17 years into the future and Patroclus as the main character. Soul Calibur V not looking cool.

[Theo Rob]

Stop looking too deep into it

look at the tits instead, that's where the dev's effort goes.

focus on the tits? isn't that dead or alive's idea?

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

- Gameplay depth (It was deep enough in IV, however. It could always be better)

Play the very first Soul Calibur if you get the chance, we'll talk again then. ;D

And Theo Rob, that used to be DoA's thing, but starting with SCIII, Namco decided they'd try that too!

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Implying you wouldn't want to see an old Grizzled Mitsurugi still kicking ass and taking names with White hair and more scars.
I think he and a few others will be fine.
Characters like Astaroth and Yoshimitsu are pretty much still in because they don't age, but i feel this is a good chance to start fresh with new characters, before the old character's wardrobes and movesets get reduced even more.
Yes the wardrobe bit is what pisses me off the most.

Oh hell, that wasn't the implication. The implication is that the only person out of my main three is old man Mitsurugi, because I've never seen a woman over 40 in this game, so Taki and Seung Mina probably won't make it. That angers me, since I've been playing them since SC I.

I remember playing SCI recently and being like "holy crap, I can use Taki perfectly! She's basically identical to the SCII version!" which was comforting.

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I honestly don't care about the story of Soul Calibur. What I do care about however:

-Faster gameplay like in III. IV was too slow.
-Get rid of the stats for character customization and made it so we could make our character look however we wanted without screwing us over.
-Bring back the jobs for character customization rather than only choosing the canon characters weapons. I want my wave swords, God dammit!
-Have Sophitia or someone with Sophitia's moveset (she's my main).

That's really the most important things for me. Although, I would like to see another Chronicles of the Sword mode. That was actually pretty fun.

 

[Gigaguy64]

Implying you wouldn't want to see an old Grizzled Mitsurugi still kicking ass and taking names with White hair and more scars.
I think he and a few others will be fine.
Characters like Astaroth and Yoshimitsu are pretty much still in because they don't age, but i feel this is a good chance to start fresh with new characters, before the old character's wardrobes and movesets get reduced even more.
Yes the wardrobe bit is what pisses me off the most.

Oh hell, that wasn't the implication. The implication is that the only person out of my main three is old man Mitsurugi, because I've never seen a woman over 40 in this game, so Taki and Seung Mina probably won't make it. That angers me, since I've been playing them since SC I.

I remember playing SCI recently and being like "holy crap, I can use Taki perfectly! She's basically identical to the SCII version!" which was comforting.

Eh you never know.
We might get a suprise.
I could see a older Taki or Cassandra fit pretty well.

 

[Free Thinker]

As long as the game has responsive and excellent controls, amazing customization, and no more broken guest fighters, I'm happy. I got 4 on the 360 and Yoda was broken as hell! You can't hit with horizontal attacks unless he's already in air. Who seriously thought that was a good idea? I would've rather had Mace Windu or Obi Wan. Anyway, as long as it has the above points, I'm a happy bastard.

 

[Argonian alchemist]

- Gameplay depth (It was deep enough in IV, however. It could always be better)

Play the very first Soul Calibur if you get the chance, we'll talk again then. ;D

And Theo Rob, that used to be DoA's thing, but starting with SCIII, Namco decided they'd try that too!

Dude... I've played through all the games...

So, what is it you'd like to talk about then? hmmm...?

 

[Tanis]

Am I the only person wondering how big Ivy's boobs are going to get?

 

[Drunkbot]

I keep hoping they'll bring back Hwang, somehow. Replacement boy (I refuse to learn his name) is a very bad version of Hwang for me. I wish Seung Mina's dad was an unlockable character again, but I doubt that will happen.

So... 17 years in the future? I think Amy was 14 in 4, so she will be 31, I will get to find out if she and Raphael are vampires or not based on how they have aged

 

[Dejawesp]

Am I the only person wondering how big Ivy's boobs are going to get?

I'm hoping the current trend will continue.

