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Flakvin - Oct 6, 2003
  Flakvin Oct 6, 2003
So, Soul Calibur... Simply awesome Dreamcast game. No better beat 'em up in my opinion. Great Graphics, Great Characters... Amazing Stuff

What do you guys (and girls) think?

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 Des-ROW Oct 6, 2003
First of all, I would not consider it a "beat'em up" game, it is basically a fighting game.

It is pretty good for a 3D fighting game, but it still cannot be compared to Team Ninja's Dead or Alive 2/3 or AM2's Virtua Fighter 4.

Character design is very good, the different quest modes are enjoyable, the graphics are very good as well, but I personally find both the music and the fighting system flawed, the music does not fit fighting games in general, and the system itself is not very good, especially with collisions.

 Curtis Oct 6, 2003
I dunno...I found Soul Caibur to be much more enjoyable than any other fighter that I've played. But then, I'm generally crap with fighters 2D or 3D...

 racketboy Oct 6, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Des-ROW@Oct 6, 2003 @ 09:27 PM



 It is pretty good for a 3D fighting game, but it still cannot be compared to Team Ninja's Dead or Alive 2/3 or AM2's Virtua Fighter 4.


Haven't played DOA3, but 2 gets blown out of the water by Soul Calibur

I found DOA games to be **eeh** -- its has too much style over substance.

VF4 is up there however

 lavedete Oct 6, 2003
The game is awesome,and only soul calibur 2 is better

 mal Oct 7, 2003
I wasn't really that impressed, but then I'm not big on 3D fighters. *shrug*

 Runik Oct 7, 2003
I got a lot of fun playing this one. And for a five years old game, it still have awesome graphics ...

 Ammut Oct 7, 2003
I bought my DC late in its life cycle, but I was still blown away by Soul Calibur. I just kept thinking "this was a launch title?", "why hasn't the dc done better with games like this", and "Why the **** did Namco abandon the dreamcast?"

This game still holds up well today, let alone back in '99 when it was released. It still is the best weapons based fighter to date in my opinion. Good graphics, great presentation and style and an amzing fighting system brought this game together quite nicely.

If you don't put yourself in the timeframe, however, it is quite easy just to say what is so great about this game, its nothing spctacular. It really blew every fighter up to date out of the water if you look at the competition at that time. Sure, Des-ROW, you could compare it to Dead or Alive 3 and Virtual fighter 4, but why not compare it to Dead or Alive 1 and Virtual fighter 2 They are just as close to Soul calibur timewise. Comparing games that came out many years apart on the same scale (sc&vf4) doesn't give any chance to older games. Under such a system Outrun would be a piece of shit game... have you seen Rallisport challenge or Gt3?

Soul Calibur was one of the top titles that helped push off the dreamcast here on 9/9/99 and still is a high quality title today. It was great for its time and should be on any top dreamcast games list in my opinion.

---Ammut

 Des-ROW Oct 7, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Ammut@Oct 7, 2003 @ 05:27 PM



 If you don't put yourself in the timeframe, however, it is quite easy just to say what is so great about this game, its nothing spctacular. It really blew every fighter up to date out of the water if you look at the competition at that time. Sure, Des-ROW, you could compare it to Dead or Alive 3 and Virtual fighter 4, but why not compare it to Dead or Alive 1 and Virtual fighter 2 They are just as close to Soul calibur timewise. Comparing games that came out many years apart on the same scale (sc&vf4) doesn't give any chance to older games. Under such a system Outrun would be a piece of shit game... have you seen Rallisport challenge or Gt3?


I was not particulary talking about the game graphics, I was specifically referring to the system itself, and I do not think that time is really something to be considered in this case. I would prefer either playing King of Fighters 98 or Samurai Spirits: Amakusa Kourin than playing Soul Calibur, both are older than Soul Calibur, and still better. Let's not even mention that they run on 16bit hardware, 4096 colors at 320x240.

 Pyrite Oct 11, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Des-ROW+Oct 7, 2003 @ 11:01 PM-->
QUOTE(Des-ROW @ Oct 7, 2003 @ 11:01 PM)