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Soulcalibur IV: Darth Vader Hands-on

IGN do a preview on how Darth Vader plays in the new Soul Calibur 4.

jamilion6443d ago

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo!

turbogeekx6443d ago (Edited 6443d ago )

Darth Vader > Yoda

Superior D-PAD + superior characters = Only on PlayStation 3.

Nitrowolf26443d ago

so true
have you seen the cover of the games at gamestop
dude i like the darth vader one allot better then the yoda

GiantEnemyCrab6443d ago

"Having seen the game running on both the 360 and PS3, we're a little worried that the PS3 version suffers from significant slowdown as opposed to the extremely smooth 360 build"

+ significant slowdown only on the PS3.

Vicophine6443d ago

At least its above the 10FPS Ninja Gaiden 2 gets.

juuken6443d ago

GiantEnemyCrab, any evidence of the slowdown?
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I thought so.

GiantEnemyCrab6443d ago (Edited 6443d ago )

Yes, the evidence is written in this very article. Where do you think I got that quote from?

What I'd like to see is the proof that NG2 runs at 10fps like Vicophine states. Nice way to deflect by making up pure BS.

To be fair however, the game still has dev time left so it could turn out to be equal to the 360 version at retail. (see I can be reasonable)

@2.8: Again, please provide a link to someone who has played it and says it's a literal slideshow. When I read things like this from the most recent review posted here:

"The shinning points of the game are the responsive controls and the smooth and fast gameplay"

Doesn't make it sound like a slideshow at all and this is from someone who has played it not talking out of their pooper.

http://gameinformer.com/NR/...

juuken6443d ago

And they said they were a *little* worried. The game is only a month away or so. There's plenty of time to sort that out, don't you think?

Vicophine6443d ago

It runs at 30FPS but the slowdowns are reported to have "made the game a literal slideshow" thats not good for a fast paced game.

testerg356443d ago

The article said "significant slowdown".

Amanosenpai6443d ago

<Vader also has his iconic "Emperor Throw" where he hefts his enemy over his head and tosses them to the ground.>

Nuff said... DV > Yoda anyday

juuken6442d ago

And tester, I SAID the game may still need some work. What part of *still needs work* do you not understand?

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Neurotoxin6443d ago

That looks cool.

Frame rate issues...... I thought the Playstation 3 could do the Kessel run in less than 1 1/2 parsecs.

Given that a parsec is a unit of measurement i`m sure it doesn't matter.

Bathyj6443d ago

Yeah, I did alot of contracting work on the original Death Star (we were gonna shape it like a star at first instead of the small moon design we ended up going with.)

To set out the trench to the reactor duct I used my 5 Parsec (or about 16 Lightyears) tape measure. That tool came in mighty handy on that job.

etownone6443d ago (Edited 6443d ago )

"we're a little worried that the PS3 version suffers from significant slowdown as opposed to the extremely smooth 360 build"

nothing new here, just another multi-plat game running better than the ps3 version.

Vicophine6443d ago

Oh really? I didn't know the game went gold yet. Thx for letting me know.

/sarcasm. Typical xbot.

Mwaan6443d ago

But screw the framerate, Darth Vadar looks boring compared to Yoda. Vadar looks like a watered down Mitsurugi with a learning disability.

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Silogon6443d ago

Since Namco has always been so great with playstation hardware. I hope this doesn't bleed over into Tekken 6's development, though.

Megaton6443d ago

Yeah, if Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur IV have chugging issues, I'm gonna be really pissed off.

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Top 8 Best Soul Calibur Guest Characters, Ranked

Assassin's Creed's Ezio and The Witcher's Geralt have been excellent guest characters in the Soul Calibur series.

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Soul Calibur IV - 15 Years of Soul

Soul Calibur IV launched worldwide 15 years ago, bringing with it the best performance of the series to date.

Terry_B900d ago

Hell no. It was the start of the downfall (SCV) of the series. Huge downstep from the giant SCIII

purple101900d ago

Switched to unreal engine. Ruined it.

Yi-Long899d ago (Edited 899d ago )

Used to love this series, probably my favorite 3D fighter, perhaps together with the now also dead Dead or Alive (2-3-4), but as with so many games in the fighting genre, their short-term greed (season passes) has made me lose all interest, sadly …

sagapo899d ago

Yeah, I remember playing Soul Caliber on my dreamcast at the time, that was insane!

sosro899d ago (Edited 899d ago )

the first three are much better games.

Walweeze899d ago

Loved Number 2 and 3( loved all the solo modes like chronicle of the sword ) so was super hyped when 4 came out but the lack of single player content was disappointing. Still love soul calibur to this day though

DarXyde898d ago

2 was definitely the golden era of Soul Calibur for me. I was a bit conflicted about it at times because there were 3 different versions (I liked the PS2 version for controls, I liked playing as Spawn the most, and I thought the addition of Link was really awesome). Even so, the single player content was outstanding. Easily the most fun I've had with a fighting game, followed closely by Tekken 5's single player modes

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In defence of Soul Calibur 4's horrible Star Wars guest characters

From VG247: "Link suits the world of Soul Calibur. The elf-like little twink fit into the roster as well as any sword-wielding fantasy hero could – facing off against the likes of the machiavellian Frenchman Raphael, the inhuman hellspawn Astaroth, or the horny gimp Voldo, the Legend of Zelda guest character fits right in. Weaponry, aesthetic, move set… all of it gels with Soul Calibur’s camp high fantasy world – even when you’re pulling massive bombs out of God-knows-where and hurling them across the stage. It just fits.

You know what doesn’t fit, though? Lightsabers. No amount of sci-fi reasoning, magic, or blaming it on wizards can make Yoda, Darth Vader, and (eurgh) Starkiller fit in the war-torn European and Silk Road settings of Soul Calibur. It just doesn’t track. Why Bandai Namco decided to shoehorn the trio of characters into the fourth Soul Calibur game, then, remains a mystery; it’s damaging to both brands, it makes no sense canonically, and – more than anything else – it’s just all a bit tacky (or should that be Taki?)"