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Player 1's Soul Calibur III (PS2)
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| [January 19, 2007 12:57:19 AM]
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I haven't played this game in months, but I picked it up again for this gamelog assignment. I had forgotten how much fun it is. It took me awhile to familiarize myself with all the buttons and combos again, but once I got into the swing of things I was having lots of fun. I played with my old roommate, we use to have epic battles for hours, and made SCIII more fun by turning it into a drinking game. I started with my favorite character Cervantes, the dreaded ghost pirate. Cervantes is one of the best juggler characters. This means he comes from below with a lot of upper cut type moves that send your opponent up into the air. The downside is that he has very short range. But he has several moves to make up for this such as flying across the screen through the opponent like a bullet or by actually pulling out his gun and shooting them from across the screen. My friend started with Rock, a strong barbarian-like fighter with a huge hammer. Rock has a lot of high damaging moves and long range so you have to be careful as you approach, especially with Cervantes since he has very short range. The battles were pretty evenly matched. We used to both play we these two characters so much that we would have 5 or 6 guard impacts in a row because we could predict eachothers moves so well. Since it had been so long, we weren't that in synch so the battles went a lot quicker, but there were still some very close matches. I like the guard impact system because it allows you not only to defend but also gives you an advantage to attack. I had a really hard time getting any throws in because my opponent was able to anticipate all my attempts. In fighting games its fun to switch characters because when playing the same character your style tends to get repetitive and it becomes more difficult to come up with a new offense especially when your opponent is used to fighting you. I tried Taki next because I know a very powerful three move combo that is very difficult to execute but takes 75% of your opponents health. It involves using her explosion move to send your opponent flying into the air, then immediately you must use her jump move to make contact with them in the air, then immediately grab them for a devastating move. The timing is very difficult and very fast. Sometimes it can be very hard to set this up because most players dont get hit by her explosion, because it takes a few secs to work. Its fun to try and pull off, and very satisfying if you do, but spending too much time trying to send them up, leaves you vulnerable to your opponents attacks. Its best to try it when they are knocked down or approaching. But it helps to be familiar with Taki's other melee combos as well. I love the graphics on this game and the fighting and throwing animations are wonderful. They are creative, and very satisfying. I forgot how much I loved this game and it was fun to play again. What makes this game the most fun is playing with another person. Single player is all right, but its a lot more fun and challenging to play with another brain who has their own strategies and can adjust to your playing style. There is also a campaign mode in single player which isn't much fun, it simply involves moving tiny people on a battlefield, then fighting them in a typical match. There is an element of strategy to where you deploy your fighters, but it takes a long time and only the actual fighting is enjoyable. One of the best features of SC3 is the character maker. You can design your own character, and have a multitude of options to customize him, with more options available through the game store, where you spend money from single player. Its fun to fight against your own friends with your own custom character. These custom characters take the movesets of different already existing characters but they add a lot of fun to the game. This assignment reminded me how much I enjoyed this game and I will add it into my freetime again.
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Player 1's Soul Calibur III (PS2)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Friday 19 January, 2007
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