Videogame Crushes

[cube_b3]

Sophitia from the Soul Calibur series.

I don't know if that is how she looks in the more recent games but back in the day this is what she looked like:


Gorgeous.

[CosmicCastaway]

Yeah, she still looks pretty much the same, just a bit older...and more revealing clothing.

I've been with the series since the beginning and Siegfried and Sophitia were always my favorite characters.

[cube_b3]

While not to excited but having her more scantly clad, I always found her pink outfit more attractive than the blue skirt.

Show me a good shot of her from recent games.
I've only played the first 2.

The one you posted earlier looks like anime.

[CosmicCastaway]

OK, here's her outfit in Soul Calibur III:


And here is her main outfit in Soul Calibur IV:



Personally, I prefer her second costume in Soul Calibur IV:

[cube_b3]

Disaster, they made a realistic fleshed out warrior into an anime Barbie.

[CosmicCastaway]

Disaster, they made a realistic fleshed out warrior into an anime Barbie.

She's still a great character, Soul Calibur IV in particular explored how far she was willing to go to protect her children. So she's every bit the warrior she was, if not more so.

[cube_b3]

When I finished SC1 she had her son, how many children does she have now?

SC1 ending also suggested her days as a warrior came to an end. But then again Maxi died in the 1st game and he's still around so the endings don't exactly take full affect in the sequel.

But dude I think her current model is horrible it isn't age appropriate nor is it realistic as the original.

[Sega Uranus]

Fighting game stories are almost always a "What if this person won" setting, so usually only one ending is accepted as canon.

That and trying to take fighting games stories seriously usually is pretty LOL material.

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[Chaosmaster8753]

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What did I just watch? :shock:

[cube_b3]

^ 3 Different engins:
1) Sonya's ending with her walking away and what's his face jumping off the cliff.
2) What's his face ending with him not falling off the cliff.
3) Jack's ending where he magically appears out of nowehere and is least concerned over the death of his partner.

Back in the day the ending was really something, I was very sad to see Sonya die.

So whatever was the canon?
I hate fiction in which characters die, come back, die and come back over and over again.

[crackdude]

I was very sad to see Sonya die.

You serious?
I couldn't stand her.

[cube_b3]

It is sad to see anyone die (in games), unless I am the one who kills them ofcourse.

[CosmicCastaway]

Fighting game stories are almost always a "What if this person won" setting, so usually only one ending is accepted as canon.

That and trying to take fighting games stories seriously usually is pretty LOL material.

True, but I've always found the story of the Soul Calibur series to be interesting. Particularly Siegfried's fall from grace, his time as Nightmare and his current quest for redemption.

[Sega Uranus]

I hate fiction in which characters die, come back, die and come back over and over again.

It is really hard to take the Mortal Kombat stories seriously when each level pretty much has to end in an incredibly gorey death.

Most developers just use it as an afterthought. In the case of stuff like Tekken, I like that they try because some of the endings for those can be very funny.

True, but I've always found the story of the Soul Calibur series to be interesting. Particularly Siegfried's fall from grace, his time as Nightmare and his current quest for redemption.

Soul Calibur has gotten pretty weird too, well at least we could not have expected much when they tried to explain how lightsabers do not instantly destroy wooden weapons.

But I can agree, Soul Calibur has had some neat twists and ideas, but I will always stand by Eternal Champions as the best fighting game story of all time. Some of the stories are brilliant, especially for their time when there was a whole genre that could be described as "Rebel fighting insane doctor".