Tag Archives: Soul Calibur

Grinding for goodies is what makes fighting games great

Perhaps it’s silly to get excited about how things used to be, unless we’re talking about medieval banquets or penny-farthings, but by doing precisely this Capcom is making the PS4-exclusive Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab) better than I ever dared imagine. Instead of endlessly belched-out updates and premium …

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Classic game appreciation section: Soul Calibur

I say ‘welcome back’, because while we’re used to numbered sequels to this, the original SoulCalibur, the game was itself a sequel to arcade/PSone beat-em-up Soul Blade – a game that’s equally worthy of praise for its true 3D backgrounds and fights that actually looked like two people having a …

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