Author Topic: THE SOUL STILL BURNS (Read 23563 times)

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #60 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:16:15 AM »

algol is also the most pushoverest boss ever, the apprentice was tougher

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #61 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:16:48 AM »

ja he's easy, then again story mode is ezmode on normal

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #62 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:17:05 AM »

How's the loading on the 360 version? Are you guys just playing with the normal 360 pad?

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #63 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:18:16 AM »

normal 360 pad, got used to it after a half hour. It did require a bit to adjust cuz sc3 ps2 lulz. Loading is fine.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #64 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:19:14 AM »

no loading times in arcade, 5-7 seconds in multi-character story mode fights

360 also gets better rez (for 1080p folks), 2xAA, more effects, no slowdown on ice stage

rsx budget gpu

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #65 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:20:17 AM »

SC4 IS AWESOME

cool breeze · « **Reply #66 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:22:20 AM »

Quote from: The Iconistrator on July 30, 2008, 12:14:54 AM

The tower, mainly

I'm going through it, but it says there are hidden items. How the hell should I know what to do?

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #67 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:22:58 AM »

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #68 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:23:23 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on July 30, 2008, 12:22:20 AM

Quote from: The Iconistrator on July 30, 2008, 12:14:54 AM
The tower, mainly

I'm going through it, but it says there are hidden items. How the hell should I know what to do?

You could try Falling before the Flag of Wolfkrone

Akala · « **Reply #69 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:29:22 AM »

This is pretty fun

Liking it better than 3. Tommorrow afternoon is gone.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #70 on:** July 30, 2008, 12:36:37 AM »

yeah I wish I had tomorrow off, oh well

TVC15 · « **Reply #71 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:08:13 AM »

Traded in Shittle Gear Solid 4 and FFTA2 and Ninja Gaiden DS and got this. AWESOME

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #72 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:21:54 AM »

I swear, its like they made Hilde for me.

"Lets see, MAF likes ARMOR annnd JUSTICE AND HONOR annnnd SWIFT PAINFUL DISCIPLINED MOVESET and TUFF CHICK"

I made a JAPAHILDE alternative, its so hard to beat the 1st costume tho.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #73 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:28:36 AM »

Amy's dub voice sounds like a myspace camwhore, its perfect for the character lol

TVC15 · « **Reply #74 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:32:16 AM »

Oh no, Yoda got killed by a loli! It's like the Star Wars prequel himu would have made.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #75 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:34:13 AM »

hahaha. I was thinking they should have gone fro ULTIMATE fanservice by making it so when you die with Yoda, and only Yoda, it offers you the option to 'redo' instead of 'retry'

JustinP · « **Reply #76 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:35:01 AM »

my custom Cervantes. obviously a quick job.

edit: thank god they have japanese voices. i muted the voices in SC3 and i would have done the same with SC4. english voice acting is another aspect of soul calibur that just fails super hard.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #77 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:36:31 AM »

Thats pretty badass. I love the look of the face masks. Compared to the garbage items in 3 this stuff is leaps n bounds.

JustinP · « **Reply #78 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:39:24 AM »

going to work on unlocking more equipment.

cool breeze · « **Reply #79 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:40:18 AM »

I have an addiction to this character creator. I already made most of the main cast from Berserk (Guts, Caska, Griffith, Zodd) and I just want to make more. I need more parts, but I would actually have to play to do that.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #80 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:40:36 AM »

Sophitia's alternate armor costume is so over-the-top awesome. Plus I can plop the set on hilde. ARMOR!

The boss on the second floor-set of the tower has awesome armor too.

JustinP · « **Reply #81 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:41:27 AM »

Quote from: JustinP on July 30, 2008, 01:35:01 AM

edit: thank god they have japanese voices. i muted the voices in SC3 and i would have done the same with SC4. english voice acting is another aspect of soul calibur that just fails super hard.

well fuck. the announcer is still in english. these lines are too cheesy even in japanese. this is ridiculous.

TVC15 · « **Reply #82 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:41:37 AM »

Any idea how many pieces of equipment there are to unlock?

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #83 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:42:13 AM »

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #84 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:42:18 AM »

Yeah, its a shame the writing is still bad, cause the VA work isnt ENTIRELY horrible. I actually like hearing the dub voices during fights cause it adds a lot of character.

cool breeze · « **Reply #85 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:42:22 AM »

I still haven't tried out Hilde yet. I should get around to that.

Quote from: Professor Prole on July 30, 2008, 01:42:13 AM

350

Yeah, but it is all a trick. It seems like a lot, but 90% of the ones for female fighters are sex up costumes while 90% for male fighters are armor sets. I want more costumes for the men!

