Round Up: SoulCalibur VI PS4 Reviews Are Looking Sharp

Like the article says, should have our review done this week, before the game launches.

I can say right now that I'm really enjoying it, it's the best SoulCalibur has felt since SCII. I need to play a bit more, but it seems as though they've got the gameplay nailed down.

I can maybe answer some questions if anyone's got any? Just @ me and I'll see what I can do.

@ShogunRok Not sure if you can answer this but do you think the Season Pass (in this case the Deluxe Edition) is worth getting after playing the base game?

@WanderingBullet Hmmmm, I don't think I can give a definitive answer yet. So far it's a really good fighting game and like I say, I'm enjoying it a lot, so on that basis I imagine the season pass characters will be of good quality.

But yeah, season passes are always a tricky topic. I suppose you buy them based on how much you like the game, right? In that case... Yeah, I think I'd buy the season pass for SCVI based on what I've played.

If you're on the fence though, maybe leave it for now and see what Bamco has planned.

@ShogunRok Thanks. I don't pre-order a lot of season passes myself until I know I like the game and want to play more it so I get what you mean.

@kixem I think these days it can be difficult to justify any game for $60 when you know that in just a few months it might be half price! But yeah, in this case the single player stuff is great, in my opinion. It has two story modes, both of which are very meaty, a full arcade mode consisting of 8 fights, and versus mode which you can play against the computer and tweak to your liking.

In comparison to other fighting games on the market right now, it's a very good single player offering. Better than Tekken 7, better than Dragon Ball FighterZ.

Long story short, I think you'll find a lot to do if you're just buying for single player. I haven't tried the online modes properly yet, but I've explored the single player options and played a lot of local versus battles with friends, and I've found it to be quite a robust package.

Q. How do you make a game better?

A. Bang Geralt of Rivia in it.

@ApostateMage Geralt's really good in it, I've been having a blast playing as him.

@ShogunRok Im getting this for chrimbo cant wait now!

@ShogunRok top man. I'll be buying this on sale as RDR2 is out next week

As good as it is, I think this might be the last SC game

@shuvamg009 Could be, unfortunately. We're going to have to wait and see whether it catches on, and whether it can hold a good competitive scene.

Nice, I heard the single player portion is good, I'll definitely get this after I finish spidey/horizon/gow platinum

This sounds really good. I was on the fence about this game and I’m being nudged off it.

@ShogunRok is it similar to tekken, or street fighter? What i mean is by how you execute moves. Like street fighter use the analog stick/stick pad a lot while tekken is more on the square circle buttons.

@Zoroflamingo It's more simple than both. SoulCalibur characters have much shorter movelists than Tekken characters, and they rarely require any complex inputs. Combos are also much less prevalent, so overall, it's just a much easier game to grasp.

The majority of attack inputs in SoulCalibur are a direction + a button. Some might be two buttons, others might require a double tap of a direction. Easy to work out, but as always, hard to master thanks to things like spacing, punishing, movement, etc.

Great news, glad it's shaped up so well, definitely going straight on my Xmas list for this year.

@ShogunRok Hey what's the story mode like I heard it was weak.I was a fan of 2 if I remember the mode it had was a sort of story mode .
I can't remember what games I own but I don't think I have 5 so it's been a few years since I last played a soul Calibur game
Aside from smash Bros melee and soul Calibur I don't care for fighting games.

@MonkeyDLuffy19 Haven't played all of story mode yet but I've enjoyed it so far. You make your own character, move around a map and make choices. There are fights too, obviously, and you level up and stuff. It's nothing properly amazing, but it's good fun and it's lengthy.

There's another story-based mode on top of that where you play through character episodes. So it tells the stories of each playable character. Again, nothing amazing, but they're nicely presented with cool art work and the fights are fun.

Great to hear this is a solid entry in the series. And thanks @ShogunRok for your initial thoughts can't wait to read your full review!

I figured the game would get good reviews and such. I’ll definitely get it, but maybe not day 1.

Loved the first three games Soul Blade to SCII, but lost the will to continue as it lost its identity for me. Played the horrible network test, but good to see the reviews are doing well.

I played some street fighter 5, some dragon ball, and tekken this generation( only purchased tekken). Played 1 network test match of soul calibur and in that one match I had more fun than the other games. Of course that's not games....I enough to say what game is better, but it is enough for me to strongly consider a full price purchase. But definite discounted price purchase. But red dead is right around the corner.

Will have to wait till after new year with red dead and call of cthulhu out soon, don't what is with these game company's bring games out around the same time, think a little common sense would tell them to spred games out instead of competing with each other

My favorite fighting game series plus a great single player. I'm sold

Can't wait to get my hands on my copy. Been a loooong time since I've played a Soul Calibur game.

Actually not that long. I just played the second game a month or so ago. Still holds up.

Wow... Didn't expect this to get so positive reviews...
Itching to pick this one up!