The "Historical" Setting of Soul Calibur

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  • @Tinwibss0342
    @Tinwibss0342 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1234

    I refuse to write the comment...
    As I am very smart

    • @slightlytwistedagain
      @slightlytwistedagain 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      For the human race of course.

    • @waterdog737
      @waterdog737 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Dev Kit or just every lazy

    • @Tinwibss0342
      @Tinwibss0342 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Fay James very true

    • @Dr.UldenWascht
      @Dr.UldenWascht 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      No worries. I'll endure that burden in your stead, my good man.
      Any historically educated individual knows that ...
      ... men and women wrestling butt-naked is the awesomest thing those old dudes came up with. I dig man, I dig!

  • @caiopatric
    @caiopatric 6 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    The moment when you actually want to read the comments, in search of some historic discussion but George thought it would be funi to turn it into a cesspool of copypasta.

    • @Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer
      @Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hoppypasta*

    • @sigilbreaker2628
      @sigilbreaker2628 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      This is his grand plan to prevent people from critiquing his analysis. He is very smart.

    • @pieoverlord
      @pieoverlord 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel ya.

  • @ijustreview
    @ijustreview 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    17:15 There's nothing wrong with Voldo having katars. Vercci was a collector of rare and exotic weapons, such as ones from India.

    • @blickman5090
      @blickman5090 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @cinnamonnoir2487
    @cinnamonnoir2487 6 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    1:02 I've never seen a guy preemptively carpet-bomb his own comments section so thoroughly before.
    I don't know whether to be impressed or depressed at how many people took George's advice.

    • @kmk1225
      @kmk1225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ...proooobably be impressed man

    • @BiollanteSpawn
      @BiollanteSpawn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Why didn't you? Are you not VERY SMART>!?

    • @kmk1225
      @kmk1225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Old World Blues okay this comment is pretty epic

    • @Xick
      @Xick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Given that without dedicated moderation, the comments sections of most history-related TH-cam videos rapidly descend into bickering between different factions of racists, I call this a win.

    • @Howtard
      @Howtard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm thoroughly impressed. Not only did he successfully undercut dissent on his own video, but he baited a large part of the meme-loving comment section to join in on promoting his channel to the algorithm. I'd be surprised if there wasn't an increase on click-through and reccomendations because of it. For a half-second long still frame.
      Genius.

  • @23slife
    @23slife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    "Basically you had a world full of states whose leaders genuinely believed that it was their moral responsibility to take as much wealth as possible."
    And what exactly has changed in the past half millennium?

    • @NotForHire42
      @NotForHire42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which country wants to be based on true altruism first? It''s either all or none.

    • @danielalorbi
      @danielalorbi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@NotForHire42 Nuance doesn't exist ladies and gentlemen.
      It's incredible that you're both wrong despite disagreeing with each other.

    • @blickman5090
      @blickman5090 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fact​@@danielalorbi

  • @The_Isaiahnator
    @The_Isaiahnator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As a fan of both romantic, larger-than-life adventures and grounded historical fact, this appeals to me on two levels.

  • @kmk1225
    @kmk1225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    "600 years before 1583"
    "Back to the time of Julius Caesar"
    *The History Channel and The Byzantine Empire wants to know your location*

    • @jacket2038
      @jacket2038 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I couldn't be the only one who did a double take at that.

    • @wayner396
      @wayner396 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Beat me to the punch. Laughed a little when he was off by about 1000 years 😂

    • @kmk1225
      @kmk1225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@wayner396 Yeah, like, even if he meant double the amount - 1200 years - from the time of Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519), it would STILL only be in the 3rd century CE ahaha. But it's whatever lol, we all make mistakes, and it overall didn't detract from the quality of the video imo

  • @zachk3702
    @zachk3702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, did have a West Country ("pirate") accent as he was a Bristol resident. The pirate voice is actually accurate, even though it did ALSO come from the 1950 Treasure Island.

  • @NesRuA
    @NesRuA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The War of Cyprus (1570-1573) is referred by many as one of the last crusades (particularly as a crusader faction was formed as the Holy League and the Pope declared it a holy war), so technically Siegfried's whole mugging returning crusaders isn't so erroneous.

