The video below is ten minutes of Soulcaliber VI gamplay, narrated by Motohiro Okubo, mainly about where the hell this title has been in the 6 years since the previous SC title. Okubo was the producer on Tekken 7, and he talks a bit about the spirit of competitiveness between the two teams, despite one being focused on hand-to-hand combat and the others are more focused on weapons. It's an interesting background on two of the biggest fighters there are.
Okubo discusses the Reversal Edge, a weapon-based, bullet-time-esque combat moment that is meant to replicate the cinematic feeling of dodging or parrying a weapon strike, which can be turned into a counter-attack. In these types of high-adrenaline moments, time seems to slow down for skilled fighters, which allows them to prepare for their next move. “That was the feeling we were trying to recreate, and it ended up becoming the edge reversal mechanic,” Okubo said. He also expounds upon the graphical improvements Soulcalibur 6 will show over its predecessors, saying that lighting enhancements will be the key to the new game’s visuals.
Give the video a watch below. Soulcalibur 6 is coming in 2018 to PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One.
