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Soul Calibur Review (continued)
More User Submitted Soul Calibur Reviews
Date: 2005-01-15
Way ahead of its time
This is the definitive evolution in fighting games. I grew up on Street Fighter, then switched to Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear, Powerstone, etc... but nothing has ever captured the essence of fun as much as the Soul Calibur series has done. This is the one fighting game that strangely does not turn off those who are not into fighting games. It is accessible enough to newcomers for them to just pick up and have fun with, yet at the same time, it holds the depth that will keep veteran gamers playing this for years as long as they have access to good human competition. The characters are not completely balanced, but that won't become noticeable until you actually play against really good people for a long while. Still, none of the characters are a waste and the variety of fighting styles are extremely well thought out and fun to watch. I especially like how they have an exhibition mode where you can just watch characters performed their motion captured katas by themselves in an empty ring. This game is simply beautiful in many ways.
Date: 2005-01-08
Yes this is the greatest fighting game ever made...
I'm make this short and sweet. This is the greatest fighting game ever. And this is a DC exclusive and will forever be one of the best DC games ever. It has everything I love about fighting games. First off the visuals are just so juicy. Not as sharp as SC2 but still great visuals even for this time of the year. The game has some really great things added to this DC version such as a mission mode, it's like a story mode, what you do is buy art galleries to start new mission, trust me it'll keep you in for weeks especially since it's for EVERY CHARACTER! The game has some other neat things added to this game such as
Practicemode
Mission Mode
Survival Mode
ARCADE MODE, which you can unlock characters.
And some other neat things but I will tell you right now if you do have a Dreamcast don't keep it to dust and play GTA on your Ps2. You need this game for the Dreamcast. This is one of the reasons people got a Dreamcast....I got it as a gift from my aunt and took advantage of it by getting the games..And this gem was one of them. Listen..do your self a favor and get this game...heck even Gamespot gave this game 10 and it's extreamly hard getting a good score on this game.. The visuals arn't as great as SC2 and that is pretty much the only thing wrong with it.. Bottom line
Good
Superb Visuals on the DC
Great extras for the DC version
MISSION MODE ROCKS
Controlls are easy to get use to
Loads of play time and Arcade Mode is a blast
Bad..
Hmmm....Nothing
Ugly
Nothing...
GREATEST FIGHTING GAME EVER ONLY ON THE DREAMCAST!
I give it a 5 out of 5 stars!!
Lates
Date: 2004-12-19
Still fun after all these years
Soul Calibur is the classic version of the arcade game, and is only available on the Dreamcast. For many, it's the main reason to buy a Dreamcast!
You get a nice selection of characters, both male and female, young and old. If there's a complaint about the characters, it's that the females tend to have VERY skimpy outfits that mostly show off jiggly breasts and lots of underwear. The guys tend to have fully covered bodies. Something's not quite even here.
There are a number of modes, between simple arcade mode, one on one combat, training demos, and more. As you play through the game you earn points, which let you unlock more secrets. It encourages you to go through the game as each character, learning their best moves and techniques. Each character has his or her own favorite weapons and combat style.
As with all fighting games, you have to get used to the violence. The characters are bashing each other with some rather nasty moves - and it doesn't necessarily stop when one person is defeated. I've seen my character kicked to the ground, the game announce my defeat, and then the enemy throw in a final, gratuitous kick. It's very discouraging.
The different levels are fun, with their atmosphere and backgrounds. The music is on the generic side and doesn't go themed with the world you're in, as more modern fighters tend to do. Also it is sometimes fairly easy to simply knock your opponent out of the ring and be done with it.
Also, on the sounds angle, there are only a limited number of things that the announcer says. So if you play a given character through an 8 round series of fights, you are going to hear the same thing over and over again.
That all being said, this is a true classic of a game and many people have become quite fond of the sequels. So if you're into inexpensive fighters, or if you're a Soul Calibur fan who wants to see where it all began, this is a must have!
Date: 2004-08-17
It has perfect ratings for a reason.
For once, all the game magazines got it right when they gave SC a perfect score. It's funny how an early Dreamcast game looks better than most of the games we get in this day and age.
A lot of people say that SC is 'just a button masher" and well, that's true for some part. I just recently played this game for the first time and got through it just blindly trying out different combinations I know from other fighting games, and made it through the Arcade mode with no problem. You can get by just doing the same 4 moves in some cases. But anyone can go through the Arcade game, it's the Mission challenges that'll catch you if you've just been mashing buttons all this time. Through this mode, you'll be using a variety of skills and learning some things along the way (if you didn't bother with the training mode like me), making you a better fighter. By completing the missions, you'll get a number of points to unlock some cool extras like artwork, new costumes, characters, weapons and weapon/fighting demonstrations from each character. Not all of the missions are easy though, some of them take many tries to complete. There'll be some where you have to take on 7 opponents, without healing between each round. And some where you're constantly being pushed away from them thanks to the wind.
The graphics, as I've already stated, still hold up to the likes of just about any ps2 or GC game. Heck, some of the things here look about early Xbox quality. Everything runs smoothly with little jaggedness in the framerate. Sometimes it'll happen when a match is over, but that's about it. Collision detection is perfect- when it looks like you hit your opponent, you hit them. It doesn't magically miss and not do any damage or anything. So there's no need to worry about that with SC. And the backgrounds and locations are just beautiful. Sometimes it's worth starting a match just to watch everything that's going on in a given setting. And the character designs are great. While some of them look a little basic, that's something we've needed in the fighting game universe for a while. Not everyone has some awesome, ravishing design that makes you go "oh that must be one of the heroes" or anything. They do stand out on their own though, if not for the designs, for their weapons.
The music and sound is pretty good. A few of the voices (ie- the announcer's) are fuzzy and aren't as good as they could've been as far as quality goes, but most of the characters have great voices and the acting is top notch. Of course, since they're all in Japanese, there's a bit of over-acting. And some of the subtitles aren't that accurate. One of the fighters says something simple like "I'm ending this!" but the subtitle for that sentence is about 9 words long for some reason. The soundtrack was nice. Each level has its own theme, and it fits the setting. Fancy castles have a classy little ditty playing, old Oriental docks get the traditional music, and a Spanish cove gets the same treatment. I'm tempted to get the soundtrack for SC. And the weapon sound effects sound nice and painful (Astaroth's charged up axe smashes).
Soul Calibur's probably the best weapon fighting game that's come out to date. I don't get why Amazon lists this as "maybe too violent". There isn't any blood when you're hit with any of the weapons, just tiny little shocks through the person's body. Pretty much, just take Dead or Alive 2 and give it weapons, that's how "violent" it is. For fighting fans, or just if you're looking for a title to showcase what the DC can do, Soul Calibur should be at the top of your list.
Date: 2004-06-07
soul calibur is the best Fighting game
alright the soul calibur series is in a class of it's own it's by far the best Fighting game I have ever played I just found this game at a garage sale for 2 dollars what a steal at that price I had to get it and I don't think this game is a button masher at all my favorate fighter is Ivy and I have soul calibur 2 for the gc
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