  • @FrankBernard
    @FrankBernard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    *I’m so honored that you featured one of my videos about Talim! Thanks so much for linking it in the description! And great video as always! ♥️*

  • @BiskviLover
    @BiskviLover 6 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    What a great title for an amazing video. Of course it’s historically accurate, it’s a real life event in this universe with magic and death Vader. We definitely needed this completely necessary information taught to us! That’s just my personal opinion, though. I am very dumb.

    • @An_Amazing_Login5036
      @An_Amazing_Login5036 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol
      I get the joke
      [ I A M V E R Y S M A R T ]

    • @BiskviLover
      @BiskviLover 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@An_Amazing_Login5036 What joke

  • @WritingOnGames
    @WritingOnGames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    What a great title for a great video. It doesn't matter that it's not historically accurate, it's a fictional video game universe with magic and Darth Vader. That said, this video (which some may refer to as "unnecessary baggage") was a fun and unique perspective from which to examine the game. That's objective fact. I am dumb as fuck

  • @dasetman
    @dasetman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "Women and children fetch the highest prices" - Cervantes SC5 Win quote. According to the artbook Pyrrha was also sold into slavery.

  • @michaelpisciarino5348
    @michaelpisciarino5348 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    6:08 Azuchi Momoyoma period (1573-1600)
    8:10 Japanese Characters based on aspects of Japanese history.
    13:10 European Characters
    15:10 Inconsistency
    16:19 Voldo
    18:34 Nightmare and Sigfried
    20:18 Inconsistency #2
    21:33 Cervantes De Leon
    23:12 Piracy
    24:23 Blackbeard and Captain Morgan
    25:26 Conclusion

  • @twentyninerooks
    @twentyninerooks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Nunchuku Pirate Elvis!"
    He screams manically, then runs off into the night, never to be heard from again.

  • @DPadGamer
    @DPadGamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Obligatory "I really hope those noodles get included" comment.

  • @peterdumpel5729
    @peterdumpel5729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    *scrolls down to read the top comments* Oh god ... OH GOD, GEORGE, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

    • @bombyxtau
      @bombyxtau 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      GEOOOREGE
      god dammit i always like reading the comments on his videos, too :(

    • @gamercide9592
      @gamercide9592 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bombyxtau Deep down George hates us.

    • @Solidus_Edge
      @Solidus_Edge 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's it, I'm unsubscribing from Best Friends Play

  • @Veolynn13
    @Veolynn13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I can’t believe Voldo was a gay capoeira fighter this whole time

  • @DangerIncFilms
    @DangerIncFilms 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    TRANSCENDING HISTORY AND THE WORLD, A TALE OF SOULS AND SWORDS, ETERNALLY RETOLD.

