Soulcalibur iv and street fighter 4 series#

By using a fully charged meter, players can unleash devastating, cinematic attacks that deal major damage – but can easily miss or be blocked. There are also super moves called Critical Edges. Though it sounds simplistic, it’s a mind game, and there are little ways that players can use Reversal Edges to their benefit. Players can input one of the three main attacks during a reversal edge, with vertical strikes beating horizontal strikes, which beat kicks, which beat vertical strikes. They’re a single button parry that engages a cinematic game that’s effectively rock, paper, scissors. Like the best fighting games, it’s a mind game, like a fast-paced game of chess, only with swords and assorted other, usually pointed weapons. Instead of both backwards and forward Guard Impact, this defensive manoeuvre temporarily stuns the attacker – but allows them to perform their own perfectly timed Guard Impact, opening you up for a bit of punishment. Guard Impact returns, though it’s a little simplified. While anyone can grab a controller and mash their way to victory – and even make it look good while doing so – anybody who takes the time to learn the intricacies of its combat will find a deep and rewarding fighting system. SoulCalibur VI is a perfect example of a fighting game that’s easy to pick up and play, but very hard to master. That doesn’t mean that’s lacking depth though. This is SoulCalibur as you know it, but it’s been refined and tweaked to make it accessible. Oh, and spatial awareness, because this is one of those fighting games were Ring Outs are prevalent – which means that being in the wrong place can mean getting booted off the edge of the cliff and losing, even if you’ve chipped away more health than your opponent has.Īnd fundamentally, none of that has changed. Instead, it’s a fighting game that more about timing and spacing. The most complicated input for normal moves is a Street Fighter-esque quarter circle, but so few characters rely on them. There are just three attack buttons: a vertical slash a horizontal slash and a kick, along with a guard button and with that, less focus on arcane moves and combos that require pretzels for fingers. See, SoulCalibur used to be – and should remain – a simple fighting game at heart. While previous SoulCalibur games have tried to stuff too much into the core fighting, SoulCalibur VI keeps things relatively simple.

Soulcalibur iv and street fighter 4 series#

With SoulCalibur VI, it feels like the series is having its own Street Fighter 4 moment – to deliver the best game in the fighting game franchise since SoulCalibur 2. That game went back to the series roots, bringing in many beloved characters from games past. Once a relatively dead genre, we’ve seen a resurgence of interest in fighting games heralded – in my opinion – by Capcom’s success with Street Fighter 4.

Fighting games have had a delightful renaissance over the last few years.