Soul Calibur 4

Hahah, I will be able to. Whats the release date, 29th?

Archibaldo wrote:So apparently Darth Vader is exclusive to the PS3 and Yoda is exclusive to the 360.

This just really pisses me off that I won't be able to play as Darth Vader.

I could really care less about the Star Wars characters, though. Taki, Setsuka, and Lizardman is where it's at.

And yes, release date is the 29th.

I saw the video of Yoda & Darth Vader today too. I'm not surprised by that. However I still like the PS3 for its D-Pad better for the game. But I could live with the Analog now that I think about it. But I'm not planning on picking up the game till the price drops or I get much more money to spend on games.

I've always been a fan of Kilik. I like staffs. Big, long, hard ones.

I also like cocks.

I should probably go to sleep.

Vader better be downloadable. I'll be picking up this game on tuesday when it comes out. If they don't run out of stock.

No store that deals specifically with video games will be out of stock. My mall has two Gamestops and both had shelves full of Brawl when it came out, and they were still full a week later.

I don't give a damn about the Star Wars characters. Been using Siegfried since forever (well, except for Nightmare in SC2, but only because Siegfried wasn't an option) and I don't intend to stop any time soon.

My only problem is that I'm going to have to pick up another arcade stick now, Because the d-pad on the 360 controller sucks hard.

People who claim they are good with Nightmare piss me off. Everybody is good with Nightmare. It's easy when he's such a cheap character. In SC2 he had one move that could knock you down and before you could get back up or roll out of the way he would be able to use the same move over and over again.

Archibaldo wrote:People who claim they are good with Nightmare piss me off. Everybody is good with Nightmare. It's easy when he's such a cheap character. In SC2 he had one move that could knock you down and before you could get back up or roll out of the way he would be able to use the same move over and over again.

That's why when you play with friends you have a "2X Rule" which means: You can only use the same move/combo in succession twice or I get to punch you in the nose. Because I believe at least half of the characters in SC2 had a move/combo that could be done over and over without being stopped.

SC2 is an angry game, which means I get very angry while playing it esp with others.

I havn't played any other SC games but I certainly would love to check ok SC4 someday.

SUCCESSOR wrote:That's why when you play with friends you have a "2X Rule" which means: You can only use the same move/combo in succession twice or I get to punch you in the nose. Because I believe at least half of the characters in SC2 had a move/combo that could be done over and over without being stopped.

SC2 is an angry game, which means I get very angry while playing it esp with others.

I havn't played any other SC games but I certainly would love to check ok SC4 someday.

I've actually thrown controllers at my friends during fighting games. And my brother and I got into a mega fist fight because of a James Bond game.

But that 2X rule sounds like a good idea.

One day to go!

Yes it greatly decreases bloodshed.

Personally, I'll still be using Siggy and Sueng Mina.
Unless the Kunai weapon is there. That's my fav custom.

chao-hellsing wrote:
Unless the Kunai weapon is there. That's my fav custom.

And apparently, you can play dress-up with the main characters. What's funny, is that if you remove Ivy's top from her default outfit, she actually has more clothing covering her chest.

Man that sucks. I could beat anybody with the kunai.

Oh well.

Making up rules just shows your inability to play the game. Sure some games have cheap tactics, but rarely does a game actually give you no chance at all. I remember friends complaining in Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat about "pinning them in the corner". In reality, they sucked so bad it was easy to beat their ass into the corner and keep them there. It's not MY fault they suck. Had I been playing the Computer AI it could have easily gotten out of the situation or avoided it entirely. But I guess if you and the person you are playing agree then whatever.

Well the beating of people didn't last. I don't use cheap tricks in games. I guess I wasn't quite clear.

Still you have to admit, having all those extra weapon styles made the game more fun.

MottZilla wrote:Making up rules just shows your inability to play the game. Sure some games have cheap tactics, but rarely does a game actually give you no chance at all. I remember friends complaining in Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat about "pinning them in the corner". In reality, they sucked so bad it was easy to beat their ass into the corner and keep them there. It's not MY fault they suck. Had I been playing the Computer AI it could have easily gotten out of the situation or avoided it entirely. But I guess if you and the person you are playing agree then whatever.

No see if you use the same move or combo over and over again and nothing else because of it's ease and that it is (almost) impossible to block, YOU SUCK. Simple as that.

I confess, I know absolutely nothing about the Soul Calibur series, but if that is true, then it's a major game fault and I don't understand how the hell it could get as popular as it is, being so flawed. It's highly likely that I know nothing of what I speak, but in my personal experience, most of the time, when people complain about "exploits" in a game, it's because they suck (no offense intended).

