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Soul Calibur IV (360)

That Rev Chap — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:28:00 +0000

I played this for a long time today. I enjoyed myself. I found it difficult to stop playing. I played with different characters, in different modes. I spent a fair while editing a character. It was good.

But I’m just not getting better. I’m not improving one little bit. I have my skill level and it seems to be completely fixed. It makes the whole experience feel a bit empty, fun as it is.

Soul Calibur IV (360)

That Rev Chap — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:05:00 +0000

Oh dear. I’ve not even got to floor twenty and the Tower of Souls is getting hard for me. Maybe I need to work out how to play properly, but that sounds like an effort.

Went online for a few ranked matches and lost every single one – though today I did win a few rounds.

Soul Calibur IV (360)

That Rev Chap — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:05:00 +0000

Hmm. The character I created who is “me” appears to be rubbish.

Soul Calibur IV (360)

That Rev Chap — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:57:00 +0000

First thing I did was use Yoda to run through the Story and Arcade modes. Fighting The Apprentice in a Star Destroyer hanger bay was an amazing highlight. Great lightsaber battle. Not really in keeping with the rest of the game, though. Not that I care.

After that, into the character creation mode. Created a green-skinned lady in a witch’s hat called Elphaba. Over the course of the evening I tried out several styles with here. Currently she’s using a rapier. Put her through story mode, then took her to the Tower of Souls, which is a series of events where you can earn new items by completing hidden (and then hinted at) objectives. Most levels require multiple combatants, so I teamed her up with a custom Yoda where necessary. He’s the same as the normal Yoda, but has a fancy lightsaber and rubbish skills. Oh.

Took Elphaba online for a few fights, fighting opponents who’d unlocked far batter skills and items than me. I lost every match. I think I lost every round, even.

Before bed I made a character based on me and one based on the wife, using her choice of weapon and clothing. I’m based on Astaroth, she’s based on Ivy. Did a few levels with that team. We’re a good combination. I do a lot of damage when I hit, but I’m very slow, my wife if is really fast but doesn’t seem to do much damage.

All good fun and stupidly, insanely addictive. I need to read the manual before I play much more. I have no idea what a Soul Gauge is or what relevance it has. I think it might be important.

Also, it threw Achievements at me. I even got one for getting to the main menu – the first Achievement I’ve ever got without pressing a button.