Unlike Arcade mode each bout of Story Mode consists of fighting 3 or four enemies in a single round except when fighting a boss. In Story Mode characters generally either seek to acquire Soul Calibur (the benevolent sword) or destory Soul Edge (the malevolent sword) for those with positive alignment, and the opposite for characters with negative. Each character is assigned either positive or negative alignment, which only affects gameplay slightly for the skills which either increase or decrease depending on like or dissimilar alignment of the characters fightering. The Story Mode starts with a text introduction, there is a mini-boss half way through which is always one of 4 characters depending on the character the player has selected, and finally the final boss which is usually Algol. The guest characters are from the Star Wars Universe: Apprentice, Darth Vader and Yoda (Vader must be purchased as dlc for XBOX, and Yoda for Playstation).Įach character's story is told in Story mode.
The game is a Platinum Hit for X360 and Greatest Hit for Playstation.
Finally, local or online multiplayer on XBoxLive or the PSN network with or without clothing effects and one character for each player. There are 4 single player modes, Story, Tower of Lost Souls, Arcade and Versus CPU. Character clothing and physical features may be customized where the articles of clothing add different stats to the character which are then used to equip skills. Elements include a "Soul Gauge" which depletes each time a player blocks an attack and increases each time he or she strikes the opponent, which if depleted leaves the player vulnerable to a "Critial Strike" which ends the round. It was originally released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Soulcalibur IV is a 3-D fighting game featuring armed combat and eight directions of movement. or a Chuck Norris versus Jack Bauer showdown.
Sixth installment in the Soulcalibur series with improved graphics, guest characters from the Star Wars franchise and new modes. With Yûko Kaida, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Kôsei Hirota, Masumi Asano. Fernandez, Keiichiro Miyoshi, Daishi Odashima, Katsuhiro Harada. We wonder how long internet memesters can resist from crafting a Pirate versus Ninja battle. Soulcalibur IV: Angol Fear, Ashlotte, Kamikirimusi, Scheherazade, Shura. Soulcalibur IV: Directed by Katsutoshi Sasaki, Jaehyung An, Stephanie M. and yes, we're including Dante and Nero in the "armor change" category. So are there technically 24 characters? Sure, but only if you consider armor changes to be unique characters. But it's not all video game characters, we've also got Leonidas from 300 and Bruce Lee from. There's a heavy focus on characters from Japanese games – Onimusha, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy VII – but there's also some Western treats, like Arthas from the Warcraft universe and the Prince (of Persia), light and dark versions. What if an army of large-breasted female warriors, Darth Vader, and Yoda still weren't enough to satisfy your most illicit fanboy fantasies? Mathematically speaking, that puts you in a very small percentile but, never one to back down from a challenge, Namco has included a character creation tool in Soul Calibur IV to fill in whatever gaps you may feel are inexcusable.įor inspiration, we've got this video from CanoodleStrudel, showing off 24 different handmade fighters.