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #86 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:43:15 AM »

Hilde is Mega Win. Awesome moveset imo

cool breeze · « **Reply #87 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:46:05 AM »

I played a lot as the apprentice, who is awesome, and some of Vader (and Yoda on a friends game) and both of them are horrible. I will try her tomorrow or something. I can't think of a character in popular media that uses her weapon so that I can copy them.

TVC15 · « **Reply #88 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:46:12 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on July 30, 2008, 01:42:22 AM

I still haven't tried out Hilde yet. I should get around to that.

Quote from: Professor Prole on July 30, 2008, 01:42:13 AM
350

Yeah, but it is all a trick. It seems like a lot, but 90% of the ones for female fighters are sex up costumes while 90% for male fighters are armor sets. I want more costumes for the men!

In games like this, it's all about the compulsive collecting rather than the usefulness of the actual unlocked items. I will never use 349 of the things I unlock.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #89 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:47:56 AM »

how do you unlock apprentice? beat him with yoda? I beat arcade mode.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #90 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:49:46 AM »

Quote from: The Iconistrator on July 30, 2008, 01:47:56 AM

how do you unlock apprentice? beat him with yoda? I beat arcade mode.

I'd like to know this, too. I've unlocked everyone but him.

edit: It says to beat arcade mode with Vader/Yoda.

cool breeze · « **Reply #91 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:50:22 AM »

You have to use either Yoda or Vader to beat him.

It is both really hard and really is with Vader since you can place his throw perfectly to toss the apprentice off the stage, but if you want to play fair it is a bit tough.

TVC15 · « **Reply #92 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:52:03 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on July 30, 2008, 01:50:22 AM

You have to use either Yoda or Vader to beat him.

It is both really hard and really is with Vader since you can place his throw perfectly to toss the apprentice off the stage, but if you want to play fair it is a bit tough.

How is it hard? Yoda seems like such a cheese character to me.

cool breeze · « **Reply #93 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:53:28 AM »

Because it seems like they really ramp up the difficulty against the Apprentice when you reach him. Everything up to him was easy, even the final enemy after him was easy, but he is a bitch. He has combos where he would fly in the air and shoot lightening down at you, then toss his light saber and make a force bubble appear on the ground, then he could pull you closer using the force and do this really strong grab move.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #94 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:58:26 AM »

I beat apprentice with Amy. lol. I wish Amy had more reach, cause in some ways I like her moveset more than raphs

TVC15 · « **Reply #95 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:58:55 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on July 30, 2008, 01:53:28 AM

Because it seems like they really ramp up the difficulty against the Apprentice when you reach him. Everything up to him was easy, even the final enemy after him was easy, but he is a bitch. He has combos where he would fly in the air and shoot lightening down at you, then toss his light saber and make a force bubble appear on the ground, then he could pull you closer using the force and do this really strong grab move.

Lemme guess, he also has the skill that makes him difficult to ring out?

cool breeze · « **Reply #96 on:** July 30, 2008, 02:00:59 AM »

I don't think so, but the stage is more or less boxed off except for one far ledge. I did beat him by Vader tossing him off the stage, but that depended on Vader's awesome throw (basically the same one he used on the Emperor in ROTJ)

JustinP · « **Reply #97 on:** July 30, 2008, 02:02:58 AM »

ugh... a timeout in the tower gets you a failed mission. was just about to unlock decending floors, too

edit: yeah it's easy to ring out starkiller with vader. just bait him to edge and chunk him over.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #98 on:** July 30, 2008, 02:04:07 AM »

I need to sit down with the tower tomorrow night. Or maybe tonight. WHO NEEDS SLEEP?!

NO! I must be strong.

JustinP · « **Reply #99 on:** July 30, 2008, 02:10:01 AM »

unlocked decending. wonder if it's any different.

JustinP · « **Reply #100 on:** July 30, 2008, 02:25:46 AM »

decending is more like a classic survival mode.

also has a chick with this outfit:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

green kitty thing with a... carrot. was an ivy weapon - segmented into seperate chunks of carrot.

[close]

TVC15 · « **Reply #101 on:** July 30, 2008, 02:38:27 AM »

I don't think I've seen Ivy yet.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #102 on:** July 30, 2008, 03:44:08 AM »

i usually just take it for granted when i buy a fighting game that the story and voice acting will be fuckawful, i don't expect a well thought-out plot or meaningful dialogue from games that have women in panties fighting to the death against dudes with mouths in their chest

but i don't really mind this story, it's about as simple as it gets

i mean, they all want the swords, to either own them or destroy them or walk away from them, and that's about it

sort of wish i'd bought this on 360 now, since everyone else did, but then again no one on here ever plays me online lol

they probably could have given vader a few original lines instead of just sampling from the movies

TVC15 · « **Reply #103 on:** July 30, 2008, 03:56:01 AM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on July 30, 2008, 03:44:08 AM

they probably could have given vader a few original lines instead of just sampling from the movies

