Soul Calibur 3

Originally Posted by S?ecter

Rock is a character that I chose to pretend didn't exist...

He's the most pointless character ever, if they have Astaroth, why put in a shitty and not cool version such as Rock?

I hate him so much I didn't even mention him on my first post.

One thing I don't like is how Siegfried and Nightmare have the same damn moves... Even if they are the same person, why not have a "good" set of moves for Siegfried, and an "evil" set of moves for Nightmare. Even if like 3 of their moves are different it's not enough, they could have done so much more with these characters...

You do know that Rock was one of the characters that started this game, right? They replaced him in Soul Calibur with Asteroth, which I was very disappointed with at the time. If they had given him his old outfits it would have been much better (I loved his Triceratops helmet), but I love the fact that they included him in this one. The only non-returning character I wish they had brought back was The Weapon Master from Soul Calibur 1, rather than stick in Olcadon. The Weapon Master looked far cooler.

Me, I love Soul Calibur III. I actually like how they changed up the moves on returning characters, giving you the chance to learn a game. Also it gives new people a chance to be able to stand up to old players, rather than having that person dominate all of his friends because he knows all the moves.

I love the character generation, I just wish it was more in-depth. It would have been nice if you could choose parts from all the regular characters to, or have different body sizes.

The Tales Mode I was disappointed in; it could have been so much better. Now there's no reason to play through it multiple times. If they had changed-up the enemies (maybe more of them, or different abilities, stronger AI), it would have made it better. I would have liked more maps as well. I would have liked them to have a different boss most of all, someone who was less uncool.

The regular game, I really got sick of the "dodge the giant gear/cage/sword thrust" scenes. Plus, they were all pretty much identical for every character. I would have liked a story that changed depending on the character that you were, something that the earlier games made you feel like.

One thing I did notice, and would like them to return to was the "realistic weapons and moves" feel that the first game had. I loved the fact that the characters were all using real weapons (albeit highly stylized) and fighting styles. Now, it seems they are getting more flash and less nitty-gritty.

I miss Team Battle. Oh, god do I miss Team Battle. That was a very poor decision on Namco's part to take that out, as well as all of the records. What the hell was with that. I loved Soul Calibur 2 for all of the things the game kept track of that you could view at any time.

I would have liked to see the original openings for the games put in SCIII just for viewing pleasure. I still love watching the Soul Blade/Edge opening...one of the best openings to a video game yet.

Overall, great game, and I am fully glad I bought it. I'm eagerly awaiting what they have next.

Jam it back in, in the dark.