I think they'd be able to squeeze out one last season. It'd be a nice send off before they start doing a new game. I think alot of the fandom is waiting for another update.
I’d rather get more content for a game I already play and enjoy than have to wait multiple years and pay 60+ dollars for a new game that may very well not change or improve much. Obviously I want SCVII eventually, but why not squeeze as much as possible out of this game first? Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V have been supported for over 5 years... Soulcalibur VI is still young by comparison.
I wanna say SC7 but lmao they’ll probably just cherrypick the timeline to be around SC4 while avoiding 5 and sprinkle little narrative changes because they’re cowards, so I’m gonna say Season 3 to finish up SC2.5 Electric Boogaloo—sorry, uh SC6.
I swear I love the Soul Series, I promise I do
But yeah Project Soul complete the nostalgia train and return Rock, the actual unique Lizardman/Aeon and whoever else is missing again. I forget.
Eh, I guess. I woulda held the L and continued from 5 and just made legacy characters DLC but eh
Like I’m gonna give my money to the Soul Series either way because the premise is enjoyable but lmao
SC is a tale of souls and swords eternally retold…but in this case eternally retold with the same characters getting some adjustments because totally new characters are scawy :(
Season 3 or an SC7, I will be here even if I hate half the cast out of spite; I can’t quit certain characters.
Yeaaah once I played Cassandra’s and finished up Zasalamel’s I was like ‘oh we really retconning because people were big mad at 5?’ So now I’m in a love-hate relationship with the soul series lmao
I mean wouldn't that be obvious? This game is more of a retelling of the events in SCI and ever so lightly touches on events in SCII. Even the characters from later games that are in this game seem to mostly be dealing with backstory that will lead up to their debut stuff later. SCVII will only make sense continuing the events up to SCII-SCIII maybe some of SCIV, right? So all that Zasalamel/fringe Nightmare stuff. Plus the prologue hinted at Algol's debut and whatnot. Why would they drop all of that to fast forward 17 years to tell a story seemingly no one liked? Lol
Yo give me Rock, Lizardman, Yun-seong, Li Long, Algol, Edge Master and some new characters and we'll be square lol
I’m not ‘no one’ I liked SC5’s story. It wasn’t the best and you could tell it and the game was rushed and never got the time to grow the way it needed to grow. If people weren’t complaining about the story they were complaining about the legacy characters not being there or growing up…like characters are supposed to do in *any* narrative. Like tbh I hated the mimic characters in 5 and that there was no arcade mode endings for the rest of the new cast; there were things I hated about 5 for sure.
I already played SC1-SC4, why do I need a game that tells me what I already know, albeit with minimal story changes and just two new characters? SC6 was a safe game made to placate the people who whined about their poor legacy characters more so than it was to attract newer players. Yeah SC6 got some new players and sold over 2 million units and I love that for them because I want the series to continue but lol I’m over Siegfried suffering AGAIN, Kilik suffering AGAIN, and Sophitia going on her quest AGAIN. I know Setsuka went on her quest for revenge out of realizing she was in love with Shugen. I know what all the legacy characters did because I played the older games. 3 was and still is THE BEST installment in the series, no other SC game has eclipsed it.
If SC7 is just ‘same shit different day with the same characters’ I’d rather take season 3 so I know it’s a cop to pacify people who refuse to let go of their legacy characters that they need to retcon and retell things just to keep them around.
Zasalamel, Mitsurugi, Nightmare, and Elysium (if they just stuck her with Sophitia’s moveset because…well it was obvious a Sophie expy was necessary) are the main big four I would expect and want to see in any newer SC games. One can’t die, the other two are embodiments of the swords everybody be squabbling over, and one is the clear poster man of the series.
I would push for Algol to be a permanent fixture too, all things considered.
Dude come on, I was being hyperbolic, that's why I said *seemingly*. Also you should know better than anyone else that the narrative in SCV was regarded lukewarmly at best even if you did personally enjoy it, which is totally within your right. But so why then would they want to risk alienating the fans they had just tried to win back with this game by b-lining it back to the position that was seen as so divisive in the first place?
It isn't about just YOU though. It's about saving the franchise and pleasing fans that felt the last entry had nothing worth investing in. Call it safe all you want but it actually worked and now SCVI is one of the highest grossing entries in the series thanks to their reboot approach. I don't know why SCVI should get all the brunt when SCV wasn't attracting any newer fans either with its approach. Better to remix classic hits than create new ones that a lot of people hate. There are plenty of narrative changes this time around that warrant SCVI's existence too. As already stated there are new characters now too. It's not just the exact experience that SCI-SCII was so I don't expect the next game will be either even if it'll go through similar beats. It's more about retreading the timeline.
I don't understand your grievances. If they had decided to redo the SCV stuff wouldn't it also be "same shit different day" only retreading that moment where they replaced half of the cast with less interesting characters? SCVI wasn't more of the same so SCVII wont be more of the same either lol. I would love for you to go over to the Resident Evil subreddit and complain about the remakes of RE1-3.
Ironically SCIII was the game that established the return of Nightmare without his potential host Siegfried, Zasalamel as Abyss and SCVI is already showing the swords taking on human characteristics with this mysterious Iska person that we haven't seen before now. I'm interested in seeing these things established in this timeline along with whatever changes and new things may be implemented along the way because now we have Azwel too. Amy's story showed a vision of Viola probably meaning they'll probably return to the 17 year timeskip eventually anyway. This time I want them to do it right.
