Turn Your Voice Into The New Game.
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Hotaru99
[10] Knight
My main wishes for Soul Calibur V are, as everyone else said, balance of play, so that everyone feels that the game is fair. Ease of play is also important though, personally I find the system used in 4 is very good, easily understood but hard to master and with some tweaking should be just fine in 5.
You'll hear a lot of hate for Custom Characters, but I speak for those that absolutely love this part of 4. Its the main reason many of the more casual fans still play that game. I love how you can use the main character's outfits in Character Creation for Broken Destiny and would love to see that appear in 5, and though the wardrobe is big, bigger is always better. I also loved the "elf ears" in BD, so maybe the option to have heads with elf, cat and other unique ears and facial features would be nice (so they don't get broken off of course). And speaking of broken off, lessening damage to the point where the clothes are torn up would be nicer than them simply shattering off, as some outfits used for 2p normal characters do. Personally I'd love to see adjustable height and age but after reading and talking here, I can see how that would cause hitbox problems without something creative. Perhaps a few weapon styles not used on main characters especially made for very short or very big custom characters, or a "size ranking" based on height class that would let a character of a certain height only use a range of weapon styles that are close enough not to cause as much problem.
As for single player, I'd love to see a return of the old story driven quest modes from older SC games instead of the tower mode. And also removal of the whole "special" armor stats and the like and returning to basing all that around only the weapon. I only bothered with the Tower mode of 4 enough to earn a few achievements and I found unlocking all the armor parts through battle honors was much easier than even finishing the tower mode once. And make sure to include a good story mode for the normal characters, peppered with "real time" story moments between important rounds or events. Hate to quote another company's game, but see Blazblue for examples of really good story modes.
I really love SC4, its the game I play most often on LIVE, and have been looking forward to 5 for a long time, so thank you all so much for making it and taking the time to listen to the fans. With everyone's imput and fair balance, I'm sure this can be the best Soul Calibur ever made.
You'll hear a lot of hate for Custom Characters, but I speak for those that absolutely love this part of 4. Its the main reason many of the more casual fans still play that game. I love how you can use the main character's outfits in Character Creation for Broken Destiny and would love to see that appear in 5, and though the wardrobe is big, bigger is always better. I also loved the "elf ears" in BD, so maybe the option to have heads with elf, cat and other unique ears and facial features would be nice (so they don't get broken off of course). And speaking of broken off, lessening damage to the point where the clothes are torn up would be nicer than them simply shattering off, as some outfits used for 2p normal characters do. Personally I'd love to see adjustable height and age but after reading and talking here, I can see how that would cause hitbox problems without something creative. Perhaps a few weapon styles not used on main characters especially made for very short or very big custom characters, or a "size ranking" based on height class that would let a character of a certain height only use a range of weapon styles that are close enough not to cause as much problem.
As for single player, I'd love to see a return of the old story driven quest modes from older SC games instead of the tower mode. And also removal of the whole "special" armor stats and the like and returning to basing all that around only the weapon. I only bothered with the Tower mode of 4 enough to earn a few achievements and I found unlocking all the armor parts through battle honors was much easier than even finishing the tower mode once. And make sure to include a good story mode for the normal characters, peppered with "real time" story moments between important rounds or events. Hate to quote another company's game, but see Blazblue for examples of really good story modes.
I really love SC4, its the game I play most often on LIVE, and have been looking forward to 5 for a long time, so thank you all so much for making it and taking the time to listen to the fans. With everyone's imput and fair balance, I'm sure this can be the best Soul Calibur ever made.
Kamiaka
[09] Warrior
Here's my wishlist in short:
*Balance, balance, balance
*Make it cool to watch (seeing an insane "charge cancel combo" instead of a "critical finish" f,ex)
*Create characters that represent the following weapons: "Lance", "Steel Fan", "Dual Kunai" and "Sickle"
*Make sure the existing roster remains (excluding bonus, guest chars)
*Make sure Li Long (dual nunchuck) and Dampierre is in)
*Increase the speed to SC3:AE levels
*Steal the training mode from Virtua Fighter 5
*Much better netcode
*Steal the Starcraft 2 replay system
*Steal the Dead or Alive 3 "watch mode"
*Be active in the tournament scene by sponsoring pricemoney - make the pricemoney reach starcraft 2 levels (35 000$ price pools f.ex.)
*If its technically possible - make ranked battle mean a damned, like in starcraft 2, where ranked means everything(u get invited to tournaments, clans, sponsorship deals etc.). Right now, online play is'nt representative of offline play
at all (we all know that).