  • @CappnRob
    @CappnRob 6 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Fantastic video George, but I've some caveats for you (hopefully you'll do a follow up video?) as you only touched like half the cast!
    With regards to the Japanese cast, I was really hoping you'd bring up Mitsurugi's sometimes-replacement sometimes-guest clone character, Arthur, who is a White European who nonetheless became a samurai, which was an actual thing that happened in real life (Arthur's inclusion in the games is to sell them in Korea where samurai imagery was outlawed until recently). Setsuka is another white European that's integrated into Japanese culture as well.
    With regards to the Chinese history, the treasure fleet was indeed impressive, but it was not economically sound. It was more of a flaunting of Ming China's wealth and power than anything else, because Chinese history has a reputation for that lol. I also kinda wished you spoke a bit about Killik, Li Long, Edgemaster or Hwang (wait I think Hwang is Korean?) as they all embody this Ming-era Chinese romanticism best seen in books like Water Margin. They're every bit as "historically inspired and fantastically cool" for Chinese identity as the Japanese characters are for Japanese identity.
    With regards to Voldo, you should've shouted out how his alt-costumes tend to reference his specifically Venetian heritage, as he often wears outrageous carnival masks and circus performer costumes. I think his SC3 alt costume is one of the best in the entire series.
    With regards to Siegfried, the "crusades" the manual might have been referring to could have been the Hussite Wars, which were an East-vs-West Christian crusade against the Eastern Europeans. This is still about 100 years off, but it's a lot closer than the Levantine Crusades. The Schwarzwind mercenaries are also pretty on point as far as standard mercenary German armies go for the time.... and yeah probably more Berserk references too, Band of the Hawk and all.
    With regards to Cervantes, while he aesthetically is aping off Caribbean 18th century piracy, it is worthwhile to note that his stages are almost always set in SPAIN, so it can be very easily inferred that Cervantes is in fact a Barbary pirate, as piracy in that region was strong between both the Europeans and the Ottomans.
    Now for some stuff I wished to see you cover but you didn't, but maybe it'll show up in a follow up:
    Raphael is very era-appropriate romanticism as he's got this "pop culture" swashbuckler image (mixed in with vampire stuff in later games), but the games do to him what they do with Sophitia and mix up the eras some (a lot). The opening CG video for SC2 shows him on the run and hiding from NAPOLEONIC SOLDIERS in what is clearly supposed to be a Les Mis inspired French Revolution (which in itself is a common pop culture mixup of different French Revolutions), and his backstory blurb says he's from the French Empire, which was simply not a thing yet in the 1580s (France wouldn't get colonial holdings until the 1680s when they took San Domingo for themselves from the Spanish.... by telling the English they'd do it for them and then betraying them). That always amused me.
    Then there's Rock, who is an Englishman born in the Americas, but has lived in the wilderness among the Native Americans and associated more with them than his own ancestral countrymen and even adopted a child as his own in the oddly named Bangoo. Bangoo of course reeks of Japanese writers probably not knowing how the hell to name a Native American character at all, which is especially obvious when you see in PS1 Soul Blade that Bangoo is supposedly APACHE and he and Rock are clearly living in the Rocky Mountains somewhere, which Europeans wouldn't even touch for centuries, but there is a truth in European settlers integrating and living with Natives and being raised among them culturally. And for some 20th century yucks, Rock certainly embodies the most Charles Atlas of the Soul cast, being he can SWIM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN by power of PURE WILDERNESS LIVING RUGGEDNESS.
    Just my thoughts, thanks for the video George o7

    • @roadent217
      @roadent217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And around the time of the Hussite rebellion we have the Teutonic order, which also enticed knights from all over Europe (but mostly Germany) to raid and pillage the pagan lands of Lithuania , which could also fit Siegfried's origins.
      Of course, this is still before the time period, since, with Lithuania's personal union with Poland, conversion to catholicism in 1387, and the battle of Grunwald in 1410, the teutons started losing power and influence, and burned up in revolts, until Grandmaster Albert renounced catholicism and founded Prussia in 1525, the first Lutheran state in Europe.

  • @YeS1711
    @YeS1711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Historical corrections for you George. From a historian and fan
    4:12 - Don't be confused into thinking the Islamic golden age invented the Astrolabe. The Astrolabe was invented as early as 3rd Century in the Hellenic world. You can probably deduce that "Astrolabe" is Greek in origin and not Arabic.
    4:16 - The Islamic golden age did not begin the renaissance. The fall of Constantinople to the Turks and the subsequent exodus of of its best and brightest to Italy with all the relevant books and wisdom preserved by the survival of the Eastern Roman Empire helped begin the renaissance.
    4:20 - It is not entirely eurocentric to label this age as the age of discovery. Did African or Asian civilizations know about the Americas? No. So the discovery of the "new world" was news to literally everyone in Europe and asia and africa. So in a way, yes it the age of discovery/exploration.
    15:18 - Strictly speaking yes, the good women of Athens stayed at home until they were in their 40s by which point they could go out. But if you were a courtesan you could wander the streets freely, so you could imagine that sophitia is an Athenian.....escort girl.
    16:02 - Sophitia's tits would definitely be attractive to ancient greeks. The reasons breasts and penises are small in sculptures and statues is for aesthetic reasons. Same reason you don't see pubic hair or body hair on male statues. Greek statues were made to show off beauty in a moderate sense. Large penises for example were faux pars because they showed aggression and barbarity. Smaller dicks are more sophisticated and so with breasts.
    17:29 - This is wrong. The only roman emperors to marry men (in reality teenage boys) were Nero and Elagabalus, in both cases, the emperors were young, bisexual, bad at ruling, and duly assassinated. Marrying men was not a thing in ancient greece or rome. Marriage was a different institution than it is today.