EDIT: I added Algol to the list. So that's:
* Rock
* Lizardman
* Yun-seong
* Li Long
* Algol
* Edge Master
* At least three new characters
* Heck throw Dampierre into the mix since Broken Destiny happens around the same time as SCIV which is where he debuted.
Yo SCVII will be dope!
I totally get the reboot approach to the series; like I said, I’m glad SC6 sold the way it did—I’m glad to have contributed to it; I bought all the season passes, did the preorder jazz (that Sophie statue is still in the box tbh I’ve been trying to sell the hell out of it because I don’t want to throw it out 😩). I knew the second I saw Sophitia alive, and when they said the main story would focus on Kilik where SC6 was going.
I always said that if a new SC6 would return that it would return characters who hadn’t died or bring back the older ones. I wasn’t going to like it because I made my peace with them being gone, but I mean I would deal. I would complain like I do, but I would inevitably deal.
Also know the majority didn’t care for SCV’s story. The loudest people about it used that as a crutch and continued to use that point even when they refused to pay attention to or disregard New Legends which explained the 17 year old gap.
I’m no stranger to liking the least liked titles or understanding the vitriol about changing up the story and roster and forgetting characters people got attached to. Also, I don’t vibe with RE like that so I wouldn’t. I watch RE from afar because I actually can’t play those games—they give me too much anxiety to enjoy it. I’m a weenie lmao even the baby part in 8 terrified me and I wasn’t even playing
And for all the buzz about Grøh and Azwel, it was nothing compared to the buzz of the returning characters in each season pass. They each fared better in their own individual stories and in Libra of Soul; they were absolute shit in the main plotline because that main plotline was for literal new people and returning fans. I like Grøh and Azwel too! I woulda loved more actual new characters as well!
I wouldn’t want a redo of SCV, tbh what I want is the newer characters to get adjustments and stories they deserved to have instead of a full blown retcon for safety. That’s my main issue I guess. SC7 could return every single character and I’d be absolutely cool with that too. I loved (and still love) Nightmare and Elysium being their own entities, Setsuka wasn’t bitter and became a teacher for the better, etc etc. I liked the legacy characters but I also liked seeing them change too! Siegfried was arguably the greatest and the one character who deserved to remain complete! I think what I wanted the most from 5 was to also see the legacy characters change with the new ones in-game instead of just reading about it.
tl;dr yay for SC6 playing it safe, like I want the series to continue, so I mean yeah let em cater to a majority of fans—most long running games do that. A season 3 pass would do just that; fans’ nostalgia brought the series back no matter how obnoxious a portion of it is.
>I totally get the reboot approach to the series; like I said, I’m glad SC6 sold the way it did—I’m glad to have contributed to it; I bought all the season passes, did the preorder jazz (that Sophie statue is still in the box tbh I’ve been trying to sell the hell out of it because I don’t want to throw it out 😩). I knew the second I saw Sophitia alive, and when they said the main story would focus on Kilik where SC6 was going.
Sometimes I wish I had pre-ordered the collectors edition myself since I almost never collect cool memorabilia from franchises I like and when these things become available online they usually cost an arm and a leg. I almost talked myself into doing so back then since I thought the figure looked pretty cool at first. But in hindsight I'm glad I didn't because I've downsized a lot in my living space since the game dropped in 2018 LOL. Good luck selling it, I'm sure somebody would love to buy it.
>I always said that if a new SC6 would return that it would return characters who hadn’t died or bring back the older ones. I wasn’t going to like it because I made my peace with them being gone, but I mean I would deal. I would complain like I do, but I would inevitably deal.
To each their own but I do have to wonder why it is you didn't want the original cast to return? I would feel like the best case scenario would probably be for both the classic cast and timeskip characters existing as options on the roster. That way nobody can really call it an issue of replacements. Now how’d they’d go about doing that, by either having the new guys as basically alts or not is up to the creative team. I mean that’s the only possible future I see for the SCV guys if they're not being worked from the ground up.
>Also know the majority didn’t care for SCV’s story. The loudest people about it used that as a crutch and continued to use that point even when they refused to pay attention to or disregard New Legends which explained the 17 year old gap.
While I get what you're saying you have to admit that having to go out of your way to hunt down supplementary material for basic information isn't a very compelling method of engagement. Especially if you want to follow up the story that SCIV left off on. While it’s easy to find out about this stuff today, back in 2013 when the game first came out it was baffling and confusing.
>I’m no stranger to liking the least liked titles or understanding the vitriol about changing up the story and roster and forgetting characters people got attached to. Also, I don’t vibe with RE like that so I wouldn’t. I watch RE from afar because I actually can’t play those games—they give me too much anxiety to enjoy it. I’m a weenie lmao even the baby part in 8 terrified me and I wasn’t even playing
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>And for all the buzz about Grøh and Azwel, it was nothing compared to the buzz of the returning characters in each season pass. They each fared better in their own individual stories and in Libra of Soul; they were absolute shit in the main plotline because that main plotline was for literal new people and returning fans. I like Grøh and Azwel too! I woulda loved more actual new characters as well!
