As Expected, Soul Calibur V Has Been Announced

Even if I did have more bad experiences than good with SC4, I can't help but be interested in this. 

Why not get on the fighting game release train while its in full motion.  Choo Choo

It's a shame there's no Nintendo console release, because I'd be quite interested to see where the series is heading. I must admit though, the idea of a mostly new character roster makes me raise a suspicious eyebrow. However even if it worked, this would only be a day-one purchase if *holds breath* Link was announced as the guest character...

I'm looking forward to it.  I hope they have a better trailer by E3.  So who thinks there will be console specific guest characters?  

yay another Soul Caliber game

" I enjoyed the 2 handed sword combat.  Replacing it with a sword and shield, my least favorite weapon, makes me completely turned off to anything SC related anymore. "

" Does the world need another SC game? "

" CHOOSE YOUR CLEAVAGE

or

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I liked Soul Calibur 2 for the Gamecube, but that was when I still rented gamecube games. This game however, just makes me go "Ehhhhh.... Sure?"

you know what they say, men that carry a short sword have a very long... sword.

I wonder if SC5 will do a SF3 style roster. Since it is set somewhat into the future.

I'm not too excited for this after 4, and MK is probably going to be my fighting game of choice for a while anyways. I feel like this new game is going to have to REALLY step it up if they hope to compete with the likes of SFIV and MK.

love soul calibur. bring it on namco.

" Does the world need another SC game? "

Well that's a short sword.

2012 hopefully this will be on Nintendo's next console as well. The graphics look dated already.

I really liked Soul Calibur II. III seemed okay but misguided and IV was a beautiful mess (NO FREAKING STAR WARS CHARACTERS THIS TIME!!!) So I'm feeling skeptical about this.

" I'm a soul calibur fan.  Can't say I see why anyone who liked the first games would feel differently about the later ones, aside from some poorly chosen additional characters and weaker single player modes.    Didn't improve much over time, but how often do fighting games do that? "

" @Hailinel said:

" @Cube said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @Cube said:

" @phrosnite said:

" Does the world need another SC game? "

Pretty much this, and the answer is "probably not". With Street Fighter IV, MVC 3, SF x Tekken, Mortal Kombat, etc. I think SCV will get lost in the shuffle. "

The same could easily have been said about Mortal Kombat when the game was first announced.  After Armageddon and MKvsDC, the only people clamoring for more MK were the diehards like Jeff. "

Mortal Kombat and SC are two different series. Mortal Kombat has proven it's still relevant today if they include fatalities. It's SC's turn to prove it's relevance after 4 years. I really don't see it taking off, considering the mixed opinions of SCIV. We'll have to wait for E3, but I don't think anything new will be brought to the table. "

Of course they're two different series.  But MK was on the outs before the latest game was released.  There's absolutely no way to say definitively right now that SCV can't return to the glory days, either. "

This is the part where you re-read what I originally said. I never said anything about "definitively" or "absolutely". The world "probably" doesn't need another Soul Calibur game.  "

" @TrueEnglishGent said:

" Enjoyed four, amazed by the reaction people gave four due to the size of the female breasts.

Majority of gamers suddenly went against showing breasts in video games upon it's release, remember reading so many articles dedicated to that exact subject. Stupid when you think of it now. 

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And despite the exploding clothes, the ladies in SCIV weren't any less dressed than the average Mortal Kombat female. "

I like SC games, fighting with weapons is still enjoyable as a change of pace after all these years.  

" Enjoyed four, amazed by the reaction people gave four due to the size of the female breasts.

Majority of gamers suddenly went against showing breasts in video games upon it's release, remember reading so many articles dedicated to that exact subject. Stupid when you think of it now. 

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I enjoyed the 2 handed sword combat.  Replacing it with a sword and shield, my least favorite weapon, makes me completely turned off to anything SC related anymore.

Enjoyed four, amazed by the reaction people gave four due to the size of the female breasts.

Though it had it's problems, I enjoyed the last Soul Calibur, so I hope that they build on and improve the franchise with SCV.

" @Hailinel said:

" @Cube said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @Cube said:

" @phrosnite said:

" Does the world need another SC game? "

Pretty much this, and the answer is "probably not". With Street Fighter IV, MVC 3, SF x Tekken, Mortal Kombat, etc. I think SCV will get lost in the shuffle. "

The same could easily have been said about Mortal Kombat when the game was first announced.  After Armageddon and MKvsDC, the only people clamoring for more MK were the diehards like Jeff. "

Mortal Kombat and SC are two different series. Mortal Kombat has proven it's still relevant today if they include fatalities. It's SC's turn to prove it's relevance after 4 years. I really don't see it taking off, considering the mixed opinions of SCIV. We'll have to wait for E3, but I don't think anything new will be brought to the table. "

Of course they're two different series.  But MK was on the outs before the latest game was released.  There's absolutely no way to say definitively right now that SCV can't return to the glory days, either. "

This is the part where you re-read what I originally said. I never said anything about "definitively" or "absolutely". The world "probably" doesn't need another Soul Calibur game.  "

" @Cube said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @Cube said:

" @phrosnite said:

