Soul Calibur IV's Amy, Cervantes and Zasalamel revealed in screenshots

Yeah Zasalamel was WAAAAAAAAY too powerful in SC3. But he was my favorite out of the new additions to SC3. I hope he's more balanced this time around.

why would you ever act like gothic lolitas are not welcome ANYWHERE?

are you pulling for the indie (ie sloppy) coffee house chick character instead?

Ayyy I attack you with my contempt if i cared to bother

Cervantes would crub stomp the fuck out of everyone from that trilogy...

She was the little girl that once saved Raphael, and so, with her being an orphan, Raphael took her in to repay her kindness. She's infected with vampirism thanks to the Soul Edge as well.

I agree about Soul Calibur. But then again, the novelty for 3D fighters wore off after N64 for me. It's all very meh. 2D fighting is where it is at.

I think that Sould Calibur is the closet 3d fighter to capturing that Street Fighter feel and thats why its so popular.

Its also my favorite fighter.

I found Soul Calibur 1 and 2 to be precisely deserving of all the praise, but 3 did absolutely nothing for me. I'm finding it hard to get excited about 4, but I do hope it blows me away. I've no reason to expect that it will so far, but I'm hoping hard.

I don't know, I had a Saturn and there were some awesome 3D fighters then. Fighters Megamix, Virtua Fighter, Last Bronx, Fighting Vipers. I had them all.

But nothing can beat a marathon session of Marvel Vs Capcom.

No, personally I found Soul Calibur to be one of the most fulfilling fighters outside of Street Fighter 3. SC2 was also awesome, but I never played SC3. Since I don't have the systems 4 is coming to, I doubt I will ever play it.

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I dunno. It's been a while but I still think Soul Calibur might be my favorite 3D fighter.

I'm gonna give this one a chance.

Soul Calibur isn't just eye-candy! The whole 8-way run focus of the game made it a lot of fun to play against friends, while remaining nice and strategic; i was upset to see less focus on side-stepping in SC3. My friends and i still play soul calibur 2, and rue the, frankly idiotic, decision of PS2 exclusivity for SC3.

Either way, compared to games like DoA and Mortal Kombat, this series is a beacon of good design. The whole 'button basher' thing is't really so; I'll take an intuitive fighter over a fighter where one needs to study character guides to end up half-decent any day.

Here's the thing... as with SSBB and DOA4, Soul Calibur is approachable by anyone. You can pick it up and find a character that works for you. Now, how in depth you want to go with that character is completely up to you because everything from parry system to counters to even combo buffering (advanced players only) all exist in the system. Soul Calibur is also one of the few 3D fighters that actually doesn't keep it's roots in 2D fighters and even has a fast pace to it (a rarity among the 3D fighters). It's a complete package that you get as much as you put in.

Anni, you might want to give SCIII another shot. For several reasons although none have to do with the horrible conquest mode. First, Zasalamel is the shit. Great character, great story. Unfortunately, like Cervantes and Nightmare, he keeps most of his power from when he's the endboss. Second, more difficult. Same old tactics won't work, you have to swap up your techniques significantly. Third, interactive cutscenes. This was a major thing I loved about the original Soul Blade that went missing for a while. Each ending presents you with an action you have to do to get a different ending. Some levels start out with a cutscene which effects the round such as getting poisoned if you fail or losing some health prematch.

Wong,

You said everything I wanted to say but probably better. I love these moments on boards or blogs when theres someone out there that can see what I do.

*takes your penis out of my mouth*

ANYWAY, I can't for SCIV. Zas was my tertiary but I loved him and I hope hes just as badass.

Um...there's a *story*?

It's kinda like with most RTS'.There is some story but hardly anybody gives a shit.

That was supposed to be a reply to yet another "Star Wars makes no sense in Soul Calibur" comment...

I get jokes.

Well of course it looks like past SCs with better graphics. You haven't played it yet.

"Jeez, I was excited about the new mario game coming out, but Mario and Koopa just look the same in all the games just with better graphics."



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Ron

That's exactly what I said about all the new Tekken's last gen. They were all the same damn game.