Soul Calibur 2 for Xbox Reviews by Gamers

I am usually no fan of the mindless "fighting" genre of video games. Oooh ahhh, someone's heart getting pulled out after getting carpal tunnel entering some logarithm into the controller you'd need 16 fingers to master, I feel so alive now. 99% of them are just junk, or they can't accept what they are and try to go too far or get too complicated and screw it up even more than just leaving it be. Soul Caliber II is that 1% that got it right. I am not saying you're going to get a story worth following out of it, or some life lesson, but you're going to invest some time in the characters and have a blast in the process. Gorgeous scenery/background, mind boggling fluidity, well balanced characters, and a nice progressive format makes about as good a fighting game as is out there today. You'll discover some cool moves that you can do without finger dislocation and a deal with the devil too. You'll find yourself perfecting techniques with your fighter, then just leaving them by the side of the road as you select another to see what they can do, which is usually 5 seconds after that character whooped your butt with some sweet move you never saw coming. As with all the games of the genre, its pretty mindless, but its captivating, its exciting, and hey, its a boat load of fun. Go take a bad day out on the controller for a change and leave the cat alone. SC2 is a cure for what ails ya.