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A tale of two hidden blades, eternally retold: Ezio v Ezio in Soulcalibur 5

by Ben Gilbert on Jan 24th 2012 11:00AM

We're pretty sure if Ezio really fought Ezio, he'd just mirror his own moves identically and get caught in a stalemate. But when two different people pilot the master assassin from the Assassin's Creed series within the confines of Soulcalibur 5, that's a whole other story.

[Thanks, Nederob.]

Source: YouTube

Tags: ezio-auditore, ezio-auditore-da-firenze, gameplay, microsoft, namco, namco-bandai, playstation, project-soul, ps3, soulcalibur-5, soulcalibur-v, xbox

Reader Comments (19)

I know there is a legitimate grip with how the series is turning out when it comes to these 3rd party characters but something about Ezio in SCV feels....right. Maybe if Namco didn't abuse the idea so much it would feel way cooler.

I know it will sound like a "forever alone" question but : What do we know about solo-play in this game? Any cool modes like soul calibur on the dreamcast ? Or mk9, Or only "arcade mode" ?

@Lpcrispo From what I know it will be like IV, i.e. no team battle, time attach, survival etc.
It's a shame, I really enjoyed team battles with friends.

not impressed with SC4...not even going to glance at 5

@ChaseHammerJ
I would highly recommend you do so. They are really trying to bring back the series to its roots, and from I have seen so far they are succeeding. Plus the addition of Ezio makes a whole lot more sense than previous 3rd partiers like Link, Spawn, and the dreadfully mismatched Yoda.

@Catalyst691

what about Darth?

The clothe physics are a bit too much here Ezio looks like he is wearing blankets .

The reason Ezio works is:
1) he's on both consoles
2) his renaissance characterization fits the universe of Soul Calibur which also has the same time period feel to it
3) he's not a supernatural character or has ridiculous powers (The Apprentice in SCIV and Spawn in Xbox SCII)
4) he's not super short and unthrowable (aka Yoda).

He just works in the game, here's to playing him.

What's with the 2D background at 3:40 looks like some strange PS1 stuff?

@Gmail Calendar Rep
It seems like that stage has no limits, that is it has no walls or ring edges, so as you move outwards the background remains the same distance away; always unreachable.
It looks a bit weird but it is nice that they included a stage like that.

See they took out Ezio's 2 second vulnerability if he attempts to counter early, and how he still takes damage when he guards attacks (least that's how it is on AC)

A little disappointing that his alt costume seems to just be a colour swap considering how many they had to choose from.

@HayabusaTaichou
In the character creation you can make alternate outfits for each character, maybe that's what they did here: just change the colour a little rather than reveal the alt costume.

I still want Talim and Cassandra :/

@RasenganFury
Yeah Im still waiting to see if Talim is in the game, I think she was still a teenager in the previous ones so its not like age would be a factor

I hope this game has single-character voice language options like SF4.... some characters sound good (and like they should) in their western voices, but some others like Mitsurugi... should keep their japanese voices.

I don't know, I cannot wait to play as Walui.....I mean Dampierre.

So why is it that the only outfits Ezio wears are actually Altair's clothing?

@rartemass
It's Ezio's outfit from Brotherhood, not Altair's outfit.

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A tale of two hidden blades, eternally retold: Ezio v Ezio in Soulcalibur 5

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