Is it April yet?! (Darth Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur 4, what the fuck?!) - Page 3

Krylo · 01-09-2008, 10:25 PM

This would be cool--if they weren't going to write in some retardiculous backstory in for them or make them part of the story line at all in anyway shape or form. Just a silly thing to unlock.

However, I fear they WILL try to write them in somehow, and then I'll have no respect left for the SoulCalibur universe at all. You can't have dramatic backstory and a fleshed out world for a fighting game and then just throw in completely nonsensical crossovers.

This would be better suited to Brawl or something else where the game doesn't try to take itself seriously. As it is it's just way too much of a break from the normal feel of the game.

Plus--I don't think I'll ever be able to wrap my mind around parrying a beam of superheated plasma with a sword. That's just stupid.

Tendronai · 01-09-2008, 10:33 PM

I don't think it'd be possible to adequately write Vader in and then explain why he's fighting instead of just Force Choking anyone who gets in his way.

01d55 · 01-09-2008, 10:35 PM

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However, I fear they WILL try to write them in somehow, and then I'll have no respect left for the SoulCalibur universe at all. You can't have dramatic backstory and a fleshed out world for a fighting game and then just throw in completely nonsensical crossovers.

That's what they did when Link was in it. I dunno if they wrote spawn a story, but probably so.
I stopped taking Soul Calibur seriously when they decided that more breasts and less clothes was a good artistic direction for Ivy.

Tendronai · 01-09-2008, 11:09 PM

So, new update from 1up, same page...

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5:30 Update: According to Namco Bandai's press materials for the game, Vader will be in the PS3 version and Yoda will be in the Xbox 360 version. You know, because PlayStation is black and Xbox is green.

So we won't have a flat-out lightsaber duel in the game, which is probably for the best. Regulus is also proven right after a mere five hours.

Krylo · 01-09-2008, 11:13 PM

The Link/Spawn/WhazzisnamefromTekken thing was SLIGHTLY less retarded, though, because Link and Whazzisname at least fit into a fantasy world and Spawn could if they didn't let him use modern weapons (I'm not sure if they did or not).

But Vader and Yoda with their high technology mumbo jumbo fightin' Siegfried or Matsumoto? It's just looks ridiculous. I mean, Yoda looks cool by himself, and Vader looks cool by himself within the confines of the game, but once they start fighting other people the anachronism of the whole thing just kicks me in the teeth like a snap kick from a pissed off Bruce Lee.

It wasn't such a hard blow to see Link fighting. Still silly and ridiculous, but not quite AS bad.

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that more breasts and less clothes was a good artistic direction for Ivy.

Ivy, SC1

Ivy, SC2

Ivy, SC3

So, ok, yeah, her breasts MIGHT BE a very tiny bit bigger now (I honestly can't tell, it kinda looks like it from the frontal shot of the SC1 Ivy, but the side shots make them look about the same, so I think it's just perspective), but she's wearing about the same amount of clothing. If anything a little more 'cause instead of her stomach being mostly exposed it's got mesh over it now.

Though I'll admit, Ivy's NEW costume is pretty damn nude, but I can't say I oppose that.

...What? She's hot! For a computer model.

Chipper173 · 01-09-2008, 11:43 PM

This is the best thing.

Krylo, the Soul Calibur story was already so ridiculous I never took it seriously anyway. It was just an excuse for my brother and I to kill each other in a fighting game.

neyo the king · 01-09-2008, 11:54 PM

Since when did the story in a fighting game have to make sense, anyway?

I mean, it's a fighting game. The premise is you beat other people up.

That being said, I now have another game to add to my growing list of reasons to buy an Xbox 360 (as if it wasn't on there before...)

Krylo · 01-09-2008, 11:59 PM

Well, like I said, everytime I see Vader's glowy lights on the backdrop of the Soul Calibur world, or whenever I see a lightsaber come into contact with steel and stop it makes me cringe.

A lot.

You can only break logic so much before it just gets stupid.

Also: The SC storyline is a mite better than most fighting game story lines--which basically come down to 'there's a giant fighting event hosted by an evil guy who is somehow using the tournament to do evil, even though a fighting tournament is like the most ineffectual way to be evil EVER'.

I'd probably feel better about it if I gave a damn about multiplayer, but, honestly, the only people I have around that I can play fighting games with, can't play fighting games worth shit, so it's just not any fun for either of us after about the fifth victory I get. And hell, I'm not even very good.

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The premise is you beat other people up.

How is that different than like ninety percent of every game ever?

Bob The Mercenary · 01-10-2008, 12:06 AM

Maybe they could make vibroblades their weapons of choice and keep lightsabers as their joke weapons like in SC2. It would make somewhat more sense, though it still leaves me wondering what their other unlockable weapons might be.

Bells · 01-10-2008, 12:12 AM

It's different because in this one we get Vader dashing a Lightsaber onto Ivys body and not RIPPING IT APART

I mean, she barelly has any clothes on!

And yet, her body is as firm as an Armor

01-09-2008, 10:25 PM	#21
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	This would be cool--if they weren't going to write in some retardiculous backstory in for them or make them part of the story line at all in anyway shape or form. Just a silly thing to unlock. However, I fear they WILL try to write them in somehow, and then I'll have no respect left for the SoulCalibur universe at all. You can't have dramatic backstory and a fleshed out world for a fighting game and then just throw in completely nonsensical crossovers. This would be better suited to Brawl or something else where the game doesn't try to take itself seriously. As it is it's just way too much of a break from the normal feel of the game. Plus--I don't think I'll ever be able to wrap my mind around parrying a beam of superheated plasma with a sword. That's just stupid. __________________ I am very tired.

01-09-2008, 10:33 PM	#22
Tendronai I will crush your economy. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Magical mystical land of Canada. Posts: 1,364	I don't think it'd be possible to adequately write Vader in and then explain why he's fighting instead of just Force Choking anyone who gets in his way. __________________ Give me your wallet before I destroy you, mortal.

01-09-2008, 11:54 PM	#27
neyo the king Dr. Ivo Robotnik Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mobius Posts: 674	Since when did the story in a fighting game have to make sense, anyway? I mean, it's a fighting game. The premise is you beat other people up. That being said, I now have another game to add to my growing list of reasons to buy an Xbox 360 (as if it wasn't on there before...) __________________ I am Doctor Ivo Robotnik, the greatest scientific genius in the universe! ~"Where There's Smoke, They Pinch Back."~

01-10-2008, 12:06 AM	#29
Bob The Mercenary Bob Dole Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bob Dole Posts: 5,606	Maybe they could make vibroblades their weapons of choice and keep lightsabers as their joke weapons like in SC2. It would make somewhat more sense, though it still leaves me wondering what their other unlockable weapons might be. __________________ Bob Dole

01-10-2008, 12:12 AM	#30
Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	It's different because in this one we get Vader dashing a Lightsaber onto Ivys body and not RIPPING IT APART I mean, she barelly has any clothes on! And yet, her body is as firm as an Armor __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

01-09-2008, 11:43 PM	#26
Chipper173 Grandma threw away my animes Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hang a left at the deli. Posts: 858	This is the best thing. Krylo, the Soul Calibur story was already so ridiculous I never took it seriously anyway. It was just an excuse for my brother and I to kill each other in a fighting game.