• 3-D one-on-one fighting game.
• 13 historic fighters plus all new combatants including Necrid, specially designed by Todd McFarlane Productions.
• Seven exciting modes of play including Arcade, Vs, Time Attack, Survival, Team Battle, and Weapon Master.
• For 1 or 2 players.

Product description ------------------- SoulCalibur II (PS2) .co.uk Review ------------- If the world was a fair place then the name of SoulCalibur--peculiar spelling mistake and all--would be the most famous in beat-'em-up history. Unfortunately, though, the original arcade game was only converted to the Dreamcast ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004TNMY/${0} ) (despite the prequel, Soul Blade ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004UBXV/${0} ), being on the PSone), thus dooming it to relative obscurity. SoulCalibur's brilliance is not due to any particularly innovative features--it could legitimately be described as simply Tekken with weapons. It's just that it does everything with more panache and imagination than the rest. Instead of awkward, staccato moves, SoulCalibur offers gloriously flowing, instinctive combos that often leaves you ping at your own character's athleticism. Of course beat-'em-ups aren't known for their innovation and SoulCalibur II doesn't really deviate too far from its original premise of 16th century men and women hitting each other with a variety of s, sticks and other meleé weapons. The whole nature of the battles has been altered, though, to create a deeper game with blocks and counters now far more important and the glorious new animation system able to adapt each move depending on the direction and speed you're moving in. One point of true innovation in the original game was its unusually complex and rewarding single-player mode and this has been expanded for the sequel as you compete under a variety of different conditions to earn money and buy new weapons, costumes and extras. --David Jenkins P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review ------ "If you don't enjoy this, there's something wrong with you. 93%." -- PSM2 Magazine "So tight and buff you could bounce pennies off its [bottom], with just enough substance between the flashy lights. 91%." -- GamesMaster Magazine "Superior to its predecessor in almost every way. Which means that it's also superior to every other 3-D beat-'em-up." -- Edge Magazine "Utterly essential for fight fans and capable of converting non-believers like Jesus on a good hair day. 10/10." -- Official PlayStation 2 Magazine See more ( javascript:void(0) )