Hi. The Soul Calibur series is a series of weapon based fighting games that have been released on various gaming consoles over the last few years. I only have direct experience with SC2 and SC4. I first had SC2 for my playstation 2 and I currently have SC4 for my Playstation 3 and I definitely intend to get SC5 when it comes out. As with the other mainstream games that we are able to play, these games are not accessible in the strict sense of the word, menus do not talk so it is necessary to either memorize them or write them down, also some parts of the games are more playable for us than others. You have to be patient and willing to invest a fair amount of time and effort into these games to learn to play them successfully but in my opinion it is definitely worth it in the long run.
Hope this helps. Game on. Tom On Dec 13, 2011, at 6:51 AM, Connor Moser wrote: > just to ask. what is soul calibur. is it axesable? is it for the pc? is it > free? > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 7:23 AM > Subject: Gamers Digest, Vol 70, Issue 125 > > >> Send Gamers mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Gamers digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. a bit more soul calibur info (Clement Chou) >> 2. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Thomas Ward) >> 3. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Thomas Ward) >> 4. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Thomas Ward) >> 5. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Dallas O'Brien) >> 6. Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf (Dallas O'Brien) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:41:57 -0800 >> From: "Clement Chou" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>, "Gamers Discussion list" >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Audyssey] a bit more soul calibur info >> Message-ID: <6E713B7FC438444F881C90CBEE2F8CD2@setbc> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> No vids this time, just some facts that some people may not have about the >> gameplay system. The three biggest things to point out are probably, the >> just guard, brave edge, and critical edge. Just guard is basically a perry >> maneuver. When you tap the guard button and let it go, you'll have a few >> frames during which if an opponent hits you with an attack, you will >> automatically perry their attack and will be able to punish them while >> they're recoverying. Brave edge is basically a powered up version of a >> normal move. If you compare the SF games with this, the SF games have >> special and ex-specials. In SC, you don't really have special moves... >> instead you have a series of normal attacks that can be increased in power >> and have certain properties. A critical edge is the SC equivalent to a super >> move. The command for the critical edge is the same for everyone, but unlike >> 2d games you can't just throw them out and hope they connect... you have to >> combo into them. Because if you perform one and miss, you're in big, big >> trouble. Aside from these three things, the rest of the gameplay is more or >> less the same, just without the critical finisher, and the speed is faster. >> Hope this little snippet was somewhat informative! >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:45:20 -0500 >> From: Thomas Ward <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: >> <caafbg10jcwaovqpxnty_5dmvrkqs-hqyclv4nqda1sr5bte...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi, >> >> Well, that's where Ebay and places like that come in handy. I've seen >> old Pentium 133 computers with Windows 95 on them for like $15. You >> could purchase the computer or find someone on there selling Windows >> 95 separately on the cheep and install it in a virtual machine. That's >> really the only solution for hanging on to software that is that old. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 12/12/11, Michael Gauler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Yea... >>> But what do you do about the classic games? >>> Surely, there are still many people in the world who want to use the old >>> games. >>> But running an outdated operating system like Windows 95 or older on modern >>> PCs isn't an option when the os doesn't get along with your hardware due to >>> a lack of drivers... >>> And you might want to use a virtual machine, but then is the question where >>> to get that old operating system you need legally. >>> Good if you still have installation media, but what if not? >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:56:46 -0500 >> From: Thomas Ward <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: >> <CAAfBG11Mbr9ZXHkaFyfd+TB3xWLB-T_K_RBwVz=62o0srrm...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> That is true. Technically the DirectX end user license forbids >> installing the components separately out side of the official >> Microsoft installer, and of course dx7vb.dll and dx8vb.dll do not ship >> with newer DirectX runtime distributions. From a legal standpoint its >> a lose-lose situation. >> >> However, several people like Jim Kitchen, GMA, etc install those >> libraries anyway, and I don't see it as a very big crime. No one has >> ever been asked to remove it from their installers and Microsoft >> hasn't given anyone grief over it. So while it might technically be >> illegal Microsoft isn't actively hunting people down and making them >> stop either. >> >> So as an end user I wouldn't worry too much about it. As you already >> know we can install the missing Visual Basic runtime libraries and >> they are still compatible with Windows 7 code. This is, I think, a >> testament to how backwards compatible Windows really is. If you are >> worried about legal issues this is a classic case of "don't ask don't >> tell." >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 12/12/11, Michael Gauler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Thomas, >>> I don't want to judge anyone. >>> But there is a difference here. >>> Fine if MS wants to remove VB 6 support. It is a developer's job to do >>> something about a programs compatibility. >>> But what should someone do as an end user? >>> It is not my fault if a program screams about missing DLLs... >>> OK, I can download the VB 6 runtime if I need to run a VB 6 file. >>> But isn't part of current DirectX end user license specifically forbidding >>> you to manually install DX7VB.DLL or DX8VB.DLL into your current operating >>> systems and/or their DirectX (DX 10 or DX 11)? >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:10:16 -0500 >> From: Thomas Ward <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: >> <caafbg12vwa1zd9rgtt_gyxgqmpxtbmwrac-ncqjjm2d1vaq...