Post by: Don'tHate742 on March 19, 2003, 10:53:30 AM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 19, 2003, 12:32:45 PM
Link is sick!
Post by: BlkPaladin on March 19, 2003, 12:58:01 PM
Post by: Mario on March 19, 2003, 08:45:39 PM
Post by: theaveng on March 20, 2003, 01:25:53 PM
QuoteWhy? I've never had any problems wih it.
Originally posted by: Professional 666
IGNCube has the MPEG version of the commercial (gawd i hate WMV).
Post by: GoldShadow1 on March 20, 2003, 02:06:13 PM
Post by: dafunkk12 on March 20, 2003, 02:08:18 PM
Post by: Don'tHate742 on March 20, 2003, 02:15:03 PM
Anyways, YOU MIGHT RENT?! Have you played the first one? It's incredible, it has so much depth to master, yet you can jump on and whoop some ass. The second one is sure to amaze me.
Post by: grap3fruitman on March 20, 2003, 02:58:04 PM
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Why? I've never had any problems wih it.
Guess who's not running a Unix based OS.
Post by: Razex on March 20, 2003, 04:01:44 PM
Post by: Zero on March 20, 2003, 06:32:25 PM
What is the fighting "style" in Soul Caliber? I mean, I love Street Fighter's fighting style and Guilty Gear's fighting style. However I HATE Mortal Kombat' fighting style. It just seemed to slow to me. I love having high speed and lots of combos.
Is Soul Caliber fast and full of combos, or is it a slow fighter?
Post by: Don'tHate742 on March 20, 2003, 06:40:14 PM
Post by: VideoGamerJ on March 20, 2003, 06:57:11 PM
Soul Caliber 2 however. Very simple instructions. Buy Freeloader or Action Replay (If you don't have someway to play imports already) and then import Soul Caliber for a somewhat reasonable price. March seriously drained all the cash I had
Post by: LilMac2010 on March 20, 2003, 08:48:41 PM
Of course I expect nothing but amazing things from the sequel, add to that the luxury of being able to play as a badass Link and you have a must-buy game for any fan of Zelda, Soul Calibur, or just interactive entertainment.As I mentioned on the Talkback thread, I would've liked Namco to get a bit creative and have at least one alternate outfit for Link, as well his own stage since I haven't seen that CLEARLY depicted. Alas, having Link is sweet enough, who cares about Spawn or Heiachimachiblah.
Post by: Grey Ninja on March 20, 2003, 09:02:42 PM
1) Link is in it. (Good enough reason for most Nintendo fans)
2) Sophitia is in it. (Good enough reason for male fans of Soul Edge)
I am not really that much of a fighting game fan, but this game truly looks different for me. I want to sample the controls before finalizing my decision though. I would really prefer the Japanese version over the US version though, so I may be buying that Freeloader at some point.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 20, 2003, 09:34:33 PM
Post by: Berto2K on March 21, 2003, 10:02:21 PM
Post by: theaveng on March 22, 2003, 08:58:37 AM
QuoteIhave Win98, and Media Player handles the *.wmv extension. Have you tried divx.com? On the rare occassions I find a WMV file that does not work, I just use the Divx Player.
Originally posted by: dafunkk12Neither WMP9 nor just the WMV9 codec installs on Win98; it requires Win98SE. Guess which one I'm stuck with...
Post by: Don'tHate742 on March 22, 2003, 07:11:02 PM
Post by: Nephilim on March 23, 2003, 04:17:13 AM
iv only had 2 files ever that havnt worked, 1 was pokemon: mewtwo returns and 2 was dbgt ep1.
and they were missing a codec, which i didnt have
anyway the video looks tight
cant wait for it
but i wanna beat up spawn as link....
Wish atleast the arcade machine had all 3. o well
Post by: Kulock on March 23, 2003, 07:18:03 AM
Isn't it fun when you talk yourself into a purchase? ;P
Post by: Tycoon__ on March 23, 2003, 07:21:19 AM
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Originally posted by: LilMac2010
The first Soul Calibur, along with Ocarina of Time are the only games thus far that I consider to be "perfect" games. For those of you unfamiliar, Soul Calibur in an INCREDIBLY deep and thoroughly enjoyable fighter that only gets more fun as you and your friends master it. This coming from a guy that gave up on the fighting game genre years ago. Seriously, everything from the outfits to the soundtrack to the play mechanics, to the stages and extras are the pinnacle of what a fighting game should be. The game was and is absolute perfection in what it does and thems some big shoes to fill for Soul Calibur 2
As I mentioned on the Talkback thread, I would've liked Namco to get a bit creative and have at least one alternate outfit for Link, as well his own stage since I haven't seen that CLEARLY depicted. Alas, having Link is sweet enough, who cares about Spawn or Heiachimachiblah.
Yeh... Namco makes a very good fighter.. like Tekken.
Anywho, in one of my old old gaming magazines, I found a review of Soul Caliber, pretty innovative game... you could do all sorts of neat stuff. like having your opponent miss you (say with a move that moves u a distance across the screen) and fall in.. say ... a very deep hole to death.
