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Soul Calibur IV (Xbox 360) | 
 enlarge | From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 371
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: fighting-action-games
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 3296580805204
ASIN: B00159WULW
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Surface marks - case/cover/manual all good - all guaranteed. 1st Class Jiffy Post!
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Product Description
In SoulCalibur IV, twoswords at its ultimate form of evolution during the reincarnation ofthe Soulcalibur and Soul Edge, something else has awakened the battlebetween the two swords comes to the final phase, with the resurrectionof whom created those swords ! Nightmare, in its ultimate form awaits atfor Siegfried for the final battle !What lies ahead of the characterstwisted by its destiny? Moreover, Sith Lord Darth Vader and Jedi masterYoda appear respectively to engagethe fight for the Soul Swords !This game features :- Online VS ? for the first time in Soulcalibur franchise- Critical Strike for each characters- New game system: AMB (Active Matching Battle)- Many new interactive stages including refined familiar stages- Enhanced Character Creation mode- Numerous DLC- Special guests: Yoda on Xbox360 and Darth Vader !
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Amazing Arena Fighter!!! November 27, 2008
Cristina Saenz De Cenzano (Bristol, England)
wow, i have to say 1st off it was good by simple attacking. Then, i got a bit better and i started doing lightning, fire and cool magical attacks. Usually i'm not that impressed by these games, but this has really nailed it. I've also played virtua fighter 5... Rubbish compared to this.
Gameplay 5/5
Addicting 5/5
Graphics 4/5
Overall 5/5
There is only 1 flaw with this game and it is..............Getting annoyed when losing to friends RRRRRRRRR
Overall this is a highly addicting, good playing, and probably one of the top 5 xbox games known to man (27th november 2008)
 Teenage boys dream! September 9, 2008
M. Lewis (UK)
Having enjoyed past SC games I was looking forward to playing this. And it is a lot of fun to play. It's good for some mindless video game violence but does become fairly repetitive.
The single player modes lack something. Story mode is a bit of a joke really, and there's not much sense of achievement in arcade mode. OK, Tower of lost souls does provide something else but there's little variety really. Online play lags a lot at times but can be entertaining. It is a problem that if you get downed once, your opponent can pretty easily hit you with several attacks and you've lost. As usual with xbox live, the majority of players are only concerned with stats and levelling up, so you're unlikely to find many matches where they are trying out different moves/combos etc, it's usual standard button bashing in an effort to win, which detracts from the entertainment value.
It can be fairly repetitive in all modes, though in some ways that is a problem of any fighting game. There is a good selection of characters but a lot of them have the same fighting style. Yes, we get Yoda rather than Vader, but really that's a minor point and really shouldn't affect your decision to buy the game or not.
Graphically it's pretty good, and to link in with the title, I'm sure the ample breasts bouncing around on the female characters will do no harm to the games sales amongst certain parts of society!
Overall it's a decent enough game but not one that's likely to hold the attention for months on end. If you want a good fighting game though, look no further.
Pretty Good September 9, 2008
Mr Review (England)
Having never bought any of the previous Soul Calibur games, I didn't really know what to expect in terms of depth and replay value, and, having always been terrible at this kind of game, was rather apprehensive about buying this. However I put these worries to the back of my mind as I needed to get something to ease the wait for Star Wars The Force Unleashed, and as this introduces characters from the Star Wars Universe, it was the perfect choice.
The game looks fantastic, each character's detail is superb and the thought and effort that has gone into the environments is great. The character motions are sleek and smooth, giving it a very impressive appearance.
The Single Player options are good, ranging from Story mode where you can play as any character through a series of stages, to The Tower of Lost Souls, where for each set of Levels on the Tower you have to select a certain amount of characters who are then put up against many more opponents. This can be quite challenging when you are only allowed to chose 1 character for a set which contains say 3 levels, each with 3 opponents on.
This is overcome by using the game's Character Creation mode, which as well as allowing you to completely create your own character, can be used to unlock new characters, and modify existing characters with new equipment to make them that little bit stronger in order to progress through the game.
Multiplayer is also strong - I have not had much experience playing it on Live due to my subscription ending :(, but when I did I experienced no lag and enjoyed the challenge of playing people who were clearly more adapted to this type of game. Offline multiplayer is fun and fast paced, but if there was one thing I would like to see in multiplayer would be an option to include more than 2 players and have a system similar to the Tower of Lost Souls whereby you can switch to a different character. This is just my opinion though, and in reality the multiplayer is as much, if not more fun the excellent single player modes.
