Soulcalibur V launches on January 31, 2012; Ezio sneaks into the game

Ezio's type of character is what's been missing from these sort of games, characters with accents that define where they come from. Nearly everyone's english accent has always sounded kinda ditzy and generic. Which is why I almost always ended up switching to Japanese.

Just when my wallet thinks it will be getting back up from this great gaming season, in comes a stiff shot from my first purchase of 2012.

If he has bombs, he'll be the new Link.

I'll be giving this one a pass. I've always loved Soul Calibur but after SC4, I can't risk spending money on a game that I won't play that much. Sucks because I would really like to play as Ezio

Where's Altair :(

Did they say who that other guy was?

Requiescat in pace.

1 hit kill?

Man this series has been stale for years. SCIV was weak, and this looks like it with some motion blur and a few techniques, but the core crux has no innovations. Any one play soul blade/edge? The first ever souls game. That had an "Edge master" mode, where each character's unique story was told like a book with sketches, and you unlocked their weapons by travelling a map and completing challenges. Yes that's right each character had a different path, none of this weak pick a character then take on the same tower of souls crap that was in SCIV. It also had an arcade mode. I bought souls II-IV each time hoping for the series to get better and it hasn't. It's just stagnated man. It needs new innovations. What about a more interesting parrying system? Or blocking which anims that involve hops for low attacks, and leans and dodges for high and mids. That would really add to the fluidity of combat I believe.

Will 5 have a character creator like 4 did? I quite enjoyed that part of the game.

I may be wrong, but using a hood that low wouldn't be awful to your peripheral vision? I mean, that's really important for an assassin/fighter

I'll check it out i was pretty BA at IV so i hope they have some more crossover characters.

Still hoping we get another extra character or two.
I'm not a big SC fan, but it's usually the extra character's that sell me on it.
So with Ezio getting announced as the extra and not being a AC fan as well i'm kinda at a loss here.

Don't get me wrong he's a great fit and I know a ton of people are excited and going to get a kick out of playing as him. But for me it was always the extra character I connected with. Such as Spawn or Darth Vader.

It was the same thing with Super Smash Bros. I'm not a big Nintendo fan but the inclusion of Solid Snake made me sink in a ton of hours into that game.

I guess i'll wait and see now, or hopefully someone get's announced that I wouldn't mind playing as.

A guest character who actually fits the game's style? Whaaaaaat?!?!

that totally sounded like William Shatner saying Soul Calibur 5 at the end....oh yeah and pretty cool video. prolly get this seeing as im a long time sc fan

Did anyone else notice that this trailer was a sneak announcement of DAMPIERRE being in the game?

I think it's actually quite a huge task to re-shape the whole game now. Unless they do a major upgrade of their engine like Capcom did for SF4, it's hard to imagine how they could give the game a fresh new flavour without losing its soul entirely.
I think Ezio will be the main reason to buy the game though.
It's absolutely true that IV was a near-failure in every aspect, even if the visuals keep stunning me whenever I come back to it. The only episode I've missed in the series is III, but I recall having spent days mastering the different modes in the first 2, Soul Edge remaining by far my favourite.
I do believe IV was an "actual-gen' essay posing the foundations of V. I also believe Namco has got more decency than Capcom who are unashamed to sell three times the same unfinished games, if not more, even if they must also be plagued by the ongoing bullshit corporate mentality. And, oh, effeminate characters do not sell anymore, guys. Ask Final Fantasy makers. The hot soup's turned cold.

It must be hard putting him into the game. After all, he knows only 2 moves: Killing things and not killing things, the latter he rarely uses.

This game just went from "yeah, probably buy it when is 20 bucks" to "holy shit I need this now"

I was putting my money on Captain Kirk.

Just as long as they keep Star Wars out of this one...

This makes me want to play Brotherhood All over again.