Soul Calibur V - preview

Soul Calibur V is the fighting game that almost never was. Tago Hisaharu Producer speaks through it

fighting games and beat-em-ups are like Marmite, inspiring both the fanaticism or complete indifference. If your tastes tend toward the former, which will surely be aware of the Soul Calibur series of games. They first appeared in arcades in 1996 (then called Soul Edge) and one of the few games that add weapons to the Japanese beat-em-up plan, quickly established a loyal following. Now publisher and developer Namco Bandai Soul Project apply the finishing touches on Soul Calibur V, which hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 February 3, 2012. An event in London gave us the opportunity to put our hands on it and a test of its producer, Hisaharu Tago.

people with an encyclopedic knowledge of the world of fighting games may find this a bit surprising - from 2008 Soul Calibur IV version of the game the group was broken and it seemed that the days of the franchise were made. But what happened Tago said: ". The idea behind the team was to create a new IP address There are many members of the team very, very talented Soul Calibur, so at the end of Soul Calibur IV we believe that time could extend this talent and use it elsewhere. However, I became the producer of Soul Calibur V and reassemble all the world and thus we are here. "

Tago

community stresses that fans Soul Calibur played a huge role in this turn:. "At the end of Soul Calibur IV, we believe that the community was not large, but we got a notice for comments, and we received an incredible amount -.. much more than we expected at this time that he was motivated to move forward "

Hands-on

As expected, given the source, the players who have played a previous game of the Soul Calibur feel comfortable with Soul Calibur V. Like its predecessors, is a fighting game classic Japanese style in which the characters in the spotlight. They range from small and agile in all giants and heavy, with a fighting style and individual choice of weapons, swords to guns. There is a story mode typically baroque. You can activate special moves and once you have completed your meter, an attack called critical point of view that is spectacular in appearance and effect on your opponent.

as guests

Soul Calibur series has a long tradition of including guest characters other game franchises - Link, Darth Vader and Kratos God of War took place in previous versions. In the case of London, intrusion Tago-san revealed that Soul Calibur V will be nothing less than Ezio Auditore di Firenze, the current star games creed of the assassin. Discusses Tago become a murderer of Florence in a soul Calibur character V: "It is an action game character, so when it comes in a fighting game, what kind of strategies will be able to use to do this was fun type? things. And, of course, the character of Ubisoft, and really is love. I understand that, too, because I do the characters and I really love. "Carthage said Ezio will be able to use six weapons - more than any other character in the game -. Including guns and knives hidden, and you will be able to fight more effectively with short and long distances

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