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With
Soul Calibur IV only weeks away from release in Europe,
you’d be forgiven for thinking that this year’s E3 outing revealed
little information. Mainly, because you’d be right.
Other than announcing the
 fact that the title had gone Gold for the Xbox360 and PLAYSTATION3, the build on show was
impressive. Tidier than that seen previously, and without the
frame-rate issues, it was apparently representative of the final
build bar a few effects, and looks simply stunning.
As you may or may not know, each of the Xbox360 and
PLAYSTATION3 releases have their own exclusive Star Wars
character featured within; Yoda on the Xbox360, and Darth Vader on
the PLAYSTATION3, as well as
Darth Vader’s Secret Apprentice
featured in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. A
Character Creation System is also present, as debuted in Soul
Calibur III. Players begin simply, choosing gender and more
basic attributes, before the software auto-generates a
representative avatar for you. You the have the option to adapt this
Character Model’s physique, hair style, skin colour, facial type,
etc., before customising their Armour Set and weaponry. The
foundation of your character can be any of fighters included on
disc, aside from those associated with Star Wars, and
the players chosen variations can dramatically alter the fighting
style of any given character.
The other big new addition to the series coming with
number four is that of Critical Finish moves. The special attacks
can only be performed under the conditions that you first manage to
destroy a piece of your opponents armour, and then empty their Soul
Gauge. Knocking them back once again and pressing all four Face
Buttons executes the one-hit finisher move. Each character’s
Critical Finish is different, and feature the two fighters being
teleported to a different arena and a rather dramatic sequence
ensuing.
Soul Calibur IV is due to arrive on European shop
shelves on August 1st, 2008, and while we’ve got plenty
more to tell you about the game, we’ll save it for our forthcoming
In-depth Review. |
