Soul Calibur V

Okay kwans, it's out in your neck of the woods, so I expect some hands-on impressions of the customization features.

 

So I'm going to assume you are NOT the guy with the same laughing Rance avatar that just joined 8wayrun?

 

NO

I hate Soul Calibur and Namco fighting games in general!




Though I guess I'll buy SC5 anyway if I can build a new Warhammer Fantasy fighting game roster with it

 

Arrived today bros! I shall post some general impressions at a later date.

 

It's pretty disappointing, even next to 4.

 

Shut it, menk.

 

Enjoy your patroklos...

 

MAI IMPRESSHUNS:





IS LIEK SOLE CALEBUR FOR, BUT STIL GUD

 

Report on breast sliders. IS IT TRUE THAT BREAST SIZE CAN BE CHANGED???

 

It's labeled "pectorals" for both genders.

 

Menk is correct. I've only messed about with the the CC a little so far, as there's no indication of what is not yet unlocked. You just have keep playing the single player stuff until you get brief pop-up messages

 

No stupid little stories for each character either like in previous SC's, just some shitfest ripoff of MK9 except you're forced to use Patroklos most of the time and he's fucking awful.

 

I just spam throws

 

Same, and that retarded ring out shoulder ram attack.

 

Already this horrible sense of plebeian gameplay, that's all Namco seems to aspire to, is upon me.

 

Glorious Heaven to Justice Overdrive = ring out right off the bat. Still not as bad as Link from SC2 but still.

 

Doesn't 5 hurt you when your throw is broken to avoid this?

 

I dunno, nobody's even tried breaking it yet

I've only played up to around episode 14 in the story though.

 

SC AI was never even remotely able to deal with throws. Humans are a MUCH different story.

 

I tell you what, I used to love me some throws as Astaroth in SC2. Throw from the air, throw from the ground, throw from range, throw from anywhere.

 

Could command throws even be broken?

 

It's so long since I've played, I have no idea. On a related (consoleshit) note, I was playing Armored Core 4 Answer the other day, that game must have an FOV of about 45 degrees, it's so insanely cramped. And about 50% of that space is filled with staring at your giant robots ass.

 

Don't fucking touch Legendary Souls. There's a reason it says "higher difficulty", i.e. the AI is blatantly synchronized to your inputs, and invariably pulls of perfect combos/juggles. Got to the sixth stage after much and just said screw it. There's another way to unlock Algol anyway (not to mention they'll probably make it 2.99 DLC, knowing the bastards).

 

Once I maxed out the timer I gave up.

 

For those that are curious, you can unlock Algol a slightly easier way: Be at least level 13, and win 3 Quick Battles in a row (I set it to only search for "beginner" opponents after each battle), then set the search to default or whatever and keep refreshing. Eventually a profile using Algol will appear. Beat him, and you unlock Algol, his arena, and maybe a couple of other minor things. He was pretty difficult though, and I was using Natsu with the >B+K, BBB spam.