Soulcalibur IV

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Soulcalibur IV

Platforms	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release Date	Arcade Unknown Playstation 3/Xbox 360 NA July 29, 2008 JPN July 31, 2008 EUR July 31, 2008 UK August 1, 2008

Soulcalibur IV (ソウルキャリバーIV, Sourukyaribā Fō?) is the fifth installment in Namco's Soul series of fighting games. It was first released on July 29, 2008 in the United States.

[edit] Character Roster

There are 34 characters for the game.

[edit] Returning characters

[edit] New characters

Algol (new character)
Hilde (new character)
The Apprentice (Starkiller - guest character on both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360)
Yoda (guest character on the Xbox 360 version and DLC on PlayStation 3)
Darth Vader (guest character on the PlayStation 3 version and DLC on Xbox 360)

[edit] Bonus Characters

Angol Fear (bonus character)
Ashlotte (bonus character)
Scheherazade (bonus character)
Shura (bonus character)
Kamikirimusi (bonus character)

[edit] Stages

[edit] Gameplay

[edit] Modes

The fourth Soulcalibur game features the standard Story, Arcade, Training and Museum modes.

[edit] Tower of Lost Souls

This is a single-player mode focused on defeating unique challenges for rewards such as gold or equipment.

[edit] Create-a-Soul

The game brings back Character Creation from Soulcalibur III. Choosing your character's clothes won't affect just his or her appearance, but also how he or she behaves in battle. Each piece of equipment has stats that affect the characters performance in certain modes such as Tower of Lost Souls. The standard characters can also be customized to wear any of the equipment available for Create-a-Soul and the stats of the equipment also affect them.

[edit] Active Matching Battle

Soulcalibur IV's battles use a different structure from it's predecessors, nicknamed Active Matching Battle (AMB). It allows players to fight multiple opponents at the same time under different circumstances. This is present in single-player modes only and will not appear in Versus, Training, or Online modes.

[edit] Soul Gauge & Critical Finish

Soulcalibur IV features an all-new Critical Finish system. This time there will be another gauge under the characters' Health Meter, known as the Soul Gauge. This meter will fill up when attacking and decrease when guarding. When the meter is empty, the opponent can do a strike that instantly KO's the opponent, ending the round. There are also three green boxes below the gauges, reflecting the state of the characters armor: high, mid, or low.

If the character manages to empty out the opponent's Soul Gauge again, they will get a short chance to perform a powerful Critical Finisher, which will defeat the opponent instantly. Each character has their own personal Critical Finisher.

[edit] Online Battles

For the first time in the series, Soulcalibur IV players have the option of fighting against other players online. Versus-modes available in online battles are Standard VS (for classic matches) and Special VS (for customized characters). Every character is available for online modes, including Create-a-Soul characters and costume edits of the main characters.

[edit] Trivia

Thanks to Soulcalibur Universe

The character selection screen.

Story-wise, the game apparently takes place a short period of time after Soulcalibur III.
The game runs at 60 frames per second (fps); highest at 720p support.
The game is based on the Soulcalibur III engine and was reworked from the ground up for balance reasons.
The game is based on the design flow of Soulcalibur II, such as the character select area.
Soulcalibur IV takes place in Ostrheinsburg, Siegfried's hometown.
Soulcalibur IV does not have the button input ending like Soulcalibur III, instead it just has a short sequence, and in the bonus characters' case, their endings are more like the Soulcalibur and Soulcalibur II endings, e.g, pictures.

The loading screen.

[edit] External Links

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