1up' Soul Calibur legends is (Wii)s best 3rd person hack and slash'

A whole-load-of-new-pics-here :)

EDIT: Well the latest 1up preview says:

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3163923

After playing a few levels of a preview copy, we're not entirely sure what to think of Soul Calibur Legends. It's the best third-person brawler we've played on Wii, but there's not exactly a lot of competition there, considering the last one we tried had trouble even distinguishing between vertical and horizontal movements.

Legends has issues with awkward animation transitions when you're not swinging your blade, and environments that don't seem to have a lot going on in them, but the combat system works pretty well -- especially with the faster characters where you get quick feedback on your motions. Ivy's launcher where you flick the remote back to send an enemy into the air feels great, and a lot of the aerial attacks and quick combos work well when fending off crowds.

It doesn't all play out as fluidly as the Soul Calibur fighting games at this point, and perhaps that's an unfair comparison because of the genre shift, but we're hoping that as we spend more time with the game and learn more maneuvers, everything will start to flow a bit better.

Anyhow there are new videos which look a lot better HERE:!

Looks allright-ish

Oh New-videos:) trailer

Kinda reminds me of an Xbox-game in graphics.KeeperofDingo

Really? This looks more like a middle-of-the-road PS2 game. Even if the wii can't pump out PS3/xbox360-quality graphics, there's no excuse for a wii game to look like this.

[QUOTE="KeeperofDingo"]Kinda reminds me of an Xbox-game in graphics.EvilTaru

Really? This looks more like a middle-of-the-road PS2 game. Even if the wii can't pump out PS3/xbox360-quality graphics, there's no excuse for a wii game to look like this.

[QUOTE="KeeperofDingo"]Kinda reminds me of an Xbox-game in graphics.EvilTaru

Really? This looks more like a middle-of-the-road PS2 game. Even if the wii can't pump out PS3/xbox360-quality graphics, there's no excuse for a wii game to look like this.

yeah, it does look PS2-ish

In other hack and slash news here's a One Chanbara screen for wii

Didn't this game come out like a year ago on another platform? :?

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It does look really shallow Hi Res but the previews I've read say that it controls well and is fun for what it is. Looks likea rental. Graphically it looks OK to me, lets not kid ourselves, its not even up there with the best of the last generation but it's by no means as fugly as some of the guys here are saying. Then again I can still find DC graphics attractive. Shenmue anyone? :P

Anyhow I posted new videos and at 60 FPS with the animation it looks better. Shallow as hell though.

EDIT: Damnit gamespot! :evil: Your HTML is not well formed??! Shove it up your ass! Damn well ruined it. I was going to post all the shots.

Bumped for new videos and new 1up preview see first post :)

Hrmp! The new videos look fun. I may have to try this out when its cheaper. Click the new video I linked, let it play through and it will automatically go onto the next one.

It looks combat-heavy, which is understandable.

But I was hoping Namco would take a clue from Sony of Santa Monica and incorporate some genre-bending platforming action, puzzle solving, battling screen-sized bosses, with the hack-n-slashing if you know what I mean.

New pics: See first post :shock: Asteroth.

CRAP! What did imagecrap do to my pics above :evil:

They are suppossed to look like this:

Oh and everyone check this out, its another hack and slash wii game it looks very familiar to me, what the hell is it?

link

Oh and everyone check this out, its another hack and slash wii game it looks very familiar to me, what the hell is it?

link

gaminggeek

Err "My name is Tints"? "Sensual 4 Hits"? Sounds like my kind of game.

[QUOTE="gaminggeek"]

Oh and everyone check this out, its another hack and slash wii game it looks very familiar to me, what the hell is it?

link

nopalversion

Err "My name is Tints"? "Sensual 4 Hits"? Sounds like my kind of game.

That game is almost disturbing. Woman in Lingerie with sword and cowboy hat fights the evil legions of something!

I still feel this game is going to be average at best, it defines the words generic and lifeless.Caviglia

Yeah I don't think it will be the best game. I just like keeping an eye on it. I think eventually somehow I will end up trying it out, but if it reviews poorly there's no way I'm paying new game money for it.