Author Topic: Soul Calibur IV (Read 36872 times)

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2008, 08:44:43 PM »

Quote from: laertes on March 28, 2008, 08:19:15 PM

sophitia = IMBA for years upon years

I...have absolutely NO idea what that means, but it sounds RADICAL.

Quote from: NoobGoneWild on March 28, 2008, 08:23:18 PM

There is only one female in soul calibur and her name is Taki!
* NoobGoneWild reminisces

Taki? Who's that?
I do seem to recall some chick in the game who might be a ninja.....but there were too many jiggling funbags to remember her face....or her name. GAH.

Carigamers · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2008, 08:44:43 PM »

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2008, 09:52:41 PM »

even without the funbags, taki is slice bread.

IMBA = imbalanced. Usually referring to a characters unfair ability to pwn all others

rb · « **Reply #22 on:** March 28, 2008, 10:28:52 PM »

there is only one thing imba in sc4 and that's Ivy's udders.

seriously wtf is either she loses more clothes per iteration or them juggs just keep getting bigger.

Exar_Kun · « **Reply #23 on:** March 28, 2008, 10:44:33 PM »

Ivy looks...ridiculous.
There's a point where it's just too much.

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #24 on:** March 29, 2008, 11:18:15 AM »

Meh. To be honest, I never really liked Ivy. Talim, Sophitia and Seung Mina on the other hand....

Carigamers · « **Reply #24 on:** March 29, 2008, 11:18:15 AM »

rassmatic · « **Reply #25 on:** April 16, 2008, 06:54:19 AM »

here's some gameplay footage of Yoda & Vader in action.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32811.html

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #26 on:** April 16, 2008, 09:59:46 AM »

nice! pity we can't see yoda vs darth vader

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #27 on:** April 16, 2008, 11:45:40 AM »

yay goddess sophitia looks more amazing than eversz!!

and she has brought her gondolas of nurturing nurture to ffeed the masses

chinarakinda · « **Reply #28 on:** April 18, 2008, 08:09:33 PM »

Is anybody as worried as I am about the new combat feature with the soul gauge. Basically you have a bar that goes up to red if you block too much and when its full your opponent can break your guard and do a critical hit breaking your armour. This then leads to them being able to perform a finisher by pressing the 4 face buttons killing you instantly regardless of health.

So unnecessary in my opinion. What do you all think?

rb · « **Reply #29 on:** April 18, 2008, 08:30:08 PM »

It'll just make the game a little more on the aggressive side, most of the time when they implement systems like this its for similar reasons.

It sounds like a page outta guilty gear's guard meter. Guard crush has been in almost every game recently although it varies from game to game. There's still stuff you can do to play defensive while not blocking, guard impact, evading etc. I'm sure it'll balance out somehow, they won't make it overly abusable and if it is, they'll balance it with patches like they've done with Tekken 6 many times since the arcade version dropped.

Hopefully the game won't suck like SCIII, heard trincity got the SCIII arcade edition which owns the console edition and has been rebalanced. Is this console only or will there be a arcade port as well ? I'd be interested in seeing some Japanese tournament videos if its at SBO any time. Plus Soul Calibur 1 is getting the XBL Arcade treatment, I should have a 360 soon, I'll definitely invest in that game, hands down my fave iteration of the series.

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #30 on:** April 25, 2008, 03:37:25 PM »

Well, here's a write up on that:

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Critical Finisher

Soulcalibur IV will feature an all-new Critical Finisher system. This time there will be another gauge under the characters' Health Meter, known as the Soul Gauge. This meter will fill up when attacking and decrease when guarding. When the meter is empty, the opponent can do a strike that breaks off a part from the character's armor, altering their appearance and making them weaker for the remainder of the match. There are also three green boxes below the gauges, reflecting the state of the characters armor: high, mid, or low.

If the character manages to empty out the opponent's Soul Gauge again, they will get a short chance to perform a powerful Critical Finisher, which will kill the opponent instantly. Each character has their own personal Critical Finisher. Namco says that they developed the Soul Gauge to decrease the benefits from constant guarding, thus giving the game a faster tempo. It subsequently would make the matches more offensive, as well.

Wait....did that say what I think it said?

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the opponent can do a strike that breaks off a part from the character's armor, altering their appearance and making them weaker for the remainder of the match.

(rubs eyes)
One more time. Just to make things crystal clear...

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the opponent can do a strike that breaks off a part from the character's armor, altering their appearance

...if you want to know why I'm sporting that silly grin on my face, click on the smiley above and you'll have your answer. Can you really blame me?

rb · « **Reply #31 on:** April 25, 2008, 03:41:56 PM »

bubz ? i <3 bubz

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #32 on:** April 25, 2008, 04:22:56 PM »

Hot damn, I think I'll be a pro at this game.
I'll be the master of this Holy Grail of fighting game techniques. Yes.

rassmatic · « **Reply #33 on:** May 28, 2008, 04:06:30 PM »

More of Yoda & Vader in action!!!

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34510.html

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34505.html

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #34 on:** May 28, 2008, 04:29:43 PM »

Soul Calibur vs. Star Wars. Crossover be crazy.

It strikes me as odd that Yoda and Vader won't be in the same game, though. If anything, those two would be perfect for one of those Destiny Matches.

EDIT: Whoa. Deja vu, anyone?

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #35 on:** May 28, 2008, 05:11:33 PM »

that soul guard feature isnt new though

lol, thats from soul edge

was one of the most fun features of soul edge, if a guy guarded too much and you attacked constantly, you cold break their sword.

Which puts them at a disadvantage but for certain people it opened up a wealth of melee fighting.

Taki and that old nunchuck guy were teh best.
Mitsi was really good too.

THe soul guard also had a really cool otehr feature, you could press all the face buttons when your soul bar was full and you basically release all your soul energy into a really great damaging VISUALLY AMAZING combo, great finisher.

Was upset they took it out of soul calibur but it was great in soul edge.

chinarakinda · « **Reply #36 on:** May 29, 2008, 09:13:47 AM »

Well if you say it was a fun feature in soul edge then it should be good in soul calibur 4. Is the release date definitely July 29th???

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #37 on:** May 29, 2008, 11:30:14 AM »

it was a mean flam ting surely

using the soul edge combo was the ultimate way to win a fight, hard to pull off in pvp but really great feeling when you do.

ah the nunchuck guys name was li long that guys pops.

I used to love to lose my weapon with taki and li long
li long was a kick ass kungfu and boxer
and taki was in full out leaf taijutsu mode, was awesomes.

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #38 on:** May 29, 2008, 12:36:44 PM »

Though I'm sure you guys have seen most of these already, here are some more costumes from Soul Calibur IV:

Xiang Hua
Taki
Siegfried
Angol Fear
Yoshimitsu

Nice.
Xiang Hua is booty licious. Taki's hotness? A given.

By the way, for a certain someone out there who was busting my chops a while back in the MK vs DC thread about how I design my characters? Take a look at Angol Fear's picture, and compare it to this character from Sgt. Frog:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/3977/20080327sc04um2.jpg

.....yeah. Homages and all that, you understand.

chinarakinda · « **Reply #39 on:** May 29, 2008, 12:45:22 PM »

Maybe they can make the soul gauge an option that you can enable/disable for situations such as tournament play and online play.

Carigamers · « **Reply #39 on:** May 29, 2008, 12:45:22 PM »

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