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- Platform: PlayStation 3
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A TALE OF SOULS AND SWORDS, ETERNALLY RETOLD...
SOULCALIBUR V is the newest installment of its multi-million selling weapons-based fighting series for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3. It delivers exhilarating 3D fighting mechanics, breathtaking visuals, and new characters, as well as expanding the online + character creation modes.
Developer Project Soul
SOULCALIBUR V picks up 17 years after the events of SOULCALIBUR IV with new heroes and returning warriors clashing in an epic showdown between good and evil. The tale of Patroklos, son of Sophitia Alexandra, unfolds as his family’s destiny intertwines with the Soul swords. With the series’ revolutionary 8-way run, allowing for true 3D movement during matches, a refined battle system, and stunning graphics, SOULCALIBUR V will be the top game of 2012 for anyone looking for a knock-down, drag-out fight.
CHARACTER PROFILES
An introduction to a few of SoulCalibur V's characters...--- From Assassin's Creed - Ezio Auditore ---
Ezio Auditore from the critically acclaimed Assassin’s Creed series will be a playable guest character in SOULCALIBURT V for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This monumental collaboration will let players control Ezio and his wide range of assassination tools including: • A Roman Longsword • Stiletto • Crossbow • Hidden gun • His trademark Hidden blade.
--- Patroklos Alexandra ---
Age 19
Birthplace Athens, Ottoman Empire
Height 5'10" (177cm)
Weight Refuses to reveal
Date of Birth September 13th
Blood Type B
Weapon Short Sword & Small Shield
Weapon Name Stigma Sword & Arcadia Shield
Fighting Style Athenian Style (Self-Proclaimed)
--- Siegfried Schtauffen ---
Age 40
Birthplace Ober-Getzenberg, Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Height 5'8" (172 cm)
Weight 154 lbs. (70 kg
Date of Birth February 6th
Blood Type A
Weapon Zweihander
Weapon Name Requiem
Fighting Style Self-Taught
--- Pyrrha Alexandra ---
Age 20
Birthplace She does not remember (Athens, Ottoman Empire)
Height 5'5" (165 cm)
Weight Too embarrassed to say
Date of Birth October 24th
Blood Type B
Weapon Short Sword & Small Shield
Weapon Name Omega Sword & Elk Shield
Fighting Style Protected by her sword and shield
--- Heishiro Mitsurugi ---
Age 46
Birthplace Bizen, Japan
Height 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight 163 lbs. (74 kg)
Date of Birth June 8th
Blood Type AB
Weapon Katana
Weapon Name Muichimonji
Fighting Style Shin Tenpu-Kosai-Ryu
--- Isabella Valentine (Nickname: Ivy) ---
Age Stopped at 32
Birthplace London, British Empire
Height 5'10" ( 179 cm)
Weight 128 lbs. (58 kg)
Date of Birth December 10th
Blood Type Unknown
Weapon Snake Sword
Weapon Name Valentine (Ivy Blade)
Fighting Style Unrelated Link
--- Other characters announced include: ---
Nightmare
Viola
Leixia
Raphael
Astaroth
Z.W.E.I
Natsu
Hilde
Maxi
Tira
Voldo ...more to be announced soon...
Product Description
Soul Calibur 5, the newest installment of the multi-million selling weapons-based fighting series. Delivering exhilarating 3D fighting mechanics, breathtaking visuals, and new characters as well as expanded online and character creation modes, Soul Calibur 5 is poised to become the preeminent fighting game experience of 2012.
Developed by the legendary Project Soul team, Soul Calibur 5 picks up 17 years after the events of Soul Calibur 4 with new heroes and returning warriors clashing in an epic showdown between good and evil. The tale of Patroklos, son of Sophitia Alexandra, unfolds as his family's destiny intertwines with the Soul swords. With the series' revolutionary 8-way run, allowing for true 3D movement during matches, a refined battle system, and enhanced A.I.
- Soul Calibur 5 features the special guest character Ezio Auditore from the critically acclaimed Assassin's Creed series. This monumental collaboration will let players control Ezio and his wide range of assassination tools including:
- A Roman longsword
- Stiletto
- Crossbow
- Hidden gun
- His trademark hidden blade
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Customer Reviews
This latest installment relies on you being online. I am as it happens, but that does not mean I always want to play in this way, and to be honest, in the UK, where connection speeds are not particularly great, the lag in response does not really lend itself to fighting games online.
