SoulCalibur IV for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

After getting this game yesterday and playing it last night as my first SoulCalibur of the series, I loved it. If you love one on one fighting then this is the game. The graphics were excellent and I found nothing at all slightly wrong with them. The story mode is short but fun to play with every character as you try to beat it with every player. The Lost Tower of Souls is also one of my favorite modes to play as you battle through 20 Floors of fighting and then descend back down for new challenges. Customizing a character is also fun. -WARNING- If you've never played a one on one game like me and don't think you would like don't be surprised if you don't but if you really think you'd like it then you must play it. I give SoulCalibur 4 a 9 because it deserves it. Graphics are nice and smooth and game play keeps you interested. Go ahead and play it!

I have had this game for 6 months and still play it. The graphics and controls are tight. Yes the story mode is not very story heavy but the level of character customization is great. Who wants to spend 30 hours unlocking all the characters anyways? Also if you crank the story mode up to hard, you will lose some fights (unless you are really nasty, I lose rounds all the time on hard)

The voices are a bit cheesy but I am told that's how the series has always been. People who complain about it being a button masher probably aren't very good--there is a lot of depth and timing necessary to beat experienced players and some of the more challenging game modes (tower).

I play a lot of fighting games (Tekken, MK, etc) and this is my first SC game, and it's my favorite fighting game in the past decade. Darth Vader is cool, but there are a ton of fun characters (most of which play differently) and you can basically create an infinite number of your own. Go to youtube and search, some people get really into it and make just about anybody you can imagine.

Well first off. The graphics of SCIV are amazing, especially running it upscaled on 1080p HDMI. The Game itself is lacking the fundamentals of a game that is worth $60. The story mode spans a total of 5 matches, and the story behind each character seems to have been thrown together in half an hour. The fighting itself is clean, and crisp, as were most soul calibur titles. The online is decent.. more or less if you can get into a game. You spend most of your time searching for a game just to be told game full. The servers lag from time to time. Running an 8meg connection, I rarely have issues with that. In all honesty this game is a good renter, unless of course you're a die hard S.C. fan. The main thing going to SCIV is the introduction of the new game mode: "Tower of Lost Souls". In this game mode you climb or descend a tower battling bosses on each level. With each level you clear you have a chance of completing a bonus objective unlocking a chest and releasing a piece of armor to use in character creation. Other than that... Buy at own risk.

The graphics are great but the gameplay lacked interest. After I beat it a couple of times, it was the same thing over and over again. Making characters was the best part but it was limited. It's not worth buying but i guess renting. I just hate repetitive games.

I really thought this game was gonna be better. The grafics are super, controls are easy, good soundtrack but the story was way way to short. I know its a fighting game but there werent enough fights. Online it was fun but the down side is that you have to wait for ever for someone to fight with. overall I still enjoy part 3 better then this version, I say its a good rent but not a keeper

Not a bad game. If you are a fan of the genre and the title you will like....but this IS a XB360 port -- and a lazy port at that. Several of the screens are str8 from the 360, even the training screen which gives you how to do the moves has the 360 buttons and not the PS3. I mean come on, that's being lazy.

It's my opinion that we should avoid buying any of these type of "lazy" ports. We don't pay full price for a half arsed game! Send a message to the developers!

this game is really nice game in the graphic point of view but when u really get into it is not that much interesting. I prefer mortal Kombat than this game graphics are ok but there is some things they should fix put more characters it have a lot but it isnt enough to me, they should put a bigger single player no just figth in stages and they should give it more movements and a fatality just like mortal kombat it have that thing u do with every player but u just do 1 and u win no fair for the other player its a nice game and i play it but not that much i hope u find out wat im saying

I've always enjoyed the Soul Calibur series, ever since my introduction to the series with Soul Calibur II. (which is considerably the best installment to date) After playing Soul Calibur IV, I must say, I was a bit disappointed. Not with the combat, which is very fluid, despite the addition of critical finishes. (Which require a very rare sequence of events to happen before they can be performed.) What I was truly disappointed in was how the overall experience felt incomplete. I believe I may have felt this way because when I play any Soul Calibur, I compare it to Soul Calibur II. I don't make this comparison out off a shear bias toward SCII, but because I feel ever installment after II are not implementing things that were done so well in the prior game. One example of this being the tower game mode in IV. I found it to be very similar to the dungeon dwelling/loot hoarding that was in II but with less reward and appeal. Soul Calibur II made you anxious for your next encounter whereas, IV presents the tower to you as floors filled with waves of enemies.
Another area where SCIV suffers is in its story mode. The main reason its suffers is because there really is no story mode. The single player experience really consists of six to five matches and a boss fight against a character that is never fully realized. With this said, I know that fighting games are not really known for their deep narratives but what SCIV presents is ridiculous. I would also like to discuss the lack of depth in the character customization. The character customization mode involves applying armor and other clothing collected in other modes to template characters or existing characters in the game; what this really means is mix and matching the in game character's clothing on a generic template model. I just never felt that any character I created was really unique. In conclusion, strong fighting mechanics, lacking modes, and no story. Also there are guys from star wars, for what that's worth.