" Does the world need another SC game? "

Pretty much this, and the answer is "probably not". With Street Fighter IV, MVC 3, SF x Tekken, Mortal Kombat, etc. I think SCV will get lost in the shuffle. "

The same could easily have been said about Mortal Kombat when the game was first announced.  After Armageddon and MKvsDC, the only people clamoring for more MK were the diehards like Jeff. "

Mortal Kombat and SC are two different series. Mortal Kombat has proven it's still relevant today if they include fatalities. It's SC's turn to prove it's relevance after 4 years. I really don't see it taking off, considering the mixed opinions of SCIV. We'll have to wait for E3, but I don't think anything new will be brought to the table. "

Of course they're two different series.  But MK was on the outs before the latest game was released.  There's absolutely no way to say definitively right now that SCV can't return to the glory days, either. "

" I like boobs. "

every important fighting game comeback has happened since SC4. i don't think anyone really cares about it at this point. i guess casual fans will enjoy it. i know my best friend is mad into soul calibur, but he sucks at ever other fighting game we play.

so with mk, ssf4:ae, mvc3, and next years sfXt, will anyone even be playing this?

" @Hailinel said:

" @Cube said:

" @phrosnite said:

" Does the world need another SC game? "

Pretty much this, and the answer is "probably not". With Street Fighter IV, MVC 3, SF x Tekken, Mortal Kombat, etc. I think SCV will get lost in the shuffle. "

The same could easily have been said about Mortal Kombat when the game was first announced.  After Armageddon and MKvsDC, the only people clamoring for more MK were the diehards like Jeff. "

Mortal Kombat and SC are two different series. Mortal Kombat has proven it's still relevant today if they include fatalities. It's SC's turn to prove it's relevance after 4 years. I really don't see it taking off, considering the mixed opinions of SCIV. We'll have to wait for E3, but I don't think anything new will be brought to the table. "

" @Cube said:

" @phrosnite said:

" Does the world need another SC game? "

Pretty much this, and the answer is "probably not". With Street Fighter IV, MVC 3, SF x Tekken, Mortal Kombat, etc. I think SCV will get lost in the shuffle. "

The same could easily have been said about Mortal Kombat when the game was first announced.  After Armageddon and MKvsDC, the only people clamoring for more MK were the diehards like Jeff. "

Somewhat excited for the game, but was hoping they'd drop the whole "guest characters" idea. I'm not very fond of that.

" @phrosnite said:

" Does the world need another SC game? "

Pretty much this, and the answer is "probably not". With Street Fighter IV, MVC 3, SF x Tekken, Mortal Kombat, etc. I think SCV will get lost in the shuffle. "

I like boobs.

" Does the world need another SC game? "

lol Dubai i feel someone is taking advantage somewhere.

I'm a soul calibur fan.  Can't say I see why anyone who liked the first games would feel differently about the later ones, aside from some poorly chosen additional characters and weaker single player modes.    Didn't improve much over time, but how often do fighting games do that?

1up has a teaser trailer, here.

Street fighter and Mortal Kombat have both demonstrated that they are up to the innovation challenge, its time to see if SB can keep up. My opinion: no

I loved SC2 and SC4 and I am stoked for SC5. It's been some time since the last game anyway. Unless you count legends. Which I don't.

" @Hailinel said:

" @LordXavierBritish said:

" Uh... almost 100% sure some of the characters in SCIV used short swords. "

I believe that was actually a reference to the swords Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, which have in the past been depicted as two-handed swords. "

In Soulcalibur 1 and 2, Xianghua used the Calibur and it was a pretty small sword.  It changed appearance in 3 but was still pretty small, only 4 had the huge broad sword version.

So I'm not really sure what they're trying to say with the short sword thing either, other than maybe just that Seigfried and Nightmare don't have their huge weapons any more..  Which seems to ruin the point.  I liked the huge variety of weapons in the game.

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I remember Soul Calibur 2 being really good. What happened?

" @LordXavierBritish said:

" Uh... almost 100% sure some of the characters in SCIV used short swords. "

I believe that was actually a reference to the swords Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, which have in the past been depicted as two-handed swords. "

After the last SC on the 360 that I played, I think that if this is another disc based game that it probably won't do all that great versus downloaded digital version. To me this is another Japanese franchise that did well in the arcades but starting to fade on being a fun fighting game & if it's a disc based game, the last one went rather stale in a short amount of time (glad I rented it but if I bought it I wouldn't be sure how long I'd want to play it).

If they make a port for Nintendo's new console I hope they put Link in it again for shits and giggles.

Does the world need another SC game?

Would be nice to see Namco not throw in any stupid guest characters, but at the very least let's see some improvement over Star Wars characters.

So this is going to be the Street Fighter 3 of roster changes for Soul Calibur (sort of?)? Alrighty. I expect a lot of the roster to be just children of veteran cast members (so hey, younger versions of Taki and Ivy and Mitsurugi. Well, not Mitsurugi. It'd be cool to see him still going crazy at age 60-something). Kinda meh about the guest characters, but maybe they'll make them work better than the Star Wars folk. And the idea of making the game faster and more fluid sounds good to me.