The single player options (such as they are) feel bolted on, and superfluous. So in essence, this is only half a finished product.
As to the graphics, yes they are lovely, and its nice to see a small amount of environment interaction, but its nothing to the extent that D.O.A. managed on the original Xbox, let alone this gen. of console; and graphics can only take a game so far.
As to gameplay. It just doesnt flow like it used to. There was a time when a SC game meant attacks with momentum, and an intuitive control system that invited experimentation. Sadly, the series is now veering towards 'joystic gymnastics' more akin to Streetfighter to get the combos and special moves going. And without these, all the characters basic attacks leave them strangely static.
I wanted to be sure that my assessment was fair, and not that of being jaded by familiarity, so I downloaded the Dreamcast port of Soulcalibur 1 on xboxlivearcade, and found myself playing it for HOURS. It may not be as pretty, but it plays 10x better than its Great Great Grandchild.
If there is to be a VI, then they need to do more than focus on online options, and address the gameplay and single player value.
As it stands, Part 5 feels more like an add-on pack for Part 4 than a fully realised game worthy of a full price tag.
What happened Namco? Why did you decide to drop the cool Weapon Master Mode and Chronicles of the Sword Mode and replace them with...nothing. Why did you decide to make all the characters sound American despite the fact that none of them are American? Ivy is the exception, and her accept couldn't be more stereotypical if she exclaimed "What Ho!" every time she attacked someone. You could have had them speak their native languages, like Tekken. Why did you get rid of classic characters like Talim, and completely ruin Nightmare? Why doesn't each character get their own Arcade Mode endings? Seriously, that's just lazy.
To be fair, the fighting is still solid, and the character customisation and creation is good fun. The online fighting's pretty good too.
But that's not enough good points. Namco, I expect better from you. If you're a fan of Soul Calibur, just buy a used copy of 3 or 2. They both still play really well, and are much better games. This isn't amazing. It's not bad, but it could've been so much more. Soul Calibur 6 had better be brilliant, otherwise this franchise is finished.
My mark: 6.5/10. Not bad, but not good.
Good:
- New characters to replace some aging (but still loved and missed...) old ones
- New combat dynamics make the game faster, harder. The new just guard system rewards aggressive players.
- Good Online Functionalities
- Superb graphisms, even better than those of the precedent opus.
- Nice and diverse customization possibilities for original fighters in the "Create your own character mode"
- DLC: old soundtracks of Souledge/Blade and Soulcalibur 1 available!
Bad:
- Noticeable gameplay inbalances: some very powerful, heavy armed characters are quicker than lightweight, weaker ones. In the past Soulcalibur games, the physics were realisticaly rendered for each type of character and weaponry. This is no more the case.
This means that in the coming weeks a great amount of online players are going to be playing with the same "inba" characters. Prepare yourself to play a LOT against Siegfried.
- An almost totally absent single player mode. If you don't have any internet connection, the game loses almost 70% of its content.
- The new "just guard" system requires a timing precision that is -during online play- tragically hindered by the inherent properties of an "average" internet connection.
- Lots of mimic characters (3! which represents 10% of the cast)
- If you except 2 characters (Pyrrha and Patroklos) every other (old or new) characters appear to be totally "empty" because of the lack of content regarding them. No story mode whatsoever. No explanation regarding their reasons to be here or to have replaced their older counterparts.
- A lot of customization options have inexplicably disappeared from the Versus Mode (no time limit above 60s, no infinit time limit, no double life heathbar...)
- Some DLC released the very same day the game released, and that could, that SHOULD have made it to the game (because, he! it's already on the disc!) + Price of said DLC (inclusive the soundtracks listed earlier)
Conclusion: a game that COULD have been great, but feels totally rushed, and released in an seemingly unfinished state. A great disappointment for me who played and loved all the past iterations of the "Soul" series.
Example: the story is quite boring, using just one or two characters for the principal story it's a pity. Read more
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