Soul Calibur Thread

[Jadeinchains]

I remember hearing Scheherazade for the first time and just being shocked by how she sounded, she sounded so much different than I expected! And yeah I love the fighters like Lili and Amy that are more like doing an acrobatic routine than actually fighting. Lili's back flip kicks are amazing.

 

[KasumiLover]

Yes they are, those flips are so graceful! Scheher's voice shocked me too, it was total vocal dissonance....I thought she was gonna sound proper and mature, but boy I'm glad I was wrong!♡ I like those types of voices where they can sound just like the Japanese VAs, but you could definitely hear that her VA was kind of straining during some of the louder screams XD

Who are you guys' least favorite/worst characters? For me:
-Xiba- I like his personality, but his style is annoying to deal with
-Segfreid- once again, the style is annoying to deal with. his technical cancels need to burn in a hole...
Ivy- Lover her but her style is annoying to fight, and she's embarrassing to lose against in SC5. Since everything she says is a double entendre of dominatrixs(example: "This will feel GOOD..." or "You put up more of a fight than I thought!!") I feel awfully humiliated and dominated when I lose to her, especially with that groin kick, heel grind, and choke throw she has....so embarrassing :-/.

 

[Jadeinchains]

Yeah I can like Scheherazade's voice for the fact that its something different from the standard voice you'd expect.

The characters I dislike are -

Xiba - dislike him as well not for his style but for how annoying I find him. He's definitely in the comic relief category of characters.

Stegfied and Nightmare - this is purely on them to me being so incredibly cheap to fight. Nightmares pretty interesting though while Stegs really boring to me.

Seong Han - same problem as Xiba for being more comic relief and he also has that annoying overly hyper thing going on!

Patroculus ( however you spell his name ) - He's way to obsessed with justice and killing random village peasants.

Edit: Lol I love Ivy's insane fighting style! And yeah she really loves Innuendo's.

 

[KasumiLover]

Segfried is so annoying, he knocks you down, goes into a stance and then repeats the cycle and you can't stop it without making a wrong move XD. Pat I can understand, he's so hypocritical it hurts. Killing malfested who were once innocents is not justice, and I'm still mad he turned his back on his only sister when she transformed, how cruel can this guy get??

 

[Jadeinchains]

I wonder how Sophitia would feel about the whole thing! Also I've forgotten, that wasn't Sophitia in SCV was it? If I remember correctly it was the sword soul calibur manifesting as her to manipulate Pat. Atleast if I remembered it correct thats what's going on.
Atleast Phyrra wasn't bad. Atleast not of her own will.

 

[KasumiLover]

Yep, you're right, that wasn't sophitia at all, just a manifestation of what SC knew Patrokolos loved and would do anything for. I actually found it sad on the last story mode mission where he atoned for his wrongdoing and had to fight his own "mother", that was a very sad fight even though it wasn't technically her per say. Although Pat is a jerk, the ending to the story was well done, I almost honestly teared up when she pulled back her claw hand in fear but he embraced her...that was so touching. *Sniffs*

 

[Jadeinchains]

Yeah I thought so, good to see I didn't forget it! and yeah that is nice regardless of how I feel about Pat that he got to redeem himself. I have a few problems with the way the story was done but I did still think it was nice and wrapped but the Alexandra family well... Besides Cassandra but who knows what she's doing honestly, it just depends on if they decide she gets out of astral Chaos or not. I hope she does though because she's my favourite of the family.

 

[Tyaren]

Who are you guys' least favorite/worst characters?

In following order:
-Pyrrha
-Patroklos
-Natsu
-Leixia
-Xiba

Almost all newcomers. Considering they also scrapped my three mains Kilik, Yunseong and Talim you can imagine how I loathed the character roster of SCV. XD

 

[Jadeinchains]

Lol good to see that everyone's on the same page of Xiba's awfulness.

I actually kinda like Natsu,Phyrra and Leixia, Natsu the most though so I'd be okay with them returning in SC6 so long as their predecessors also returned. It could even be interesting story wise to see them interact.

 

[KasumiLover]

In following order:
-Pyrrha
-Patroklos
-Natsu
-Leixia
-Xiba

Almost all newcomers. Considering they also scrapped my three mains Kilik, Yunseong and Talim you can imagine how I loathed the character roster of SCV. XD

Me too, they took away all the veteran characters in exchange for this "new" youthful cast. XD And yeah Jade, I do miss Cassandra, she was such an awesome chick. She was literally a massive foil to her more passive and reluctant sister Sophitia. Also, I think she hates raphael because he brutally attacked her in SC4 and stole her SC shard from her...that was very unnerving to read in her prologue.

