

There will be some movies, but we wanted to get as much in as possible so there will be a lot of narration done through illustrations as well. As you progress through this, there will be other characters, little substories, that appear on this timeline and you'll see it through a different perspective.Īnd it'll be a combination. There's going to be a main storyline that you can follow along a timeline. What's the format of the story? The trailer showed both cinematics and illustrations. There will be narrated illustrations during the story of 'SoulCalibur VI' Bandai Namco Arriving at that decision was a natural process and bringing everything into 2018 was a challenge for us. And that's what we did in SoulCalibur VI. In doing so, we wanted to make the most enjoyable experience for what fans liked about SoulCalibur and that really comes down to bringing this world to life. And because it's a fighting game it's very easy to focus on the mechanics and how it functions, but we discovered that people really enjoyed the world setting and the characters. When we started development, we revisited all the past SoulCalibur games and tried to boil down the essence of what people liked from the franchise. Did that make it easier to go back and expand on the story? The first SoulCalibur game was 20 years ago. We are telling it through a new perspective, new episodes and new characters involved in this struggle. With SoulCalibur VI, we are rewinding back to the era of SoulCalibur 1 and 2, and we are revisiting the story between SoulCalibur and Soul Edge, a story of light and darkness. Can you give some details on what fans can expect? The story trailer for SoulCalibur VI was just released. Newsweek sat down with Producer Motohiro Okubo to talk about SoulCalibur VI 's story mode and how the roster, so far, has been composed.Įditor's Note: The following has been lightly edited for clarity and length. It's been reported that the story of SoulCalibur VI will retell the one from the first game, but the addition of characters who weren't involved in the first title bring some new wrinkles. However, there wasn't much fans of the 20-year-old franchise could gather from it. Producer Motohiro Okubo recently teased that there’s one more major single-player mode they’re working on.Bandai Namco released a story mode trailer for SoulCalibur VI during E3 2018 that revealed some details about the upcoming fighting game. You can check out the latest gameplay footage in our previous report. SoulCalibur VI releases on Octofor PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. In this mode there will be narration during battle to make things more exciting.ĭepending on the story situation, you might find yourself in battles with restrictions. Each time you clear something a new episode unlocks. The chronological menu has the main story along with character episodes mixed in as shown in the above screenshot. Players will get to experience the story that takes place from year 1583 to 1590. Both new players and veterans will be able to enjoy something new with this mode. Soul Chronicle mode tells the series’ origin story, and restructured with the addition of new episodes.

Episodes that aren’t part of the main story will be shown in 2D illustrations, conversational parts, and battles. The main story will be shown in 2D demos, 3D demos, 2D illustrations, conversational parts, and battles. It focuses on the main story while mixing in story parts of all characters. Soul Chronicle is a story mode that depicts the grand tale of the spirit sword and the wicked sword. Bandai Namco shared new details for SoulCalibur VI with info on its new “Soul Chronicle” story mode that follows a main story with along with individual stories from all characters.
