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X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#201: Apr 3rd 2012 at 11:13:18 AM

I would... but I won't be home for another four weeks. ;~;

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#202: Apr 3rd 2012 at 2:06:22 PM

Don't worry, it's not available for the US yet anyway :/ (just checked).

edited 3rd Apr '12 2:06:41 PM by Rynnec

Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#203: Apr 3rd 2012 at 5:03:23 PM

Scratch that last post. The Compatibility Pack is here! :D

...Aaaaand the 1P/2P costumes aren't unisex.

edited 3rd Apr '12 5:03:32 PM by Rynnec

Demovere Since: Dec, 2009
#204: Apr 3rd 2012 at 5:04:43 PM

So I went and got one of the new customization packs today - specifically, the one containing costume parts from several of the original characters. The Cepheus Store is nice enough to tell and show you what you're going to get. Hilariously (or depressingly), said pack cost less than the 'Maid Pack', but contains far more parts. Then again, SC4 used to have everyone's 2P costume parts available from the start, so... =/

Anyway, the pack. It has the parts for Patroklos 1 and 2P, ZWEI 1 and 2P, Pyrrha 1P, Pyrrha Omega, Viola 1P, and Elysium 1P. They're all gender-locked, which is a shame - there were parts from ZWEI 1P that I was hoping to use on one of my female CAS that uses his style. sad

Elysium 1P's headgear looks awesome on armored characters; the rest of her costume parts are still laughably-skimpy, and I'm still not sure where I could use them. tongue There seems to be a redundant part in the form of Pyrrha and Pyrrha Omega's skirt - they're counted as two pieces, but the only difference between them is their default colors, which is mighty odd. =/ Also, Pyrrha Omega's upper torso piece has the mutated arm; if you've always wanted to make a 'female Nightmare', there's your chance. grin I imagine a later pack will include Nightmare's arm and torso for the guys.

Edit: Hmm, semi-Natsu'd. tongue

edited 3rd Apr '12 5:07:21 PM by Demovere

Roland Since: Jan, 2001
#205: Apr 4th 2012 at 2:14:26 AM

It's a shame the arm isn't a separate slot from the tunic it's attached to. The tunic's nice, mind you, but it's hard to make a character who doesn't just look like a Pyrrha Omega cosplayer with it.

HellmanSabian Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
#206: Apr 4th 2012 at 10:16:10 AM

Generally though from what I have seen they ain't bad at least. Though I think they should have been free.

Demovere Since: Dec, 2009
#207: Apr 23rd 2012 at 3:56:38 PM

I gotta ask: does SC5's equipment destruction do anything other than serve as titillation? If it serves no gameplay purpose, I'd definitely want Project Soul to add an option to turn it off on individual custom characters - or heck, individual equipment parts - just so I don't need to watch my customs get stripped down to their pants/skirt/whatever, barefoot and possibly shirtless. >=(

edited 23rd Apr '12 3:57:34 PM by Demovere

GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
The Shadows Devour You.
#208: Apr 23rd 2012 at 4:11:13 PM

Aside from anything else, armour shattering and revealing bare skin underneath is bizarre. Believe me when I say that wearing nothing but a piece of metal into battle is going to get you killed by the first blunt object which hits hard enough. There's a reason knights went into battle with a thick layer of padding on under their plate mail. Destroying a knights armour was not a simple matter of disabling the outer layer; there's a reason people tried to bypass the damn stuff.

The term "Great Man" is disturbingly interchangeable with "mass murderer" in history books.
Demovere Since: Dec, 2009
#209: Apr 23rd 2012 at 4:23:12 PM

Well, I don't mind that SC5 isn't realistic in that regard; it's a game where Rule of Cool is in play, especially in the more creative... creations you can find online. Heck, I have a few customs, male and female, who don't have just chain mail underneath their upper armor; I've tried using nothing but chain mail way back in SC3, and found that it ends up making the armored characters appear a tad more generic than if I put on different undergarments on each of them. My problem is that the equipment destruction mechanic can easily ruin the look of custom characters, turning what should look like an epic match between a blinged-out knight and a terrifying demon into two nearly-naked people knocking each other silly. sad

I'm aware that this can be taken as nitpicking, since equipment can no longer affect your characters' stats so it doesn't matter what they're wearing. It's just that to me, the simplified equipment destruction becomes silly at times. That, and for some reason my female ZWEI CAS keeps getting stripped down in nearly every match I play, without fail. o_o;;

edited 23rd Apr '12 4:24:25 PM by Demovere

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#210: Apr 23rd 2012 at 4:48:52 PM

Ah, SC III's CAS.

