Dear Namco,
I've been casually following your Soul Calibur series since I got II for the Gamecube, and I'm rather disappointed with where it's going. Seriously, why has Tittymania struck your team so badly? Just look at what you've done:
Normally I'm not a huge fan of Ivy, but in this game I just feel sorry for her. She has a freaking tourniquet on her boobs. If she doesn't hurry up and win the fight so she can undress somewhere all airflow will be cut off and she'll need her chest amputated.
By the way, here's the progression of Sophitia from Soul Edge to Soul Calibur 4:
Awesome, so the supposedly pure Greek mother is one step away from a wardrobe malfunction with her "nursing action" triple G cup breasts.
Even my favorite non-slut, Cassandra, is testing the advantages of small, tight-fitting clothing that can easily be slashed off during a fight!
And no, Taki's boobs have not gotten any more realistic for an athletic, stealthy ninja.
Namco. You have a solid fighting system. The horizontal slash/vertical slash/kick thing works. The 8 way step makes moving around the arena fast. Heck, you already know how to make a fighting game that doesn't rely on boobs because you have the Tekken series, which is going on into number SIX. Why do you need to make this mass-market hentai crap?
Seriously, the reason I eventually sold Soul Calibur III was because I realized I was only playing it for the hot girls, and there really needs to be more than that in a fighting game to make it good. In the next article I'll go over some goofups in Soul Calibur III gameplaywise and how you can fix them and make Soul Calibur IV a truly awesome game.
The next article isn't going to be totally negative, I promise! =P
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Sorry, couldn't resist!
Yeah, well the female athletes I see in sports would get alot better ratings if they had massive breasts and clothes that were falling off. And as long as the fighting mechanics are good, why does it matter what them girls is wearing? I do have to admit, I'm not a big fighting game fan (I'll play them, but won't usually buy them), so I know not how SC3 played, but it doesn't really seem giving them full length dresses and chastity belts is going to "fix" SC4.
Also, If Soul Calibur was a game where you had sex with your opponents to death, I think I'd be a loyal follower.
Actually, that game is called Battle Raper........I'm serious, google it. There's two of them.
Although I completely agree with the sex-with-your-opponents game idea, but that should be its own game, not as a minigame in a fighting game.
Look at that top picture. Besides the large breasteses, what stands out. IMO it's the sword that's a freaking whip. I don't think realism is what they're going for here. That, and the games should play more like Bushido Blade since they're fighting with weapons.
And I see where you're going with this, I don't want to argue, I just think it's odd that you want to back up the "I want this not to be over-the-top boobalicious" arguement by saying that the costumes are killing the realism. And I do agree that it looks like they're starting to go down the DOA path of banking on sex appeal.
I remember seeing something about that game. However, the freaking wiki page is semi-NSFW. And I'm at work. Imagine my surprise.
I understand your fears of the ART direction of the game, but it really only affects the ART direction not game play.To argue that the costumes and characters should look different because it's not practical is almost as ridiculous as the people saying Darth Vader and Yoda don't belong in the game because light sabers would cut through anything.
It's a GAME! Have fun with it!
Also, Ivy =/= sexy
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