<s>
Soulcalibur	B-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Swords	I-Application
was	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
fighting	O
game	O
distributed	O
through	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
V	I-Application
and	O
is	O
strictly	O
single-player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Swords	I-Application
was	O
a	O
weapon-based	O
fighting	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
such	O
as	O
Soul	O
Crush	O
and	O
Armor	O
Destruction	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
IV	I-Application
have	O
been	O
retained	O
;	O
Soul	O
Crush	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
opponents	O
drop	O
collectible	O
items	O
and	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guard	O
Impact	O
,	O
while	O
having	O
the	O
same	O
properties	O
as	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
no	O
longer	O
used	O
a	O
specific	O
meter	O
to	O
execute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
other	O
free-to-play	O
titles	O
like	O
Tekken	B-Application
Revolution	I-Application
,	O
microtransactions	O
were	O
offered	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
removing	O
the	O
playtime	O
limit	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Characters	O
 '	O
appearances	O
were	O
in	O
accordance	O
with	O
their	O
most	O
recent	O
models	O
(	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
IV	I-Application
and	O
V	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
Astaroth	O
,	O
whose	O
design	O
was	O
carried	O
over	O
from	O
Soulcalibur	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Swords	I-Application
was	O
trademarked	O
by	O
Namco	O
in	O
August	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
during	O
a	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
live	O
broadcast	O
,	O
titled	O
"	O
876	O
Minute	O
"	O
on	O
Niconico	O
,	O
a	O
poll	O
was	O
conducted	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
most	O
favorite	O
character	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
make	O
an	O
appearance	O
in	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
V	I-Application
.	O
The	O
four	O
choices	O
were	O
Amy	O
,	O
Cassandra	O
,	O
Rock	O
,	O
and	O
Seong	O
Mi-na	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
again	O
a	O
character	O
popularity	O
poll	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
included	O
all	O
characters	O
who	O
have	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
Soul	O
series	O
so	O
far	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
characters	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
make	O
appearance	O
in	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
V	I-Application
.	O
It	O
was	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
a	O
general	O
poll	O
and	O
not	O
necessarily	O
connected	O
to	O
Lost	O
Swords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
poll	O
was	O
conducted	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
Soulcalibur	O
Facebook	B-Application
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voting	O
ended	O
on	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
results	O
showed	O
Talim	O
(	O
a	O
character	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
appear	O
in	O
either	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
V	I-Application
or	O
Lost	O
Swords	O
)	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
character	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Taki	O
and	O
Mitsurugi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulcalibur	B-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Swords	I-Application
was	O
poorly	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
press	O
release	O
on	O
May	O
8	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Swords	I-Application
had	O
surpassed	O
over	O
1.4	O
million	O
downloads	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