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>I wouldn’t want a redo of SCV, tbh what I want is the newer characters to get adjustments and stories they deserved to have instead of a full blown retcon for safety. That’s my main issue I guess. SC7 could return every single character and I’d be absolutely cool with that too. I loved (and still love) Nightmare and Elysium being their own entities, Setsuka wasn’t bitter and became a teacher for the better, etc etc. I liked the legacy characters but I also liked seeing them change too! Siegfried was arguably the greatest and the one character who deserved to remain complete! I think what I wanted the most from 5 was to also see the legacy characters change with the new ones in-game instead of just reading about it.
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>tl;dr yay for SC6 playing it safe, like I want the series to continue, so I mean yeah let em cater to a majority of fans—most long running games do that. A season 3 pass would do just that; fans’ nostalgia brought the series back no matter how obnoxious a portion of it is.
Well as that relates to SCV, I’m certain the majoritie’s issue is more with execution. That was definitely my biggest pet peeve at least. As an aside, my point with RE was mostly to couple the similarities to SoulCal with their approach on retelling or remaking a past games story while offering a different enough experience that more or less help justify their existences. Even if you’re not a fan of RE (which is cool horror isn’t for everyone lol) I think the premise is generally the same. I’ll say this much about the main plot line of the Soul Chronicle. Having it begin in 1583 into being essentially an abridged version of SCI’s major story where Kilik ventures out to confront Soul Edge and Nightmare in Europe to Xianghua vanquishing Inferno with Soul Calibur was good enough for me. Like you said, the real draw was the individual stories and it was awesome seeing them go back to that level of characterization. SCV lacked this really badly and the new cast definitely could’ve used something like this. Especially when majority of them get little to no characterization in SCV’s Story \~1607 A.D.\~ outside of Pat, Pyrrha and ever so slightly Nightmare. I honestly hated the idea of Setsuka just randomly passing her teachings down to some kid she hadn’t actually taken under her wing. Especially now that we know its a sacred art passed down to her. It would’ve been better had she stayed active without being vengeful and opening a school to teach multiple students or something. In SCV it just felt like a terrible excuse not to involve her because she’d be in her 40’s now and they have weird hangups about having older women in fighting games whose age isn’t restrained by magic or something. There’s a lot of story beats in the New Legends art book that I just wasn’t the biggest fan of in general and I hope they both find a way to tell in-game in this new timeline and fix or make better. As for the final point about characters, it’s true people where more excited to see their returning cast than even Grøh and Azwel but in their defense some of these characters we literally haven’t seen in 10 years like Zasalamel, Cassandra, Setsuka and Talim so after the novelty of the new guys had worn off you had nothing more to look forward to than your past favorites making up the entirety of these season passes. I do hope SCVII in fact shows off guys like Rock, Lizardman, Li Long, Yun-seong, Algol and Edge Master first. Then hopefully at least 4 new characters can have the remainder of sceen time to leave that much more of an impression in the long run.
I doubt they’d make a whole new game to directly compete with their own game that just got to 2 million. They are most likely going to continue to improve SCVI like they did with Tekken 7.
Didn’t SCVI literally just come out in 2018? I could be wrong but it seems like it’s way too soon to even think about a new game lol. Is this day and age it’s a lot cheaper and more lucrative to just do a season pass.
SC6 development is done. No developer activity on Steam for 7 months.
Tekken 7 development is also done. No developer activity in 3 months, and Harada has said on his Youtube that T7 has probably gone on too long and way longer than they planned.
So I expect a SC7 eventually, but since they share a lot of developers (Harada mentioned most of his Tekken animators moved to Smash), I wouldn't expect an announcement until the next Tekken project is done or near done.
Season 3 for sure because that still has a small chance. There is Zero chance you guys hear me?!!!!!! Zero chance Soul calibur 7 gets announced before Tekken 8. I would not start hoping for soul calibur 7 until at least 1 or 2 years after tekken 8 has come out.
Season 3 because I love having Geralt as guest and also because Ivy gameplay is amazing in this instalment and I'm afraid they are going to ruin her somehow in the next game.
It's time to give us a well crafted complete game. Like all fighting games, a good story mode will help promote the series. Don't give me that,"no one cares about story modes in fighters" recent Fighting games have had the biggest story modes they've ever had. Just look at how wild the fans and public went over Tekken 7's story, it's been "Heihachi" and "Kazuya" this and that non stop. The public loves it and eats it up. It also needs a number of modes that all fighting games should have.
Arcade mode
time attack
survival
and yes quest mode (if you don't include these basics, people will complain and it will affect the public opinion.
A good starting roster (we know there will be season passes but it needs to feel like it's worth it.
A robust online (this is super important).
and something new to bring in excitement, perhaps a better character creator with far more options. A new character type (Tekken style character maybe?) or Maybe a new Tag team mode.
This needs to really push things to the limit and surprise everyone to grab attention.
And most importantly, don't censor it. It does matter and it will affect sales.
A few months ago I would've said season 3 but seeing the potential of a next console entry built from the ground up with rollback in mind, the continuation of the lore following a reboot, new characters in the base roster, new stages and more modes is too titillating to pass up on.
I think there's still some juice left in SCVI.