    • @NukeWarz101
      @NukeWarz101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks, you covered pretty much everything that annoyed me about this video.

    • @YeS1711
      @YeS1711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NukeWarz101 haha, thanks man! Nice to know I wasn't the only one who noticed them !

    • @YeS1711
      @YeS1711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      good point. No they weren't . They were hanging on for dear life at that point ^^

    • @HolyknightVader999
      @HolyknightVader999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not to mention that the Islamic golden age was already dead by the time of the Crusades, let alone the Renaissance. The Islamic world was in decline, which is exactly why a rabble of lords, knights, and peasants was able to seize the Holy Land from them. The Islamic world had a comeback with the gunpowder empires of the Ottomans, Mughals, and Safavids, but after they began to decline, the Islamic world was on its way to becoming a footnote as Europeans tore into them and reduced them into puppet states.

    • @soul-destination
      @soul-destination 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In regards to Greek scupltures... this is pure speculation on my part, but I think there may have also been purely practical reasons behind the way those **features** got depicted. Logically, the more exaggerated a sculptor made them, the more prone they would be to just breaking off and irreversibly ruining the sculpture.

  • @Tommoslasguitaros
    @Tommoslasguitaros 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    History and videogames together mixed with fantasy, its like this episode was made for me! Thanks a lot for making this one Bunnyhop!

  • @ITSGOOD2BKING
    @ITSGOOD2BKING 6 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    And then out of nowhere 2B comes out of left field, what's next Negan?!
    Oh wait.

    • @thiccboss4780
      @thiccboss4780 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Comment talking about 2B with Shy Gal profile pic with 69 likes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) -perfection?-

    • @thiccboss4780
      @thiccboss4780 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      dammit

    • @frostywasp1743
      @frostywasp1743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agent 47 coming for season 5

    • @aliciafraser1835
      @aliciafraser1835 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To be fair, guest characters have never been cannon in any of the games, not that it would have mattered even if they were. It's fiction.

    • @thiccboss4780
      @thiccboss4780 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      47's Super is a Soda Can Throw , or the old classic fiber wire were he carries his victim on his back briefly before dropping'em

  • @spiffythealien
    @spiffythealien 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've actually learned a lot about real history by seeing references to actual historical events in these games and then researching them online. Thanks Soulcalibur!

  • @Abyss0fDelta
    @Abyss0fDelta 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I just watched a 26 minute video on a series I have no interest in. The power of Bunnyhop

  • @makesomething4093
    @makesomething4093 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love you so much. I'm always appreciative when you bring yourself around to making videos. This window into your beautiful mind where you come up with such outlandish yet understandable concepts is one of the top things keeping me going personally.

  • @AudioCrossingVideos
    @AudioCrossingVideos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    THANK YOU GEORGE I LOVE YOU. A topic that never came into my mind was just presented to me and it's been my favorite thing I've seen all day.
    YOU MAKE ATLANTA PROUD

  • @Azmodeus87
    @Azmodeus87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Appreciate the knowledge of both SC lore and history. Depreciates the all to dry, self-aware tone.
    If i wanted a bored, pedantic lecture, i would talk to some of my uni professors.

  • @Veolynn13
    @Veolynn13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ITALIAN WARS
    [star wars theme starts playing but with italian instruments exclusively]

  • @Holammer
    @Holammer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    8:09 "Charachetrs"? saw it for second and it still singed my brain.

  • @azn3000
    @azn3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:12
    It was actually the other way around. The inflation of paper money led to the reliance on silver as an important aspect of the economy (though they returned to copper coins first before silver dominated the economy). The paper money issue was something that began with the first Ming emperor, the Hongwu emperor, who had a poor understanding of paper currency and printed it whenever he could, either as a reward for those in the bureaucracy or to add to the empire's coffers. When the Spanish began to exploit the silver mines of the Americas, it flowed to China as the West lacked exports that the Chinese market wanted. This flow of silver was disrupted when major fighting between the Spanish and other European powers occurred and that spiked the value of silver.

