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offline Jedi Chris on 2003-09-13 09:25 [#00860975]
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I can't wait for the Gamecube version of this game to be
released in the UK. I bought a magazine today, showing the
screenshots. Link from Zelda is in it....and it looks
amazing!

Anyone elsewhere already got it? What's it like?


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-09-13 09:28 [#00860978]
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my roommate has it for gamecube

we are addicted to this game

awesome as fuckkkkkkkk

youll love it :-D

(link is a bad ass!)


 

offline uzim on 2003-09-13 09:29 [#00860980]
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Soul Calibur II, not Calibre! ; )

i don't have it now (release date is september 26th) but i'm
looking forward to play it...


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-09-13 09:29 [#00860981]
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Is Link a character you have to unlock, or is he just one
from which you can normally choose from?


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-09-13 09:30 [#00860983]
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just one you can normally choose from


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-09-13 09:32 [#00860987]
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the great thing about this game... is that it looks so
amazing... and there is NO load time!

its like, *click start* and 3 seconds later its loaded.

its great!


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-09-13 09:34 [#00860992]
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I can't wait!! :)



 

offline -V- from Ensenada Drive on 2003-09-13 09:38 [#00861000]
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I have it, but I haven't played it for a few weeks. It's a
great game with a nice fighting engine, and fast too. I
played through the Weapon Master quest-thing the first few
days after I got it, but then it got a little repetitive,
but only because I never played with another human. If you
have someone to play it with, it would probably never get
old.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-09-13 09:39 [#00861002]
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and the players moves are so gracefully designed

smooth and stylish

whens it come out over there?


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-09-13 09:46 [#00861009]
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End of this month I think!

I like these kind of games.....more so for the two player
mode. Nothing like beating your mate up on screen

....................shut it Ceri.....just shut it! ;)


 

offline promo from United Kingdom on 2003-09-13 09:48 [#00861012]
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This game was awesome on the Dreamcast. Shame about the
music though, the music for Soul Caliber II was dreadful;
really naff orchestration.


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-09-13 09:52 [#00861019]
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Its all about beating your opponent! The music is nothing
but a distraction!!!

Whatever it takes.....whatever!! :D


 

offline uzim on 2003-09-25 15:03 [#00878359]
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IT'S OUT!!!!! ^^
got it today and i can't wait to play it again.

<- my favourite character. (Ivy)


 

offline Crovax from S'toon (Canada) on 2003-09-25 15:10 [#00878373]
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fucking tight game. I've played all 3 versions and Link is
my fav out of the 3 special chars. But no one beats Voldo.
mwahahahahahaha


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-09-25 17:01 [#00878548]
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I am really looking forwards to this. Aside from UFC, there
hasn't been a decent "serious" fighting game since the first
one in my opinion. Sure, SF EX and MArvel vs. Capcom 2 etc.
are fun, but they're not as mind blowingly awesome as soul
calibur. I have to agree with Promo, the music could be
improved (even though it wouldn't fit with the romantic era
theme, some rough drum and bass or some really aggro dance
music would be fantastic), but other than that it's
flawless. I will be getting the GC version too. Actually,
I'll fire up SC1 on the DC first thing tommorow and get back
into it :)


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-09-25 17:39 [#00878586]
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God, I think I'm just going to break down and rent it. I
have NEVER enjoyed a fighting game that wasn't handdrawn
2-D, like Capcom's games, SNK for Neo Geo, etc. But you
people won't shut up about this... so I'd better check it.


 

offline uzim on 2003-09-25 17:45 [#00878596]
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Ophecks > do you like Guilty Gear (X2)?


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2003-09-25 17:45 [#00878598]
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I loooooove Soul Calibur for the Dreamcast and I'm gonna be
getting this for XBox soon even though I don't have one
(haha, my friend does).


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-09-25 17:48 [#00878605]
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Honestly mate, I love 2d fighting games (I must have
at least a dozen for the DC), but SC is so much better...

