Tragedy of Siegfried - Soul Calibur

Siegfried is arguably one of the best fighting game characters. I love how his story, and how much his character develops from a somewhat arrogant teenager, to a very strong, and honorable adult.

I always found it cool to play as Nightmare as Siegfried‘s costume in Soul Calibur II. It makes it seem more like Siegfried when I choose the Japanese voice on the options menu.

I'm a fan of Soul Calibur, more so the gameplay. Didn't pay that much attention to the story growing up but this was pretty cool.

Siegfried happened to become my favourite character really quickly when I first was introduced to SoulCalibur, before I even tried to learn about him. I didn't even know he was the main character haha. Nor that I would get so good at his moveset. He's my main through and through now. Also Siegfried is also one of my favourite characters in gaming. :D Hope he gets a movie someday. He deserves one.

Seigfried/Nightmare reminds me of Anakin/Darth Vader

The main reason why I love Siegfried is his backstory. Is so damn tragic and interesting, and this made him interesting as a character as well (talking about his personality). What I adore is seeing him reach matureness and turn into an adult; how he accepted the weight of being the killer of his father and deciding to search for redemption instead of searching for pity from the others. That and the fact that he's hot as the sun in july... But that's my problem. xD

Among many other characters in the game, I think Raphael also had a tragic story and I hope he will be saved one day. Many people see him as an already evil character, he was supposed to be a cold aristocrat before the start of the story but it wasn't that evil to be cold and working for his family's prestige. He was accused of killing a man but that man tried to kill him so Raphael had to defend himself and killed him in self defense so he was somehow innocent. His own family then turned on him and he had to flee. Then after having taken Amy as a gratitude gesture for her help, he somehow acquired a mansion under 'dark pretense' (probably meaning murdering the previous owner but he was a wanted criminal so he didn't have much choice to act badly now and his goal was mostly his foster daughter's well being but yeah, it could be considered evil depending on the dark pretense meaning). Then maybe unwillingly but not absolutely unwilling, he saved Siegfried, which is a very important act, then became malfested. I'm kind of sad they never expanded that part with Siegfried. Siegfried somehow could try to help him and try to de-malfest him, after all Raphael saved him... Siegfried meets him for a fight in SCIII (non canon I think) and then it's done. The story says he and Amy had to flee their home when people noticed their paleness and the fact they now lived at night, even now being malfested, he didn't seem to have started the problems there (even if somehow becoming vampire, there was no mention of some misterious murders or whatever around him). He seemed more like a reactive guy who will make you pay dearly if you annoy him but who stays quietly at home when not bothered. But since he was now malfested and had a grudge against humanity who chased him and his daughter away, he started transforming people in Walachia, now acting evilly but it was now his malfestation making him do that and driving him crazier. Then something happened between SCIV and SCV and he fell even deeper into darkness by becoming the new Nightmare. Since Siegfried got out of this, I would like for Raphael to do so as well but I just don't have the feeling he will (assuming Namco continues the franchise).

If you don’t die a hero, sometimes you’ll live long enough to become the villain

Siegfried is pretty damn tragic isn't he?

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Nice one HMK. I didnt consider Siegfried to be my favorite character (in fact, Maxi's my favorite), but I always enjoyed Siegfried's story throughout the games. The Soul Calibur games I played were 1, 2, 4, & 5, and I always liked to read the biographies of the characters in those games (except 5, which lacked bios), especially Siegfried's because it let me learn how Nightmare came to be and the internal struggle between those two in Soul Calibur 2.

So basically Siegfried= Spider-Man Soul edge= Black suit symbiote Nightmare= Venom Am I right?

when I first saw Siegfried I was on sc3 and I thought he was link after a decade, because I remember him from the sc2 game, I never even dream he was nightmare when I played sc1, is nice to finally get a resume of his whole history.

Siegfried reminds me of Riku walking his own path to the dawn

siegfried is one of my favorite soul calibur characters.

thanks man for telling that story I never new about Siegfried he had a bad Experience with soul Edge and got hope in the light with soul calibur ☺

Siegfried is a complete badass holy shit

This was amazing. I'd like to see one of Ryu and Scorpion

Siegfried was easy pray because of his sanity

Siegfried is not only my most favourite Soul Calibur character, he is one of my most favourite video game characters HANDS DOWN! After all, I always prefer him more than Patroklos and Pyhhra.