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[Kikujiro]

What about the game's idea do you like? 'Cause, it doesn't do anything particularly well.

Missed your post since the thread disappeared from the first page.

I always liked the series single player content, but SCV was pretty barebones, so the idea of a single player SC with lots of thing to collect (like the past Edge Master Mode or Virtua Fighter 4 Quest Mode) sounded great.

 

[AmyS]

I can confirm the HD SC was only a 360 release since I bought it myself and didnt get it on PS3 due to its exclusive release.

Thx. Kinda figured SC HD was most likely 360-only but wanted confirmation.

Guess I'll try to get NullDC working on my laptop also and go about fleshing out my SC collection. I know what IV is all about as I used to have it on PS360 but PS2 SCIII will be new for me as will the PSP and Wii releases.

 

[Zephyrus]

What was changed from SC3 console to arcade?

better balance, Li Long, Amy and Hwang were added as characters with revamped movesets. More moves for every character.

 

[RelentlessRolento]

Just loaded up this game right now and downloading a 634mb update... Let's see if this fixes things.

EDIT: Welp, it totally runs alot better now. Still standard loading waiting but nothing like originally. Way more like a real game now.

 

[Zack117]

Could someone please tell me how to change or delete characters at this game? I don't have any free slots, so giving up my current Siegfried and replacing him with Mitsurugi wouldn't bother me.

I've heard you can earn more characters by participating at the events, but the current one doesn't seem to have any unlockable character slots.

 

[Sectus]

The game has been updated quite a few times since this thread had activity. Amy was added last month, and they used a new unlocking system for her. An unlocking system which can be seen as slightly absurd.

You had to repeat a specific quest to gain soul edge fragments. A normal run would take some minutes and you'd get around 140 fragments. You needed 85000 fragments to unlock Amy. That basically meant you had to repeat this one quest for a week practically non-stop.

They released Seong Mina today and they've introduced a new system for unlocking her. Good news? You don't have to grind at all. Even better news? She's "free!" How free? Well...

The price of buying 12 Premium Chests 3 times is 90 USD. Ninety dollars. If you look for a good deal, you can probably buy Soul Calibur 5 ten times for that money. That, or you could get Seong Mina in Lost Swords.

 

[Confused101]

I don't think "absurd" even begins to describe that level of crazy.

 

[Skilletor]

The future of SoulCalibur.

I weep.

Surprised nobody posted the image of the outfit the bayonetta artist designed for this game. Forum seems rife to jump on that type of thing right now, lol.

 

[R_thanatos]

Wait so the 2 ways to unlock the character is to use prenium content ?

ROFL

 

[Creaking]

I think I threw up a little in my mouth.

 

[Sectus]

Wait so the 2 ways to unlock the character is to use prenium content ?

ROFL

The one way. So far, they've only had one way to unlock Amy (super grind) and Seong Mina (pay all the money). I assume they'll let them be unlocked other ways in the future, but it's a bit baffling how they started off with a pretty bad unlock system (very random whether or not you'd actually unlock the character), and then started introducing worse and worse systems.

 

[Valkerionseven]

Jeeze was hoping this game would get better not worse.

I mean its interesting Namco Bandai is trying different models for each of its F2P games but... they are all bad.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

They don't care. They are just checking most outrageous options and see how much money it'll bring.

 

[Creaking]

I'm just hoping that whales will end up funding Soul Calibur VI through this, somehow.

 

[Master Thespian]

I'm just hoping that whales will end up funding Soul Calibur VI through this, somehow.

I'm not so sure I want a SC6 considering what Bamco thinks of the SC fanbase and Lost Swords' current "gameplay". Tekken Revolution was indicative of what Namco had planned for Tekken 7 and I have no doubts the same is true for Lost Swords and Soulcalibur 6.

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

I booted this up again the other day. The whole UI and F2P set up just really turns me off. I'm not so hot on the gameplay changes either.

I fear where this is heading. I wonder if they have hooked alot of whales on this and how much they are making.

 

[Creaking]

I'm not so sure I want a SC6 considering what Bamco thinks of the SC fanbase and Lost Swords' current "gameplay". Tekken Revolution was indicative of what Namco had planned for Tekken 7 and I have no doubts the same is true for Lost Swords and Soulcalibur 6.

I guess I'm just praying that all of this evil will remain sealed in Lost Swords.

 

[PureYeti]

Crap can't we just get a soul quest and soul break them instead?

 

[Skilletor]

I'm not so sure I want a SC6 considering what Bamco thinks of the SC fanbase and Lost Swords' current "gameplay". Tekken Revolution was indicative of what Namco had planned for Tekken 7 and I have no doubts the same is true for Lost Swords and Soulcalibur 6.

