I also like how the version of Soul Edge used by that outfit almost looks like an up-ressed version of the version Proto-Nightmare/Siegfried! uses in Soul Blade.
Soulcalibur 3 P2 is actually quite a popular design among Siegfried players I've talked to. I too think it's better than crap, but in general - as a long time Siegfried player myself - I agree with almost all your rankings of the designs.
Siegfried's P1 design from Soul Calibur is my favorite of the series. I love the subtle gold accents and engravings, but it still feels grounded in its roots as Germanic gothic plate armor. SC 1 & 2 in general had a more grounded and somber tone, and stuck a little closer to the historical and cultural influences for the characters. They still had stylized anime vibes, but they felt more balanced with the historical setting. SC3 and onward just went so, so far into over the top anime territory with their aesthetics and story. If 3 were the last of the series, then it would've felt like an appropriate energy for a finale to have, but 4 & 5 completely lost their identity. Felt more like Final Fantasy than Soul Calibur. 6 has tried to bring it back to its roots, and I appreciate that a lot, but it's still not quite what it was. This is evident in Siegfried's design. It doesn't look at all like any historical plate armor. It just looks like something out of WoW. It's so chunky and awkward looking. Poor Sieg just gets completely lost in it. Like he's wearing his dad's clothes. Oh, also SC5 Nightmare is hideous. It's like SC2 redesigned by someone with no concept of what makes that design so beloved. SC4 Nightmare I sort of respect for being so buttfuck over the top and stupid, but SC5 is TRYING to be classier and just failing miserably.
I never felt like 4 and 5 were like final fantasy To me they gave off homebrew DnD aethetics (which if even worse for SC than feeling like FF IMO) And it's even worse in 6 (old character designs are neat, but new ones, story mode ones and character creator options, are beyond horrible in my opinion. Steampunk mage alchemist guild from SCVI doesn't make much sense for neither historical, mixed up bootleg historical, anime nor fantastical elements of SC - it's just some DnD campaign plotpoint guild) Tira aside, 3 did still felt like Soul Calibur, except with fantastical elements cranked up to insanity. Having a lot of assets shared with SC2, similar music, lore-related characters, separate AU for CaS styles and designs; and eurasian word map for Tales of Souls helped it to stay distinctly Soul Calibur in my opinion though.
Nightmare Soul Blade: Looks very blocky due to the PS1 graphics Soul Calibur: 1-Looks alright. 2-Looks like he’s trying to be Griffith from Berserk Soul Calibur 2: 1-Best of the bunch and very iconic. 2-a good look for Siegfried when he was Nightmare although his hair could have been red. Soul Calibur 3: 1-Looks good but his armor in Soul Calibur 2 is a bit better. 2- Looks like Patrick Star’s demonic cousin Soul Calibur 4: 1-Trying way too hard to be evil looking. 2-looks like Megatron from the 2007 Transformers movie. Soul Calibur 5: 1-A great comparison to his Soul Calibur 2 design. 2-Looks like a rejected Doom/Diablo/Dragon Age/Dark Siders/World of Warcraft/Legacy of Kain monsters Soul Calibur 6: A great update from his Soul Calibur 1 design Siegfried Soul Blade: 1-Looks ok for a 16 year old knight. 2-Just a boy in armor. 3-more looks like a squire Soul Calibur 1: 1-Good so far. 2-Great addition of the German Hunting knife. 3-Alright Soul Calibur 2: Looks good even though he’s just a 3rd costume for Nightmare Soul Calibur 3: 1-Best design so far. 2-Looks a lot like Cloud Strife if he became a knight. Soul Calibur 4: Looks kinda ridiculous in that Crystal armor. 2-Meh Soul Calibur 5: 1- Looks ok for a guy who’s 40 but his armor looks like it belongs in either World of Warcraft or Warhammer. 2-Makes him look like a farmer if he decided to retire and start a family of his own. Soul Calibur 6: Looks good so far.
I actually find the first nightmare (and subsequently, red-armor Siegfried) to be pretty alright. Not as good as what we got in SC2, or even the first SC, but it was a decent starting off point for a character we didn't know too much about yet. I find it kinda charming in it's antiquity.
Kinda disagree Sc2's take, I think SC2's 3rd Nightmare outfit is good enough to picture a realistic Knight of Soul's world and since he got a identity too, so I think that armor suits him.