Once I get a completed save file, I may upload images of the characters I made there. None of this clone business.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
I say things.
#211: Apr 24th 2012 at 3:13:06 AM

I forced myself through the story mode. I now have an intense hatred for Patro and Pyrr.

"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#212: Apr 24th 2012 at 6:46:52 AM

Did I not shit-talk a game I watched enough? Why would you do that, Cru? You don't trust me to make your decision for you?

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Risetteer Since: Sep, 2009
#213: Apr 24th 2012 at 7:32:29 AM

I played the story mode yesterday. Finished it all in one sitting.

It felt less like a story and more like an extended "Terrible Writing 101" class.

RoyalArchetype The Girl Your Mother Warned You About from The Ninth Ring Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
The Girl Your Mother Warned You About
#214: Apr 24th 2012 at 8:33:08 AM

Wait.....There was a story?

If only they had gotten around to fleshing out a story for all of the characters. -sigh-

Risetteer Since: Sep, 2009
#215: Apr 24th 2012 at 8:38:11 AM

I really did not like how all the new characters only appeared in a single scene. The only ones that actually did anything were Patro, Pyrrha, and ZWEI. And ZWEI was only there to call Patro out on his bullshit and then get unceremoniously killed off SERIOUSLY NAMCO THE FUCK WHAT WITH THAT

And then there was the fact that 90% of the game's cast didn't appear at all.

RoyalArchetype The Girl Your Mother Warned You About from The Ninth Ring Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
The Girl Your Mother Warned You About
#216: Apr 24th 2012 at 8:41:17 AM

I didn't even bother watching the cutscenes when I saw that they were pretty much just story boards. I skipped them all, had no idea why I was fighting anyone, then looked up a story summary on the intarwebz.

Risetteer Since: Sep, 2009
#217: Apr 24th 2012 at 8:46:17 AM

That probably made more sense than the actual story, which was like a Random Events Plot. I just loved how Ivy was conveniently just passing by to tell Patro about ~the three sacred treasures~. Then five minutes later he runs into Xiba and Leixia and LOL THEY HAVE EXACTLY THE CRAP PATRO NEEDS AHAHWEFUNERGJHB

I will stop now because I could seriously rant for hours about how SCV's plot was absolute shit.

RoyalArchetype The Girl Your Mother Warned You About from The Ninth Ring Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
The Girl Your Mother Warned You About
#218: Apr 24th 2012 at 8:49:35 AM

I've still got my fingers crossed for some story-based DLC for the other characters.

Probably shouldn't get my hopes up, but a guy can dream can't he?

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#219: Apr 24th 2012 at 8:54:24 AM

"Unceremonious". That word well describes the exit for Rock, Talim, Zasalamel, Cassandra, all of Korea, and others. And we didn't even get BANGOO!

Such a shame when someone has to hope for story based dlc.


But let's talk positives in the series.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Risetteer Since: Sep, 2009
#220: Apr 24th 2012 at 8:55:28 AM

[up][up] That would be optimal, yes. The new characters need character development and a purpose in the story.

Not to mention the remaining original cast, none of which have any part in the plot. They literally have no excuse for Zasalamel not being there.

AHEM

Character creation is super duper in SCV.

edited 24th Apr '12 8:56:01 AM by Risetteer

RoyalArchetype The Girl Your Mother Warned You About from The Ninth Ring Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
The Girl Your Mother Warned You About
#221: Apr 24th 2012 at 8:57:57 AM

Positives? Perhaps.

Viola's fight style is epic.

Risetteer Since: Sep, 2009
#222: Apr 24th 2012 at 9:05:39 AM

I don't know how to use Viola effectively but she ~is~ one of the most fun characters imo.

I've been trying to play online but I'm never able to join any rooms. ;_;

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#223: Apr 24th 2012 at 9:07:33 AM

He could've been killed recently and thus just a baby, but who wouldn't love to see an 8 year old Zasalamel scheming, even if he wasn't playable.

I've said it before, Ezio, Viola and Character parts are the best looking parts of the game to me. I'd still rather not have only clones. SC 3 did character creation well, even with limited parts.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
HellmanSabian Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
#224: Apr 24th 2012 at 9:25:03 AM

That has been my favourite one so far. The clothes still looked a little funky sometimes though. Nothing's perfect I guess.

edited 24th Apr '12 10:08:25 AM by HellmanSabian

RoyalArchetype The Girl Your Mother Warned You About from The Ninth Ring Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
The Girl Your Mother Warned You About
#225: Apr 24th 2012 at 9:52:53 AM

[up][up][up] I'm still learning on how to use her effectively, but I feel I'm quite competent.

I would fight online, but I don't have a XBL gold account, just silver.


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