Soul Calibur 4

[naxto]

My thoughts on the game now that Ive played it? Very solid except a few things...

I like:

CAS characters being playable in every mode
Talim is really suped up nice
customizing regular game characters
Game character parts in CAS
AMY
Algol is fairly balanced and not too hard final boss
Tira's 2p hat-best hat ever...I want one
online play
For a gimped Nightmare clone...Kamikirimusi is freaking awesome to play
Story mode is PERFECT
Siegfried gets to fight his father
Awesome music
lots to unlock


What I dont like:

Opening movie is sucktastic
endings are sucktastic
NO EASY MODE
CAS is far too complicated now-I dont like that the equipment ties into stats
less choices overall in CAS
no separate CAS disciplines (I REALLY miss swordmaster)
having to purchase most of the characters,equipment,and all of the artwork to unlock them
Maxi got gimped a bit
The Apprentice(aka Starkiller) is WAY too unbalanced and overpowered
Starkiller and Vader (not to mention Yoda) are REALLY out of place looking
Vader is slowed way down in arcade mode for some reason but fine everywhere else
The manga-ka created guest characters dont have their own weapon styles and cant be edited except for giving them rings that increase their stats.
Online play has lag and connectivity issues galore
Scheherazade plays like Amy SHOULD have played...Amy should have been this fast
Ashlotte is so gimped that shes useless
Arcade mode and Tower of Lost Souls are WAY too frustrating and hard

Comments

[anneelise.livejournal.com]

*pouts* Bento's gotten to play with me (AMY) and i won't have this game for a while...

*uber pout*

[cole-skyheart.livejournal.com]

totally agreed.

but since i don't have online play i can't say much on that part

[vulin.livejournal.com]

I haven't noticed too much of a problem in online play... most of the time. Sometimes it turns into a nice slideshow and there isn't much you can do but grin and bear it.