Current Events > Soulcalibur is dead

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and its probably not our fault

There's no reason to believe it's dead why do people keep saying this shit

Harada made an extremely long ass post gushing about the games:

https://www.twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1805489285875089826?t=uwIlO4OiOmOJvxUVpWY12Q&s=19

I bought 6 so don't blame me :V

Hayame_Zero posted...

Harada made an extremely long ass post gushing about the games:

https://www.twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1805489285875089826?t=uwIlO4OiOmOJvxUVpWY12Q&s=19

Holy shit I am NOT reading all that

Just summarize whether Soul Calibur is dead or not

the sales declined cause NOTHING has the content of 2 and 3

I havent played a Soul Calibur title in years.

SC2 was peak.

Convince me otherwise.

I don't get why SC and DoA never reached the fame that Tekken did among 3D fighters among competitive fighting games. Are they really that shallow compared to Tekken? Would've thought that they'd be a good medium for players who didn't like the juggle aspect of Tekken.

Robot2600 posted...

the sales declined cause NOTHING has the content of 2 and 3

This.

Literally everybody has been telling Namco what they want out of a Soul Calibur game's single-player mode but they won't listen

They also removed the special traits and stats from the weapons so they're just collectible skins now, which feels really lame

Game is a shell of itself anyway who cares

Geiki_Ganger posted...

SC2 was peak.

Convince me otherwise.

SC1 on Dreamcast

TMOG posted...

This.

Literally everybody has been telling Namco what they want out of a Soul Calibur game's single-player mode but they won't listen

They also removed the special traits and stats from the weapons so they're just collectible skins now, which feels really lame

Yea, I was really disappointed when I found that out with the newer games. I really liked the weapons having special attributes.

Why put any resources into a series that won't sell? The novelty of the game wore out and the FGC hadn't picked it up to play competitively.

Tyranthraxus posted...

There's no reason to believe it's dead why do people keep saying this shit

Lack of sequel or any news, last game had bad numbers and awful change ideas

Namco said No Hornyposting

The only thing worth salvaging from Soul Calibur is Cervantes so Harada should just put him in Tekken.

My favorite characters to play as were Ivy and Taki. They were very fun to play as >__>

Robot2600 posted...

the sales declined cause NOTHING has the content of 2 and 3

Hilariously, the third and fifth games were the ones responsible for what the SC series became to be. SC3 biggest hurdle was the fact that the Character creation ate up soo much of their budget they only had enough room for one console and they decided on PS2 because the majority of the userbase was on there, even though the GC version was the best selling version of SC2. Oh and no guest character. SC5 was almost the death of the series because of all the questionable decisions they made and barely having any content. Though I'll argue, out of all the SC games, it had the best mechanics gameplay wise.

SC5 was a good fun game if you ignored the roster choices

Pat, Alpha Pat and Viola should have been mainstays

The last SC game I played was 2 on the GameCube. I didn't play it nearly as much as I did the first SC game on Dreamcast.

DodogamaRayBrst posted...

The only thing worth salvaging from Soul Calibur is Cervantes so Harada should just put him in Tekken.

*Xianghua

PowerOats posted...

Pat, Alpha Pat and Viola should have been mainstays

>Patroklos



Though that said, kind of hard to say that they should have been mainstays when the game that immediately followed SC5 was a series reboot.

Sc2 arcade version was the goat

Geiki_Ganger posted...

SC2 was peak.

Convince me otherwise.

I still miss Cassandra's 5BA from SC2. 3 and on changed it from a slash/overhead kick that forced crouch to a slash/mid kick. I just licked the way SC2's version looked. I also liked Ivy's mobile stances. Way more versatile than what she got 3 and on. Movement and spinning was intimidating.

I mained Taki because I love Ninja types. Hated Natsu's personality in SC5 though, but still had to use her.

TMOG posted...

Holy shit I am NOT reading all that

Just summarize whether Soul Calibur is dead or not

SC6 was successful and exceeded Bandai Namco's expectations, but Harada says that as all the higher ups involved in the series' development have left the company, there's simply no one left to take the initiative in making a new game. Conversely, Tekken is Harada's baby and his position in the company means he can basically guarantee the series will continue.

The last one I actually owned was 2. But I was so happy when I randomly played one of the later ones that I could still shoot people with a fucking gun.

I never played 1 or 3, and I only played 4 long after its launch, just a little bit to get myself re-acquainted with the franchise right before 5 came out. It was meh. But I bought both 5 and 6, and I loved both of them, despite 5's annoying roster omissions. 2 is still the peak of the franchise though. It'll never be topped.

Also, Ezio Auditore in 5 is the most fun that I've ever had with a guest character in the entire franchise, and I've never even played an Assassin's Creed game. His fighting style was just that damn fun. It was to the point where he became my main (since best girl Talim wasn't in 5) and I used a save editor to put his fighting style on a few created characters because the game wouldn't let you use his style on created characters normally.