.com/2011/08/15/hild...oul-calibur-v/

what ?

Great. The trailers at the legendary EVO of SC5 involve one of the designers spamming verticals. I'm having SC4 flashbacks and may knock this off of my list if the system hasn't been improved to get a least some sort of depth to it.

So Xianhua was what? Mid-20's? and now she's too old? So her 15 year old daughter is taking her place? Come on, this is just getting corny. Why not bring characters back that actually matter like Li Long and Hwang instead?