Soul Calibur II: A Review

This is by far one of my favorite games ever! It's just so entertaining, which is a big suprise if you know me. I really dislike combat games. Why? Well because I think that they get too hard. It's just too difficult to find out how to use a character and it gets to repetitive. I mean half the time it's just like, "Okay fight this person for no real reason." They just don't have any storyline! That's why I love this game!

If you are playing on the 'Weapons Master' mode it has a wicked storyline! Of course you do fight the whole time. After all, it is a fighting game, but it's also much more than that. Soul Calibur II goes above and beyond in the storyline area. Even all the weapons you can get have backgrounds. It tells you where it came from, how they got it, and how it kicks trash! Awesome!

Another awesome thing is the moves list. If you go into practice mode you can see all of a character's moves. No messing around with buttons for hours to only find out one simple move. Come on you know that it totally sucks when you have to do that! Heck, I bet some of you even give up and look up the moves list online or something. The only thing that's bad about looking them up is the fact you didn't do it by yourself. You feel incomplete and like a total cheater.Well, you should.

Now you're thinking, "The moves list is practically the same thing! The only difference is you don't have to have the internet to look it up!" You're wrong. You see, the people who made the game wanted you to have it. Why would they do such a nice thing? It makes the game more fun, that's why! There are these parts in 'Weapons Master' mode where you have to do certain combos on the bad guy to be able to move on. The thing is you can't; that is unless you know the move! Of course you have to memorize how to do it and be able to do it in combat. Not very easy with some of the moves!

I have yet to beat this wonderful game, but I am getting better and better! Though some of those levels! They are just IMPOSSIBLE! I guess it would help if I knew how to use other people . . . I just love Talim so much! She's the one in the video who is really cute and has pigtails! SHE IS SO COOL! I can beat anyone with her! MAUAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, this game makes you a little insane at times. I do have a few other people I can play with, I just can't kick trash with these guys the way I can with Talim! 

Here is a list of the other characters and their weapons:

Astaroth - Giant Axe

Cervantes de Leon - Long Sword and Pistol Sword

Isabella "Ivy" Valentine - Snake Sword

Kilik - Bo Staff

Maxi - Nunchaku 

Heishiro Mitsurugi - Katana

Nightmare - Soul Edge

Seung Mina - Zanbatou 

Sophitia Alexandra - Sword and Shield 

Taki - Dual Kodachis

Voldo - Dual Katars

Chai Xianghua - Chinese Sword

Yoshimitsu - Katana and Sashimono

Cassandra Alexandra - Sword and Shield

Charade - Imitative Power

Raphael Sorel - Sword-Rapier

Talim - Dual Elbow blades

Hong Yunsung - Dao

Link - Master Sword and Hylian Shield

Necrid - Transforming Energy called Enigma

Assasin - Dao

Berserker - Double-Edged Axe 

Lizardman - Sword and Shield

If you want to read more about Soul Calibur 2 and the characters click here! To conclude, if I had to give this game a rating I'd say five out of five stars! Excellent story, character, weapon, and level design! So go play this game! You can get it on GameCube, Playstation 2, and Xbox! Yay!