Soulcalibur IV Makes Me Suck Even More.
I must admit that I’m not the biggest fan of fighting games. This is not because I don’t like the genre, as it can be incredibly fun – especially in the arcade -, nope, it’s simply because I well and truly suck at them. I’m the kind of guy who you can easily beat and still have a full health bar remaining at the end of it. I’m just incredibly crap at learning all the special moves and then actually remembering them. I do rock at putting I’m four times in the same paragraph though. Forget kicking your head off, using recurring words is my special move!
Anyway, Soulcalibur IV has been hyped beyond belief because it has one major thing going for it over Soulcalibur III. It’s not the updated graphics or the advanced character creation mode, neither is it the all-new Critical Finish system or the option to fight against other players alone. Nope, it’s none of these at all. Instead the hype comes in the form of a small wrinkly alien and a dude with breathing problems. Never underestimate the power of the Star Wars franchise when you want to sell a product by the truckload.
There’s also a whole load of your favourite Soulcalibur characters returning of course (and two new ones; Algol and Hilde), but who really cares when you can kick ass with Darth Vader and Yoda? (Oh, and there’s also Vader’s apprentice from the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed) There’s one major problem however, Vader and Yoda can’t currently fight each other. The PS3 version of the game will get Darth Vader and the Xbox 360 version will get Yoda. However, there are rumours that both will be available as downloadable content for each respective console in the future – which is really a sham for something that should really have been included in both games.
Will you be finding me online? Maybe if I’m willing to overcome the embarrassment that will follow every single one of my defeats, as it’ll probably be every single match. I am shamefully attracted by the chance to play as Yoda though.
Soulcalibur IV will hit the UK on August 1, which is this Friday.
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by tom
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hmm.. thank you very much. usefull information
August 1st, 2008 at 9:37 amHey, same here. I love to watch people play and I only play in the arcades when there’s no sight of any possible competitor.
Too bad I dont have a console - pitting my incredibly bad skills against yours would be the battle of this millenium (and probably the next
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August 2nd, 2008 at 12:48 amI love your blog…really. Did you already hear about water on mars?
August 5th, 2008 at 5:07 amI suck at these games, but I will have to give this one a try. It looks pretty good.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:39 amRoss - It would last for a good few years as we both fail to actually hit each other with each button press
Simonbike - Um, yes but I’m not really sure what that has to do with this post. Thanks for the compliment though.
Deitrix - Join the club, we have free cookies! I may actually give this one a shot too, I’m a bit skint at the moment though.
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