Fulfilling certain conditions rewards you with equipment unlocks for the fairly robust Character Creation mode and allow you to advance further up the tower. If you ascend the tower, you'll be able to select a "stage" or set of floors to fight through, which usually involve heavily weighted battles where you're pitted against several overpowered opponents. The Tower of Lost Souls is the other single-player option that gives you the chance to either ascend or descend the tower, facing challenges along the way. What's there, however, is solid and works to give at least a marginal backdrop to the cast. There aren't really any cinematics except one towards the end, and many of those are repeated. I was actually surprised that virtually every character in the game has a "story" to play through, but I was disappointed that Story mode only lasts about five rounds and you can get through a character in ten minutes or less. Soulcalibur IV boasts the standard Arcade and Story modes that will be familiar to fighting game fans. As you might expect, Soulcalibur IV also has a healthy number of modes and unlockables that will keep you thoroughly engaged, along with a new online mode that lets you challenge other Soulcalibur fanatics through the magical power of the Internet. There are over 30 characters to try out (granted, some of them are clones of each other), several gorgeous stages to battle in and enough special moves to keep you memorizing commands for months. Soulcalibur IV is a great game - especially if you've been following and enjoying the series for the past few years. I'm pleased to say that this game is an excellent addition to the series - despite its problems - and should find a welcome spot in your collection.
I was particularly excited to play Soulcalibur IV, especially in light of my fondness for the first Soulcalibur title. Making its debut on the current generation of platforms, Soulcalibur IV once again offers fantastical, weapons-based combat and an inspired cast of characters, which should be appetizing to fighting game enthusiasts and casual players alike. Nevertheless, the one game I played, namely Soulcalibur IV, was an epic experience.Quite a number of gamers have been eagerly anticipating the next installment of the Soulcalibur series, considering the notable quality of past iterations of the franchise. Like I said, I am not a diehard fan of the series and not that familiar with the game. You build up a gauge by fighting, and when full, you can unleash a massive powerful series of brutal attacks, always instantly finishing off your opponent. This is, of course, mainly because of my lack of experience with the series, but the mechanics, moves and combos just feel very unnatural to me and really hard to pull off.
It almost played like Dark Souls to me, but then in a Tournament Fighter. In this game, he looked even more badass. I also really liked the fact that I could choose Yoshimitsu, a character from Tekken that is all familiar to me. It was so weird, but epic at the same time, to see Yoda all of a sudden appearing in the arena. Soulcalibur IV featured some crossover characters from other games and media. It does not matter that much, but being a Tekken veteran, it is just remarkable how different and basic the lore is in this game as far as I experienced it. Every character is connected to the same cause via “The Chain of Souls” but none of the characters do have any canon endings or story endings as far as I can tell. I do not know any story or lore from the previous games, but in this instalment, you apparently have to reach Algol in his special tower and them whoop the floor with him. Unlike Tekken, Soulcalibur does not have that strong of a story. Nevertheless, I thought this was a pretty epic game. With that said, I do not know much of the lore, the characters and their backgrounds and the mechanics of each character. Soulcalibur IV is the only game in the series that I ever played personally. They feature great combat mechanics, beautiful graphics and some fluent character animations.
The Soulcalibur games are on par with the Tekken series. Amazing game but a little too hard for me.