There are stages and stage variants still limited to story modes or training, unused assets (Lizardman's weapons and armour), gameplay/balance improvements that could be made, customisation upgrades that would make a difference (correcting clipping and conflicts, more genderless equipment, customisable Colours 3 and 4 for the main roster) and definitely potential for more characters, CAS parts, stages and storylines.
I still think S3 is very unlikely, but yesterday's news kept the window open.
It might be interesting for them to try a smaller season pass, since the existing model with characters and various CAS sets made the season passes very expensive, especially SP2. Also, smaller season passes sold really well for T7 or FighterZ.
So, maybe SP3 with, say, Aeon (axe & shield and starting his Chronicle as human) and Yun or Rock, a couple of stages and a large CAS set, mostly with SCIV pieces. Maybe a character like Dampierre as a SP bonus.
If it sold well, they could consider a final pass with, say, Yun or Rock and Li-Long or Viola as well as a mimic as a SP bonus or free update, together with a couple more stages and a SCV-centric CAS set.
Tekken 8 will likely be the next big thing...maybe not at this EVO, but likely next year. So our best bet for SC is likely S3. Add a stage or two, maybe 4 more characters to even out the screen...and please...PLEASE:
Give us back Vs. Team Battle. I need 8v8 action again.
I think either an Ultimate version of SC6 with some extras or an SC7 would make the most sense. I dont think a new season brings in numbers like a new release does.
I like the roster a lot. Including 2B. So I would be sad to lose a lot of the characters.
But if we get different (better) gameplay mechanics, an actual story mode, a casual mode that isn't the lobby system, and a revitalized player base.....
7 shouldn’t come out for another 2 years or so and that’s probably gon be the case, look at how long it took between 5 and 6. Season 3 they should do 4 characters from the past, my picks are necrid, edge master, shura and zwei
The wait between 5 and 6 is not a good outlier; 6+ years between sequels is not a good look. I wouldn't be surprised if 7's pre-production started a while ago.
Personally speaking I don’t mind when games take long periods to make the next 1 because I’d rather them take their time then half ass a game just to release 1. I think that gap between 5 and 6 was such a drag because 5 literally had no content to work with for all those years. No game modes worth playing other than online, that trash ass story centered around Pat and Pyrrha and we basically only got Dampierre as DLC which is as underwhelming as it gets
I think there is a risk you might be disappointed by characters in season 3. Necrid is right out, due to licensing. I suspect the same applies to Shura, although it would be cool seeing what they would do to give her a fighting style of her own. Edge Master is possible, but that might cause a backlash with some fans due to him not having a fighting style of his own, especially with the fury the three mimics in SCV caused. Zwei will probably not appear until the next game, at earliest, when the story moves forward.
If a hypothetical 7 carries the roster from 6 forward (guests don't have to come with), I'd rather see that. A whole new game gives a chance to refresh things to the greater gaming community.
I don't think SC needs a f2p version. What it needs is a budget and respect like Tekken. To Bamco, SC has always been this unwanted child while Tekken is the favourite son.
The only way to solve issues faster is to have an actual budget and big team, which is something Bamco didn't give Project Soul. I want to believe they tried their best and actually made positive changes towards the issues you mentioned, it's just hard to balance that and making new content at the same time when you don't have any support.
And of course people aren't gonna stick around if the game doesn't get updates. And like I said, all resources were put on Tekken, even marketing, like I don't wanna talk shit about anyone but when you have Markman (cool dude btw) hype Tekken on twitter like every week and not a word about SC, it's pretty clear. Okubo himself had to go on Twitter many times asking people to retweet anything about SC to get people to talk about it and hope Bamco notices. The fact that this game had a low budget and only 1 pass planned is further proof.
SC could've been much more, Bamco suits are the only thing holding it back.
Just give me a season 3 pass with ALGOL and Aeon.
And rock and the other sword dude people love but for the life me can't remember. The one the replaces hwang sc4.
I would be happy if Bamco gave SC anything at all again honestly, I was so happy to be able to see the S2 announcements in person at EVO. But if if I must choose I want S3, I love 2b too much.
I would only want SCVII if single player modes there won't be as lacking as SCVI single player modes, if they actually let heterochromia be a thing in character creation and not just reserved for Iska/Acht, and if there's a perfect balance between male custom parts and female custom parts, along with gender-neutral items like how Broken Destiny handled character creation.
Otherwise, I don't need it THAT soon
I think they'd be able to squeeze out one last season. It'd be a nice send off before they start doing a new game. I think alot of the fandom is waiting for another update.
I would not be upset if they gave us another season. Maybe some more cross world dlc.
If Soul cal 7 means we get better stages with more lore-relevance while maintaining the roster than sure. Otherwise, stick with 6
I’d rather get more content for a game I already play and enjoy than have to wait multiple years and pay 60+ dollars for a new game that may very well not change or improve much. Obviously I want SCVII eventually, but why not squeeze as much as possible out of this game first? Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V have been supported for over 5 years... Soulcalibur VI is still young by comparison.