  • @carlosaa661
    @carlosaa661 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This is the most intelligence comment section I have seen yet.
    All of you deserve something for uniting together and making this milestone.

  • @RockEsper
    @RockEsper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a great title for a great video. I wasn't aware as to how historically inaccurate the games were, despite being a fictional video game universe with magic and Yoda. We need this necessary lesson graciously taught to us! That's objectively true, in fact. I am very dumb.

  • @assadi89
    @assadi89 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact, a small german town called "Worms" is still doing a yearly stage play about Siegfrieds Legend (The Nibelungen Saga). They really blow it up with German A-List Actors.

  • @Wladislav
    @Wladislav 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    -Bill Wurtz'- George Weidman's history of the entire world, i guess

  • @InquisitorThomas
    @InquisitorThomas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    17:30 "Half a century earlier the Roman Empire would be marrying men"
    Talking about figure from 1500, even if you meant half a millennium the Roman Empire would still be dead in the west and heavily Orthodox Christian in the east, even if we're talk a full millennia earlier the Romans would still have largely adopted Christianity.

    • @Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer
      @Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think that was his worst bit, I think he got the a lot of the traits mixed up. Probably had two separate books open at once flipping back and forth, since he leapt from Sparta straight to the Byzantine empire.

    • @maciej5866
      @maciej5866 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer there is a bit more mistakes

  • @nocturnGER
    @nocturnGER 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Really love it when my dad explains history to me

  • @ChuckART
    @ChuckART 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are the only person on TH-cam who could make a 26 minute video on the historical inaccuracies of soul caliber that I’d, not only watch, but watch multiple times. 👍

  • @henreyeraser3402
    @henreyeraser3402 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    To be fair, a wooden staff can withstand several axe swings, but only if it's not stationary. In other words, if a person is holding it, it would be difficult to chop in half.

  • @Yarsig
    @Yarsig 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "I'm going to point out that of course this is a fictional universe that has no historical accuracy in mind so I can still make this video and cover my bases for the haters who think you've waste a huge amount of time on something so incredibly pointless considering that this new fad of "historical accuracy" in video games is completely over done already." *Breathes deeply*

  • @jacobs3614
    @jacobs3614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Just a normal comment passing through

    • @bubbastevegarcia2459
      @bubbastevegarcia2459 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      These comments are LIT lol

    • @Elcapitaan5
      @Elcapitaan5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What a ridiculous title for a ridiculous video. Of course it's not historically accurate, it's a fictional video game universe with magic and Darth Vader. We don't need this unnecessary baggage shoved down our throats! That's just my personal opinion, though. I am very smart.

    • @deleted9637
      @deleted9637 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Justin.Y

  • @kitedarkside8085
    @kitedarkside8085 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video. I must say, you have a knack for historical documentation and perspective, I love when you dip into it. Thanks for this one.

  • @luisguillermojg
    @luisguillermojg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "That's just my personal opinion, though. I am very smart."
    Words I live by.

  • @nachoolo
    @nachoolo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I REEE a little when I hear you say the "Dark Ages"
    Why does everyone forgets about the 12th century Rennassaince?

  • @martoantoniuk
    @martoantoniuk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't believe how in-depth you go. I love it

  • @RatchetSly
    @RatchetSly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd love to see you cover even more of the roster in relation to their historical contexts in the future, to be honest. Kilik, Zasalamel, Seong Mi-na, and so on.

  • @Akc3nt57
    @Akc3nt57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This coment section is madness

    • @Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer
      @Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sophitia: no, THIS, IS, SPARTA!!!! [ *boot* ]

    • @AAhmou
      @AAhmou 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He asked for it. So...

  • @joshuaflowers1677
    @joshuaflowers1677 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    George continues to make the best video game content on youtube.

  • @taurvanath
    @taurvanath 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    *Oh my god* they really did spam the comment section.

  • @ProfessorStaircase
    @ProfessorStaircase 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fabulous video! never played these games but I really love indulging in history in games like this. Reminds me of how I'll look at paintings and other pieces of art, architecture, and design in game worlds and try to guess how accurate/informed they are to their actual time period.

  • @TheDoctorProfessor
    @TheDoctorProfessor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'd like to see more videos describing the inspirations behind fighting game characters.