I've been playing with Japanese voices, and I am disgusted that Yoda does not try to emulate his inverted speech pattern in the game. He sounds just like every other Japanese speaker.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #104 on:** July 30, 2008, 03:59:21 AM »

even if yoda becomes dlc for ps3 i will ban him from play in my games

fuck that little hopping around gon with a lightsaber

demi · « **Reply #105 on:** July 30, 2008, 04:01:15 AM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on July 30, 2008, 03:44:08 AM

sort of wish i'd bought this on 360 now, since everyone else did, but then again no one on here ever plays me online lol

Nobody here will play against each other on 360 version either. I would only play online to boost for the couple online achievements.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #106 on:** July 30, 2008, 04:04:40 AM »

supposedly online isn't too terribly bad, though

TVC15 · « **Reply #107 on:** July 30, 2008, 04:16:05 AM »

Quote from: demi on July 30, 2008, 04:01:15 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on July 30, 2008, 03:44:08 AM
sort of wish i'd bought this on 360 now, since everyone else did, but then again no one on here ever plays me online lol

Nobody here will play against each other on 360 version either. I would only play online to boost for the couple online achievements.

Let me know if you get it.

drohne · « **Reply #108 on:** July 30, 2008, 06:37:04 AM »

Quote from: Professor Prole

360 also gets better rez (for 1080p folks), 2xAA, more effects, no slowdown on ice stage

nah -- per b3d it renders at something like 1360x960, but it hasn't got any aa, just a full screen blur. and apparently it's scaling twice if you output 1080p, i.e. down to 720p and then up again. the 360 version has a slight technical edge, but the unblurred ps3 version looks better...and this is the first i've heard about differing effects

Powerslave · « **Reply #109 on:** July 30, 2008, 07:05:53 AM »

fighting games

abrader · « **Reply #110 on:** July 30, 2008, 07:28:42 AM »

NOTHING wrong with unlock-able sex-up outfits for the ladies...

dark1x · « **Reply #111 on:** July 30, 2008, 10:32:11 AM »

Quote from: drohne on July 30, 2008, 06:37:04 AM

Quote from: Professor Prole
360 also gets better rez (for 1080p folks), 2xAA, more effects, no slowdown on ice stage

nah -- per b3d it renders at something like 1360x960, but it hasn't got any aa, just a full screen blur. and apparently it's scaling twice if you output 1080p, i.e. down to 720p and then up again. the 360 version has a slight technical edge, but the unblurred ps3 version looks better...and this is the first i've heard about differing effects

That's right, it does not use AA. There was also a mistake early on with a PS3 comparison where earlier PS3 shots were used. The final game looks exactly the same on both systems. What I'm uncertain of is whether or not the PS3 version will upscale. By default, it uses 1280x720 mode. They both have very similar image quality and look great.

I don't know where the "more effects" claim comes from, though. I'll have to test for slowdown on the ice stage as well, but I encountered none during play on PS3.

Draft · « **Reply #112 on:** July 30, 2008, 11:04:50 AM »

Speaking of res, why DOES the PS3 often run games on my 1080p TV at 720p.

Xbox 360 always upscales to 1080p.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #113 on:** July 30, 2008, 11:05:48 AM »

hey, i'm just parroting the word from quaz, which is apparently old and now incorrect

although the ps3 still has ice stage slowdown when someone is up against one of the walls, and the full-screen fire distortion effect on one of the "heat" stages is clumsier

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #114 on:** July 30, 2008, 11:05:52 AM »

SC4 is pretty gorgeous. Its amazing how often we take visuals like this for granted.

MCD · « **Reply #115 on:** July 30, 2008, 11:08:48 AM »

Quote from: Draft on July 30, 2008, 11:04:50 AM

Speaking of res, why DOES the PS3 often run games on my 1080p TV at 720p.

Xbox 360 always upscales to 1080p.

the power of xenos.

Draft · « **Reply #116 on:** July 30, 2008, 11:20:29 AM »

No seriously, is there a way to make the dumb thing upscale?

I'm pretty sure MGS4 upscaled...

drohne · « **Reply #117 on:** July 30, 2008, 11:26:29 AM »

sc4 should upscale if you disable all the resolutions except 1080p in the dash -- but it probably won't do a better job than your tv

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #118 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:29:47 PM »

Quote from: Draft on July 30, 2008, 11:20:29 AM

No seriously, is there a way to make the dumb thing upscale?

I'm pretty sure MGS4 upscaled...

Just stick to 720p if there's no native 1080p support. The PS3 sucks at upscaling (it can't do a full 1920x1080 upscale). There're also performance hits in some games when you force it to upscale to 1080P with Drohne's method.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #119 on:** July 30, 2008, 01:32:08 PM »

720p looks fine.

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Author Topic: THE SOUL STILL BURNS (Read 23563 times)