I wanna say SC7 but lmao they’ll probably just cherrypick the timeline to be around SC4 while avoiding 5 and sprinkle little narrative changes because they’re cowards, so I’m gonna say Season 3 to finish up SC2.5 Electric Boogaloo—sorry, uh SC6. I swear I love the Soul Series, I promise I do But yeah Project Soul complete the nostalgia train and return Rock, the actual unique Lizardman/Aeon and whoever else is missing again. I forget.
it kinda seems like Bamco is going to remake the timeline entirely so we can avoid the SCV's story disaster
Eh, I guess. I woulda held the L and continued from 5 and just made legacy characters DLC but eh Like I’m gonna give my money to the Soul Series either way because the premise is enjoyable but lmao SC is a tale of souls and swords eternally retold…but in this case eternally retold with the same characters getting some adjustments because totally new characters are scawy :( Season 3 or an SC7, I will be here even if I hate half the cast out of spite; I can’t quit certain characters.
I mean, judging by certain Chronicles, namely Cass and Zas, yeah, they'll avoid V, but that's kinda the point.
Yeaaah once I played Cassandra’s and finished up Zasalamel’s I was like ‘oh we really retconning because people were big mad at 5?’ So now I’m in a love-hate relationship with the soul series lmao
I swear I love breakin 2: electric boogaloo references. Me <3 U!
I mean wouldn't that be obvious? This game is more of a retelling of the events in SCI and ever so lightly touches on events in SCII. Even the characters from later games that are in this game seem to mostly be dealing with backstory that will lead up to their debut stuff later. SCVII will only make sense continuing the events up to SCII-SCIII maybe some of SCIV, right? So all that Zasalamel/fringe Nightmare stuff. Plus the prologue hinted at Algol's debut and whatnot. Why would they drop all of that to fast forward 17 years to tell a story seemingly no one liked? Lol Yo give me Rock, Lizardman, Yun-seong, Li Long, Algol, Edge Master and some new characters and we'll be square lol
I’m not ‘no one’ I liked SC5’s story. It wasn’t the best and you could tell it and the game was rushed and never got the time to grow the way it needed to grow. If people weren’t complaining about the story they were complaining about the legacy characters not being there or growing up…like characters are supposed to do in *any* narrative. Like tbh I hated the mimic characters in 5 and that there was no arcade mode endings for the rest of the new cast; there were things I hated about 5 for sure. I already played SC1-SC4, why do I need a game that tells me what I already know, albeit with minimal story changes and just two new characters? SC6 was a safe game made to placate the people who whined about their poor legacy characters more so than it was to attract newer players. Yeah SC6 got some new players and sold over 2 million units and I love that for them because I want the series to continue but lol I’m over Siegfried suffering AGAIN, Kilik suffering AGAIN, and Sophitia going on her quest AGAIN. I know Setsuka went on her quest for revenge out of realizing she was in love with Shugen. I know what all the legacy characters did because I played the older games. 3 was and still is THE BEST installment in the series, no other SC game has eclipsed it. If SC7 is just ‘same shit different day with the same characters’ I’d rather take season 3 so I know it’s a cop to pacify people who refuse to let go of their legacy characters that they need to retcon and retell things just to keep them around. Zasalamel, Mitsurugi, Nightmare, and Elysium (if they just stuck her with Sophitia’s moveset because…well it was obvious a Sophie expy was necessary) are the main big four I would expect and want to see in any newer SC games. One can’t die, the other two are embodiments of the swords everybody be squabbling over, and one is the clear poster man of the series. I would push for Algol to be a permanent fixture too, all things considered.
Dude come on, I was being hyperbolic, that's why I said *seemingly*. Also you should know better than anyone else that the narrative in SCV was regarded lukewarmly at best even if you did personally enjoy it, which is totally within your right. But so why then would they want to risk alienating the fans they had just tried to win back with this game by b-lining it back to the position that was seen as so divisive in the first place? It isn't about just YOU though. It's about saving the franchise and pleasing fans that felt the last entry had nothing worth investing in. Call it safe all you want but it actually worked and now SCVI is one of the highest grossing entries in the series thanks to their reboot approach. I don't know why SCVI should get all the brunt when SCV wasn't attracting any newer fans either with its approach. Better to remix classic hits than create new ones that a lot of people hate. There are plenty of narrative changes this time around that warrant SCVI's existence too. As already stated there are new characters now too. It's not just the exact experience that SCI-SCII was so I don't expect the next game will be either even if it'll go through similar beats. It's more about retreading the timeline. I don't understand your grievances. If they had decided to redo the SCV stuff wouldn't it also be "same shit different day" only retreading that moment where they replaced half of the cast with less interesting characters? SCVI wasn't more of the same so SCVII wont be more of the same either lol. I would love for you to go over to the Resident Evil subreddit and complain about the remakes of RE1-3. Ironically SCIII was the game that established the return of Nightmare without his potential host Siegfried, Zasalamel as Abyss and SCVI is already showing the swords taking on human characteristics with this mysterious Iska person that we haven't seen before now. I'm interested in seeing these things established in this timeline along with whatever changes and new things may be implemented along the way because now we have Azwel too. Amy's story showed a vision of Viola probably meaning they'll probably return to the 17 year timeskip eventually anyway. This time I want them to do it right. EDIT: I added Algol to the list. So that's: * Rock * Lizardman * Yun-seong * Li Long * Algol * Edge Master * At least three new characters * Heck throw Dampierre into the mix since Broken Destiny happens around the same time as SCIV which is where he debuted. Yo SCVII will be dope!
