The Nomasphere

The version of SC4 I picked up was the PS3 version, so I know nothing of Yoda.  I wanted Vader and free online play, so I went with my obvious choice.  First and foremost if you are familiar with Soul Calibur, the game improves on the third game in the game play department, adding online play and more fluid controls.  If you are new to the franchise you’ll find the plot ridiculous and the announcer laughable, truthfully this is what makes it Soul Calibur.

Vader/Yoda, Amy, the Apprentice, Algol, and Hilde are the new additions to the game.  I say Amy, because she has her own move set for the most part now.  Aside from all the additions there are almost unlimited options for character creation, though the fact equipment weights stats can sway your creativity in favor of stat growth.  Vader is unique and straight forward in technique, Hilde is defensive, the Apprentice plays a lot like Spawn from SC2 and Algol is like Abyss, a broken boss character.

The game is missing some things that if implemented could have made it shine as the best in the series, but even with character creation and online play I still have to give that title to SC2.  The gameplay is great, if you have friends give it a rent, it is an awesome rent, if you like it enough you may want to own it, I am a diehard fighting fan so I had to own it.  It’s a truly fluid fighter and an excellent multiplayer game, with some downloadable content additions it could get even better, but I hope Namco sees where the game can be improved.   

Play it, Rent it, maybe Buy it

Overall: 4/5