The game has a great story from the perspective of Patrokolis, however the downside of this is that it mainly only focuses on him and his sister. I was expecting for arcade mode to continue previous stories of all the other charectors but instead their simply used as a tie ins or not in the story at all. The online and charector creation however are where it really shines and that ultimatly in my opinion is the main part to what people are really looking at. A lot of optiones with easy to use tools makes for the greatest fighting charector creation i have ever seen. It's a joy to just to make one charector, and will have you spending hours on your charector just to perfect it in everyway. Ultimatly the game is great and every fighting fan should pick it up if they havn't already. 9/10 + charector creation + graphics + fighting online - missing individual stories
Overall rating
5/ 5
Gameplay
5/ 5
Graphics
5/ 5
Sound
5/ 5
Lasting Appeal
5/ 5
Kamali
fromNew york, ny
This game is perfect for:hardcore gamers
Great Game
PostedFebruary 2, 2012
Although at times the game may be very frustrating to play, it ultimatly is a great game. . Although it may be very easy to get a couple of moves down for each charector it takes hours to truely master each one. Ultimatly a great fighting game with hardcore multiplayer.
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Posted byDontBuySC5
Greenville, SC
I laughed so hard
onFebruary 5, 2012
Lol, I'm happy people like you still exist; you know the comedians who make us all laugh because of their delusions of grandeur and such. Overall a legitimately funny post and entertained me to no end. +1 to poster, supporting a bad fighting game promoting button mashing and lack of thought behind wake-up game, reset, or even frame advantage between the player and the opponent.
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Overall rating
3/ 5
Gameplay
4/ 5
Graphics
4/ 5
Sound
4/ 5
Lasting Appeal
2/ 5
ElectricNerd
fromParma Heights, OH
This game is perfect for:casual gamers
A Huge Downgrade
PostedFebruary 1, 2012
So, remember how in Soul Calibur 3, there was a massive character creation mode and a really fun strategy game that utilized custom characters? Remember how 4 did away with that? Well guess what, Soul Calibur 5 has eliminated even MORE options. Now, while I don't think that a fighting game necessarily NEEDS a story, the fact that they eliminated character specific endings kills me. Yes, there's a story mode, but it follows two very irritating characters that you do not get to choose. Beyond that, it's a very limited character customization and quite possibly the worst single player experience I've ever seen in a fighting game. Unless you're going to be doing nothing but multiplayer gaming, stay far away from this.
this game is awesome better graphics than the last one sound character creation but the story is crazy because Soulcalibur 4s story had a story mode for every character this one is focused on two characters pyrrha and patrokalis the daughter and son of sophitia the story is basicly a short of the soulcalibur swords
Posted bykrashhole
Texas
onFebruary 4, 2012
Sure the story is short, but the MP is awesome! Far as character customization, what else do you want? I spent nearly 2 hours working on a custom fighter because there is so much stuff to choose from. If more people did their research prior to purchasing stuff, there would be less complainers in the world.