*Dont fix what isnt broken, make tiny adjustments to make everything balanced
*Dont go too crazy, focus on whats important so we dont have to wait too long for the game to hit stores.
*Copy Eve-Online char creation:
That is all, and thanx for reaching out, Filthyrich!
*Balance, balance, balance
*Make it cool to watch (seeing an insane "charge cancel combo" instead of a "critical finish" f,ex)
*Create characters that represent the following weapons: "Lance", "Steel Fan", "Dual Kunai" and "Sickle"
*Make sure the existing roster remains (excluding bonus, guest chars)
*Make sure Li Long (dual nunchuck) and Dampierre is in)
*Increase the speed to SC3:AE levels
*Steal the training mode from Virtua Fighter 5
*Much better netcode
*Steal the Starcraft 2 replay system
*Steal the Dead or Alive 3 "watch mode"
*Be active in the tournament scene by sponsoring pricemoney - make the pricemoney reach starcraft 2 levels (35 000$ price pools f.ex.)
*If its technically possible - make ranked battle mean a damned, like in starcraft 2, where ranked means everything(u get invited to tournaments, clans, sponsorship deals etc.). Right now, online play is'nt representative of offline play
at all (we all know that).
*Dont fix what isnt broken, make tiny adjustments to make everything balanced
*Dont go too crazy, focus on whats important so we dont have to wait too long for the game to hit stores.
*Copy Eve-Online char creation:
That is all, and thanx for reaching out, Filthyrich!
Donsteel
[10] Knight
I am a HUGE SOUL CALIBUR FAN, and though I still play SC4 to this day, I really think you have a huge opportunity to step it up a bit! So here are my 2 cents, and hopefully it's something you really take to heart in making SC5. Though I think people have valid opinions about the gameplay, and the online stuff, I feel like there are more important issues, so like the Joker once said,
AND HERE WE............ GO:
1. STORY STORY STORY! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STORY MODE?
- The thing first drew me into the Soul Calibur series was the amazing looking Characters, but right after that was the story! Soul Caliubur 1 - 3 (ESPECIALLY 3) really created this WORLD for you to jump right into. I loved story of the 2 swords and even the supporting characters like Olcadan. We want these characters that we play to have a REAL PATH to go down, backstories, rivalries with other characters, and so on. PLEASE DONT CHEAPEN THE STORY MODE FOR THE SAKE OF ONLINE PLAY.
2. CREATIVE STAGES
- The Stages in SC4 were almost laughable. Again, I have to go back to SC3 on this one. SC3 had incredible backgrounds that added so much to the gaming experience!! And EVERY CHARACTER had their own stage!
- Cassandra fighting in a burning building!
- Cervantes fighting a rocking ship in the middle of a storm!
- Raphael fighting while a CIVIL REBELLION is going on in the background!
Things like that made the game such a step beyond other fighting games. It made it fun while pulling you away into a different world. How about less RING OUT stages and clones of the same stage over and over and really think about giving every character a stage that is UNIQUE TO THEM! And even giving that character an advantage to fighting in his own stage!
3. REAL NEW CHARACTERS AND WEAPONS
- I REALLY HATED THE ADDITION OF THE STAR WARS CHARACTERS!!! ESPECIALLY YODA!!! They just added nothing to the SC4 experience. Not even in gameplay. And the clones like Shura, Ashlotte, and the others were a waste also. ALGOG was good in theory but he is a cheap character who has no real presence in the game. Give us something really NEW! New characters that add to the STORY and the other Characters in the game. And another SC3 had was new weapons for the create a fighter mode. Weapons like Blade fans and others that even the regular characters didnt have. Please give us more weapons to play with. Also there are some characters who i feel should not return cause their story should have been over like Rock, Yoshimitsu, Sophitia, and lizardman to name a few. I say, keep there weapons and fighting styles, but these characters can be retired now.
4. CREATED CHARACTERS
- I dont have much to say on this other than if its possible, give us more customization options. I would love to be able to create a short and fat fighter just because it would be different. And different racial features to be able to create any nationality i want. To be able to adjust the breast size or the muscle size. Just give us more options.
5. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, NO MORE TOWER OF SOULS!
- This took away a great deal from the game. And i cant think of anyone who enjoyed this mode.