Overall this is a game that I really have been pleasantly surprised with, it is fun and action-packed with some great visuals.
Can't think of a decent pun..."may the soul be with you?" September 1, 2008
Zabba (THAT island)
I think, the main problem with Soul Calibur IV is, that, with the step into the 7th generation of videogames, the era of super awesome graphics and mainstream online gaming, the game tries so hard to fit in with the crowd, it has lost it's a way a little.
This isn't to say Soul Calibur IV isn't a good game, it is, it's a great game, in fact, and I recommend you buy it, I just don't feel it's as good as the previous titles in the great series, and no amount of Star Wars characters can convince me otherwise.
What I had noticed, is that, well there's a distinct lack of things to actually do. Single player modes are very limited. With only Arcade, which is fun, but only there to earn money. Story, the very title is an overstatement, it consists of 5 stages and one unique cut-scene for each character, and Tower of Souls, which is actually pretty decent and challenging, but not enough.
Offline Multiplayer, if anything, has been downgraded from the previous installments, there's Standard and Special verses, that's it. Unless there's a mode I've not unlocked yet, and I certainly hope there is, that's just not enough. Character creation has been simplified, but I'm happy to report that there's loads of customisable options, and you'll be spending a lot of time there.
One of the main new additions is online play, this is, well, what it says on the tin, the lag is frustrating and it certainly slows the pace, but at least it's there.
The characters are varied and interesting, but I wanted there to be more new additions than given, and more with unique styles and weapons, but the roster is impressive nevertheless. The Star Wars characters are fun to use, even though Yoda is annoying battling against due to his height.
Overall, it's a great game, but it just feels like there's a load missing, maybe it was to save space, who knows, or to put more power into generating the beautiful graphics. If you're a fan of the series, you may be a tad disappointed, but if you're just looking for a decent fighter, this is the way to go.
It has soul, But lacks any real variety August 31, 2008
mister superstar (Birmingham. UK)
Soulcalibur has always had stupidly high expectations to live up to, with the dreamcast iteration scoring 10's across the globe and ranking top on many players games of choice. Each subsequent game has failed to match the hype that surrounds it, but this hasn't stopped the guys at Namco trying.
For the latest installment they have teamed up with Lucasarts and managed to bag Yoda, Darth Vader and the apprentice, I'm warning you now... while worthy additions, they look and feel overpowered and out of place. Deep down, we are all here for the same reason and that is to pound the sense out of each other.
Soulcalibur 4 is the series' first foray into HD, and it is an extremely successful one at that. It looks slick and runs well, the audio is top notch and the game barely skips a beat. It plays just as well too. The control scheme is complex yet intutive and provides you with two different types of attack, a kick, a block and multiple kinds of grab, parry and counters... you get the idea. Unfortunately it isn't in the gameplay that this game is lacking, it's in the games variety. It completely lacks any kind of tag match, survival mode or team battle and what is included is short, shallow and very basic.
Story mode has you pitting your favourite characters against the usual competitors, with a few cut scenes that are re used for other characters, the same few lines of dialogue and about 6 minutes worth of total gameplay time. Arcade mode, again is the usual affair, 8 stages each increasing in difficulty. Depth is added from the rather robust character creation mode and the unlockable weapons and costumes. Art work also makes an appearance. But all this is just extras and adds little to the actual focus of the game.
It's saving grace comes in the form of online play. It's full of the usual LIVE crowd, but play without your headset and you will be just fine. You are given the choice of playing ranked matches or not, and can join or host them yourself. It is very minimal and may be full of people who love to mash the same button over and over, but it is buckets of fun none the less.
While the games foundations are solid, and at its core it plays almost flawlessly, it is still nothing more than a glossy, padded out version of the 1999 hit. New additions like the soul gauge and critical finish do make nice additions, and the game does obviously look and sound much better but after 9 years and 3 more installments but is this enough to warrant another full price purchase? I would argue that it is, but only just. I hope that this is the start of something and that the inevitable number 5 builds upon these changes and adds more depth to the options given to the player. oh... and maybe give Ivy a boob reduction??
Like I said, despite its shortcomings, as a stand alone game it does its job well, it just lacks any real variety... but if your willing to stick with just good old fashioned 1 on 1 without all the bells and whistles then you can't go wrong!
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