Dreamcast

SoulCalibur

Description

A fighting game to end all fighting games. A sequel to Soul Blade, Soul Calibur takes place in a time inspired by a mixture of 16th-century ancient China and oriental medieval fantasies and legends.

All characters have weapons and distinct fighting styles with over 100 individual moves per character. In addition to high, mid, and low attacks, characters can hold/throw, block, and perform special attacks -- one or more of which is deemed "un-blockable" and must be avoided by ducking, jumping, or rotating around your attacker.

In addition to several locales in which to fight and alternate models/costumes per character, the Dreamcast conversion of Soul Calibur contains many additional features over the arcade coin-op, including hidden characters and locales, a campaign mode, and tournament mode. There is also a "museum" where you can view character profiles and view motion-captured martial arts demonstrations.

Alternate Titles

• "灵魂能力" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)

Part of the Following Group

• Soul Blade/Edge/Calibur series

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User Reviews

One of he best fighting games to date - just stop the button mashing and start practicing!	AARZAK (9919)
A beautiful, complex and realistic fighting game for Dreamcast - probably the best one	Mumm-Ra (388)
Perfect mechanics, beautiful graphics, clunky story.	kyuzo (18)
Pure arcade fun	BigJKO (69)	unrated
Hands down - the best console fighting game money can buy.	Lucas Schippers (59)	unrated
Amazing, if you can get past the gameplay	Robyrt (51)
The best fighting game EVER!	Bazajt (1925)

The Press Says

Armchair Empire, The	Sep 01, 2000	10 out of 10	100
IGN	Sep 20, 1999	10 out of 10	100
All Game Guide	2002		100
Meristation	Oct 25, 1999	10 out of 10	100
GameSpot	Aug 09, 1999	10 out of 10	100
SegaFan.com	Dec 16, 2001	9.9 out of 10	99
Defunct Games	Feb 05, 2005	99 out of 100	99
DreamStation.cc	2000	9.2 out of 10	92
Game Revolution	Sep 01, 1999	A-	91
WomenGamers.com	Sep 20, 1999	8.5 out of 10	85

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Trivia

Soul Calibur was voted #74 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).