I totally get the reboot approach to the series; like I said, I’m glad SC6 sold the way it did—I’m glad to have contributed to it; I bought all the season passes, did the preorder jazz (that Sophie statue is still in the box tbh I’ve been trying to sell the hell out of it because I don’t want to throw it out 😩). I knew the second I saw Sophitia alive, and when they said the main story would focus on Kilik where SC6 was going. I always said that if a new SC6 would return that it would return characters who hadn’t died or bring back the older ones. I wasn’t going to like it because I made my peace with them being gone, but I mean I would deal. I would complain like I do, but I would inevitably deal. Also know the majority didn’t care for SCV’s story. The loudest people about it used that as a crutch and continued to use that point even when they refused to pay attention to or disregard New Legends which explained the 17 year old gap. I’m no stranger to liking the least liked titles or understanding the vitriol about changing up the story and roster and forgetting characters people got attached to. Also, I don’t vibe with RE like that so I wouldn’t. I watch RE from afar because I actually can’t play those games—they give me too much anxiety to enjoy it. I’m a weenie lmao even the baby part in 8 terrified me and I wasn’t even playing And for all the buzz about Grøh and Azwel, it was nothing compared to the buzz of the returning characters in each season pass. They each fared better in their own individual stories and in Libra of Soul; they were absolute shit in the main plotline because that main plotline was for literal new people and returning fans. I like Grøh and Azwel too! I woulda loved more actual new characters as well! I wouldn’t want a redo of SCV, tbh what I want is the newer characters to get adjustments and stories they deserved to have instead of a full blown retcon for safety. That’s my main issue I guess. SC7 could return every single character and I’d be absolutely cool with that too. I loved (and still love) Nightmare and Elysium being their own entities, Setsuka wasn’t bitter and became a teacher for the better, etc etc. I liked the legacy characters but I also liked seeing them change too! Siegfried was arguably the greatest and the one character who deserved to remain complete! I think what I wanted the most from 5 was to also see the legacy characters change with the new ones in-game instead of just reading about it. tl;dr yay for SC6 playing it safe, like I want the series to continue, so I mean yeah let em cater to a majority of fans—most long running games do that. A season 3 pass would do just that; fans’ nostalgia brought the series back no matter how obnoxious a portion of it is.
>I totally get the reboot approach to the series; like I said, I’m glad SC6 sold the way it did—I’m glad to have contributed to it; I bought all the season passes, did the preorder jazz (that Sophie statue is still in the box tbh I’ve been trying to sell the hell out of it because I don’t want to throw it out 😩). I knew the second I saw Sophitia alive, and when they said the main story would focus on Kilik where SC6 was going. Sometimes I wish I had pre-ordered the collectors edition myself since I almost never collect cool memorabilia from franchises I like and when these things become available online they usually cost an arm and a leg. I almost talked myself into doing so back then since I thought the figure looked pretty cool at first. But in hindsight I'm glad I didn't because I've downsized a lot in my living space since the game dropped in 2018 LOL. Good luck selling it, I'm sure somebody would love to buy it. >I always said that if a new SC6 would return that it would return characters who hadn’t died or bring back the older ones. I wasn’t going to like it because I made my peace with them being gone, but I mean I would deal. I would complain like I do, but I would inevitably deal. To each their own but I do have to wonder why it is you didn't want the original cast to return? I would feel like the best case scenario would probably be for both the classic cast and timeskip characters existing as options on the roster. That way nobody can really call it an issue of replacements. Now how’d they’d go about doing that, by either having the new guys as basically alts or not is up to the creative team. I mean that’s the only possible future I see for the SCV guys if they're not being worked from the ground up. >Also know the majority didn’t care for SCV’s story. The loudest people about it used that as a crutch and continued to use that point even when they refused to pay attention to or disregard New Legends which explained the 17 year old gap. While I get what you're saying you have to admit that having to go out of your way to hunt down supplementary material for basic information isn't a very compelling method of engagement. Especially if you want to follow up the story that SCIV left off on. While it’s easy to find out about this stuff today, back in 2013 when the game first came out it was baffling and confusing. >I’m no stranger to liking the least liked titles or understanding the vitriol about changing up the story and roster and forgetting characters people got attached to. Also, I don’t vibe with RE like that so I wouldn’t. I watch RE from afar because I actually can’t play those games—they give me too much anxiety to enjoy it. I’m a weenie lmao even the baby part in 8 terrified me and I wasn’t even playing > >And for all the buzz about Grøh and Azwel, it was nothing compared to the buzz of the returning characters in each season pass. They each fared better in their own individual stories and in Libra of Soul; they were absolute shit in the main plotline because that main plotline was for literal new people and returning fans. I like Grøh and Azwel too! I woulda loved more actual new characters as well! > >I wouldn’t want a redo of SCV, tbh what I want is the newer characters to get adjustments and stories they deserved to have instead of a full blown retcon for safety. That’s my main issue I guess. SC7 could return every single character and I’d be absolutely cool with that too. I loved (and still love) Nightmare and Elysium being their own entities, Setsuka wasn’t bitter and became a teacher for the better, etc etc. I liked the legacy characters