I mean, going back to Doom, people to this day complain about the BFG, but the honest truth is, it takes a helluva lot of skill to use the damn thing, because as soon as people know you've got it, they're gonna be gunning for you, and it takes a damn long time to fire. Fact is, a noob given a BFG will score no more frags with it than he will with any other weapon. Or take deathmatch in Half-Life 2 - at the very start, people endlessly complained about how unbalanced the gravity gun was. However, the fact is that, while powerful, projectiles fired with the gravity gun travel slowly enough to be easily dodged, or even caught and fired back at the attacker. As a result, in a few short weeks, the "issue" of the unbalanced gravity gun quickly faded as players grew in skill.

rock_nog wrote:...in my personal experience, most of the time, when people complain about "exploits" in a game, it's because they suck (no offense intended).

This is true. One of the most common things newcomers to Soul Calibur complain about is Raphael's 6BBB series. It's easy to see coming, and it's extremely easy to GI, but new players always seem to have a really hard time with it. As a result, you inevitably see many people either bitching about the attack, or playing as Raphael and doing nothing but spam said attack.

Sooner or later, these people either learn enough to progress to a higher level of play, or quit.

Exactly. If you can do the same cheap move over and over again, it's the NOOB's fault. The computer AI would not be beaten so easily. If the AI can get out of button mashing/cheap moves, then you can too.

Mott, your post reminds me of when I used to play MvsC2 in the arcade and people would be cheap with people like Cable and Cyclops, and just use the beam hyper moves - I think you know what I mean. I love it though, because I tear them apart with little ol' Stryder and his weak defense. (one beam hyper move would nearly kill him if you're not careful)

MottZilla wrote:Exactly. If you can do the same cheap move over and over again, it's the NOOB's fault. The computer AI would not be beaten so easily. If the AI can get out of button mashing/cheap moves, then you can too.

The computer AI can be beaten doing it. I've done it. It wasn't with Raphael (I never could use him) and I don't remember who I used as it has been at years since I played, but with at least three characters you can trap the AI with spam attacks even at the most difficult setting. At least half the characters can be used to "spam attack" making it so you had to be a significantly better player to get out of it. Such things make it difficult for a new player to get any good unless he/she has a chance to play alone or with someone who is not a moron.

I know a lot of you have no social life and thus have no problem with this.

Well if you can indeed trap anyone with the same attack over and over, that's a game design fault. If all you have to do it knock them down once or whatever and just keep hitting the same button that's definitely a design fault. But most fighters that are popular don't have such faults.

According to the IGN Review, Yoda seems to be really overpowered. I'm kinda upset about that, but I don't suppose it'll make a big difference as I'll be getting the PS3 version anyway. Also Hilde is supposed to be really fun. I'm looking forward to the new Character Creation mode as well. I tend to have a lot of fun making copies of my friends and in the game and pitting them against each other.

Zank_Tripper wrote:According to the IGN Review, Yoda seems to be really overpowered. I'm kinda upset about that, but I don't suppose it'll make a big difference as I'll be getting the PS3 version anyway. Also Hilde is supposed to be really fun. I'm looking forward to the new Character Creation mode as well. I tend to have a lot of fun making copies of my friends and in the game and pitting them against each other.

You may have some issues...

Hey, that's not all that I've done. In Soul Calibur 3 I created Ghandi, Albert Einstein, Adolf Hitler, Jesus, and the Pope as well. There's nothing better than watching Jesus lay the smackdown on Ghandi or vice-versa.

As I know Zank Tripper in real life, and have played his copy of Soul Caliber, I can vouch for the rather disturbing level of accuracy of his character creations.

There's nothing quite like watching Albert Einstein beat the shit out of Jesus with a pair of nun chucks.

I've been playing with Yoda mostly and he's not that over powered. He's got this force shield thing but it's hard to use, the timing needs to be more than perfect. Like down to the mili-second. And characters like Kilik and Astaroth dominate him due to the reach of their weapons. I've been practicing with him hardcore because he's awesome, but his small size doesn't help him very well. The Apprentice isn't too bad either.

I nearly bought it today, but I decided not to as I only have one PS3 controller. If I were to buy both, I would have to spend around $110 which I'm not comfortable with spending at the moment. Maybe some other time.

Until then, I'll just have to be content with playing more Metal Gear Solid 4 😊

Couldn't you get a wired controller or something? It is stunning how much controllers cost these days compared to the old days. And now they're all made in china, and yet they still cost more...