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"Soul Caliber 2"

Really loving this game at the moment. ;-) Spawn is the nuts ! Beat the game with a few characters and now I'm playing the weapons master mode. Unlocked Yoshimitsu and I'm hoping to get Sheung Mina as soon as possible as shes one of my favourite characters in the series. :-)

Anyone else got hold of this title and playing it to death like me ? ;-))

But when you strip it down a little its a Tekken game with mods. Yet Tekken doesn't get a ridiculous amount of hype like Soul Calibur does.

And is more fluid and more responsive and has a more intuitive fighting system (in that a player doesn't need to find guides for combos like they would Tekken because everything is so clear that you tend to know what move you want to link in next).

Plus of course theres more of a strategy element to Soul Caliber then Tekken. Theres more room and freedom to move and circle opponents, whereas in Tekken, circling an opponent is more of a quick parry move as an opponent attacks). You have the ring outs which can turn fights along with the soul charge, guard crush and counter moves. Of course Tekken has a couple of these, but not all and its all of them together that makes Soul Caliber a much better title.
Plus the characters in Soul Caliber are a lot better than the ones in Tekken in my opinion.

Slow Soul Calibur down and its Tekken. Its exactly the same premise only the fact that Soul Calibur is quicker and there are weapons.

Have the majority of the weapons and extra costumes and now the only character left to get is Lizardman. ;-)

As for Soul Caliber 2 and Tekken - the only real similarity is the developer responsible for them. Tekken is nowhere near as fluid as Soul Caliber. I think the XBox version of this game is superb with it having Spawn. His moves are excellent - love the levitation moves and throws. ;-)

Haven't really tried the new characters properly besdies Spawn so my favourites at the moment are..
Nightmare
Spawn
Seung Mina
Maxi

On with the game. ;-)

Cyclone wrote:
> Same here - it seems to play far better than Tekken ever has.

agreed! (i've had tekken 4 and tag)
i prefer sc2 by a long way.

i don't really care about the exclusive characters because i've mostly been using talim (she rox)

Looking forward to picking this up on monday - Probably go for the GC version though, want to play as Link!

Same here - it seems to play far better than Tekken ever has.

I have to admit that SC2 feels quite different to play than the Tekken games.

ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> PS2 is Hiehachi (sp?) from the Tekken games. Then again Soul Calibur
> is the lessrer of the two evils rippinf everything from the Tekken
> engine...

Is it. I quite like him from the Tekken games. But I think I will chose either XBox or GC version. Playing as Link would be good in a proper fighting game.

i'm really enjoying this game too...it's the nutz.
i think vf4: evo is deeper and the ai is better
but this game isn't too far behind it -more pick up and playable, fast gameplay, awesome weapon master mode, slick graphics, funky characters with some awesome moves.