lets say they announce a sc6…do you expect a direct console release or will it hit first the arcades for some years? 
“hey fans! we heard you’ve been waiting almost a decade for a new Soul game, here’s Soul Calibur 6!! [two minutes of hype gameplay] worldwide release 2021”
I don’t think they are doing an arcade edition, but it would be interesting.
So Xianghua and Killik seem to be returning. And a big focus on story. I haven’t watched the Tekken 7 story mode. How is it? 2-hour long?
Tekken still adheres to the old school method of Arcade, arcade updates, Chocolate ver., console release. But SoulCalibur long since abandoned that. Remember SC always treasured a less competitive crowd, being the forerunners of single player content.
SC has been console only for some time now.
Best case scenario for anyone wanting arcade play, they’ll go down the SC3/DOA5/SFV/KOFXIV route where the arcade version comes after.
Originally, I would consider the lack of an arcade release for this kind of game to be an intentional dismissal of quality assurance, but considering how shit Unreal Engine 4 is for fighting games and how shit Tekken 7 turned out after 3 years of Bamco’s “arcade testing” it makes no difference.
Recently played Soul Calibur IV and I can honestly say that the lack of homing and awkward hitbox interactions together with the slower speed of while rising attacks are so limiting that the flexibility of 2G would not be able to save it. Soul Calibur III Arcade Edition on the other hand plays like a dream even without 2G.
P.S. Tekken 7 story is shit, but many enjoy the final confrontation between Kazuya and Heihachi.
I dunno, them Japs doing good shit with Unreal 4. I like Maya better for Namco overall and MT Framework was Capcom’s golden tech, but it’s hasn’t been some disaster for fighting games.
Japanese developers trying to be tech companies and developing their own engines was one of the reasons they started falling behind in the last decade or two. Everybody was trying to reinvent the wheel for every game, causing stuff to get delayed and development times/costs to spiral. Meanwhile, western devs just said “fuck it” and started using Unreal for everything, which in turn had the positive effect of making each successive iteration of Unreal more malleable and suited for making all sorts of games.
What a time to be alive. Potential return of Soul Calibur. Lengendary 5V5 Tekken Finals. MVCI and Capcom Cup this weekend.
Destiny getting shitted on by its player base.
Yup. Perfect time to be alive.
Destiny was always at war with its players, tbh.
yo. soul calibur 6 was announced at games award. anybody got a clip?
Yes I’m taking over I’m hella hype
Fucking yessss. Cant wait
THE SOUL STILL FUCKING BURRRRRRRRNNNNNSSSSSSSS!!!
Some V-Trigger hilarities a’comin.
mitsurugi looked young there