6. ONLINE
- One thing that really pissed off a lot of players online was players who would sit and wait and kill time for you to pick your player so they could then pick theres. PLease change this! I think a better way to fix this is that NO ONE CAN SEE WHO YOU PICK UNTIL ITS TIME TO FIGHT. Also,........ Please make the selection time shorter, like mayber 10 seconds instead of 20. This will also waste less time for people.
- Also, i hate that people can just quit cause they are getting beaten. Please take away this option. A player should no longer be able to hit the start button and quit cause they are losing a fight.
7. LETS MAKE THINGS FAIR
- Please balance out the characters. Maxi, Hilde, and Asteroth can be really cheap characters. Please make the game play for these characters more "realistic". Some characters will be faster and some stronger, but at least give them a reasonable weakness to go along with the strengths. BALANCE!
8. GUEST CHARACTERS
- If you are going to add guest characters, please just add the ones the will add something to SC Universe. Like Kratos, or EZIO from assassins creed. Characters that could actually fit into the SC World and makes sense why they are there.
Anyway, these were just a few things that i think would be welcome additions to the SC5, I hope you really consider using them!!!
AND HERE WE............ GO:
1. STORY STORY STORY! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STORY MODE?
- The thing first drew me into the Soul Calibur series was the amazing looking Characters, but right after that was the story! Soul Caliubur 1 - 3 (ESPECIALLY 3) really created this WORLD for you to jump right into. I loved story of the 2 swords and even the supporting characters like Olcadan. We want these characters that we play to have a REAL PATH to go down, backstories, rivalries with other characters, and so on. PLEASE DONT CHEAPEN THE STORY MODE FOR THE SAKE OF ONLINE PLAY.
2. CREATIVE STAGES
- The Stages in SC4 were almost laughable. Again, I have to go back to SC3 on this one. SC3 had incredible backgrounds that added so much to the gaming experience!! And EVERY CHARACTER had their own stage!
- Cassandra fighting in a burning building!
- Cervantes fighting a rocking ship in the middle of a storm!
- Raphael fighting while a CIVIL REBELLION is going on in the background!
Things like that made the game such a step beyond other fighting games. It made it fun while pulling you away into a different world. How about less RING OUT stages and clones of the same stage over and over and really think about giving every character a stage that is UNIQUE TO THEM! And even giving that character an advantage to fighting in his own stage!
3. REAL NEW CHARACTERS AND WEAPONS
- I REALLY HATED THE ADDITION OF THE STAR WARS CHARACTERS!!! ESPECIALLY YODA!!! They just added nothing to the SC4 experience. Not even in gameplay. And the clones like Shura, Ashlotte, and the others were a waste also. ALGOG was good in theory but he is a cheap character who has no real presence in the game. Give us something really NEW! New characters that add to the STORY and the other Characters in the game. And another SC3 had was new weapons for the create a fighter mode. Weapons like Blade fans and others that even the regular characters didnt have. Please give us more weapons to play with. Also there are some characters who i feel should not return cause their story should have been over like Rock, Yoshimitsu, Sophitia, and lizardman to name a few. I say, keep there weapons and fighting styles, but these characters can be retired now.
4. CREATED CHARACTERS
- I dont have much to say on this other than if its possible, give us more customization options. I would love to be able to create a short and fat fighter just because it would be different. And different racial features to be able to create any nationality i want. To be able to adjust the breast size or the muscle size. Just give us more options.
5. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, NO MORE TOWER OF SOULS!
- This took away a great deal from the game. And i cant think of anyone who enjoyed this mode.
6. ONLINE
- One thing that really pissed off a lot of players online was players who would sit and wait and kill time for you to pick your player so they could then pick theres. PLease change this! I think a better way to fix this is that NO ONE CAN SEE WHO YOU PICK UNTIL ITS TIME TO FIGHT. Also,........ Please make the selection time shorter, like mayber 10 seconds instead of 20. This will also waste less time for people.
- Also, i hate that people can just quit cause they are getting beaten. Please take away this option. A player should no longer be able to hit the start button and quit cause they are losing a fight.
7. LETS MAKE THINGS FAIR
- Please balance out the characters. Maxi, Hilde, and Asteroth can be really cheap characters. Please make the game play for these characters more "realistic". Some characters will be faster and some stronger, but at least give them a reasonable weakness to go along with the strengths. BALANCE!
8. GUEST CHARACTERS
- If you are going to add guest characters, please just add the ones the will add something to SC Universe. Like Kratos, or EZIO from assassins creed. Characters that could actually fit into the SC World and makes sense why they are there.
Anyway, these were just a few things that i think would be welcome additions to the SC5, I hope you really consider using them!!!