For me, Soul Calibur was the first fighting game to be considered by many, if not all, to be one of the most beautiful games ever to be released. Soul Calibur was the first fighting game in a long time to actually deserve being called groundbreaking. Soul Calibur was the first true Next-generation fighting game.

Now, years after we saw its release on the Sega Dreamcast, do you think that Soul Calibur can still hold its own against today's generation of 3D fighters?

My answer is... Oh hell yeah!

For me, Soul Calibur's overall package is still the best, even when compared to today's fighting games. And for an old game, it's still beautiful.

Plus, the character animation is still first class... Even alot better than Namco's own Tekken 4 for the PS2. Tekken 4's character animation can't even hold its own against Soul Calibur.

In my opinion, as a true fighting game fan, I honestly think that Soul Calibur is still the king of fighting games.

What do you guys think? I hope someone replies...

I also feel Soul Calibur was somewhat ahead of its time. And it definetly holds its throne as the king of fighting games, even with Tekken 4, and VF4 out. That is until Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance comes out

Soul Calibur definately still reigns supreme. I bought the Dreamcast for that game and I still don't regret it. I started playing it again recently and it still rocks. Just wish I had someone to play against everyonce in a while.

Soul Caliber is indeed a good 3D fighting game. The good thing about Soul Caliber games are the side step.(It's side step in my opinion is #1 compared to the other 3D fighters) I am also love the tekken. tekken tag to be exact. I think tekken 4 has better graphics but I think tekken tag is a better than tekken four. Why? two character's is better that one. And it also has more characters. Is it just me or is tekken four slower than tekken tag espesially when you duck.

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Soul Caliber is indeed a good 3D fighting game. The good thing about Soul Caliber games are the side step.(It's side step in my opinion is #1 compared to the other 3D fighters) I am also love the tekken. tekken tag to be exact. I think tekken 4 has better graphics but I think tekken tag is a better than tekken four. Why? two character's is better that one. And it also has more characters. Is it just me or is tekken four slower than tekken tag espesially when you duck.

I recently bought this game cheaply and i have played tekken tag tournament on the arcade and the PS2, but i must say that Soul Calibur is an amazing game which is truly 3D.

I have only one quibble......If you could have matches inside, then you could smack people against walls, through windows, so you could stage one match in many different arenas. Maybe something for the XBOX or Gamecube or even PS2 to think about?

Alvin

Well, Bloke, walls weren't that popular yet when Soul Calibur was first released. It was released around late 1997 to 1998.

But the addition of walls has been dealt with in Soul Calibur 2, which will come out for all three next-gen consoles early next year.

I just thought that it'd be really fun to throw someone around in an indoor car park at the top of a multi storey, and then throw them through a window, down 13 storeys and then smack them from up high with a sword stab or something.......AAAaaaahhhh - we can all dream

Well, I don't think they'd go that far as they wouldn't want to be labeled as DOA rip-offs. But the gameplay is always king in the Soul Calibur series, and I think that's more that enough.

Well, even if the game was sub-standard (which it's NOT), then the fact that i payed £7 would make me give it a damn good try.

But it is a quality game, and the fact that it was cheap just makes it that much better !

And to think, this game was the first true next-gen fighting game, released on the home console in 1999, and it still holds its own against the competition, still has great graphics, and nothing can top the gameplay.

I think it still does. It plays faster than VF4, plays smoother than MKA, etc, etc....the only thing that eclipses Soul Calibur?



Soul Calibur 2.

True, true... But you've got to admit, even if Soul Calibur 2 has improved on what Soul Calibur offered, there was not much to improve from the first game since it was almost perfect gameplay-wise.

Of course, Soul Calibur 2 is great, but it's always gonna be known as the sequel to the greatest fighting game ever released. Soul Calibur was groundbreaking when it was released, and we both know that Soul Calibur 2 didn't break any new ground.

Has Soul Calibur 2 been released on all 3 next gen consoles?

(and has it been released on DC???)

Alvin

No, Bloke, Soul Calibur 2 has not yet been released for the three next-gen consoles.

As for the Dreamcast, Soul Calibur 2 won't be released on it.