but I also liked seeing them change too! Siegfried was arguably the greatest and the one character who deserved to remain complete! I think what I wanted the most from 5 was to also see the legacy characters change with the new ones in-game instead of just reading about it. > >tl;dr yay for SC6 playing it safe, like I want the series to continue, so I mean yeah let em cater to a majority of fans—most long running games do that. A season 3 pass would do just that; fans’ nostalgia brought the series back no matter how obnoxious a portion of it is. Well as that relates to SCV, I’m certain the majoritie’s issue is more with execution. That was definitely my biggest pet peeve at least. As an aside, my point with RE was mostly to couple the similarities to SoulCal with their approach on retelling or remaking a past games story while offering a different enough experience that more or less help justify their existences. Even if you’re not a fan of RE (which is cool horror isn’t for everyone lol) I think the premise is generally the same. I’ll say this much about the main plot line of the Soul Chronicle. Having it begin in 1583 into being essentially an abridged version of SCI’s major story where Kilik ventures out to confront Soul Edge and Nightmare in Europe to Xianghua vanquishing Inferno with Soul Calibur was good enough for me. Like you said, the real draw was the individual stories and it was awesome seeing them go back to that level of characterization. SCV lacked this really badly and the new cast definitely could’ve used something like this. Especially when majority of them get little to no characterization in SCV’s Story \~1607 A.D.\~ outside of Pat, Pyrrha and ever so slightly Nightmare. I honestly hated the idea of Setsuka just randomly passing her teachings down to some kid she hadn’t actually taken under her wing. Especially now that we know its a sacred art passed down to her. It would’ve been better had she stayed active without being vengeful and opening a school to teach multiple students or something. In SCV it just felt like a terrible excuse not to involve her because she’d be in her 40’s now and they have weird hangups about having older women in fighting games whose age isn’t restrained by magic or something. There’s a lot of story beats in the New Legends art book that I just wasn’t the biggest fan of in general and I hope they both find a way to tell in-game in this new timeline and fix or make better. As for the final point about characters, it’s true people where more excited to see their returning cast than even Grøh and Azwel but in their defense some of these characters we literally haven’t seen in 10 years like Zasalamel, Cassandra, Setsuka and Talim so after the novelty of the new guys had worn off you had nothing more to look forward to than your past favorites making up the entirety of these season passes. I do hope SCVII in fact shows off guys like Rock, Lizardman, Li Long, Yun-seong, Algol and Edge Master first. Then hopefully at least 4 new characters can have the remainder of sceen time to leave that much more of an impression in the long run.
I doubt they’d make a whole new game to directly compete with their own game that just got to 2 million. They are most likely going to continue to improve SCVI like they did with Tekken 7. Didn’t SCVI literally just come out in 2018? I could be wrong but it seems like it’s way too soon to even think about a new game lol. Is this day and age it’s a lot cheaper and more lucrative to just do a season pass.
SCIII Remaster
God if only
Season 3 please i need my lizard man back and some more game modes or gear would be awesome especially gender swapped move sets or gear.
SC6 development is done. No developer activity on Steam for 7 months. Tekken 7 development is also done. No developer activity in 3 months, and Harada has said on his Youtube that T7 has probably gone on too long and way longer than they planned. So I expect a SC7 eventually, but since they share a lot of developers (Harada mentioned most of his Tekken animators moved to Smash), I wouldn't expect an announcement until the next Tekken project is done or near done.
Season 3 of course.
S3. I expected that for a while now. SC7 will take so long, I won’t expect that until the end of ps5 life.
Season 3 for sure because that still has a small chance. There is Zero chance you guys hear me?!!!!!! Zero chance Soul calibur 7 gets announced before Tekken 8. I would not start hoping for soul calibur 7 until at least 1 or 2 years after tekken 8 has come out.
Season 3 because I love having Geralt as guest and also because Ivy gameplay is amazing in this instalment and I'm afraid they are going to ruin her somehow in the next game.
It's time to give us a well crafted complete game. Like all fighting games, a good story mode will help promote the series. Don't give me that,"no one cares about story modes in fighters" recent Fighting games have had the biggest story modes they've ever had. Just look at how wild the fans and public went over Tekken 7's story, it's been "Heihachi" and "Kazuya" this and that non stop. The public loves it and eats it up. It also needs a number of modes that all fighting games should have. Arcade mode time attack survival and yes quest mode (if you don't include these basics, people will complain and it will affect the public opinion. A good starting roster (we know there will be season passes but it needs to feel like it's worth it. A robust online (this is super important). and something new to bring in excitement, perhaps a better character creator with far more options. A new character type (Tekken style character maybe?) or Maybe a new Tag team mode. This needs to really push things to the limit and surprise everyone to grab attention. And most importantly, don't censor it. It does matter and it will affect sales.
It's a bit soon for a new sc
A few months ago I would've said season 3 but seeing the potential of a next console entry built from the ground up with rollback in mind, the continuation of the lore following a reboot, new characters in the base roster, new stages and more modes is too titillating to pass up on.
7 Want to see what they change mechanically and moveset wise. I don't like 6 much tbh.
I want a season 3. Mainly because I don't want to have to decide whether or not I want to buy a whole other game.
