The tale eternally retold... with more muscles, mammaries and licensed characters

"Soul Calibur... IV." That familiar announcement leads into the opening screen for one of the lushest games I've played on the PlayStation 3. The Soul Calibur series is a weapons-based fighting game which originated on my beloved Dreamcast when the original game was released back in 1999.

I'm not what you'd call a Star Wars fanboy, although I grew up with the series; However, whoom -ing a lightsaber while playing as a menacing Darth Vader was a strangely satisfying experience; Did I mention that Darth Vader is cool (PlayStation 3 only)

Realizing that I'd rather be playing Soul Calibur I or II ; where the characters flowed slightly faster (in my memory) and there were more interesting learning/adventure modes

Even though people says SCIII is better (thus kills your memory cards), its like saying Super Smash Bros Brawl is better than Melee. It's a great game and brings out the best and worst in you, like a Competitive Game should.

Soul Calibur IV Review

Namco have a premier fighter on their hands, but will adding Lord Vader and Master Yoda into the character roster make the game significantly better than the last instalment?

SoulCalibur IV

Relax, breathe easy. All is well within the Namco fighting game universe. Soulcalibur IV boots up predictably with the usual CG intro loveliness, staggeringly good HD graphics, the full-fat 60FPS gameplay experience and a satisfyingly vast selection of single-player modes in addition to versus and...