About a month ago, Bob ordered an Xbox 360. His reasoning for not having one has revolved around the fact that he was content with PC games. But then came the announcement that pushed him to purchase: Netflix via the Xbox 360. Now Bob offers an explanation of the advantages of console gaming, from a PC gamer perspective:
Assassin's Creed's Ezio and The Witcher's Geralt have been excellent guest characters in the Soul Calibur series.
Soul Calibur IV launched worldwide 15 years ago, bringing with it the best performance of the series to date.
Hell no. It was the start of the downfall (SCV) of the series. Huge downstep from the giant SCIII
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 …
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
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
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?)"
PC gaming (at its fullest potential) is way too expensive.
...he makes 2 points of dubious validity in my eyes.
I recently bought a PC after a lifetime of being a staunch PC elitist (what can I say, I didn't want to wait another 6 months for GTA, AGAIN), so I agree with him for the most part.
But the fact that you generally have your PC sitting on a desk instead of under (or near) a large television, controlled from an office chair as opposed to a large comfy couch, is [i]not[/i] the fault of the machine.
I have my 360 next to my PC plugged into the same monitor it uses, and I know a few people that do, so the benefits of "couch gaming" are hardly universal. I could stick my PC under my TV or install a couch in my study.
but I feel the ps3 is even better.
it's obvious some people still have a desktop PC and a separate entertainment center, but what about those of us who've combined the two? When combined, most of his points fall apart.
In the end, it all boils down to an individual's electronic intelligence and the effort they put forward to a better gaming experience.
Nice advert for the 360 from a Microsoft employee