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I was a huge fan of the origional Soul Calibur for Dreamcast, and that love passed on to Soul Calibur 2. I first played it at the arcade, and was blown away. Graphics, gameplay- everything was top-notch. To give you an idea of what I mean by "huge fan", I beat the duration of Soul Calibur 2's Arcade mode in my very first attempt, using no Continues (character: Nightmare). What this means is that fans of the series can expect all the old gameplay elements to return- no worries about how your favorite character having undergone too much change. Everything that was good in the first game has only been enhanced in the sequel, and everything that is new lives up to the rest.

Those who are new to the series can also benefit from this continuity. Soul Calibur singlehandedly pumped life back into the arcade industry when it was released, and the home port managed to improve on that perfection. Having played Soul Calibur 2 in arcades and playing some of the home version (on both GC and Xbox) I can say that this tradition continues. The console-specific characters, much talked about, do include Spawn(Xbox), Link(GameCube), and Heihachi(PS2). To my knowledge, these characters are perfectly "fleshed-out" and well-balanced with the rest of the characters.

Anyone who enjoys fighting games at all needs this masterpiece in their collection. The Soul Calibur games may truly be the greatest fighting games of all time- especially for fans of arcade-style action.

Soul Calibur II is awesome. It is the best next gen fighting game to date. Yes, its even better than Dead or Alive 3. The fighting system is very fun and it is also pretty deep. There are good combos. You can also do well with button mashing though... Their is a great amout of cool charectors, and there are also many awesome weapons. My favorite part of the game is the 'Weapon master' mode where you do goals. I have completed that. It was very addictive even though that mode could get a little repetetive at times. Soul Calibur II is also a great multiplayer game. You can probably play it for a few hours if you want to on multiplayer. This is also a pretty good looking game, and athough not the best looking Xbox game ever, its pretty darn good. The sound affects are good and so is the music. Go on and purchase this excellent game. There is tons of replay value too! Oh and it is the best version of Soul Calibur II out of the three console versions. The Xbox version has the best graphics, sound, control(the PS2 control is also very good too but I prefer the Xbox controller) and there is also a exclusive Xbox charector (Spawn).

Soul Calibur 2 is the best melee fighting game I have played. So you might be asking "Why give it 4 stars then" there are a few reasons. One being Weapon Master mode takes only about 12 hours to beat (If ur an average gamer rather than "addicted"). Another being it gets realy repetitave realy fast (although the main point is the 2 player) There are an incredible 230 weapons! Overall this is a great game and i would suggest buying it.