Back when I was just a wee lad that had first stepped into the world of fighting games and thought Melee was the greatest fighting game in the world, the word Soul Calibur got thrown around quite a bit. I was told it was something unique to itself, allowing weapons. And then I was reminded of Mortal Kombat: Deception, but Soul Calibur is better known for weapon fighting. So the chance I got to play Soul Calibur V, I hated it. I hated the story, the characters, and the lack of major features, and decided to let this game die. But after some time, and realizing that Soul Calibur III was the actual worst, I went back to V, and now I Amore this game.
That being said, the original points still stand. The ora long excuse of a story is not good and a majority of the new characters are forgettable at best and Patroklos at worst. But the gameplay, the satisfying feeling of landing a finishing blow and doing major combos with your weapons, più than makes up for it. The feeling of laying down your attacks on enemies, chipping away at their armor o even ringing them out just feels good. The game is also real quick with matches. Before te know it, a match could be over as soon as it started. Not that that’s a bad thing. te get più than enough rounds to keep the fights going, since it goes for a best of five style. It gives te plenty of time to get used to your character and experiment with them, as well as finishing off your opponent. Each character feels different for once, and not similar to other fighting games like say Tekken o god forbid Smash Bros Melee. te get used to each character and learn to do better with some over others, and none of the characters feel terrible to play with (Except Phyrra because why would te allow a character that hates fighting into a fighting game). But aside from that example, each character has a unique style and none feel similar to anyone else, most likely cause of the weapons they use being different from each other. And of course, there are character creations. Not as massive and as creative and meme worthy as Soul Calibur VI, but we’ll talk about that later.
Soul Calibur V is not a perfect game, and I’ve heard people say that II was a far più interesting game. I wouldn’t know, I have only played a few hours at a Friends house. But Soul Calibur V is the one I spent the most time going through and experiencing, and I had a ton of fun with it. It’s not my preferito Soul Calibur game, but boy, it’s pretty damn good.