Loved Nightmares design in 2. Absolutely iconic look for him. 3's Siegfried was also absolutely perfect. I hated what they did with Soul Calibur and Soul Edge in 4 though. Those costumes and weapons were abominations
I only disagre for Siegfried outfits from SC 4, both of them are Superior tier, especialy the crystalline armor, it makes him so unique, it gave so much prestige, it was the exactly opposite of Nightmare, the Holy and the Unholy. I agree with the rest. SC series have so much potential but as long as the moron Harada is team leader, we will never see any improvemnt, only hardcore content with awful graphics and nothing more. Thats why I stoped at SC4. I hope someday both swords Soul Calibur and Soul Edge thrust into that bastard's Harada heart and kill him for good so the game will become phenomenal (Same with Tekken)
Harada isn't the team leader, schizo; he's only listed on three Soulcalibur games, and SC4 is the only one where he's credited as a co-director (in SC6, he's credited as Executive Advisor). Soulcalibur's had many different directors throughout the games, eg. Katsutoshi Sasaki being the director for SC4, Daishi Odashima being one of two for SC5, and Yoshinori Takahashi being the director for SC6. You have no right calling others morons when you're too stupid to read a game's credits, and for bizarrely thinking that Harada has total control over all of the Soulcalibur games. Take your meds next time.
In Soulcalibur 5 you can actually give Nightmare/Graf Dumas with Gelled Back Iong to make hime Iook Iike Siegfried but removing Persona of Deceit Dumas mask you need a HxD hex mod for that
This should have been done alone. Those two guys got in the way of your own opinion. Anyway, every Nightmare and Siegfried costume except SC4 Nightmare costumes, Siegfried SC4 primary, and SC5 Siegfried costumes is the best.
All Nightmare's 2P outfits in SCII belong in Superior Tier, and any differing opinion is just wrong. And Siegfried/Nightmare's half form was absolute peak, imo, with his 1P outfit being the only better outfit, not just in that game, but in any SC game ever. Nightmare's P2 outfit in SCV also looks better than y'all give credit for, and should be at least Between Tier (i'd personally put him in Awesome Tier) Other than that, i mostly agree with the rest of these rankings where they are.
I feel like Soul Edge Sigfried designs 1 and 3 become better with added context of him being literally delusional kid who fked up real bad and keeps making everything worse and worse due to not being able to face the reality.
Unpopular Opinion: I really Don't like the new gameplay mechanics of Soulcalibur 6 (Lethal Hit and Soul Charge) and I Prefer the simplicity of gameplay of Soulcalibur 4 and 5. Also Soulcalibur 6 is overrated.
This was so dumb to watch. Neurodivergents with no appreciation of character design who only look at things through the lens of whatever nerdy videogames/anime they watched and no actual knowledge or appreciation of medieval armor.. ranking armor.
I still can't believe they called SC3 second outfit Siegfried a "Cloud strife King Arthur" and called SC4 Siegfried and Nightmare bad, they are supposed to be a stronger version of them and they look cool
I personally love the appearance of the half nightmare half siegfried in soul caliber 2.
bro who are the other 2 idiots? their opinion is garbage , sc4 siegfried primary outfit is godlike TRASH OPINIONS
Because it’s shows Siegfried becoming Nightmare and when you see him you say that’s Siegfried not Nightmare or Nightmares not Siegfried
I also like how the version of Soul Edge used by that outfit almost looks like an up-ressed version of the version Proto-Nightmare/Siegfried! uses in Soul Blade.
SC2 nightmare is such an iconic design have been working on a cosplay for it
Honestly SC3 Nightmare is S Tier for me, so simple but it's amazing
Same and he is so iconic
100% agree!
Nightmare alway better in Blue Armor.
Except for his voice tho lol.
@@mayaspare5772 agreed
Soulcalibur 3 P2 is actually quite a popular design among Siegfried players I've talked to. I too think it's better than crap, but in general - as a long time Siegfried player myself - I agree with almost all your rankings of the designs.
I feel like both of Sieg's SC3 Designs were great honestly.
I agree, I think that it was probably overall the best design of the character we've seen between the P1 and P2.
Siegfried's P1 design from Soul Calibur is my favorite of the series. I love the subtle gold accents and engravings, but it still feels grounded in its roots as Germanic gothic plate armor.
SC 1 & 2 in general had a more grounded and somber tone, and stuck a little closer to the historical and cultural influences for the characters. They still had stylized anime vibes, but they felt more balanced with the historical setting. SC3 and onward just went so, so far into over the top anime territory with their aesthetics and story. If 3 were the last of the series, then it would've felt like an appropriate energy for a finale to have, but 4 & 5 completely lost their identity. Felt more like Final Fantasy than Soul Calibur.
