In addition you can create your own fighter using the bonkers character creator and march them around a map of Europe. There’s a main story of sorts, following Killik’s quest for the demonic blade Soul Edge. It's Unreal Engine 4, so quite well tuned for PC gaming and it looks great too.Įach character has a story, made up of a gauntlet of fights interspersed with still art and voiced dialogue scenes. On a 4K setup using the same card I had to drop the resolution down to 2600x1440p and move the settings down to 'high' to hit a decent framerate, but the differences between 'high' and 'maximum' settings are negligible. Maintained a steady 60 frames at 1080p running on a GeForce GTX 970. New fighters include our pal Geralt from The Witcher series, a wizard called Azwel who can summon weapons, and a moody fighter called Groh, who can crack his bladed staff into two swords in the middle of combos. 18 of the 21 characters have appeared in previous Soulcalibur games, and their movesets are largely familiar. Maxi’s flamboyant nunchaku dance feels completely different to Talim’s tonfa beatdown style, and range management is key when you’re facing Kilik’s bo staff or Nightmare’s horrendous greatsword. It’s the fighters’ weapons that create real tactical variety. You can string together combos of three-or-four blows, but it’s more important to know when to block, when to dodge, and when to strike, and how to deal with bizarre characters like the leather-bound contortionist Voldo.

Special moves ask you to press two buttons at once along with a directional command or two, and aside from a super attack and power-up move on the right bumper, that’s more or less it. You have a horizontal attack command, a vertical attack, a kick, and a block. Soulcalibur 6 creates absorbing, satisfying battles with a simple set of commands.

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