 

[Caligulust]

I'd be looking forward to it a bit more if they combined the character customization from III and IV, then had a challenge or adventure mode similar to II. It wasn't nearly as entertaining making characters in IV.

 

[Tallim]

They wrecked move buffering in SCIV which heavily undermined the flow of the game. I hope they put it back for 5.

 

[Toriver]

I honestly don't care about the story of Soul Calibur. What I do care about however:

-Faster gameplay like in III. IV was too slow.
-Get rid of the stats for character customization and made it so we could make our character look however we wanted without screwing us over.
-Bring back the jobs for character customization rather than only choosing the canon characters weapons. I want my wave swords, God dammit!
-Have Sophitia or someone with Sophitia's moveset (she's my main).

That's really the most important things for me. Although, I would like to see another Chronicles of the Sword mode. That was actually pretty fun.

This right here covers it for me, too. I mentioned most of this in the announcement thread as well. Though I would rather have Weapon Master mode from II than Chronicles of the Sword.

Sophitia's always been my main, too. If they scrap her, I hope like hell they put in someone else with her moveset. Nothing like launching someone 30 feet in the air with a shortsword!

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

- Gameplay depth (It was deep enough in IV, however. It could always be better)

Play the very first Soul Calibur if you get the chance, we'll talk again then. ;D

And Theo Rob, that used to be DoA's thing, but starting with SCIII, Namco decided they'd try that too!

Dude... I've played through all the games...

So, what is it you'd like to talk about then? hmmm...?

Then surely you must've noticed how with each Soul Calibur after the first the roster became more and more unbalanced, command inputs got needlessly switched around and the aesthetics of the game drifted closer and closer to those of Dead or Alive? So on several layers the franchise has only become more shallow as time went on.

 

[ozium]

I was really exited when I heard Soul Calibur 5 was officially anounced but after reading some information about it, I was let down. My main problem is that it takes place 17 years after the events of Soul Calibur IV. This puts almost all Soul Calibur characters in their 40's. Seriously man, Taki is my main character and a 46 year old version of her is just uncool. Another thing that's really bugging me is that the main character is Patroclus. Nobody cares about him. Sigfried was cools as the main character. At least with Sigfried, the blonde hair was believable. I dont think the gaming industry needs 1950's aryanist depictions of mediterranean people. I hope they change this because this has really put me and pretty much everyone else I know off the game.

My three mains (I know it's weird to have more than one) are Seung Mina, Taki, and Mitsurugi. I'm pretty much fucked. As you know, Mitsurugi and Taki are both 29 in SCIV, and Seung is 23. I guarantee you they won't even put a woman in her 40s into this game, so I'm only going to be using old Mitsurugi.

That being said, I've been a little distant from the series since SCIII. II was the best one, the three characters I mentioned were basically perfect.

I mean Kilik is a MOVESET CLONE of Seung Mina! And they change Seung Mina's moveset? Piss off.

And random question: You wouldn't happen to be Mediterranean would you? I'm just curious.

I am Mediterraenean. And knowing how people of my region look, it seems really awkward seeing characters like Sophitia.

 

[ozium]

I am Mediterraenean. And knowing how people of my region look, it seems really awkward seeing characters like Sophitia.

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

I'm pretty sure your average Japanese chick isn't blessed with a bust like Taki's either. "Artistic license" it's called.

 

[LazyD]

Why would Namco do this? Do they want to attract new fans to the series? I find this very unfair to the fans who have been playing since the first game.

Even if SC V becomes the best SC game since the first, it will be sad to lose many of the original characters. I'm assuming there will be more new characters compared to the original ones otherwise there would be no point in setting the game in a different time period.

As someone who mains with Ivy, I am distraught. She's pretty much guaranteed NOT to be in SC V and I don't want some 'template character' to replace her. After more than a decade of playing SC, I've become attatched to the characters and find Namco's decision inexplicable. They should take a look at the latest Mortal Kombat for help on 'rebooting' a franchise.