  • @77josh77
    @77josh77 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't think this is a video that people actively wanted to see, but Im really glad you made this. Fantastic write up as usual and I even learned a few things! I love that you point out Berserk inspirations too.

  • @Avossk
    @Avossk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hey is it just me or is the music kinda overpoweringly loud?

  • @4Wilko
    @4Wilko 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really liking the extra effort put into making custom characters just for this video topic.

  • @badger6728
    @badger6728 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I just hope the comment spam doesn't bleed into other videos...
    But it would be funny to see the spam comment on the MGS3 retrospective.

    • @Par-Crom
      @Par-Crom 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you have any clue what's going on, I'm listening.

    • @GabrielFHAlvarez
      @GabrielFHAlvarez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Norman G. 1:02

    • @Par-Crom
      @Par-Crom 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GabrielFHAlvarez Thanks, actually I did jump right after that sentence :D Makes a lot more sense now.

    • @JetWolfEX
      @JetWolfEX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I could easily see it happening with any game related video that mentions historical accuracy

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      What have you done, now it will happen...

  • @Comkill117
    @Comkill117 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    21:17 I always took Siegfried in Soul Edge/Blade as basically already being Nightmare, so it was his own evil that caused the whole mess Soul Edge only added to it. When he finally realized what he had done then he began to change into the more tragic hero version of the character that has always been my favorite.

  • @bondfall0072
    @bondfall0072 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention Wagner's Ring cycle when talking about Seigfried. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that would've been a pretty good name drop.

  • @specknacken6507
    @specknacken6507 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh sheeeeit!
    Dad was actually serious when he said he recently got into historical stuff on D&S lmao

  • @Veolynn13
    @Veolynn13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Also, I can’t believe that Yoshimitsu was Weeb Starscream the entire time

  • @CoconutChriss
    @CoconutChriss 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very in depth analysis you present here. Thank you for you hard work!

  • @syrmor
    @syrmor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    DAMN THE DESCRIPTION. Didn't expect so many academic resources for Soul Calibur.

  • @aeontheyearningyouth2934
    @aeontheyearningyouth2934 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    20:20 it's weird how Siegfried and Guts shared the same backstory in 1, but it has never been bought up again EVER.

  • @VashdaCrash
    @VashdaCrash 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    20:24 "... Siegfried, where have you been for the last three years?" _"Time travel"_ LOL

  • @philmysterious7176
    @philmysterious7176 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice vidoe game reference with "nobunaga's ambition", which most people won't get. Also, this video was really amazing. Fantastic work.

  • @acebandit1231
    @acebandit1231 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I am currently mobile. Thus I am not typing out any silly comments! (I am super duper smart.)

  • @TheTrueMerrio
    @TheTrueMerrio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    George, you forgot that time when Yoda, Darth Vader and Starkiller appeared outta nowhere in SoulCal4.

  • @jumpideus9218
    @jumpideus9218 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Music too loud?

  • @MiguelAngel-gn3ht
    @MiguelAngel-gn3ht 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Disappointed that no mention was made to Cervantes, one of the greatest writers ever and a real-life soldier for the Spanish navy.

  • @Donnakilluminati
    @Donnakilluminati 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    23:02 I mean Griffith is just The Phantom from Phantom of the Paradise

  • @eggsburst789
    @eggsburst789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loooove my souls at a golden brown level of toasty. What you describe them to be seems slighty darker, but not by too much.

  • @An_Amazing_Login5036
    @An_Amazing_Login5036 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Such a ludicrous title for frankly a nonsensical video. By it’s very nature as a fictional story involving magic and it’s use by imposing and terrifying antagonists it can’t be historically accurate. I find the notion that someone actually believed that I would interpret it as a historical enactment rather offensive. Certainly this is just my opinion, although all artistic analysis is essentially just opinions.
    [ I A M V E R Y S M A R T ]

  • @KyleKatarn1980
    @KyleKatarn1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the only closest one to being a Soul Calibur movie!

  • @LS-go1kx
    @LS-go1kx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is the real comment you've been looking for

  • @cowboy4187
    @cowboy4187 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was my favorite of your videos yet, thank you for posting! i hope you make more like this in the future, it was awesome.

