@GummyTumor: Wouldn't Raidan (From MGS series) be a better fit? Or the Cyborg Ninja?

trogam

The interface looks nice, and the created characters look much better this time around. The charts at the end are interesting, I would love to know what they actually mean. Only thing that bothers me is that I didn't see any disciplines aside from the major characters. Kunai rocked in SCIII. Overall, though, looks solid, and I'm looking forward to release.

@wild homes is non-canonical: Maybe, but if there are problems, they can easily be patched away. I expect a balance patch will appear within a few months after release fixing major issues, so I'm not too worried.

Xenigma

perhaps downloadable kratos in the future? it's a ps3 shindig for me!

dreamfall

@GummyTumor:
Oh yeah, Dante would rock as well.

Sammo21

choices choices...ps3 with Vader, or 360, with better onlineservice...Sometimes I envy the console fanboys, so much easier choosing the games.

Cactuar

ohhhh shiznit. I just preordered this shit and someone is going to get fucked up with Taki. this is going to be grand!

dreamfall

@ Sammo21

I always thought Kratos would fit in perfectly in Soul Calibur land, too. Even Dante would of been a good choice. Hell, I'm surprised they didn't manage to sneak in Snake. I'm not too happy about all this Star Wars crap in my SC4, but whatever.

I am liking all these crazy Anime characters!

GummyTumor

@sir_carrot: Obviously not knowing for sure, the impression I get from the 1Up Show and all their podcasts is that there is a big Soul Calibur fanboy mentality there, and a lot of the editors are really big into the series. They usually ask anyone that played the preview builds a lot of specific questions about their characters, so I don't imagine they suck. However, any change in a fighter is usually considered a bad one right away, at least in my experience.

Unless they overpowered them and then you just say "No, they were always this good, you just suck."

nick.soapdish

Kick ass. They got Ram's hat from temple of doom.

Guild_Navigator

@Maldron: Some short green guy was quoted as saying, "The cinnamon sugar swirls on every bite, it is."

Zero_Beat

I must know which one of those controls the size of the breasts! The fate of the universe depends on it!

Zero_Beat

@You Are My Friend!: And they upped the price of double cheeseburgers... by like - 40 cents. So maybe if you were buying the shit supreme edition of the game and getting next-day shipping.

Oh. Economy...

sir_carrot

That female Voldo-looking character is kind of creepy. Oh, well. I guess everyone is destined to be with somebody.

UCB-Disco

Considered it SOLD!.

A great fighting game until Tekken 6 Arrives on the PS3. :D

xCruciaLx

@wild homes is non-canonical: Maybe... maybe they just suck at the game.

= ||

*Crosses fingers till they break*

I mean. How could they mess up a formula that's stayed strong till now? When it looks only to get better?

How!?

sir_carrot

@wild homes is non-canonical: You can always hope that, unlike PS2's SC3, SC4 is patch-able and probably will be patched after Arcade tests for further balancing.

Alex_Mexico

I really dont care how balanced this game is. I just want a fun fighting game i can play with my friends. If thats what i get then i'll be satisfied.

smuckersisgood

@wild homes is non-canonical: balance can't always be discerned right away by the few who are talking. I'm holding out hope but the final straw for me will be the internet buzz and a sampling once it's out.

Grumps

Bout time we got some screens, since the game comes out so soon.

Karisu-Zero

@wild homes is non-canonical: Hm... that would be unfortunate. Thankfully though, given the generation we're gaming in, balance issues could potentially be fixed in patches. Though not IDEAL, it's not out of the question.

Maldron

Looks good, thanks for the post.

I really hope the rumor about Kratos is true. That would really be pretty awesome as he kind of fits in the universe more than the Star Wars stuff.

Sammo21

1... for having the exact same stance as SCIII

I didn't want to buy this game because it made me choose between Yoda and "Da Vader"... But it looks too good...
There goes another 60 double cheese burgers.

You Are My Friend!

But can any of them see why kids love the sugary-sweet taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

Maldron

wtf at the female arabian belly dancing voldo.

suntorytime

@Grumps: Yeah, but unsettling things are coming out about the game's balance. Apparently Yoda is busted good, Starkiller is just totally broken, they nerfed nearly all the returning characters but Mitsurugi, and the new anime guest characters aren't strong enough to use. And that's just 1UP's take on it-- if you read other impressions online, people seem to be agreeing that the balance in this game is a bit messed up. Now, maybe they weren't playing review code, but I know the 1UP guys said they were given final code to play with.

wild homes gets retconned!

