#Soulcalibur vi gamefaqs series#

As usual creation is back, however it is not the best creation mode we've ever seen in the Soul Calibur series. All in all the roster is not bad but is not the best roster in fighting games either, it feels just about good enough but is still very befitting for players with enough variety to keep players wanting to learn the tricks of each style. They've added new characters which mostly stick to the same fighting styles as characters of old however some like viola introduce new fighting styles to the series. The roster features around 27 characters (I believe) and between this set of warriors the variety is fantastic with those characters which are more technical to those which are simply slow, but power houses. We also have the critical guard system and many other systems to engage even the most hardcore Soul Calibur fans. The system is fast and fluid and takes into consideration the high, low and mid attacks and makes them a main function of surviving in a battle.

#Soulcalibur vi gamefaqs series#

The system really excells in every way taking a cue from the Street Fighter series and adding special moves resembling those found in the earlier mentioned series. But where this game excells is not in its modes but in the fighting system they have created for Soul Calibur V. Moving away from the single player experience in story mode, there are also the 'Legend of Souls' mode, which is a bit like a challenge mode, an arcade mode which is standard and a quick battle mode which again is standard. A similar fate beheld Tekken 6 which attempted to change the story structure and again fell more than flat on its face, this is one of the reasons why Tekken 6 was a dissapointment to many. Again this is a step by Namco Bandai in one of their leading fighting game franchises which should not have been made. While this story line is extremely weak it is good enough to plug the holes between each fight and adding a bit of substance, however the narrative as a whole falls flat on its face. Instead the game has switched to a single story path which mainly follows new characters Patrakolos and Pyrrah. The single player modes are too far and few between and it feels like the single player experience has been cut dramatically from SCIV, the biggest hinderance on the single player time is the reduction of a Story Mode for each character. However thats not to say there aren't problems with the game.

Soul Calibur V not only completely obliterates this theory it proves itself to be a game to be marvelled at and is not just leaps and bounds above Soul Calibur IV, it is also leaps and bounds above any 3D fighter currently on the market. While there is a depth to other fighters, the Soul Calibur series has commonly been seen as the scape goat for methods to implement in the Tekken series. While there Soulcalibur V is nothing short of excellent and takes its crown of one of the most systematically marvellous fighters of this gen. Soulcalibur V is nothing short of excellent and takes its crown of one of the most systematically marvellous fighters of this gen.