 

[Jadeinchains]

I actually didn't know about that Raphael attacked her! I'm not surprised though since he is evil and everything. But yeah I like Sophitia but I prefer Cassandra for how much more upbeat she is. Also she's kind of an asshole at times which I liked to otherwise I wouldn't like Lili as much as I do. In fact a lot of characters in soul calibur are pretty rude Lol like Amy whose another aristocratic bitchy fighter.

Now that I think of it Jade's the same, she's actually like an aristocratic bitchy character as well! I must just be drawn to them.

 

[KasumiLover]

Right, Jade was pretty snarky and arrogant in MK9! It must be a trend, since oddly a lot of people are drawn to the more bitchy and arrogant girls in most VGs. Gloomy Tira was also another bitchy one, and seung Mina was too, but I felt she tried too hard to sound arrogant and it didn't suit her, they should've left that in SC2 where it was more suitable for her. And there's no denying that Sophie took a heel face turn in SC4, she was quite bitchy and cold in it, but then again she is a mama bear trying to protect her cubs. Any mother would do that for the safety of their children. She even outright killed Azola in her story mode, gosh! :-O

 

[Jadeinchains]

Yeah I just loved how snarky Jade was to everyone in the story mode of MK9, besides Kitana that is who she clearly cares about a lot and enough to cut ties with Shao Kahn!

Sophitia was definitely more strong in SC4 with all the child stuff in the background going on. And with Tire I think I prefer her bitchy side more though both are cool. And yeah when the topic of characters came up I was thinking of how Seong Mina is rude but not in the same way other characters are.

 

[KasumiLover]

Yeah I just loved how snarky Jade was to everyone in the story mode of MK9, besides Kitana that is who she clearly cares about a lot and enough to cut ties with Shao Kahn!

Sophitia was definitely more strong in SC4 with all the child stuff in the background going on. And with Tire I think I prefer her bitchy side more though both are cool. And yeah when the topic of characters came up I was thinking of how Seong Mina is rude but not in the same way other characters are.

Yeah, Mina seems like it's more of a playful facade, kind of like Yun seung but more good hearted and with determination to match her maturity. Raphael definitely takes the cake as being the the prickiest out if all the guys, he's just so rude. XD Astaroth is too, but he scares me with how big and AGRESSIVE he is.. always calling someone a maggot. How anyone manages to survive against him is a mystery to me, especially Amy who is considered a bad match up for him strangely. 0_o

 

[Jadeinchains]

Astaroth in general just seems strange with the whole built by a cult and being 7 or something. It's a even worse in SC5 since then he starts getting mass produced. I really want to see more stuff aboutnthat cult.

And yeah Raphael is possibly the biggest asshole in the series, he showed that possibly the most with the way he deposed of the two servants he had without a moments notice, I still feel really sorry for them at that moment.

Still I'm interested to see if him and Amy will ever see each other again.

 

[KasumiLover]

Those poor servants....may their poor souls rest in peace. They hadn't even lived a full life yet. :-( I'm hoping that if they do go back to the original cast before the time skip, they advance time a little like by 1-2 years so that everyone can mature a little for this next installment. And hey, I just realized that perhaps the servants' deaths are non canon! :-D The ending is a what if scenario if Raphael did actually acquire SC, but they probably passed aways sometime during the 5th game anyway. :-/

 

[Jadeinchains]

Yeah like doa5 did I'd like it to take place at least 2 years later so that the events of the 5th game can die down and a new story can happen. Plus it would hopefully make the newcomers more mature like you said. Sadly I'm sure the servants are dead by now but I think the ending probably was canon. This waits killing me! I'm so hyped but at the same time I know its not coming out for atleast like 2 more years or something. At least Tekken,DOA and possibly KOFXIV can hold me off until then.

 

[KasumiLover]

Same, Kof and Tekken will be my other outlets until a SC6 is announced, they actually look like they're going to be a lot of fun! Is there going to be a game conference or something like E3 soon? I know I said this EXACT same statement like a year ago, but maybe they'll show a teaser for it this year! :-D It is nearing that time after all, where game developers and fans alike come together to know what new titles will be coming out soon.

 

[Jadeinchains]

Lol yeah as much as I'd like some kind of event I think the nearest is E3 and even then I don't think we'll see anything sadly. Other fighters will keep me busy though.

 

[KasumiLover]

You have a point there, but hey they can take as long as they need, stuff like this takes time. I kinda have been playing SC4 lately so I can kinda keep my old mains' fresh in case they're in SC6, but converting from Sophitia to Pyrrah and vice versa when I switch games is tough. ~_~ A lot of moves were switched and taken away so it's weird when I do play Sophitia again.