Soulcalibur Comments by Dan Whitehead
The soul still earns.
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monkie_king
04/07/08 @ 15:43
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Aye, I just figured there must be some reason they defaulted to the bordered resolution.
Skywise: yeah, we've been round this a few times now. SC was System12 originally (slightly souped-up PS), converted to Dreamcast with a massive graphical upgrade, and then ported back to the arcade on a Naomi board. I don't think the Naomi version was as widespread. I remember playing the System12 version, it was graphically on a par with something like Tekken Tag Tournament. |
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Tekken on PSN is 14.99
That's the online-play release, the initial non-online release was cheaper. Since SC on XBLA does not have online that version's price is most relevant, though I cannot remember. Just that that the price + price of online upgrade < price of combined release that replaced it. |
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Triggerhappytel
04/07/08 @ 16:45
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"Graphically, it's okay. Kind of funny to think we were once stunned by these rather puppet-like 3D figures"
What an odd thing to say. You do realise that these were literally the best graphics in existance in its day? |
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canIdoyabombsforya
04/07/08 @ 18:52
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"Instant purchase - I'm glad XBLA is almost becoming the Virtual Console for DC games in lieu of the Wii not having enough space for them. "
Nintendo keep your games on their severs, redownload whenever you want |
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canIdoyabombsforya
04/07/08 @ 18:56
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>"Graphically, it's okay. Kind of funny to think we were once stunned by these rather puppet-like 3D figures"
"What an odd thing to say. You do realise that these were literally the best graphics in existance in its day? " I'll keep the puppets thank you, ultra realistic characters in fighters don't do it for me at all. |
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DanWhitehead
04/07/08 @ 19:41
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What an odd thing to say. You do realise that these were literally the best graphics in existance in its day?
That was kind of my point. I remember being amazed at how lifelike they were - and the same for the early PS2 games. Just a comment on how quickly character rendering and animation have moved forwards. |
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WinterSnowblind
05/07/08 @ 01:42
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@Smelly
Like I've already said, Mission mode is only text, surely it couldn't be taken up all that much space, especially as the game already exceeds the old 150mb limit. That clearly wasn't the reason for removing it. |
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@WinterSnowBlind:
I wasnt aware i mentioned mission mode? Just the intro movie and the widescreen. The exclusion of that is obvious to me too... They dont want you spending all your time on this and not buying SC4! :-) Damn shame the dcast died so early.. The last game i worked on in the industry was a dreamcast game.. it was a damn nice piece of kit.. ♦ |
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Emilia'sHorse
05/07/08 @ 10:29
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Oh such fond memories. Tears of joy.
8/10?....well I suppose but my heart still yearns to slap a 10/10 on it and spend the next week drooling over the stunning graphics. Sadly those graphics have aged somewhat and my rose tinted glasses are slipping. But the gameplay is still as good as ever. Dreamcast lives on with XBLA. |
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"Given the subsequent decision to race Dead or Alive down to the bottom of the "Ooh Boobies!" gaming barrel of despair it's certainly worth noting that the ladybumps here are surprisingly conservative in dimension, reassuringly rigid and often fully-clothed."
Rigid? Not only do boobs jiggle in SC1, but female arses do as well. DoA has never featured arse jiggle. This also was the game which introduced Ivy with her dominatrix outfit and whip-like weapon, nipple bumps on Taki, and codes for changing Sophitia's panties. The previous game, Soul Edge, had a naked Sophitia bathing scene in the intro. Team Ninja clearly liked boobs, but Namco really shouldn't be thought of as more conservative. |
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