A Look at the Soul Caliber VI Control Scheme
By Nicholas Barth ·
We were able to get a close up look at the control scheme that will be at the core of the Soul Caliber VI experience.
Soul Caliber VI is the next entry in the popular fighting game franchise developed by Bandai Namco and is looking to be one of the best in the series. Getting an early look at the game, attendees of Final Round 2018 were able to get their hands on the title and see what it was all about. While the game has many similarities to its predecessors, Soul Caliber VI will have its own unique control scheme that new and old players alike will have to learn in order to master the game's mechanics. While covering the action at Final Round 2018, we were able to get our hands on a layout of the control scheme for the highly anticipated fighting game.
This specific control scheme is for the Playstation 4 controller, but with the majority of controllers having somewhat the same button layout this scheme can easily be translated to an Xbox One or PC specific controller. With the game running on Unreal Engine 4, this control scheme gives players a clear look of how they will be able to control the visually pleasing and high performing characters on their screens.
The highlight of the scheme comes with what button has been assigned to the newest feature in Soul Caliber VI, as the R1 trigger will be the source for the Reversal Edge mechanic. Reversal Edge allows players to defend from an oncoming attack and stage a quick counterattack in a slow motion manner. Also highlighted for the new reversal Edge mechanic is which attacks defeat each other in a rock, paper, scissors style. With Reversal Edge, a vertical attack beats horizontal attacks, horizontal attacks beats kicks and other melee strikes and kicks/melee attacks beat vertical attacks.
No official release date has been set for Soul Caliber VI with the community only knowing that it will released sometime in 2018. While players still have a solid amount of waiting time before they can dive into the sixth installment in the Soul Caliber franchise, having an early look at the control scheme that you will be using in your future matches should hopefully satisfy your desire for everything Soul caliber VI.
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(cover photo courtesy of Bandai Namco)