  • @ludovicocammisa9320
    @ludovicocammisa9320 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Loved the video, as a fan of history and of Soul Calibur, I hope you make another video to cover the rest of the cast...A version of Soul Calibur more grounded in history and reality (with only the Soul Edge as fantasy element) would be my favorite game, and it will probably make the characters more interesting, I hate how generic and animesque SC got (I'm looking at you ZWEI,Viola and Gróh, you bunch of SAO rejects)...Also I'm the guy that started the "historically accurate" meme on the soul calibur subreddit

  • @thelegendofawsome
    @thelegendofawsome 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    21:32 Quick Note, Siegfried was not the one who killed Cervantes. It was Taki, somewhat assisted by Sophitia. Siegfried just looted his corpse and proved himself to Inferno.

  • @leonardocaetano6307
    @leonardocaetano6307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Um título ridículo para um vídeo ridículo. É claro que não é acurado historicamente, é um mundo fictício de vídeo game com mágica e Darth Vader. Nós não precisamos desse blablabla empurrado em nossas gargantas! Essa é só a minha opinião pessoal, na verdade. Eu sou muito inteligente.

  • @TheMightyNovac
    @TheMightyNovac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how literally every time I think "hey, it's been a while since George uploaded a video" this happens.

  • @jmwa7580
    @jmwa7580 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    >600 years before 1583
    >Julius Caesar
    Peak brainlet

  • @TazTheYellow
    @TazTheYellow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So Soul Calibur is basically Anachronism: The Game. That certainly explains a lot. However, around 11:00 you pretty severely underestimate the effectiveness of a well-made bo/quarterstaff, both in the context of real life and Soul Calibur itself. After all, it was never the slow, axe-wielding characters who ever gained any notoriety in Soul Calibur, but Kilik, who could, well, stave off any would-be advances with the massive reach of his staff.
    Likewise in real life. After control of the weapon itself, your weapon's reach is basically the most important contributing factor to surviving any melee combat scenario, and incidentally, it turns out a strike to the head with a sufficiently long lever, made out of a sufficiently hard wood, proves plenty fatal to most human beings. Wooden weapons are not to be trifled with, for they are weapons all the same.
    By the way, I, too, am also very smart.

  • @ThatShikushi
    @ThatShikushi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    What a ridiculous title for a ridiculous video. Of course it's not historically accurate, it's a fictional video game universe with magic and Darth Vader. We don't need this unnecessary baggage shoved down out throats! That's just my personal opinion, though. I am very smart.

  • @arja2317
    @arja2317 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    25:30 of Soul Calibur analysis followed by an eloquently worded 30 second smack to face regarding the fleetingness of existence than a hard transition to the credits. Love it.

  • @Degen_erall
    @Degen_erall 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    What a ridiculous title for a ridiculous video. Of course it's not historically accurate, it's a fictional video game universe with magic and Darth Vader. We don't need this unnecessary baggage shoved down our throats! That's just my personal opinion, though. I am very smrt.

  • @Texshy
    @Texshy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm just happy to finally see a new video.

  • @calska140
    @calska140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I didnt come here to learn, gorg. I came here for the goddamn NOODLES! WHERE ARE THEY?

  • @joelou
    @joelou 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bunny hopped again. Great work as always George.

  • @Ozzymandiyas
    @Ozzymandiyas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just a thing. The "Qing Dynasty" that invaded Ming China was not a Dynasty at all, at first. They were the Manchu people who were not Chinese in any way. They were a tribal people who lived in uhhh Manchuria. The word Dynasty when accompanied by China carries a lot of weight, and it is not just a family thing.

  • @jurtra9090
    @jurtra9090 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's a crime that this channel did not have 10 Million subs

  • @shilopnamreg6468
    @shilopnamreg6468 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, you know as much about history as Soul Caliber does.

  • @kawikapful
    @kawikapful 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a wonderful title for a wonderful video. Of course it's historically accurate, it's a historical video game universe with swords and Cervantes de Leon. We need more of this insightful journalism offered up on our subscription feeds! That's just my personal opinion, though. I am very smart.

