Meh... this series hasn' t impressed me since the first on DC.

First one was the best of its time, but I thought the second was very good too. The third was a bit of a let down for me.

WTF? Its cool that there will be exclusive characters again but Vader and Yoda? Seriously?

The DC Soul Calibur was awesome and everything was simply great in it.
The sequels had lots of nice content and stuff but the gameplay and the classy feeling was ruined IMO.
Everything Soul Calibur has going for it right now is special things like funny characters, UNLESS they change BACK to the DC style gameplay and art.
I' ll buy SCIV for Yoda, nothing else.

I also think that the first was the best. From the second on it didn' t feel the same way. I couldn' t put my finger on it but maybe it' s like you said : the " classy" feel the first one had.

I think the second one was much slower. And the backgrounds were to colorful for their own good. It worked in the DC version where the backgrounds looked like beautiful paintings, but the second just didn' t work.
And the characters looked fucked up. Mitsurugi was my favourite in the DC version but in the sequels he looks like an idiot. The whole badass samurai was gone and instead we got a bum with a sword. Fucking hell that sucked!

Well Soul Calibur was a sequel to Soul Blade which was an amazing game when it was released in the arcades and on the original PlayStation.

The Dreamcast sequel is widely regarded as the best version, but Soul Calibur II has sold the most. The 3rd game while not a bad game, isn' t a patch on it' s predecessors.

Fortunately, Soul Calibur IV looks amazing and i' m buying it regardless of reviews.

What, are we back to the cheap marketing days of Pokemon now? Do we have to buy two versions of the same game to get a few unique characters?

It' s cool, in the sense that it' s freaking Darth Vader and Yoda, but I don' t see the purpose in adding one different character to each, instead of both.

Granted, one could argue that they want you to go out and buy both, but I don' t know of anybody who would buy two versions of the same game because of one unique character (excluding the Pokemon kiddies).

Uh, ...they did this with Soul Calibur II and everybody loved the idea...

Hell, if Link hadn' t been in the Gamecube version it wouldn' t have sold anywhere near as well as it did.

My statement still stands. I enjoy Soul Calubur, but I don' t know of anybody (myself included) who would buy two versions of the same game for one different character. The choice to add different non-brand-exclusive characters doesn' t make much sense in my opinion.

Hell, if Link hadn' t been in the Gamecube version it wouldn' t have sold anywhere near as well as it did.

I could almost understand the decision to throw Link in the Cube version. Link is a Nintendo character.

Were it, say, Master Chief in the 360 version, and Kratos in the PS3 version, that would make a bit more sense in my opinion. At least the decision to have one for each console would be justified.

But that' s the point... they' re highly unlikely to be wholly exclusive.

I' d be extremely surprised if both characters aren' t planned as DLC for the version they didn' t ship in.

It also potentially bodes well for the combat mechanics in Force Unleashed. I mean, i can see LucasArts creating these models for use in Soul Calibur under the condition that Namco assist them with the combat in their game.

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It also potentially bodes well for the combat mechanics in Force Unleashed. I mean, i can see LucasArts creating these models for use in Soul Calibur under the condition that Namco assist them with the combat in their game.

You know more of that kind of stuff than most of us, but I really doubt it.
Namco makes arcade games and I don' t think TFU is going to benefit from arcade combat gameplay. And wouldn' t the guys who makes TFU have an easier and more fun time doing their own combat system?
Working with Namco on that just seem to make it more complicated than easy.

What was the nunchuck dude' s name in Soul Blade again? He was my favourite character with the move where he spins the nunchuck on his leg and kicks you, heh.

First time I saw Voldo though!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2_WZ2znC8

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It also potentially bodes well for the combat mechanics in Force Unleashed. I mean, i can see LucasArts creating these models for use in Soul Calibur under the condition that Namco assist them with the combat in their game.

You know more of that kind of stuff than most of us, but I really doubt it.
Namco makes arcade games and I don' t think TFU is going to benefit from arcade combat gameplay. And wouldn' t the guys who makes TFU have an easier and more fun time doing their own combat system?

LucasArts have almost zero experience in that specific area though. They only games they' ve handled themselves that had Light Sabre combat were Jedi Power Battles on Dreamcast? and uh, Obi-Wan on Xbox? ...and those games were lame. The Jedi Knight games were handled by the screw-ups at Raven Software and the last game - Revenge of the Sith was handled by The Collective.

I don' t doubt that LucasArts could put together a really impressive combat system, i mean, look at the films, ...but i do think they would benefit from the assistance of a developer who has 10 extremely successful fighting games under their belt, 3 of which are purely weapons based.

I guess the inclusion of Star Wars characters in a Soul Calibur game has simply got my mind looking for viable explanations... although i' m expecting more characters to be revealed as we countdown to it' s summer release so maybe i' m looking too deep.

Finally! A new fighting game that I can look forward to! The graphics look awesome, and the gameplay looks fast and smooth.

I suppose if there is no difference between the two other than the two exclusive characters I' ll have to go 360, as there should be a better online community, if I decide to actually get online with it. Both Vader and Yoda should be cool to play with.

I, personally, liked Soul Caliber on the DC the best, but part two was enjoyable as well. I couldn' t really get into the third installment for some reason.


It' s no DOA, but it should have some pretty good jiggle physics too!

Yoda and Vader both kick ass. I' m going to have a hard time choosing.

My bet is on both being available on both consoles as DLC for another $2-5.

How are they going to block lightsabers with normal swords?

Maybe their swords use the special weave that Echani weapons use?

Or maybe they' ll just block them normally and piss starwars fans off

The question that SHOULD be asked is how someone can take multiple stabbings from a weapon as big as a Chevy and still live, let alone fight! Answer that, and then we' ll talk about the light saber thing.

They train hard. Tough bodies you know. Like shaolin monks... or something.
But a shaolin monk could never take on a lightsaber.

I' d like a green lightsaber.

Either one you get should be pretty cool, and this game should be just as good as the ones before it(if not way better). If I remember correctly didn' t 3 have the character customization thing, or than that I thought it was mostly a rehash of the 2nd. I might play this if my brother gets it, but fighting games aren' t my style.