I was hoping they'd have it in SCIV as well.

I don't see how this game could go wrong.

Naysayers, disperse!

sir_carrot

character creator eh? i did not know that. *puts one more pro in the buying soul calibur list*

Grumps

@KirbyMorph: You don't make movelists in this game. The gear you choose (mostly the weapon) defines what kind of character you play, so skill at making a movelist is irrelevant.

Xenigma

Not a fan of character creator in fighting games. People suck at making move lists that aren't overpowered or completely shitty and it typically takes forever to get a proper flow working for any character you create, moves wise. Sure, they can look good, but they either end up being clones of other character's move lists or a lesson in frustration as you spend hours trying to make them useful without making the game a joke.

KirbyMorph

I hope there will be DLC of this. More clothes, weapons, accessories, etc. on the Character Creator. :D

But famous characters would be very nice as well. Kratos, Dante, Nero, Raiden, Snake(?).

Oh well, I'm just dreaming..

xCruciaLx

If balance really is an issue at least there'll be a chance that patches will be provided to fix any problems. Thank God for online support.

T6Spades

@Alex_Mexico, Maldron: True. I'm really hoping they'd adopt that approach. But I'd prefer out of the box functionality. Fine-tuning is to be expected, but I wouldn't buy the game first day if I thought the balance was going to be really off.

@Grumps: Oh absolutely, I'd never try and urge you against a title you're interested in. I'm keen on this one, two. Just thought I'd tip you to the buzz, that you could hopefully steel yourself against being let down, if that should happen.

Cheers!

wild homes gets retconned!

Wow, create a character huh? Hmm. That certainly makes this more of a buy than a rent. I'm going to be creating Leeeeeroooooyyyy Jenkins. That's right. I went there.

But I'll probably be making a crapton of MK ninjas first. Ninja ftw at all times.

tlozwarlock

FUCKING SWEET!

Sailorcancer

I'll be making ManBearPig.

UmeShoryu

@wild homes gets retconned!: All it means is that some pissed off so and so will find the imbalance unacceptable, trade it back within the week, and let ME pick it up for ten bucks less.

Sometimes Gamestop is good for things.

Maldron

Wow, what's that last difficulty?!

Normal
Hard
MOONSPEAK

Terance!

i hope that they change the naming rules for this game. No swearing was allowed nor was gaijin, or gai-jin. but if there's online they probably won't allow swearing. then again that allows them to put the esrb sticker that saya, online content not rated by the esrb.

I don't really want to have a character with a profane name. It really just surprised me that gaijin was not allowed.

kryzhal

Yessss!!!!!! Chuck Noris will battle again and for the first time fight a jedi! =)

MURDERFACE

@nick.soapdish: Yeah, probably, I'm just hoping.

I don't want this one to suck.

sir_carrot

@wild homes gets retconned!: Honestly - I trust 1Up's review about as far can throw a person. Plus I think even then people are misunderstanding what they're saying about the character balance.

CelticMutt

The Moonspeak says "BATORUCHUTORIARU", or Battle Tutorial. ;)

hikaizer

my 20 gig PS3 is already screaming over that MGS4 install.. OUCH! Big TA-TAS requires BIG SPACE.. But on a serious note, i hope the character-creation is as deep as these screens seem to indicate. it would suck to create characters that all have the same moves. =P

Alicia

Man... this is going to be great. I cannot wait!

Preordered today, cost me like, 90 bucks :( I am so going to love it regardless :)

MetaKz

So just how big CAN I make Laura Bush's tits?

Mr. Fap☆Fap!

@wild homes gets retconned!:

The 1up tards were the same fucks who almost single handedly cause any hype for III and the fanbase to completely go to hell. They were also the same people that claimed Sophie and Asteroth were THE characters to use, and THE most broken ones, when in reality, each had at most, 1-2 "annoying" attacks each, that were easily countered, and if you can play the game with even half a brain, that just was not the case, and every character in III that wasn't Seigefried and Maxi were usable. There were worse and far more powerful characters in III then just Sophie and Asteroth. If I were to knock you down with Taki, I can garuntee that if I can knock you down, you will be reaching for my neck faster then 1up staff will take a dick. And the same goes for Cervantes, Rugi, and Nightmare, those were the upper tier guys, FUCK THE POE-LEECE, I mean, FUCK 1UP.

No doubt there will be balance issues, as there ALWAYS is with EVERY fighting game EVER, if it manages to be worse then lets say, MvC 2 (still an awesome game though), then we have a problem with balance.

