Yay, I get to rant.
First off, Sony had to have paid out of their asses for that exclusive. It was best on the cube because of the fluidity and the controller was great for the game.
This game is a disgrace to the Soul Calibur series. I'm no fghting game fan, but the first two were great. I had tons of fun playing through and clearing out the games. The fighting was awesome, and the graphics were great. Unfortunatly, that's all SC3 is.. graphics.
The fighting is nowhere near the level that two was. There's no flow to the fights. Even Kilik, one of the fastest, was horribly slow. There was a pause inbetween combos and moves because it seems like the PS2 can't take combos while one combo is being performed. Bad idea.
Also, blocking sucks in this game. If I block high, they hit mid. If I block low, they hid mid. There's no effective mid blocking, and it makes any kind of blocking in this game utterly useless. The new characters are unoriginal and don't flow with the series well at all.
I'm glad I didn't have to pay for this game, bercause it's CRAP.
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