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Gamefly Charts: SoulCalibur IV On Top

The highly anticipated Soulcalibur IV takes the top spot on the cross-platform Gamefly Top Ten 'Most Queued' list. Following close behind is Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3/Xbox 360). Mario Super Sluggers is at the top of the Nintendo Wii Queue as well...

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ry-guy5756d ago

This is like using Amazon.com for your sales data.

PirateThom5756d ago

Except, this is the oppsite, at least amazon indicates people are buying, this is all lost sales.

deeznuts5755d ago

It's just a sample of demand. It isn't bible, but interesting info.

Cyber Gamer5755d ago

for sure Soul calibur IV take the top place cross-platform because there is not any fighting games out there to play

Cusco5755d ago

Tekken 5: DR, VF5, DOA4.
There are fighting games, just not particularly good ones.

shine13965755d ago

you should really add ''in my opinion' cause the titles you listed there are some greatest ones...I was losing it with the tekken series and tekken 5 DR just pulled it back, v. good game. and Virtua fighter five, critically acclaimed and to me is the game to beat this generation; fighting wise. Whilst we're talking about the genre, how about the new naruto, fully 3d, it's looking to be a dark horse in my opinion.

Dir_en_grey5755d ago

guess gamefly is buying 360 versions only... No way that the PS3 version's demands are that low.

ceedubya95755d ago

360 games are usually at the top on Gamefly. I think that 360 gamers just rent more here than PS gamers.

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Soul Calibur IV - 15 Years of Soul

Soul Calibur IV launched worldwide 15 years ago, bringing with it the best performance of the series to date.

Terry_B268d ago

Hell no. It was the start of the downfall (SCV) of the series. Huge downstep from the giant SCIII

purple101268d ago

Switched to unreal engine. Ruined it.

Yi-Long267d ago (Edited 267d ago )

Used to love this series, probably my favorite 3D fighter, perhaps together with the now also dead Dead or Alive (2-3-4), but as with so many games in the fighting genre, their short-term greed (season passes) has made me lose all interest, sadly …

sagapo267d ago

Yeah, I remember playing Soul Caliber on my dreamcast at the time, that was insane!

sosro267d ago (Edited 267d ago )

the first three are much better games.

Walweeze267d ago

Loved Number 2 and 3( loved all the solo modes like chronicle of the sword ) so was super hyped when 4 came out but the lack of single player content was disappointing. Still love soul calibur to this day though

DarXyde267d ago

2 was definitely the golden era of Soul Calibur for me. I was a bit conflicted about it at times because there were 3 different versions (I liked the PS2 version for controls, I liked playing as Spawn the most, and I thought the addition of Link was really awesome). Even so, the single player content was outstanding. Easily the most fun I've had with a fighting game, followed closely by Tekken 5's single player modes

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In defence of Soul Calibur 4's horrible Star Wars guest characters

From VG247: "Link suits the world of Soul Calibur. The elf-like little twink fit into the roster as well as any sword-wielding fantasy hero could – facing off against the likes of the machiavellian Frenchman Raphael, the inhuman hellspawn Astaroth, or the horny gimp Voldo, the Legend of Zelda guest character fits right in. Weaponry, aesthetic, move set… all of it gels with Soul Calibur’s camp high fantasy world – even when you’re pulling massive bombs out of God-knows-where and hurling them across the stage. It just fits.

You know what doesn’t fit, though? Lightsabers. No amount of sci-fi reasoning, magic, or blaming it on wizards can make Yoda, Darth Vader, and (eurgh) Starkiller fit in the war-torn European and Silk Road settings of Soul Calibur. It just doesn’t track. Why Bandai Namco decided to shoehorn the trio of characters into the fourth Soul Calibur game, then, remains a mystery; it’s damaging to both brands, it makes no sense canonically, and – more than anything else – it’s just all a bit tacky (or should that be Taki?)"

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Ranking The Soulcalibur Games From Worst To Best

Bandai Namco's other premier fighting game series, Soulcalibur, has been around for over 25 years, but what game is the best?

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Yi-Long994d ago

Really loved Soulcalibur on Dreamcast. Truly blew all competition away back then when it came to graphics and fluidity, and I liked the roster and arenas.

Haven’t bothered with the newest release because sadly fighting games these days have become too expensive. They’ll release a base-game, then add all the interesting characters through expensive season passes, so unless there’s a Complete Edition released (and if I’m still interested in the game by then), I’m better off just shrugging my shoulders and skipping it completely.

The direction the fighting game genre has picked for itself means it will now only appeal and sell to the hardcore fans of the genre, while the mainstream gamers will spend their money elsewhere.

FinalFantasyFanatic994d ago

I played Soul Calibur 2 on the PS2, it was great and I got pretty good at it, decimated most of my friends at that game. I recently got VI on the PS4 and it just doesn't have the same magic, plus it seems to have stuffed some extra mechanics in there that just complicate it too much for me, although I really do agree they're too expensive, I've always wanted to get all the DLC characters for Central Fiction, but it's way too expensive.

Kaze88994d ago

I prefer SC VI to the SC III. SC II had a really fast pace for a fighting game, when new SC III bursted into the scene it felt sluggish when compared to the second one. On SC VI they brought back the quicker pace of the game, but not as much on SC II, though I think it was a good decision. I wish they would go the MK11 route with their games, but we all know that Bandai Namco is not interested, they hardly gave the devs time and money to support SC VI.