This Is the Run: Soulcalibur - Part 06

He played us like a damn fiddle!

<insert "This is the Run" joke>

Dan should probably just tell Vinny stuff like the Lizardman roll can't be blocked, but he can sidestep it. He apparently has more than 1,000 hours into this game, so just throw out a few more hints instead of just saying "No".

@clagnaught: He has said to Vinny like 5 times that the move is unblockable by now.

I'm literally cringing every time Vinny tries to block it.

I think 'iron sharpens iron' is the phrase Dan was looking for.

That shit's from the Bible, BTW. Proverbs, son!

Vinny seems to have forgotten about those guard blocks he was so good at before.

What frustrates me about this (and not to dog on Vinny at all), is that Dan is 80% offense, 20% defense. The only time Dan goes defense is when Vinny attacks more aggressively, and when Vinny attacks more aggressively, that's when he starts to fuck Dan up. This is stuff you start to pick up on as you get better at the game; the ebb and flow of someone's match patterns, especially when you play the same person a bunch. Vinny is trying a little too hard to "play" the game, instead of just going with the flow. Soul Calibur is a very deep game, and a skilled player can rock someone's world...but someone who button mashes can also rock someone's world (to much the chagrin of my 16 year old self when I played with a friend back when I got the Dreamcast). Dan doesn't seem to be a god tier player, but he has go to moves and combos that, when used against someone who tries to guard and counter more than do damage, will eat them alive. All things that come down to having played the game much more than their opponent.

I know this last handful of videos were recorded in rapid succession, but I feel that Vinny would be well served to get some practice on the fundamentals that are offered to each character in the game, and to not focus so much on defense. He made mention a couple episodes ago about not knowing how to properly punish someone, and that is pretty obvious. Soooo many times that Vinny could have rocked Dan for a quarter of his health if he took better advantage of a block or sidestep and pressured Dan.

All in all, I love this series. I was so happy to come home today to see so many new videos to watch!

Awesome series! Keep these videos coming they are amazing!

Like most fighting games, moves with slower animation like vertical attacks tends to lose against horizontal.

Vertical is great at a longer distance, but slower.

Horizontal is shorter in range, but faster, and low attacks.

Oh dear, Vinny seems to have regressed slightly, or else Dan has gotten better.