  • @MAXinsanity00
    @MAXinsanity00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can I report all these repeated comments for spam? As cruel as it'd be, it's awfully tempting...

  • @KlausWulfenbach
    @KlausWulfenbach 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an appropriate title for a fantastic video. For a fictional game universe with magic and Darth Vader, it's not too inaccurate. This video essay was 100% necessary and deeply appreciated: that is objective fact. But I might not be very smart.

  • @CollinBuckman
    @CollinBuckman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Small correction, but most modern scholars tend to avoid the phrase "Dark Ages", and tend to view it as painting an overly negative and inaccurate view of the middle ages.

    • @caiopatric
      @caiopatric 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's literally the darkest period of mankind though. advanced enough to not be in harmony with nature but not advanced enough to make life in civilization healthy or organized. Superstitions and myths were at their highest and the church was keeping the masses from acquiring knowledge. i'm fine with not calling it dark ages, but the middle ages were indeed metal as fuck.

    • @CollinBuckman
      @CollinBuckman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@caiopatric
      "It's literally the darkest period of mankind though."
      Wow, I didn't know Europe was all of mankind. Even in this video it's mentioned the Islamic World was in a golden age during the European "Dark Age"
      "advanced enough to not be in harmony with nature but not advanced enough to make life in civilization healthy or organized."
      Uh, what?
      "Superstitions and myths were at their highest and the church was keeping the masses from acquiring knowledge."
      I mean, for one the Pagan Romans were extremely superstitious, moreso than the later Christians I would say.
      For two, the church didn't keep the masses from acquiring knowledge, it really was the largest source of knowledge in medieval Europe. The first universities in Europe were founded by the Catholic Church, for example.

    • @caiopatric
      @caiopatric 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's fair, i guess i'm mostly talking about europe, a romantized version of it possibly. thanks for correcting me though. tell me then, what is the darkest collective age in your opinion?

    • @blitzkriegdragon013
      @blitzkriegdragon013 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Aleksa Petrovic Victorian England is the reason we can that time the dark ages. They only called it that because they had a fucking hard on for Rome.
      Dark ages start when the Western Roman empire died.

    • @boobah5643
      @boobah5643 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@caiopatric So much wrong here. 'In harmony with nature?' That 'harmony' is made up of each individual and species fighting over every resource as hard as they can.
      Secondly, the church wasn't keeping the masses from acquiring knowledge. The church did a lot to preserve knowledge in Europe, and some of the most prestigious universities on the planet began as schools run by and/or for priests.

  • @TheMidBoss
    @TheMidBoss 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not that my individual opinion matters all that much, but I absolutely loved this video! Great work as always George, keep it up!

  • @Battleschnodder
    @Battleschnodder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm happy that you have found interest in this time period George, but I would have recommended doing some research before making this whole video on it.

  • @eloujtimereaver4504
    @eloujtimereaver4504 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always assumed that Siegfried did rob knights returning from the last crusade, and the reason for his longevity was his transformation into Nightmare. Eternal life is one of the things it explicitly claims is one of the powers granted by soul edge.

    • @soul-destination
      @soul-destination 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope, because he's still a normal human being at the start of Soul Edge/Blade (1583).

  • @TheSarias
    @TheSarias 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    To give you a real comment: Is the audio mixing in this video just really bad? I can barely hear you under the blaring soundtrack and had to rewind several times already to understand what you were even saying.

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had no issue with that, was watching it on a bus wearing Panasonic Ergofit.

    • @fuzzydunlop1753
      @fuzzydunlop1753 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's to give it that genuine soul calibur je ne sais quoi.

  • @mrsongarg6668
    @mrsongarg6668 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a marvelous title for a marvelous video. While indeed it's not historically accurate, it's an entertaining video game universe with magic and Darth Vader. We desperately need this beautiful topic delivered straight to our faces! That is just absolute fact, though. I am very dumb.
    In all seriousness though, this was quite an interesting video. Almost 30 minutes well spent.

  • @TheFireRed
    @TheFireRed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    hate to be that guy but
    THE JAPANESE CHARACHETRS
    which made me chuckle while reading 😆

  • @Darunian01
    @Darunian01 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! You really did your homework. I learned a lot watching this and I'm excited for more of these well researched videos.