Re: Soul Calibur IV - Awesome!

On Jul 29, 6:45 pm, "Rowdy J" <jk...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yup, that's it... that's my review.  You're not a fighting game fan if you
don't grab this one and play the hell out of it.

Unbelievable graphics.  And addicting as hell.

Buy it.

Definately a fun game. I miss the days when you could break weapons
during the match. You can break armor here, but that's it. The
graphics are incredible. Just about the most detail and range of
emotions I've seen in character faces in any game. I played for about
4 hours last night, through the Story mode for about 5 characters,
about 10 online matches, and maybe 3 levels in the Tower mode. Out of
ring losses are pretty cheap, cheaper than I remember. Juggling seems
easier too, especially with the moves that knock up 20 ft in the air.
It did crash once on me, while I was screwing around with the
Character Creator mode. I'm a little disappointed in Character
Creator mode, every character gets the same item upgrades. In VF5 and
T5 each character has unique items. But, in SC4 the item upgrades
actually provide stat boosts which makes them more strategic than just
cosmetic. Other than that, its pretty deep, you can create Maybe as
they increase in level they'll get some unique items. I'm sure I've
just scratched the surface. As a fighting game it doesn't topple VF5,
but its still pretty damn good. Hopefully at some point a tournament
mode opens up so you can fight against increasingly difficult computer
opponents. Online is sweet, but I had a hard time finding quick
matches.

Oh, Yoda is slow as hell, but his attacks seem pretty powerful and why
couldn't they use the lightsaber sounds from the movies?
.

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