I don't know why people think we're getting an SC6 when Tekken motherfucking 7 apparently has 1/5th the budget they got for Tekken 5? lolol

The flame has expired; the soul no longer burns.

 

[PureYeti]

I don't know why people think we're getting an SC6 when Tekken motherfucking 7 apparently has 1/5th the budget they got for Tekken 5? lolol

The flame has expired; the soul no longer burns.

That's translation error. Harada was talking about costumes being 1/4th the cost to make in T5 than they are in T7

 

[Master Thespian]

That's translation error. Harada was talking about costumes being 1/4th the cost to make in T5 than they are in T7

This is correct. Harada found the additional budget funding from SC5 outselling TTT2. Thank you for your patronage.

 

[Freshmaker]

Hey you can buy Seung Mina for a mere $90 now. That ought to generate some SCVI cash in a hurry.

 

[Skilletor]

Hey you can buy Seung Mina for a mere $90 now. That ought to generate some SCVI cash in a hurry.

LOL

 

[YoungOne]

Hey you can buy Seung Mina for a mere $90 now. That ought to generate some SCVI cash in a hurry.

Wait really?

Edit: Saw the pic on top of page. What?!

 

[Finaika]

Seong Mina is my favorite SC character, and I've been waiting for her in Lost Swords, but she's 90 bucks?!

 

[Mechanized]

This is correct. Harada found the additional budget funding from SC5 outselling TTT2. Thank you for your patronage.

Sooo... SC5 sold more than the last Tekken, but they're making a new Tekken before an actual new mainline SC entry? That's some kinda logic.

 

[Nimby]

Just buy SCII HD Online and you can have a better Seung Mina for 9.99 USD

 

[Freshmaker]

Wait really?

Edit: Saw the pic on top of page. What?!

People are actually doing it which makes it even more amazing.

 

[Master Thespian]

Hey you can buy Seung Mina for a mere $90 now. That ought to generate some SCVI Tekken 7 RPG mode cash in a hurry.

.

 

[Freshmaker]

Tekken isnt' seen as a single player game like SC apparently is now.

Thinking back on SC2HDO's atrocious MP, I can only assume Namco blew that off simply because they decided nobody gave a toss.

 

[Master Thespian]

Harada said there was going to be more single player and story stuff in Tekken 7. So it gets to be both.

#bitterasfuck

 

[Freshmaker]

Can't wait for more of that barely controllable Tekken Force mode.

 

[Galdelico]

I've recently downloaded the game and played it for a few days...

I had good fun with Tekken Revolution and - even if I could clearly see the huge paywall behind it - I could still enjoy the game to 100% completion and manage to unlock a few cool extra characters (not that I really cared, since my main has always been good old Kazuya). The 5 free coins are still enough for me now, when I feel the itch to play it online that one more time.

That said, I don't really understand Lost Swords... For a single player only affair - even considering the ftp formula - it seriously feels too bland and unrewarding. I keep receiving useless and ugly pieces of 'armour' for Mitsurugi (stuff that it seems to look intentionally stupid on my character), as well as the very same variation of the weapon I already own; on top of that, I only managed to unlock Sophitia, and all the extra characters/outfits that are tied to those cool timed challenges feel completely out of my character's reach... Just too hard.

I'm at the point where I'm wondering: am I missing something? Did I completely fuck up my approach with the game? Or is it really built in a way that requires the players to spend money - a lot of money too, looking at that Mina banner - in the first place, in order to even try and enjoy the game?

 

[R_thanatos]

No, the fault lies within the game. if you want to do something specific , just ..forget about it.

 

[whiteninja]

All this time later I still get ridiculous load times and connection errors. I also reached a point near the end (I think?) where I cant beat a mission thanks to crappy equip drops. I was lucky to get a bikini that somehow has much more def than the junk that keeps dropping for me but I'm still basically using the same sword I started out with.

I hope they make a proper sc game after tekken comes out I cant take this anymore

Spoiler

and bring back sophitia please.

 

[nilbog21]

I used to be 2000-500 on SCIV.. Such a good game, makes me sad to see what happened to the franchise

 

[Skilletor]

I used to be 2000-500 on SCIV.. Such a good game, makes me sad to see what happened to the franchise

It is insane to me that somebody could play 2500 games on that netcode without wanting to eat bricks.

 

[PureYeti]

I've recently downloaded the game and played it for a few days...

I had good fun with Tekken Revolution and - even if I could clearly see the huge paywall behind it - I could still enjoy the game to 100% completion and manage to unlock a few cool extra characters (not that I really cared, since my main has always been good old Kazuya). The 5 free coins are still enough for me now, when I feel the itch to play it online that one more time.