6 has tried to bring it back to its roots, and I appreciate that a lot, but it's still not quite what it was. This is evident in Siegfried's design. It doesn't look at all like any historical plate armor. It just looks like something out of WoW. It's so chunky and awkward looking. Poor Sieg just gets completely lost in it. Like he's wearing his dad's clothes.
Oh, also SC5 Nightmare is hideous. It's like SC2 redesigned by someone with no concept of what makes that design so beloved. SC4 Nightmare I sort of respect for being so buttfuck over the top and stupid, but SC5 is TRYING to be classier and just failing miserably.
I never felt like 4 and 5 were like final fantasy
To me they gave off homebrew DnD aethetics (which if even worse for SC than feeling like FF IMO)
And it's even worse in 6 (old character designs are neat, but new ones, story mode ones and character creator options, are beyond horrible in my opinion. Steampunk mage alchemist guild from SCVI doesn't make much sense for neither historical, mixed up bootleg historical, anime nor fantastical elements of SC - it's just some DnD campaign plotpoint guild)
Tira aside, 3 did still felt like Soul Calibur, except with fantastical elements cranked up to insanity. Having a lot of assets shared with SC2, similar music, lore-related characters, separate AU for CaS styles and designs; and eurasian word map for Tales of Souls helped it to stay distinctly Soul Calibur in my opinion though.
SC1 Siegfried's black armor reminds me of the Berserker armor probably because it was referencing Guts
SC3 Siegfried 2P is godlike.
I really liked the video, ALTHOUGH I found the audio just a little bit low.
Love the video, and I have to admit I was taken quite by surprise at the out of nowhere DBGT Baby theme @15:45 😂
I love the SC2 Siegfried secondary outfit, THAT IS NOT DAMNED!!!!!!
I loved the SC4 design personally
Me too
Sc3 p2 Siegfried is my all time favorite design. The artwork for it too is 🔥 imo
Both sc3 Siegfrieds are fucking awesome
The fuck you just say about SC3 Sig's P2 outfit?
Put that shit up in God-Tier where it belongs. Right next to SC2 Nightmare.
I'm gonna disagree with most of the nightmare costume ratings bro, I actually like the designs.
2p version of his Requiem is simply great, much better than his default one.
Nightmare
Soul Blade: Looks very blocky due to the PS1 graphics
Soul Calibur: 1-Looks alright. 2-Looks like he’s trying to be Griffith from Berserk
Soul Calibur 2: 1-Best of the bunch and very iconic. 2-a good look for Siegfried when he was Nightmare although his hair could have been red.
Soul Calibur 3: 1-Looks good but his armor in Soul Calibur 2 is a bit better. 2- Looks like Patrick Star’s demonic cousin
Soul Calibur 4: 1-Trying way too hard to be evil looking. 2-looks like Megatron from the 2007 Transformers movie.
Soul Calibur 5: 1-A great comparison to his Soul Calibur 2 design. 2-Looks like a rejected Doom/Diablo/Dragon Age/Dark Siders/World of Warcraft/Legacy of Kain monsters
Soul Calibur 6: A great update from his Soul Calibur 1 design
Siegfried
Soul Blade: 1-Looks ok for a 16 year old knight. 2-Just a boy in armor. 3-more looks like a squire
Soul Calibur 1: 1-Good so far. 2-Great addition of the German Hunting knife. 3-Alright
Soul Calibur 2: Looks good even though he’s just a 3rd costume for Nightmare
Soul Calibur 3: 1-Best design so far. 2-Looks a lot like Cloud Strife if he became a knight.
Soul Calibur 4: Looks kinda ridiculous in that Crystal armor. 2-Meh
Soul Calibur 5: 1- Looks ok for a guy who’s 40 but his armor looks like it belongs in either World of Warcraft or Warhammer. 2-Makes him look like a farmer if he decided to retire and start a family of his own.
Soul Calibur 6: Looks good so far.
I actually find the first nightmare (and subsequently, red-armor Siegfried) to be pretty alright. Not as good as what we got in SC2, or even the first SC, but it was a decent starting off point for a character we didn't know too much about yet. I find it kinda charming in it's antiquity.
SC2 Nightmare is my favorite Fighting Game Character design in the entire franchise.
Kinda disagree Sc2's take, I think SC2's 3rd Nightmare outfit is good enough to picture a realistic Knight of Soul's world and since he got a identity too, so I think that armor suits him.
