SoulCalibur IV

SoulCalibur IV is, quite obviously, the 4th installment in the SoulCalibur series. I missed out on SCIII since I never owned a PS2, so I was quite excited for the long awaited sequel to the SoulCalibur series. Well, it was long awaited for me atleast, not being able to play SCIII, but I guess that was for the better since apparently SCIII wasn't so hot. But how's SCIV?

Well, to be honest, it's a very good game. It's a lot of fun to play, though a bit more sluggish than I remember SCII being. It's pretty, and online play is great and lag free for the most part. The Create a Soul mode in this game is excellent, and allows you to create a large variety of characters with ease. It has one big problem though, the single player is greatly lacking compared to Soul Edge and the previous Soul Calibur games. Yes, there's online and an awesome character creator mode, but there are only 3 single player modes worth mentioning and they're all either very short, extremely difficult, or both. There's Arcade mode, which is pretty much just fight 8 random characters (Bar the Apprentice and Algol, whom you have to fight) and collect money to buy stuff. Story mode, which is like Arcade but each character gets their own cutscenes and fights set characters, as opposed to random.

The last single player mode there is is Tower of the Lost Souls, which is not only very short, but it's also extremely difficult. Now, it's not impossible by any means, but for this mode Namco really cranked up the AI and expected everyone who plays SCIV to be SoulCalibur masters. I guess this isn't a bad thing, as it will teach more players to get better at SoulCalibur, but sometimes it's just unfairly difficult. It starts out pretty easy, but after Floor 11 or so in Ascend mode, it's no holds barred. For example, there is a section where you must take out 3 characters in 60 seconds for 3 floors. You must not only kill all of them, but you have to do it quickly. If your enemy has less health than you the time runs out, tough ****. You have to start over from the first floor on that section. Descend mode is even harder, it's pretty much survival mode but with, like the rest of TOLS, ridiculously hard AI.

Not everything in SCIV is bad. In fact, I said before it's a very good game. I think that even if it's not quite as balanced as the rest of the titles in the series, it's definitely the most fun to play. It's slower than the other games, but you'll have a hell of a time online and with friends. The Create a Soul mode is awesome and has enough options to create a lot of characters that you couldn't make in SCIII. I would definitely suggest this game for lovers of fighting games, people who have a lot of friends whom you'd like to keep entertained at your house, or just someone who needs a fun game to play for a while. This isn't the end all be all of fighting games, but it's a lot of fun and should definitely be owned by most anyone who owns an Xbox 360 or PS3.

The only reason I bought the game was for the awesome character creator.

This post has been edited by General on Aug 18 2008, 11:10 AM

I played that yesterday. It seems im only good with siegfried
Oh, and I lol'd at the fact that when you change costumes the boobs wiggle(!)

you can also alter breast size

Yeah the character creation is awesome; been making a bunch of cameos. Which system do you have the game for?

I un-****ified Ivy and gave her a pirate costume. C'mon, she was a pirate in SCII, now her two costumes are ***** and super-*****? I'm a fan of women, Namco, but you don't need to pixelize them for me.

Also, awesome characters I have made include Mario, Sonic, Dr. Robotnik, Alfred (A minotaur warrior), Chef of War, and Travis Touchdown. I'd take pictures but I lack a digital camera. If you wanna see 'em you have to fight me online, chumps!

EDIT: I have it for 360.

This post has been edited by Thunder on Aug 18 2008, 11:41 AM

Star Wars

PS3 because my brother has one and Darth Vader is awesome.

Yeah I got it for PS3 too (since my 360 died), besides I like the controller better. It's not possible for PS3 users to face 360 users is it? Oh yeah, wasn't Darth Vader gonna be downloadable later on?

stop being a tease, Thunder

get video recording software and post it on Youtube because lack of funds bars me from getting a 360 or the game anytime soon

That's a shame.

Maybe I can borrow my sister's digital camera or something.

*Spoiler* In SC5 Ivy will be wearing nothing!

The only annoyance I have with the game is the spammers online. I'm tired of my every game having Kilik or The Apprentice. >:(

My bro has it on PS3.

I love that game!

I just made The Mask as a character in SCIV, it's not too great, I tried basing it off of his Cuban Pete design.

I got to play SCIV a few weeks ago, and I'm obsessed with it. I don't even own a 360 or PS3.

I really love the character creator.
My friends and I made Robin.

The old one for GCN with Link was awesome

i am so getting this game

Tough AI? You'd better believe it, I heard my brother SCREAMING his head off every time he lost. If Random Talking Bush comes here, he'll have an interesting story for you all.