The legendary game Soulcalibur 5 can be found on the profile market. The Soul franchise, whose creator is Namco, is back with the fifth fighting game of the franchise. This time too, the game will be available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. The story of the series continues a few years after what happened in the fourth game of the series. The game also has guest characters, like in each of the five games of the series, this time the only already known character being Ezio Auditore da Firenze, known from Assassin’s Creed. The gameplay in Soulcalibur 5 is much changed compared to the other games in the series. The creators have made many changes to keep pace with the evolution of the video games of this genre. The critical movements appeared in the previous games are gone and the armour, although it remained destructible, does not have its own durability line to see when it is about to be destroyed. A new similar system was introduced in order to allow characters to use much stronger attacks than the usual ones during combat. The Gauge Impact Option from the previous game in the series was changed, requiring a new game plan to have access to it. This option gives one the ability to face any enemy attack that normally could not be stopped in any way and the player does not have to calculate anymore the height from which the enemy jumps. The Impact Guard Option consumes a large segment of the critic meter and the parry option was removed completely from the game.
Also, new manoeuvres were added to the game Soulcalibur 5. These include Just Guard, which replaces one of the old techniques. Using the guard when the enemy attacks causes a “perfect guard” that allows the player to counteract much easier. In this way, the player can respond to enemy attacks easier and maybe even win the battle. In Ring Out, if a player is thrown out from the ring, then both players who fight get into a new arena and continue their fight. The option of creating the character was reintroduced in the game after a break and has been improved. The player can change the avatar’s height and other body skills, while being able to change the facial effects, the voice and the clothes. The players can change the colour of the weapons and their effects, being able to choose the fighting styles of some special characters.
In Soulcalibur 5, one can see the same characters already known from the previous games. Each of them has gone through some changes during the 17 years that have passed in the game. Siegfried Schtauffen is a character who returns in the fifth game of the series, being a former actor. In the 17 years that have passed, he tried to revive the Schwarzwind thieve gang, transforming it into a group of mercenaries that the players of the series have seen in the previous games. He is the one who ultimately destroyed the Nightmare in fourth game of the series. He is the one who finds Viola and Z.W.E.I. as fugitives and takes them under his protection. Siegfried finds out that Soul Calibur transforms form a two-handed weapon into a one handed weapon and starts looking for its next owner.
Another character known by the players of the Soulcalibur 5 series is Cervantes de Leon, this being a pirate that handled the bad sword Soul Edge and who was right under its control. To get rid of the influence of the evil sword, he had to be defeated by his daughter. Leon is now a free man; he travelled the 7 Seas to conquer them and to become a good pirate. Isabella Ivy Valentine is the daughter of Cervantes, a sword-whip handler. After she defeated her father in the last game, she tried to study more about Soul Edge and the dimension where the magic sword had come, seeking a way to reach to it and to destroy it once and for all. The evil sword had effects on her too, preventing Ivy from growing old. In the legendary game Soulcalibur 5 you can also met Maki, who is a weapons handler and also a pirate. His crew was killed by Astaroth and since then he has slowly lost his humanity until he found the Edge Master, the one who taught him how to live and to suppress the power of the evil sword piece within him. He receives the task to train the young boy who will save his friend. Hilde von Krone, the former princess of the Wolkrone land, made an appearance for the second time in the series of the games, trying to rebuild her lost land. Siegfried is the one who announced her that an army of evil creatures had conquered the land and since then she traveled with him to regain the territory she deserves.
Mitsurugi Seishiro, the Japanese mercenary who wields a katana is one of the veterans of the series as heappeared in all five games. In the last game, he challenged his friend to fight and was amazed when he suddenly disappeared. Japan was in a war, but until Mitsurugi got there, the war ended and Japan was again in a state of peace. Beginning to live the life of a farmer, Mitsurugi lived quietly until some passing soldiers spoke about Soul Calibur 5. Hearing this, he sold everything and went to Europe, hoping to find Algol there, the one with whom he had started the fight years ago. Algol is a very strong character of the series, as he is an ancient king, the first who tamed the power of Soul Edge and the one who had to kill his son because he had fallen prey to negative influences. He is the one who created the Soul Calibur gun in order to offer something good to the world. He was revived in the last game and can use any weapon, being able to take some of them out of his body.
Nightmare is the main antagonist of the game. Siegfried conjured and used it when he was under the influence of Soul Edge and thus Nightmare became the spirit of the weapon. The original antagonist was killed in the previous game, but the new Nightmare is stronger and more dangerous than its predecessor, hiding in a host under a false name and plotting in the dark shadows. He gained the confidence of the Holy Roman Emperor, gaining control over Hungary. Nightmare currently wields Soul Edge and started an infestation in order to collect as many pieces of his arms as possible and to collect human souls.
In the legendary game Soulcalibur 5, Tyra is the loyal acolyte of Soul Edge, who was mentally destroyed by the negative influence of the weapon. But the New Nightmare was not as good as she thought, picking what he needed from the shadows and making all sorts of dark plans. She decided to seek by herself the next host for Soul Edge and after 17 years she seems to have found it. Astaroh the Golem that wields an axe is the younger brother of the original Astaroth from the game, created by the Greek supporters of God Ares. It is a ferocious creature. Raphael Sorel, a French nobleman, got behind the bars because of the influence of Soul Edge that turned him into a vampire-like creature that extracted the essence of others. He tried to create a perfect world for his daughter Amy and now he has escaped from prison and wants to fulfil his dream.
Soulcalibur 5 game has several characters whose main purpose is to destroy Soul Edge. These include Yoshimitzu, the leader of a ninja clan who has vowed to destroy the evil in the world and Aeon Calcos, a man cursed by an evil cult to become a reptilian. He has developed and now has wings and Soul Edge has destroyed him for good.
Among the new characters of the legendary game Soulcalibur 5 we mention Patroklos Alexandra, a young man whose mother was Sophitia and who is looking for his sister. He is the main character of the fifth game and the possible handler of one of the two destructive weapons. Pyrrha Alexandra is Patroklos’ sister, being kidnapped by Tyra since she was little – she was educated to become the new host of Soul Edge. The game’s story also includes Lexia Yan, the daughter of former handler of Soul Calibur, Xianghe Natsu, the host of a powerful demon, Z.W.E.I. a powerful shaman, Viola, who suffers from amnesia and Xiba, the spiritual successor of the stick handler in the series of the game.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is the character invited in Soulcalibur 5. Even his story has a “hole” that can symbolize the time travel to Soulcalibur. On his way to Navarre and Cesare Borgia, Ezio found a mysterious object in the hands of some Templars who wanted to overthrow Queen Catalina. He stole the object and then his time changed from the early 16th century to the early 17th century, when he fought with some unknown and powerful enemies. Later, he returns to his time and is on the way to Navarre. Nobody knows yet what the object that allowed Ezio to travel in time was.
Soulcalibur 5 game was expected by all the franchise fans. Even a Collector’s Edition of the game was made available on the same day when the game was launched on the market. Besides the game and soundtrack, the collector’s edition also includes art books, DVDs which explain the creation processes of the game and DLCs of the creation of some characters. Those who love games on consoles or those who already know about the Soulcalibur franchise and want to find out more about the new adventures of their favourite characters do not have to wait anymore. The fifth game in the renowned franchise was released on the market. The game Soulcalibur 5 can be tried both in single player and multiplayer, where the slaughter is even more fun. Together with friends, any fighting game can be a real and challenging adventure.