It's not just 2d fighting in 3d with the odd "step to the
side" move that is so slow to execute it's useless (a la
Tekken), the way it uses the joystick means that (just like
in real martial arts) once you get good enough you don't
need to block anymore- you can just deflect attackers hits
by striking them perpendicular to their direction or simply
sidestepping vertical or straight ahead attacks!


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-09-25 17:49 [#00878608]
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Borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring


 

offline Rambling Madman from the future (United Kingdom) on 2003-09-25 17:52 [#00878615]
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Tekken Rules!!


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-09-25 17:52 [#00878617]
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I haven't played it, but my cousin has it and I LOVED the
art style, beautiful game. Dunno about the gameplay.

Ceri- OLDSCHOOL 4 EVER, FOOL


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-09-25 17:54 [#00878618]
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I played it on gc and xbox, boring and more boring. After
you try out all the characters it's um boring,and boring.
And if you play 1 player, it's boring. I give it a C-. Looks
purty, but MEHhhhh I rather play dead or alive 3 or capcom
vs snk 2


 

offline uzim on 2003-09-25 18:07 [#00878639]
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you must try it if you have an occasion... ^^

it's my favourite fighting game.
the characters are also so charismatic... a boy travestite
dressed as a nun who fights with yo-yos and a teddy bear, a
one-eyed one-armed woman with pink hair who smokes and
drinks, a random normal guy possessed by a spirit à la
Sadako (Ring), a swiss dandy-style goth with a succubus, a
witch-like vicious villain who got inspired by a J-pop star
(Shiina Ringo) and fights with a guitar, etc.... =)

the gameplay is very good too, though some don't like it
(some describe it as "at the same time tactical and
primal")... you must learn how to use the psych burst bar
(it is a bar that fills up but very slowly and when it is
full -you start with a full one at beginning though- you can
use it in case of emergency to break the opponent's combo,
or as an attack but it doesn't make the opponent lose
energy, it just fills your tension bar completely); the
tension bar (which needs to be filled enough for some moves,
'overdrives', more powerful than others); also "roman
cancels", though i never use those, they can be handy
depending on your playing style: it just brings your
character into normal stance in the middle of making a
combo, so you can over-combo the combo (or something like
that).... there are also instant kill moves, for which you
need to "activate" instant kill mode by pressing the four
attack buttons simulatenously (when activating, you're
totally vulnerable), then you cannot use overdrives anymore
since you don't have a tension bar anymore (and you can't go
back to "normal" mode), but you can do the IK move (which is
pretty easy to do, actually, but you can only try it once -
if the opponents counters, you can't try it again). the IK
moves are sometimes very cool and wacky (can be a random
haiku, a yo-yo trick which shoots you into the moon, or a
whole crew of pirate girls running over you stomping you to
the ground, etc...) ^^


 

offline Rambling Madman from the future (United Kingdom) on 2003-09-25 18:18 [#00878657]
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Nothing beats the King combo, nothing.

Tekken is the deepest fighter I've ever played & thats why I
love it. There are hundreds of moves that they don't even
include in the command list........ I played the other soul
calibre games & they may look stunning & have that pick up &
play goodness about them but I like something I can really
sink my teath into............ you guys arn't hardcore
gamers at all, your weak.........Weak I tell you.........



 

offline uzim on 2003-09-25 18:22 [#00878665]
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i am weak, but i don't care... =)

i'm having fun.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-09-25 18:24 [#00878668]
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''the characters are also so charismatic''

Heh, heck yeah... it was fun to watch. I didn't want to play
because my cousin looked really, really good at it, and I
have too much pride when it comes to video games... I hate
losing. I saw it for sale used downtown and I might pick it
up if I can scrounge up the cash... only then, with
practice, experience and discipline, can I face my cousin
one on one.


 

offline uzim on 2003-09-25 18:29 [#00878678]
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i just really hate losing when i play as Baiken.

(or against Justice, a big mecha (secret character)... this
one's really annoying)

i don't care that much about me at all, unless i hold
a grudge against the player i'm playing against, but i like
seeing the characters i like win.


 


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