With that said, I sure hope I can re-create 'Solid Barbarian Snake' again! He looked JUST LIKE SNAKE!

Bando

oh great, 100X better boob physics, and less armor which is some how more protective, but still shows more and more cleavage/skin

EnragedTemplar

I don't know if I'd be more surprised by if they did or didn't have an option to change your character's breast size.

tripleripus

These are actually fairly old (at least a few weeks). Gamespot Japan has had these up for quite a while.

shogunpimp

Soul Calibur 4 and Sonic Unleashed... But should I get a PS3 for little big planet or 360 for Fable... fuck...

mascot1063

Mmmm, I'm really diggin those Character Creator screenshots. :) It looks like a ton of features have been added, not to mention the interface has been expanded upon. Barring the actual battles, it was SC3's character creator that ate up the most of my time. SC4's is bound to be even more addictive.

GhostWhoWalks

Wonder if I can make KOS-MOS Ver.4 or T-Los.

Bricked

I loved the customization aspect of Virtua Fighter 5, and I'll love it in this game. Although it might feel a little like DOA Extreme Fondling now...

SG_Mahonay

Biggest upgrade to SC4 CC mode:
The ability to make black people.

Providence

"Create a Soul" mode looks mightly imperssive, as promised!

Shiryu

Soul Calibur IV Wishlist:

01. Pre-fight character exchanges (like in Tekken 5)
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They added to character development (yeah I know, in a fight game, right?) and were alot better than that shit text based nonsense they had in SCIII.

02. Characters talking in their native languages (like in Tekken 5)
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This was a nice detail that made Tekken 5 feel even more polished than it already was. Taki and Mitsurughi yelling at each other in Japanese or Seong Mina scolding Yunseong in Korean would be great. Blonde Grecian woman Sophitia sobbing her way through a teary-eyed monologue in Greek would be priceless.

03. Additional costumes for all the important fighters (like in SCII & Tekken 5)
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Yeah, this was oddly absent in SCIII but the detail and innovation they packed into the Tekken 5 bonus costumes for Ling and Yoshimitsu and even Raven was brilliant. I know it was two completely different teams working on Tekken and SC but still.

04. The return of the Destined Battle set-piece (like in Soul Calibur II)
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This is what made SCII feel epic to me. The whole series is supposed to be all about destiny and fate so things like Ivy finally getting a chance to confront Cervantes felt really dramatic.

05. Interactive Epilogues (like in Soul Calibur III)
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They won't be able to do CG character endings anymore (not that they ever did for SC). There are just too many characters and the mini-game endings for SCIII were alot better than those "brown picture with text" endings we got in SCII. I know it'll never happen but an interactive cutscene (using in-game assets) for every character that looks like the movies from MGS4 would be great.

06. Suped-up and insane Character Customization (like in Tekken 5)
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Nina dressed as a nurse, Anna as a witch, Yoshimitsu dressed up in his Tekken 3 outfit...it was stupid but it was fun. I just wish they'd bring down their prices for items. 500,000G for Ling's bunny tail? Day-light robbery!

07. Create-A-Soul that results in a character that looks remotely like SC's main cast.
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"Oh yay, look I can make my own characters! What's that? They'll use character models from Battle Arena Toshinden on the PSOne and will look horribly abstract in comparision to the official SCIII main characters. Oh well, in that case I'm not excited anymore." Screenshots above seems to indicate that this has been corrected

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GogolGants

@wild homes gets retconned!: yoda I'm not surprised about, but nerfing EVERY returning character BUT mitsurugi?

@Grumps: puts one more pro into "reasons not to buy sciv" list, more like.

eskimo-bob

I don't really mind imbalance. If I come across someone who abuses an exploit or spams an overpowered move I just put them on my "avoided player list" and give them negative feedback for unsporting conduct.

Humpski

We need a translation on that comic..

brainwav

A must buy now. I can only imagine the improvements to the character creations system.

gr8asianman

i want game now!!!! gawd my list of games that i need to get is overwhelming me and my wallet!!!

themule

Character creation has sparked my interest for this game. It may have some hope

Maestar

Oh joy! I love me sum Char Customization, but Namco... will you put in a Guy Fawkes Mask? Just for me plz?

Zen Grenadier

Okay, I might buy this. Dammit Namco...

twinturbo2

You know what bugged me about character customization in the third game? The fact I couldn't change my female character's boobie size.

If they allow me to create a character with Ivy-esque mammaries I will consider at least a rental.

Tizlor

Really makes me wonder how much time the spent on the actual gameplay. I feel like we may be in for a disappointment.

Mecharine