- Unleash the Force: Iconic Star Wars characters, Sith Lord Darth Vader and Jedi Master Yoda challenge the Soulcalibur fighters for the future of the powerful swords. Experience the legendary Soulcalibur level of graphics now in 720p HD resolution for the fi
- Take the Fight Online: For the first time ever, fight opponents around the world online in multiple versus modes.
- The Ultimate Roster: Battle with classic Soulcalibur character, exciting newcomers or customize your own unique fighter.
- New Fighting System Elements: Exciting new fighting game elements including the Active Matching Battle System and the ability to execute devastating critical strikes.
- Multiple Gameplay Modes: Experience Soulcalibur with Story, Arcade, Tower of Reminiscence, Training Practice, Character Creation, and Museum View modes.
$15.75
Product Description
The world's premier weapon based fighting game franchise returns to deliver a true next generation fighting experience. Set to finally reveal the origins of the Soulcalibur saga, Soulcalibur IV features both new and familiar faces from across the galaxy, seeking the rival swords for vengeance, honor and salvation. In a monumental alliance, legendary Star Wars icons, Darth Vader and Yoda invade the Soulcalibur IV continues the series' tradition of reinventing, enhancing and breaking new boundaries. Now the world's favorite fighting game redefines the entire genre for the next generation of both new, and fiercely loyal Soulcalibur fans.Amazon.com
The Classic Fighter Returns
Return to witness the epic struggle between the spirit sword, Soul Calibur, and the cursed sword, Soul Edge, in Soul Calibur IV. Warriors from far reaches of the galaxy battle to control the powerful swords and use them for their own goals. Should these fighters succeed, they will face the ultimate judgment. The ongoing story continues with new revelations, exciting new gameplay features and stunning visuals. And perhaps most exciting of all, a character from the Star Wars universe will also make an appearance.
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Soul Calibur IV
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March 10, 2010
#1
when is this genre going to evolve?
at least with shooters you have to put the crosshair on your enemy before mashing the trigger button.
I can defeat anyone using a one button mash.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 10, 2010
#2
This came alot faster than expected and it was in great condition. Thanks for the awesome price.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 10, 2010
#3
Soul Calibur fans won’t find too much new here, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Most of the original characters are available when you start the game (instead of having to unlock them later), the moves are more or less the same, and the graphics are great. The controls are quite responsive, and as in every previous iteration, it takes longer to watch the end credits than it does to beat the game in story mode.
And… as in every previous iteration, there are unreasonably long “Now Loading” screens, though they’ve improved the speed in Arcade Mode.
And now… a word about Star Wars…
WHAT?
Sure, I knew that Darth Vader was going to be in the PS3 version, and Yoda in the Xbox 360 version, and blah, blah, blah. I figured they were just unlockable characters that I was free to ignore.
Not so, in Arcade Mode. Not only are you inexplicably transported to space after level 6, but the two Star Wars characters become ridiculously difficult to beat for no obvious reason. We’re talking Shang Tsung or Motaro cheap from the Mortal Kombat series.
It isn’t that they’re unbeatable. It’s just that it makes no sense at all. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a licensed product so obviously shoehorned in to a game. It totally kills the mood of the game, and the “spend 15 minutes, then make a sandwich” gameplay.
Getting back to Story Mode, when you finish with a character, you don’t really get any sort of story or closure as you did in previous versions of Soul Calibur. Instead, you get a three-second variant of “now I have it!”, followed by a black screen with a sentence or two.
If you haven’t played any of the previous versions, you may enjoy this. Or, if you’re really big in to Star Wars, I guess you’ll get a kick out of playing as Darth Vader or The Apprentice. Otherwise, I think this is a pretty huge letdown for Soul Calibur fans out there.
I really wish I had rented this, instead of pre-ordering it months ago.
Rating: 3 / 5
March 10, 2010
#4
Let me first off say, I love video games. I have since I’ve been 5 years old when I played my first video game for the Nintendo. I have played Soul Calibur with friends, family… Everyone. I went to the PX yesterday (Marince Corps store) and was going to pick up a game for the PS3 since it seems one of the best things to do on base (Without traveling 45 minutes) is to play video games. The clerk reminded me that Soul Calibur just came out so I nearly had a heart attack and ran to the stand and grabbed a copy. The cover art was awesome. Sweet.
So I get up to the counter and am about to ring up the game, the clerk hits the enter key on the cash register and all the power goes out for the entire store. That should of been my sign not to buy this game, and most likely was. I did get it anyway though.
I brought it home and went to a church event with one of my fellow Marines and after coming home later on that night I couldn’t wait to play it. I opened up the case, took out the Bluray Disc and put it in the PS3. It booted up and then started saying “You can’t play without a game save, click ok to make a game save.” … Ok, “Thats fine with me”, *Click*
Starts loading up, get’s to the screen … “SOUL CALIBUR 4!!!”
Awesome.
Get to the menu, “Woah, the menu is really simplistic… Strange.” I headed off to the single player mode automatically and hit Story mode and proceeded to play with Raphael. it then proceeds with a very simplistic story of why Raphael is fighting… “Strange” I said. I use to remember when Soul Calibur was REALLY in depth. “Maybe this is just a one time thing, a Quick story.” So the fights come up, it’s one vs three. Though I’m all buffed out with made fighting power ups. I keep fighting… One, two, three, four matches down… One cut scene of us going over the water and hearing a wierd sound. Ok. “That doesn’t make any sense at all.” Finally Stage 5 comes up, and … “what’s this… Is this the Boss battle already? … It can’t be, this has to be a mini boss… something, the game cant BE THIS SHORT.” I fight the boss, and all of a sudden it shows a about 2 minute ending clip (Which was kind of cool, I have to admit.)
Then the screen goes black, and not to ruin the surprise for you but the game ends by leaving you 1 sentance to sum up exactly what happened after Raphael acquires the sword.
1 SENTENCE.
Credits roll, and I have beat the game using Raphael. In under 15 minutes.
To top that off, the character creation sucks. There isn’t enough customization in it to satisfy hardcore gamers or in my opinion fans of the series. The best way to describe this game is its like the first version of the game that came out on the dreamcast. With Better graphics, and less fun.
You better have a friend to play you at this game, even then though its a huge let down.
Rating: 2 / 5
March 10, 2010
#5
I own every Soul Calibur game(asside from the original Soul Blade) and I can honestly say this game is an insult to the Soul Calibur series. It’s as though the people making this thing wanted to dumb it down completely. One of the staples of the Soul Calibur series was the sense of timing while in combat. If you attacked or defended at the wrong moment you would pay for it severely. Far more than in other famous fighting games(Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, etc.)and that sense of timing is almost completely removed in this game making it just another fighter.
When combat is boring you turn to the story(or vise-versa). Anyone who has played the prvious Soul Caliburs will know that they all had long and encompassing story modes. Especially 2 which had a long combat quest with a well written story, and 3 which had a long stratagy style story quest for created caracters. This game has little or no storyline. Old arcade at best.
This game was not made for people to play, it was obviously made for no other reason than to capitalize on it’s name and that of Star Wars. As if playing as Star Wars characters would save it, not that that wasn’t awsome. It even comes with an advertizement for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. And that game was so rife with glitches and cliche gameplay it was barely playable at all. Not to mention the fact that to get even the same create a character options that three had you have to purchase them seperately from PSN.
Summary: If you want a good fight with no distractions this is a good game. If, however, you are a serious fan of the Soul Calibur series, STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME!!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5