Soul Calibur III

[KentaRawr!]

As many of you may know, Namco's Soul Calibur III is just around the corner.

There have been 3 new Characters Announced so far.
Setsuka, who wields an Iai Sword hidden in an umbrella,
Tira, who wields a large Circle-Shaped Blade,
and Zasalamel, who wields a Scyth.


You will also be able to create your own character. It appears that you will be able to do many things to the character you create. Such as Pants, Shirt, Socks, Skin Color, Hair Color, and more.


Also, your Clothing affects your characters personality in some way.


There will also be a "Tales of Soul" mode. Which, apparently, will be rather similar to the Quest Mode found in Soul Blade.

It appears as though that you choose from the Pre-Existing characters (Kilik, Setsuka, Ivy, etc.), and go through their story. Like in Soul Blades Quest Mode.

But, apparently, after each fight, you get to choose between a certain amount of roads.

Also, during Cut-Scenes in this new story mode, there are little Button Combinations that appear in the upper right corner. You press these combinations to change the out-come of the Cut-Scenes.

There will only be 1 ending per character, but there will be many different ways to get to them.


There will also be a "Chronicles of the Sword" Mode, which seems to be similar to a TBS (Turn Based Strategy Game), but when Groups Engage, a regular Team Battle like in earlier Soul Calibur Games will start. The Winners survive, and the losers don't.

Also, it seems that Nightmare will have a different move set than Sigfried in this one.


According to IGN, the next installment in the Soul Calibur series can be expected this October.



Pictures




A User-Created Character remenicent of Marth from the Fire Emblem series.



I must admit, Kilik looks... awesome!




I have NO idea why she is smiling.




Looks like Kilik got pwnd.




Zasalamel, apparently in some sort of demonstration mode similar to the ones found in previous games.




Tira staring at the camera. I must admit, this picture is a little creepy.




Setsuka, and she is about to kill the Camera-Man.




Looks like Talim missed.




The effects around Setsuka are very good, but the effects around Zasalamels Arm are a little off.




Use the force, Kilik!




It appears that Cassandra is dancing.




Balduin, the User-Created Character on the left, is killing Freya, the User-Created Character on the right.




Character Creation.




Ivy killing Nightmare in her own Castle.



Yes, Kilik! Use your Mind to smack Talim in the face.




Cassandra is happy.




A lovely temple.



Movies

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=6496&type=wmv - Character Creation

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=7010&type=wmv - Story Mode

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=5290&type=wmv - Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=6314&type=wmv - Trailer 2

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=6314&type=wmv - 2 People playing Soul Calibur III at E3.



http://ps2.ign.com/articles/640/640025p1.html is where I got all this lovely info!

Soul Calibur III is looking great in my opinion. The Character Creation is also looking really good. But, no online play... it makes me sad...definately a major drawback.


I can create Characters, but I can't show them off to the world!?

>_<

[Erdrick Holmes]

I might look into this only for the perpous of making my own fighter.

[Shivatheiceprincessrules]

That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

[Black Mage]

It does look great and everything.

The only thing I'm worried about is that Namco decided to make Soul Calibur 3 an exclusive to the one system out of the three that had the most slow downs and drops in framerate. And that was with the less impressive looking Soul Calibur 2.

My main concern is how this game will play on the weakest of the three consoles, the Playstation 2.

EDIT: R.I.P. 56k

[crashNUMBERS]

What happened to him there?? It was either Psy or DMKA who was behind him..

[KentaRawr!]

That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

My Favorites are Nightmare and Kilik. At one point I liked Raphael, but I have stopped using him.

It does look great and everything. The only thing I'm worried about is that Namco decided to make Soul Calibur 3 an exclusive to the one system out of the three that had the most slow downs and drops in framerate. And that was with the less impressive looking Soul Calibur 2.

My main concern is how this game will play on the weakest of the three consoles, the Playstation 2.

Hmm, I suppose that is a good point, but as this is the second Soul Calibur game they are making for the Playstation 2, they probably have more experience making games for this system.

Edit: Also, though un-likely, they might still be thinking about Online-Play. If I remember correctly, X-Box Live does not allow you to play with people outside your own country, and the Game-Cube isn't all that great with Online Gaming.

So in this case, the Playstation 2 is the best choice if you are thinking about putting in Online-Play.

[ljkkjlcm9]

I find it funny because they mentioned how they broadened their fan base by having the guest characters like Link on the GC, yet they're only releasing it on Sony's system, that doesn't make sense to me

THE JACKEL

[Mo-Nercy]

That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

Cassandra! The only character that can fight with a "counter-attacking" style (because Sophitia and Lizardman are gone and Heihachi was a one trick pony.)

But she's not suited to everything, so I use Nightmare, Kilik, Raphael, Cervantes and Ivy as well. And I loathe everyone that uses Talim.

It shouldn't surprise you that Namco are only opting for PS exclusivity this time.
1) It simply didn't sell well on XBox and GC.
2) Neither XBox or GC have a controller suitable for fighting games. Takes a lot of getting used to in my experience.

Not that I care, I'm an arcade player and always have been. So I don't really care about online play either. If I want to show off my skills, I'd rather do it to someone's face than through a cable.

[Black Mage]

1) It simply didn't sell well on XBox and GC.

I'm fairly certain the GameCube version sold the most copies.

Source
Source 2

[Rengori]

My favorite SC2 character was Link, but then I sold my GameCube and now it's Kilik.

[DJZen]

I will use this game purely for evil purposes! I shall commence the creation of a new breed of terrible characters not fit for this world!

[Dreddz]

Looks pretty good, The new character look a treat...

[Tidus5]

That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

I kill all with Mitsurugi.

[Dreddz]

That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

Casandra...

[Mirage]

And I loathe everyone that uses Talim.

:(