Eat my sword you pesky varmint (Soul Calibur (DC))

Member Name: robbroome

Product:	Soul Calibur (DC)
Date:	06/04/09 (29 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great graphics, ferocious gameplay

Disadvantages: Could be made harder

This has to be one of the best beat'em up games ever made for the dream cast! I played the original game when it vame out on the Playstation and dismissed it as Tekken with weapons. How wrong I was. I got Soul Caliber the first day it was out and haven't regretted the purchase for a single moment. I had always liked the Tekken series of games due to the excellent control system they used, but this game takes its cues from Tekken and just enhances the whole experience. The controls are intuitive and the graphics are unbelievable, with amazing detail and slick animation.
This game is great for beginners and beat'em up veterans alike due to its superb learning curve. Beginners can get to grips with it straight away and be pulling of basic special moves within minutes, but there is also the depth that will keep veterans coming back for more.

Unlike some beat'em ups where you may just get a couple of characters, Namco has always know that big rewards will keep players coming back for more. So Soul Caliber has new fighters, new costumes, new arenas and also any immensely large art gallery that all have to be earn't by the player. This is like dangling the proverbial carrot in front of the donkey! You just keep going until you have got it all.
Great in single player, amazing in multiplayer. If you have a Dreamcast and this is not in your collection, you should be taken out into the street and shot. It really would be that much of a crime to not own this wonderful game! While there are now much better games out on different consoles now, i still have an old dreamcast kicking about somwhere, and i still go on this game occasionally just ot bring back the momories.

Summary: a great game