That said, I don't really understand Lost Swords... For a single player only affair - even considering the ftp formula - it seriously feels too bland and unrewarding. I keep receiving useless and ugly pieces of 'armour' for Mitsurugi (stuff that it seems to look intentionally stupid on my character), as well as the very same variation of the weapon I already own; on top of that, I only managed to unlock Sophitia, and all the extra characters/outfits that are tied to those cool timed challenges feel completely out of my character's reach... Just too hard.

I'm at the point where I'm wondering: am I missing something? Did I completely fuck up my approach with the game? Or is it really built in a way that requires the players to spend money - a lot of money too, looking at that Mina banner - in the first place, in order to even try and enjoy the game?

That's normal. My character had to look stupid too at first. You will get better items later on in the quests. Sometimes there will be quests where you can get the original costumes for the characters.

Here's a Google doc what drops what. I think there is another link where it have the pictures somewhere

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AuCFidhZrZjKdE9tVVRVVnB6YXp2Z3Flb3BwZ0EwSEE&usp=sharin

 

[Galdelico]

No, the fault lies within the game. if you want to do something specific , just ..forget about it.

All this time later I still get ridiculous load times and connection errors. I also reached a point near the end (I think?) where I cant beat a mission thanks to crappy equip drops. I was lucky to get a bikini that somehow has much more def than the junk that keeps dropping for me but I'm still basically using the same sword I started out with.

I hope they make a proper sc game after tekken comes out I cant take this anymore

Spoiler

and bring back sophitia please.

Eh, I see. :/
Thank you guys!

That's normal. My character had to look stupid too at first. You will get better items later on in the quests. Sometimes there will be quests where you can get the original costumes for the characters.

Here's a Google doc what drops what. I think there is another link where it have the pictures somewhere

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AuCFidhZrZjKdE9tVVRVVnB6YXp2Z3Flb3BwZ0EwSEE&usp=sharin

Thanks sir, that looks interesting and worth a read before giving up with the game.

 

[Bardiche]

Having to pay $90 to play as Mina shows how far Soul Calibur has fallen.
I've been a Mina fan since the Soul Edge days and I was anticipating for her return but the underwhelming trailer and the price tag to get her is not motivating me to play this game.

 

[Freshmaker]

Having to pay $90 to play as Mina shows how far Soul Calibur has fallen.
I've been a Mina fan since the Soul Edge days and I was anticipating for her return but the underwhelming trailer and the price tag to get her is not motivating me to play this game.

Well, at least Maxi only cost $60.

I hate to admit it, but I did actually go for that simply because I wanted to see how insane he'd play with no brakes. It is pretty funny. Got an obscene wall combo with BBBBBKK x3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnjq1f5eI7k

 

[Creaking]

If it makes anyone feel any better, a few weeks ago, the official SoulCalibur facebook page (the one that posts Lost Swords updates) did indicate in some comments that there was a SoulCalibur VI in development, but that it is not ready to be revealed.

I guess releasing an overpriced mess like Lost Swords is one way of funding a project.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Well, at least Maxi only cost $60.

I hate to admit it, but I did actually go for that simply because I wanted to see how insane he'd play with no brakes. It is pretty funny. Got an obscene wall combo with BBBBBKK x3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnjq1f5eI7k

You paid 60$ for Maxi?

Namco are geniuses.

 

[Freshmaker]

You paid 60$ for Maxi?

Namco are geniuses.

Dunno about that. I think there's a major lack of genius at work here.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Dunno about that. I think there's a major lack of genius at work here.

They made you shell out 60$ for one old character in non multiplayer fighting game.

That's pretty brilliant.

 

[Freshmaker]

They made you shell out 60$ for one old character in non multiplayer fighting game.

That's pretty brilliant.

Well, in a way but I was referring to my purchase.

OTOH, I did get some sweet gear so I could actually equip the character without having to grind for days just to get past the blue hot pants stage.

 

[Nimby]

If it makes anyone feel any better, a few weeks ago, the official SoulCalibur facebook page (the one that posts Lost Swords updates) did indicate in some comments that there was a SoulCalibur VI in development, but that it is not ready to be revealed.

I guess releasing an overpriced mess like Lost Swords is one way of funding a project.

Nitpicking and all, but we've nearly reached CGI levels in terms of graphic this gen, I want to see some good looking character models for SCVI, and the return of Guard Impact.

 

[Sectus]

Namco just released Cassandra. As with Mina, she costs 90 dollars.

So I guess this is actually selling considering they've released characters this way several times?

 

[Creaking]

Namco just released Cassandra. As with Mina, she costs 90 dollars.

So I guess this is actually selling considering they've released characters like way several times?

The whales will fund SCVI.

 

[R_thanatos]

Namco just released Cassandra. As with Mina, she costs 90 dollars.

So I guess this is actually selling considering they've released characters this way several times?

woow , i'm quite surprised ... this project isn't dead ?