Soul Calibur V

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

So yeah, fellas. Some of you may have seen Namco-Bandai's latest countdown clock, which most people naturally assumed would be for the next entry in the Soul Edge/Calibur series given a few hints from the game's producer, Daishi Odashima and the clock's imagery. At a Namco-Bandai press event(in Dubai no less) today, the producer went ahead and released an announcement teaser trailer of the game(incidentally to a press crowd that looked like they had all just taken some Ritalin).

It's speculated that once the countdown clock ends in a few hours that we'll get a web page with the current info we know or maybe a bit more. As for the info we DO know:

- The game is set 17 years after Soul Calibur IV and takes Siegfried's ending as canon.

- Sophitia's son, Patroklos, will be the main character.

- All new characters(potentially entire cast) will be making appearances while previous characters that show up will appear "old and frail"(not sure how upper 30's is frail, but whatever).

- Gameplay will be faster than SCIV and apparently they're taking steps to ensure better online playability.

- ...Return of guest characters... Ugh...

There are a few more details at the Eurogamer page here, but what do you all think? Will we finally have a game that has longer legs than SCIV ever did? Will there still be any insanely cheesy exploits a la Kilik online? How big will Ivy's breasts be THIS time around or will they just sag around on the ground by now(to which I point you all to Mark MacDonald's retweet of a handy "reference chart")?

Anyway, check out the producer's Twitter feed for the latest updates.

Get hype!

Update 1: Here's the link to the main site. They're currently displaying incomplete character sketches that people can help complete by liking the Soul Calibur page on Facebook. Thus far Pyrra, Seigfried, and Mitsurugi have been revealed this way. Get to liking that page!

Here's the first gameplay trailer

Seigfreid:

Pyrra:

Mitsurugi:

Patroklos:

[PriZm]

This is incredibly exciting, but I am not sure how they will make it work with all new characters.

Staples like Mitsurugu, Kilik, Ivy, Sophitia and especially Setsuka (for me) will be hard to let go. But if they keep their kickass style while appearing older, it could be very interesting.

[Jhawk]

Sophitia's son, Patroklos, will be the main character.???

17 years after SC4!!!!! what the fuck

[Thalzon]

Does this mean we're not getting half the chartacters back? Or will SC5 be filled to the brim with 50-somethings?

I imagine that we'll get all the younger guys and gals (Xianghua, Talim, Kilik, Yunseong, Seong Mina), and then expies of the ones too old to return.

You are now imagining a 55-year-old Ivy.

[Bleck]

I think skipping time ahead is a good idea since when you think about it the plot of the first four games is more or less exactly the same

[Arek the Absolute]

if they make it less about tits and more about gameplay then consider me interested

though after seeing the "strict" female tits thing on that dudes twitter im pretty sure im gonna skip this one

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

...will SC5 be filled to the brim with 50-somethings?

Mmmm... wrinkly Voldo...

[Jillian Aversa]

Well, I'm excited for it.

[Level 99]

You are now imagining a 55-year-old Ivy.

? Close enough, also could be a LOT worse.

[Ramaniscence]

Looking forward to smashing all of you via the interwebs.

[Jhawk]

Looking forward to smashing all of you via the interwebs.

your forgetting the world going to ended next year. you wont get your chance

[PriZm]

Looking forward to smashing all of you via the interwebs.

challenge accepted

in the meantime we should play some SC IV when PSN gets back up

[Ramaniscence]

your forgetting the world going to ended next year. you wont get your chance

Not to get off the subject, but the prediction is the world will end on December 21, 2012.

So I'd hope the game is out by then.

challenge accepted

in the meantime we should play some SC IV when PSN gets back up

Count on it.

[BardicKnowledge]

Well, I'm excited for it.

Soul Calibur is the only fighting game (series) I can get Addie to play -- assuming you're not being sarcastic, what is it about SC compared to something like street fighter or marvel? 3d movement / lack of a need for complex button inputs (comparatively)?

[Arek the Absolute]

rama if you still play sc 2 i challenge you next mag

[Watarimono]

Intersting. I do wonder what Talim will look like (she's mah fave >u<).

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

Soul Calibur is the only fighting game (series) I can get Addie to play -- assuming you're not being sarcastic, what is it about SC compared to something like street fighter or marvel? 3d movement / lack of a need for complex button inputs (comparatively)?

I have the same experience. The only fighter that my female friends love to death and will play other than some casual Street Fighter is Soul Calibur. From the ones I've asked, it has a lot to do with character creation, the audio/visual aesthetics of the game, and the characters and their backgrounds(I'm inclined to agree. I like Sophitia and Cassandra's back story).

Also who can resist 3D weapon combat?

Also:

Patroklos looks like a total douche.

Seigfried looks OK for an "old and frail" dude.

[Archaon]

How is Siegfried even in the game if he committed suicide in his canonical ending?

[Geeky Stoner]

As long as Hilde returns I'm ok with this.I loved how she became my anti kilik in IV

...Although I am kind of sad i might not see Cervantes return he's been my favorite in Soul Calibur for awhile now. :[

[AngelCityOutlaw]

Man it's a good time for fighters.

That new Mortal Kombat is blowing my mind. I never liked any of the past MKs but I love this one.

The only thing I never liked in Soul Calibur is the ring outs. I don't want to win by knocking them out of the ring! I wanna beat on them till they simply can't take it anymore!

[Arek the Absolute]

balance the shit out of this game and ill buy it

also yoshimitsu better be in this

that foo could be 200 years old and still will bring it

[PriZm]

I think Soul Calibur 4, with the exception of Hilde and Algol, was pretty well balanced.

I mean you see tournaments being won with Cassandra, Setsuka, Sophitia, Xianghua, Ivy, The Apprentice, Mitsurugi, etc.

[AngelCityOutlaw]

What was unbalanced about Soul Calibur IV?

[Brushfire]

55 Year Old Ivy?

Hottest Granny in the Solar System.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

What was unbalanced about Soul Calibur IV?

I didn't think it was unbalanced as much as the online was shit. Like seriously, lag tactics? Something's hella wrong here.

Of course the guest Star Wars characters were pretty terrible. And the plot was relatively convoluted. I also thought the characters and their lip syncs/voice acting was bloody terrible.

But balance issues? maybe Algol was pretty fucked.