Loved Nightmares design in 2. Absolutely iconic look for him. 3's Siegfried was also absolutely perfect. I hated what they did with Soul Calibur and Soul Edge in 4 though. Those costumes and weapons were abominations
I’m sorry but bronze siegfried and regular clothes Siegfried are a fuckload worse then SC4 Nightmare
Nightmare SC2 and SC5 God Tier for Me
I only disagre for Siegfried outfits from SC 4, both of them are Superior tier, especialy the crystalline armor, it makes him so unique, it gave so much prestige, it was the exactly opposite of Nightmare, the Holy and the Unholy.
I agree with the rest.
SC series have so much potential but as long as the moron Harada is team leader, we will never see any improvemnt, only hardcore content with awful graphics and nothing more. Thats why I stoped at SC4. I hope someday both swords Soul Calibur and Soul Edge thrust into that bastard's Harada heart and kill him for good so the game will become phenomenal (Same with Tekken)
Harada isn't the team leader, schizo; he's only listed on three Soulcalibur games, and SC4 is the only one where he's credited as a co-director (in SC6, he's credited as Executive Advisor). Soulcalibur's had many different directors throughout the games, eg. Katsutoshi Sasaki being the director for SC4, Daishi Odashima being one of two for SC5, and Yoshinori Takahashi being the director for SC6.
You have no right calling others morons when you're too stupid to read a game's credits, and for bizarrely thinking that Harada has total control over all of the Soulcalibur games. Take your meds next time.
Yo a voldo and/or astaroth tier list would be super sick brotha
Soul Calibur 3 2p is his best design lol
I love me some Nightmare and that's why I like all of his designs
Edit: 18:46 HOW DARE YOU THREE MOCK THIS SICK AF DESIGN FOR NIGHTMARE 😠
soul calibur 2 and 6 best skins ever
It’s been a year since you did this. Would love to see you make it into a series with other characters in the future.
In Soulcalibur 5 you can actually give Nightmare/Graf Dumas with Gelled Back Iong to make hime Iook Iike Siegfried but removing Persona of Deceit Dumas mask you need a HxD hex mod for that
I need more videos of Soulcalibur designs jajsjs 😂❤
SC2 Is goated
Thanks for video! For SC3 main version of Nightmare is the best!
i really like soul blade nightmare :(
i think its a super unique look
oh god this hurts
so yall were saying all of soul calibur's 5 budget went into nightmare's arm
The best for me is 1p SC2 too cool
This should have been done alone. Those two guys got in the way of your own opinion. Anyway, every Nightmare and Siegfried costume except SC4 Nightmare costumes, Siegfried SC4 primary, and SC5 Siegfried costumes is the best.
All Nightmare's 2P outfits in SCII belong in Superior Tier, and any differing opinion is just wrong. And Siegfried/Nightmare's half form was absolute peak, imo, with his 1P outfit being the only better outfit, not just in that game, but in any SC game ever.
Nightmare's P2 outfit in SCV also looks better than y'all give credit for, and should be at least Between Tier (i'd personally put him in Awesome Tier)
Other than that, i mostly agree with the rest of these rankings where they are.
Disagree almost about everyone
5:28 is that from a comic or can made ?
I feel like Soul Edge Sigfried designs 1 and 3 become better with added context of him being literally delusional kid who fked up real bad and keeps making everything worse and worse due to not being able to face the reality.
Few minutes in and I already hate this video
Soul Calibur ost tier list?
Thanks for the Warning about Unpopular Opinions.
These Opinions are Harsh.
They act childish because they only judge through what they see with their own eyes with a basic perspective instead of knowing about the story
@@Omega-jg4oq He like Nightmare as a Blue Knight.
These guys hate siegfried lmao
Unpopular Opinion:
I really Don't like the new gameplay mechanics of Soulcalibur 6 (Lethal Hit and Soul Charge) and I Prefer the simplicity of gameplay of Soulcalibur 4 and 5.
Also Soulcalibur 6 is overrated.
This was so dumb to watch. Neurodivergents with no appreciation of character design who only look at things through the lens of whatever nerdy videogames/anime they watched and no actual knowledge or appreciation of medieval armor.. ranking armor.
I still can't believe they called SC3 second outfit Siegfried a "Cloud strife King Arthur" and called SC4 Siegfried and Nightmare bad, they are supposed to be a stronger version of them and they look cool
Mid transformation siegfried/nightmare from sc2 was a childhood crush so i was devastated at him being dragged so hard ;^;