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi Charles, >> >> Sorry, but you are out of luck. I've seen the Windows 8 beta and the >> ribbons are a standard part of the Windows 8 user interface.For >> instance, if you open up Windows Explorer you are now greeted with a >> nice ribbon across the top of the screen instead of the typical menu >> bar. Plus all the other major free applications like Internet >> Explorer, Windows Mail, Media Player, etc all use ribbons now. Its >> pretty much a case of learn to roll with the change or stick with XP >> until your PC dies of old age. Then, of course, sooner or later you'll >> have to invest in a new PC to replace the old one and end up having to >> get use to the changes anyway. I don't really see any realistic way >> around it unless you decide to go Mac, Linux, or adopt some other >> operating system other than Windows. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 12/12/11, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If the ribbons are going to be removed, and if the traditional menus that >>> are accessible to everyone return, that feature alone might make me want to >>> switch. >>> >>> --- >>> "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:20:54 +1000 >> From: Dallas O'Brien <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> haven't yet been able to test the xp mode out, even though i have pro on >> my toshiba, i have yet to download the virtual machine and xp image. >> they don't actually come with it, you have to download them. but yes, >> the support is definatly there. >> dallas >> >> >> On 13/12/2011 15:35, Thomas Ward wrote: >>> Hi Dark, >>> >>> Actually, this already exists. I don't know if you know this but >>> Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate come with a licensed >>> Windows XP virtual machine complete with the VB 6 runtime libraries >>> and the whole nine yards. Granted you have to pay extra for Windows XP >>> backwards compatibility, but to say Microsoft doesn't already do this >>> is false. Microsoft knows companies and gamers can't necessarily run >>> all their older software on Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home so >>> they've included a Windows XP virtual machine into the Professional >>> and Ultimate versions of the opperating system. So Microsoft is aware >>> of the issue, and offer the very feature you mentioned below in their >>> pro and ultimate versions of Windows 7. Its not a compatibility pack, >>> but a licensed copy of Windows XP that is installed inside Windows 7 >>> Ultimate so you get the best of both worlds on the same dvd. >>> >>> This is precisely why I feel you guys are giving Microsoft a bad wrap >>> here. Microsoft is doing the best they can to maintain long term >>> backwards compatibility and the way they have done it in Windows 7 is >>> by using a virtual machine they created specifically for Windows XP >>> applications. I suppose the only reason most people are unaware of it >>> is that most PCs from HP, Compaq, Toshiba, Del, etc all come with >>> Windows 7 Home Premium, and you need Windows Ultimate to get all of >>> the applications and extras for Windows 7 Microsoft has to offer >>> including a licensed copy of XP for the Windows 7 virtual machine. I >>> really recommend doing a bit of research about this topic as I think >>> you just opened your mouth and inserted your foot on that one. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> On 12/12/11, dark<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Alex. >>>> >>>> But if microsoft care so much about customers, why don't they have any >>>> options to extend backwards compatibility of products? for instance a >>>> licenced microsoft virtual machine? >>>> >>>> Frankly, the reason they had to extend xp support is simply because vista >>>> was buggy as heck for several years and thus new xp machines were being >>>> bought as late as 2010. If microsoft had dropped support for what the >>>> majority of users use, people would go over to mac or other os and they'd >>>> lose sales. >>>> >>>> I don't really understand this business about "technology moves move with >>>> it" >>>> >>>> I repeat, I have my snes, which is now close to 20 years old. I keep it >>>> because I like the games on it. >>>> >>>> The fact that something is "new technology" has no real applicability to >>>> myself or probably to several other people as well if it doesn't actually >>>> let us do the things we want. >>>> >>>> A computer is afterall just a tool. >>>> >>>> Beware the grue! >>>> >>>> Dark. >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:23:40 +1000 >> From: Dallas O'Brien <[email protected]> >> To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> bare in mind, that the developer windows 8 isn't exactly how its going >> to look at final production. so they may well remove those before the >> full version comes out. but never the less, they are looking in to >> getting rid of it at some point. if not in 8, then the next version perhaps >> dallas >> >> >> On 13/12/2011 16:10, Thomas Ward wrote: >>> Hi Charles, >>> >>> Sorry, but you are out of luck. I've seen the Windows 8 beta and the >>> ribbons are a standard part of the Windows 8 user interface.For >>> instance, if you open up Windows Explorer you are now greeted with a >>> nice ribbon across the top of the screen instead of the typical menu >>> bar. Plus all the other major free applications like Internet >>> Explorer, Windows Mail, Media Player, etc all use ribbons now. Its >>> pretty much a case of learn to roll with the change or stick with XP >>> until your PC dies of old age. Then, of course, sooner or later you'll >>> have to invest in a new PC to replace the old one and end up having to >>> get use to the changes anyway. I don't really see any realistic way >>> around it unless you decide to go Mac, Linux, or adopt some other >>> operating system other than Windows. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> On 12/12/11, Charles Rivard<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> If the ribbons are going to be removed, and if the traditional menus that >>>> are accessible to everyone return, that feature alone might make me want to >>>> switch. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> "Security is not the absence of danger. 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