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Soul Calibur Legends footage: can we dress Taki as a cod?

4:15 AM on 10.24.2007, Nex 21 comments

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That clip up there is some newly released footage for Namco-Bandai's Soul Calibur Legends, the adventure game offshoot of their very successful weapons-based fighting series. I don't think anyone should ever judge a game before they've actually played it, but I'm also a terrible liar, so I have to say I was quite underwhelmed by that clip. 

It seem that the devs behind SC Legends tried their hardest to ape God of War, but were hamstrung by the higher-ups who forced them to put emphasis on the Soul Calibur characters. Fighting games allow for much more intimacy than adventure games, and when trying to recreate that feel in something like this, the entire thing seems disjointed; like a beautiful woman making out with a cardboard cutout of George Burns.

It remains to be seen if the Wiimote-enabled swordplay can save the title, but just based on that above footage *cue traditional gaming writer repetoire* the soul may have cooled quite considerably since its last outing. 

Ick. I feel so dirty ...


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nicojay at 10/24/2007 04:44
Also thought it was two player then realized tag action. Why whore one character when you can whore two at the same time namco
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Fanatism at 10/24/2007 05:19
@nicojay
I might miss the point of what you're saying, but there's 2 player whoring at the same time. The tag action is for single player I guess.
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Tron Knotts at 10/24/2007 05:53
It's amazing to me that the game sometimes looks as good a Ninja Gaiden on the X-Box, then suddenly slips into Dreamcast looking territory.

All the same, I'm going to have to disagree with Nex when I say that for the first time I'm now sort of excited to play this game.

I like the camera staying behind the character at all times, reminds me of God Hand. And I like the tag outs, very Marvel VS Capcom.

Over all nothing about the game seems original, but it looks like it's borrowing from all the right places. And it's a 2 player Co-Op beat 'em up. How can it really go wrong?
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hjd uk at 10/24/2007 05:58
hmm, look exactly like a soul caliber 4 bonus mode thats been drawn out into a full game, like weary bluetack its lost its consistancy.
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Oni at 10/24/2007 07:18
I'll give it a rental when it comes out.
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blu3steel at 10/24/2007 07:59
That looked horrible. Especially the part where the giant smashed the ground with his fist only it looked like he just placed it there and then pink circles came out. But especially the part when Ivy kept doing the same move over and over to that dragon thing.

Terrible.
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Tubatic at 10/24/2007 08:12
Well, slicing stone looked kinda neat.

But nothing really reacted to the fighters. Stone man (though he's made of stone) doesnt' even flinch when Mitsurugi's laying down his combo. I would completely accept that thing glowing red on each hit for no good reason, if it meant I had some feedback for actually doing something to him. Whole thing kinda looked like that.

Except slicing stone, which looked kinda neat.
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Holyetheline at 10/24/2007 08:49
...Needs more gore.
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F Whipple at 10/24/2007 09:31
I'll definitely give this one a try at least
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Mxyzptlk at 10/24/2007 09:57
Might get it if there's a fun co-op play mode.
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king3vbo at 10/24/2007 10:03
It looks bad, and it looks like it doesnt play well either
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RJG at 10/24/2007 10:18
I don't know what everyone's bitching about, it looks like fun to me. Not the best game I've ever seen, but if it uses the Wii remote in an interesting way instead of just replacing pressing a button with setting off an acceloromoter, then I could enjoy it. It doesn't look any worse than the Dynasty Warrior games, or Heavenly Sword gameplay wise. Just hack and slash.

It never ceases to amaze me though. People bitch about having one fighting game after another, one FPS after another, one racing game after another, but whenever a publisher goes in a new direction with a franchise, they get shat on for ruining a franchise that was "perfect" as it was.

You know who else thought trying a new genre with an established franchise was a bad idea? Hitler.
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bayushi at 10/24/2007 11:29
that's a bummer. in some ways reminds me of the MK spin off Sub Zero stories . This is SC in name only. I agree that the only thing that can help it is if the Wii controls are solid. The graphics and gameplay appear pretty meh to me.
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Nubc4kes at 10/24/2007 11:44
@RJG
It' s not that everyone is bitching about the new direction of the franchise. I think everyone would be very excited if they made a truly amazing SoulCalibur adventure game. It's just that the video was kind of uninspiring. And when company's make seemingly uninspired spin-offs of beloved titles like SoulCalibur, people get upset.
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kevinski at 10/24/2007 12:30
Wow, real-time character change!
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Im OK at 10/24/2007 15:06
Weird, I've somehow never even heard of this particular game before now.

Looks like a slightly improved version of the Konquest mode from Mortal Kombat Armageddon. I kind of enjoyed the Konquest mode from MK:A though, so that's not really knocking this game.
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Necros at 10/24/2007 15:07
Man, still hoping this turns out to be good. The Wii needs more good games.
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hippiepieces at 10/25/2007 00:10
This looks way better than Tekken Force mode! I can't wait to unlock it in Soul Calibur 4!

...what? This is a stand alone game you say? Wii exclusive? Son of a bitch!
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Fading Star at 10/27/2007 20:55
Soul Calibur!
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