From GameSpy:
"The amount of detail on the characters, from Taki's oni-headed shoulder pads to the motion of Yoshimitsu's knotted belt, was astonishing to see in motion. Not just in motion, but in very smooth framerates as well. But we'll take this moment to mention that Taki's DoA-style transformation is just as poorly done as it seemed during E3: absurdly massive breasts moving with absurdly exaggerated physics seemed a bit much for a Soulcalibur title.
It's still too early to call Soulcalibur IV; the team certainly has plenty of time to work on it. How well the single-player, character creation, and online systems will work are all open questions. But after our brief time with the game at CES, playing with a meager three fighters and two stages, we can't wait for more. "
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?)"
I've got to admit that Ivy looks too creepy with her new costume and look and too bizarre. And indeed it's not really suitable for a legendary fighting series to become this much sexualized. That's more suitable for DOA: Xtreme games.
They say it's more like SC2 but I personally enjoyed the part 3 more. Hopefully the game ends up as great and classic and the legendary Soul Calibur 1.
Looks gorgeous. But yeh, tone done the 'ol breastasis
the way developers show females in their games is sooo wrong. Would you like all the males to have a visable 2 foot slooooong under their trousers or hanging out the bottom of their shorts. i know that would put me off.