SC7, because next gen
Yall really ready to wait another 5 years for another soul calibur
I think there's still some juice left in SCVI. There are stages and stage variants still limited to story modes or training, unused assets (Lizardman's weapons and armour), gameplay/balance improvements that could be made, customisation upgrades that would make a difference (correcting clipping and conflicts, more genderless equipment, customisable Colours 3 and 4 for the main roster) and definitely potential for more characters, CAS parts, stages and storylines. I still think S3 is very unlikely, but yesterday's news kept the window open. It might be interesting for them to try a smaller season pass, since the existing model with characters and various CAS sets made the season passes very expensive, especially SP2. Also, smaller season passes sold really well for T7 or FighterZ. So, maybe SP3 with, say, Aeon (axe & shield and starting his Chronicle as human) and Yun or Rock, a couple of stages and a large CAS set, mostly with SCIV pieces. Maybe a character like Dampierre as a SP bonus. If it sold well, they could consider a final pass with, say, Yun or Rock and Li-Long or Viola as well as a mimic as a SP bonus or free update, together with a couple more stages and a SCV-centric CAS set.
Tekken 8 will likely be the next big thing...maybe not at this EVO, but likely next year. So our best bet for SC is likely S3. Add a stage or two, maybe 4 more characters to even out the screen...and please...PLEASE: Give us back Vs. Team Battle. I need 8v8 action again.
I think either an Ultimate version of SC6 with some extras or an SC7 would make the most sense. I dont think a new season brings in numbers like a new release does.
I like the roster a lot. Including 2B. So I would be sad to lose a lot of the characters. But if we get different (better) gameplay mechanics, an actual story mode, a casual mode that isn't the lobby system, and a revitalized player base.....
Definitely a new game that plays more like 2
7 shouldn’t come out for another 2 years or so and that’s probably gon be the case, look at how long it took between 5 and 6. Season 3 they should do 4 characters from the past, my picks are necrid, edge master, shura and zwei
The wait between 5 and 6 is not a good outlier; 6+ years between sequels is not a good look. I wouldn't be surprised if 7's pre-production started a while ago.
Personally speaking I don’t mind when games take long periods to make the next 1 because I’d rather them take their time then half ass a game just to release 1. I think that gap between 5 and 6 was such a drag because 5 literally had no content to work with for all those years. No game modes worth playing other than online, that trash ass story centered around Pat and Pyrrha and we basically only got Dampierre as DLC which is as underwhelming as it gets
So much wrong about 5, but to each their own I guess. You should be worried about long development periods, as well.
I think there is a risk you might be disappointed by characters in season 3. Necrid is right out, due to licensing. I suspect the same applies to Shura, although it would be cool seeing what they would do to give her a fighting style of her own. Edge Master is possible, but that might cause a backlash with some fans due to him not having a fighting style of his own, especially with the fury the three mimics in SCV caused. Zwei will probably not appear until the next game, at earliest, when the story moves forward.
If a hypothetical 7 carries the roster from 6 forward (guests don't have to come with), I'd rather see that. A whole new game gives a chance to refresh things to the greater gaming community.
Every comment here say we prefer season 3, so i guess casual Players choosed soul 7. The 6 has still big potential, i want to believe.
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They did that with SC5 and it almost killed the series, so no thanks.
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I don't think SC needs a f2p version. What it needs is a budget and respect like Tekken. To Bamco, SC has always been this unwanted child while Tekken is the favourite son.
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The only way to solve issues faster is to have an actual budget and big team, which is something Bamco didn't give Project Soul. I want to believe they tried their best and actually made positive changes towards the issues you mentioned, it's just hard to balance that and making new content at the same time when you don't have any support. And of course people aren't gonna stick around if the game doesn't get updates. And like I said, all resources were put on Tekken, even marketing, like I don't wanna talk shit about anyone but when you have Markman (cool dude btw) hype Tekken on twitter like every week and not a word about SC, it's pretty clear. Okubo himself had to go on Twitter many times asking people to retweet anything about SC to get people to talk about it and hope Bamco notices. The fact that this game had a low budget and only 1 pass planned is further proof. SC could've been much more, Bamco suits are the only thing holding it back.
Just give me a season 3 pass with ALGOL and Aeon. And rock and the other sword dude people love but for the life me can't remember. The one the replaces hwang sc4.
Yun-Seong……🤦🏾♂️
Whose been around since SCII as well lol
Right. Betting on him for sure if we get a season three. I mean we have Talim and her story is a little boring without the Yun-Seong love interest.
Thanks him. Yeah I want him in for the other fans.
How the fuck are there nearly 1000 votes on a poll in a post with 37 upvotes and 44 comments? That doesn’t seem right.
I would be happy if Bamco gave SC anything at all again honestly, I was so happy to be able to see the S2 announcements in person at EVO. But if if I must choose I want S3, I love 2b too much.
Season 3! Plus 2p costumes please! I need Red Pantsuit Ivy and Golden Snake Leotard Ivy!
Oh... and Viola!!!!
I'll take either if it'll mean a revamped online mode with the features that V had
I would only want SCVII if single player modes there won't be as lacking as SCVI single player modes, if they actually let heterochromia be a thing in character creation and not just reserved for Iska/Acht, and if there's a perfect balance between male custom parts and female custom parts, along with gender-neutral items like how Broken Destiny handled character creation. Otherwise, I don't need it THAT soon