It's one of the many dilemas we face in the game world today. Either to put more emphasis on the scenery or the game play. and this is one where the latter lacks sufficiently enough to make this player send it back after two days of playing.

While it's visually stunning with the background and erm.. female characters, gameplay is repetitive and somewhat boring. The inclusion of Lucasarts characters makes no sense in the over all scheme of things and just looks like a ploy to lure Star Wars fans as Vadar has no distinguishable skills. I guess fulfilling the prophecy has it's weaknesses!

in conclusion, unless you are really into the series, or have a desire to create characters all day, I wouldn't bother with this game.

Starting off, I was disappointed. The previous Soul Calibers makes this one look like a joke. In this one, each character, goes through 5 levels. THATS IT. I honestly expected way more. The story lines seem to be thrown together, and a good deal of them are really simlilar to other ones. Extremely repetative. On the upside, the graphics are BEAUTIFUL, but would I pay $60 bucks for this game....NO.

The graphics were a step up from previous games but the gameplay was the same. Even with the added character of Darth Vader this game was nothing more than a revamped version of the others. The endings were weak and some did not make any sense. Play it to say you played it I guess.

so i got this game with high hopes. I remember playing SCII for the gamecube some years back. i was highly anticipating the story line where you build your own character, travel around, unlock new weapons etc. I popped this one in and... nope. "arcade" and "story" was it. story consists of fighting a couple of rounds over and over and over and over just with different characters... yay. so i went to arcade. a little better. now you fight 5+ guys each time with a different character. yay. granted.... the graphic are visually pleasing and once you get passed the butten smashing there are some cool combos out there, but gameplay and replay value are horrible. When playing with others, i found that is the only part of the game worth playing more then an hour or so.

Looks: 10
Gameplay: 5
Replay:2

I guess if you like to do the same fight over and over, it is okay. The story seems weak, because it is constant repetition.

Surprisingly this game was an excellent game i know most of the soulcalibur games over the years have been just you fighting a bunch of guys and you advancing on but soulcalibur 4 delivers a much better approach in the fact of fighting it let's you customize character's, yous'e your hard earned cash to buy new charcter's,and has great fighting action excellent game.

First off do not rent this game if you are looking for a good fighter game. This game was short and i passed it in about an hour.

Combat system is not as good as the previous system. Not pressure sensitive. Graphics are OK, not great by any standards. Not much replay value. Unless your a huge fan of the series, which I WAS, its not even worth renting. Such a shame.

The game looks beautiful as expected. At start though there's only 1 new character, excluding Vader/Yoda, then you have to purchase the other ones which is fine, just different. The character creator mode still doesn't allow you to change how faces and such look which I think it should be able to allow. Also, be aware that they changed character moves. Taki's been toned down, Raphael's been WAY toned down, and yet they made Maxi even cheaper for button smashers. Haven't gotten very deep into the game yet but they added in a lot of features that add a lot of depth to the game.

I was really excited to get this game. Saw the screen shots and videos, and was pumped. Got it yesterday, sent it back today. Overall it is nothing exciting, nothing new. The gameplay was very simple, just button mash and you win. No real skill required. Sure the graphics are nice, but that does not make a game. And come on, girls dont look like that, too over the top, and just sad that people drool over that stuff. I guess i was expecting much more, more depth. I unlocked all the characters in 30 minutes. It is just weak, I wish they would just hurry up and make a new Tekken!

this game has good combos and such to do with fighting how ever the game story is horrible and the game it self is bad u may want to send it back the first two hours or less of game play

Maybe I'm showing my age, but there were just to many buttons that needed to be pressed to get any kind of decent move. I don't mind button mashing at all, but Soul Calibar is just too ridiculous. The graphics were great. And the sound was good. But it was just too much on the combo moves. Again, maybe it's just my age....

This game lacks what i real fighting game should have I cant wait for tekken 6

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of Soul Calibur because it's always a let down to me in one way or another. Darth Vader, being the hype for this installment, was by far one of the last characters I wanted to use again after finishing his storyline. He's slow, some of his moves never work for me, and I didn't know there was a fireball force power. Also getting all of the characters wasn't hard at all...I mean don't get me wrong I'm not that annoyed...but it wasn't even a challenge at all. All you had to do was beat 5 of them, beat Arcade modes with Darth Vader (to get The Apprentice), and then pay for the rest with easily obtained gold.

All-in-all this game is lucky it got a 2...and that's only because of the visuals and The Apprentice.

Finally a game worthy of following soul calibur 2. The graphical update is fantastic. The addition of the soul crush, destructible armor, and new characters bring a welcome enhancement to battle without breaking the balance of gameplay, and several new game modes add replay value to an otherwise 'party game'. Where SC3 tried to add the RPG element to extend the life of the game (and failed) SC4 adds new attributes to the character creator by giving you the fighting game you want with an economy-driven meta game. At it's heart it's still a wonderfully deep fighting game, with a single player campaign topping making a delicious treat for new-comer button mashers and old school veteran combo artists alike. The online arena with matchmaking and "friends only" options add pieces of flair to a uniform donned for fun that you can purchase without worrying if it's worth it.

If you were burned by SC3, It's time to let your wounds heal and "take sword in hand once more".

it was the best game i had ever played it was so so awesome i loved the game so much