Post by: theaveng on March 23, 2003, 10:09:24 AM
QuoteYes. WhileI was watching this afternoon's NASCAR race, I did some research and found that Soul Edge/Blade for the PS1 and Soul Calibur are all part of the same series. They share the same characters, same fighting style, and same traveling campaign style.
Originally posted by: Don'tHate742
No......
Post by: RickPowers on March 23, 2003, 11:02:10 AM
I hate fighting games, with Killer Instinct and Soul Calibur being the only exceptions, and Soul Calibur blows Killer Instinct away. I think this is why people are looking forward to Soul Calibur 2 so much ... they're expecting another masterpiece.
Post by: mouse_clicker on March 23, 2003, 11:11:36 AM
I agree- while I'm ecstatic that we even got Link in one of the best fighting series ever made, I would've liked a bit better of an alternate costume than just his Goron tunic. I mean, look at some of the alternate costumes in Soul Calibur- there's some pretty drastic changes. I was hoping we might be able to use Fierce Deity Link.
Also, I understand the Weapons Master mode is back from Soul Edge- does that mean Link will have a variety of different swords?
Post by: Chris150 on March 23, 2003, 12:11:40 PM
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Also, I understand the Weapons Master mode is back from Soul Edge- does that mean Link will have a variety of different swords?
Hmmm... Biggoron Sword....
Post by: mouse_clicker on March 23, 2003, 12:43:40 PM
Perhaps the Great Fairy's Sword as well.
Post by: Don'tHate742 on March 23, 2003, 01:17:17 PM
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Perhaps the Great Fairy's Sword as well.
I thought that sword was only carried by young link?
Also, different weapons doesn't entirely mean differents swords....Maybe Fire Arrows? Or Hookshot?
Post by: mouse_clicker on March 23, 2003, 01:25:29 PM
Post by: Termin8Anakin on March 23, 2003, 02:26:38 PM
Post by: UNCrules286 on March 23, 2003, 02:59:19 PM
Post by: Gamefreak on March 23, 2003, 06:46:40 PM
Um where you been man, he has both of those. His alternate costume is the goron tunic which IGN recently unveiled..and right now on IGN's front page they have a hands on article with some movies. One is a link vs. link battle. At the beginning where it has the stage name it says "Legend of Zelda" and it has the Overworld theme song playing in the background...although it's hard to hear with the japanese people talking and such. But you can clearly tell it's the zelda theme.
Post by: SilverBack1138 on March 23, 2003, 07:00:32 PM
Does anyone else here think that the PS2 version's exclusive character lame. Tekken was a cool game, but I just think that they could've gotten a better character for the PS2. Maybe Hotsuma from Shinobi, or Dante from Devil May Cry, or Rikimaru from Tenchu. I just think that Heihachi isn't the best character for this game.
Post by: theaveng on March 24, 2003, 04:42:45 AM
QuoteReally? What sucked about it?
Originally posted by: RickPowers
Soul Edge was the first game, and pretty much sucked.
I have that game, and thought it was one of the better fighters despite its primitive ~1996 graphics.
Post by: Darc Requiem on March 24, 2003, 05:51:12 AM
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Originally posted by: RickPowers
Soul Edge was the first game, and pretty much sucked. Soul Calibur was Soul Edge 2, but they changed the name so that people would give it a chance. Soul Calibur was very good in the arcade, but when they released a "better than perfect" version for the Dreamcast, including better graphics and tons of unlockables, it achieved legendary status.
I hate fighting games, with Killer Instinct and Soul Calibur being the only exceptions, and Soul Calibur blows Killer Instinct away. I think this is why people are looking forward to Soul Calibur 2 so much ... they're expecting another masterpiece.
Sucked? I think your in the minority on this one Rick. While it sucks by todays standards at the time Soul Edge/Blade was a very good fighting game. It had some features that even Soul Calibur lacked, It had superior endings and different weapons for each character. Besides the graphics Soul Edge/Blade's biggest flaw was the ease at which you could knock your opponent out of the ring. As long as you could keep it in the ring long enough for good fight Soul Edge/Blade was very well done.
Darc Requiem
Post by: Kulock on March 24, 2003, 07:26:12 AM
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Originally posted by: GamefreakOne is a link vs. link battle. At the beginning where it has the stage name it says "Legend of Zelda" and it has the Overworld theme song playing in the background...although it's hard to hear with the japanese people talking and such. But you can clearly tell it's the zelda theme.
That's just it, though, the theme is called "The Legend of Zelda" (notice the music note before it when it shows up in the video), that could've been triggered by playing a Link vs. Link fight, or even just randomly when at least one Link is fighting. I'm not sure the stage itself was LoZ-inspired, although it could've been (did look just a little like Melee's "Ruins"), and even if that one doesn't, he does probably have one that is.
Post by: ThePerm on March 24, 2003, 07:43:19 AM
