Month: July 2018

Posted on

Top French SoulCalibur VI players share footage and detailed impressions of the game

France is known as a mecca for SoulCalibur, and it seems like that will stay the same for the next iteration. Recently, a few famous French players ventured to Bandai Namco’s offices to sit down for a little bit longer with the game. Kayane, Hayate, Keysona, and Keev spent as much time as they could combing through the game’s mechanics and garnering impressions on SoulCalibur VI‘s growing cast.

The players compiled their thoughts in a SoulCalibur VI Feedback Doc, divided into several sections. Overall, their opinions are positive, agreeing that the E3 build has come a long way from the earlier version. They would like to see an option to turn off armor breaking, and their major complaint about game mechanics is slightly-too-high combo damage. They suggest lengthening Soul Charge but reducing its power slightly, because it lasts for only a very short time.

As for characters, they dub Mitsurugi and Sophitia as the most basic, beginner-friendly characters, unsurprisingly. They consider this game to offer best version of Zasalamel, dubbing his combos “stylish.” Interestingly, they also said that Geralt “seems very strong;” he’s mostly an unexplored character at this point.

If you’re more of a watcher than a reader, they also recorded footage of their matches.

Here’s an extended clip of Kayane using Geralt and showing his potential.

Hayate uploaded a clip of him using Kilik against Keev’s Nightmare.

The SoulCalibur.fr channel uploaded several clips of gameplay with various characters.

In case you missed it, check out the Talim reveal trailer.

Sources: Google Docs; KayaneTV; SoulCalibur.fr; Hayate EIN

Posted on

Justin Wong joins E-Sports Ecosystem as an Esports Advisor

The legendary player has signed on to assist the new cryptocurrency developer.

Echo Fox’s Justin Wong — one of the most famous competitors in the FGC, spanning numerous games and holding many titles — has signed on to work with the up-and-coming E-Sports Ecosystem organization, in the position of Esports Advisor:

You may or may not have heard of E-Sports Ecosystem before this news — a relatively new organization, their goal is to develop a cryptocurrency for use in esports as tournament fees and payouts, among other uses. Read about their goals and upcoming plans here.

Source: Justin Wong (Twitter)

 

Posted on

Witness Skullomania and Shadow Geist’s secret super cinematics for Fighting EX Layer

“Raging Demons”, or forward-advancing super throws performed with a chain of button inputs, are common in Fighting EX Layer. However, there’s two characters in the game whose Raging Demons have alternate cinematic versions — Skullomania and Shadow Geist — which direct references to their secret animations from Capcom’s EX series.

Both secret cinematic are performed by doing the normal Raging Demon input then holding down+light punch+medium kick. The differences might be purely cosmetic, but showing your Skullo Beam is an important part of the Skullo Meta, as far as I’m skullo-concerned.

Source: Fighters Generation