Soulcalibur: Lost Swords Soulcalibur Lost SwordsĪnother Soulcalibur release comparable to a Tekken game, Lost Swords was a PS3 release following on in a similar vein to Tekken Revolution. However, the game was met with unfavourable reviews from the few outlets who did review the game, and despite launching on iOS in May 2014, services for the game were eventually terminated by the end of the year.ġ0. Unbreakable Soul was to be Soulcalibur’s equivalent of Tekken Card Tournament as a mobile spin-off of a popular fighting game.
A mobile card fighting game, players collected different avatar and weapon cards based on the Soulcalibur roster, and experienced a story mode that saw Cassandra and Weapon Master hunting down the pieces of Soul Edge. It had to be one game that’s burdened with coming in last, though in the case of Soulcalibur, Unbreakable Soul arguably deserves it more than most. Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul Although it does become repetitive quicker than you’d like, with far too much boring story text and too little time spent actually fighting.11. It often costs money to move from place to place and you can hire computer-controlled mercenaries to fight for you, which all seems entirely appropriate given the early promise of the concept. There’s also a strong role-playing element in that you control a character of your own design who can be upgraded both visually and in terms of weapons and equipment. This works similarly to the original’s mission mode, in that you get to move around a map of the world competing in one-off fights with various opponents (many of them unique custom characters) using specific rules or limitations. There’s an arcade mode, and a story mode that plays almost like a visual novel with the odd action interlude, but the real meat of the single-player is Libra of Soul. And as such it works very well, rewarding defence and careful timing much more than mindless aggression but not requiring esoteric, or difficult-to-pull-off, moves in order to compete successfully.īut the franchise’s most famous feature – if only because it’s so perversely failed to take advantage of it in recent years – is its campaign mode. Although there is more nuance to the concept than it first seems since you can both dodge and counter it if you get your timing right.Īlong with a guard break and the character-specific Critical Edge super moves the combat’s major features try to encourage tactics rather than button-mashing, while at the same time leaving the game as accessible and intuitive as possible for new players. This is similar to systems in other recent fighters, such as Injustice 2, where you can trigger a mini-cut scene and have to quickly input an attack at the same time as your opponent – in what is essentially a high-tech game of rock, paper scissors. Preset combos are not at all necessary to succeed and instead more focus is put on a new move called Reversal Edge. While SoulCalibur VI might not strictly be a remake it certainly does have the air of a soft reboot, as it tries to keep things simple with just three main attack buttons (horizontal, vertical, and kick) and a guard. You can end up facing completely the wrong way if you mistime a move or, most famously, end up falling off the side of the arena with a ring out. Although you’re locked onto your opponent and just circle around them, the series’ signature ’eight-way run’ system allows you much more freedom of movement than is normal. SoulCalibur also makes more use of 3D movement than any other one-on-one fighter, including stablemate Tekken.
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