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Another thread about where it sits, same arguments every time honestly, but yeah it deserves better than 118th I guess.
Game entry
SoulCalibur
1998 · Fighting, Arcade · Xbox 360, Dreamcast, Arcade, iOS, Android · Namco
SoulCalibur is ranked no. 99 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,837 and 84% of duels won.
World rank
no. 99
ELO score
1,837
Wins
84%
Duels played
76
About SoulCalibur
SoulCalibur is a weapon-based 3D fighting game developed by Project Soul and produced by Namco. It is the second game in the Soul series, preceded by Soul Edge (1996). Originally released in arcades in 1998, it ran on the Namco System 12 hardware. In 1999 it was ported to the Dreamcast with improved graphics and new features. The North American version was released in September 1999 as a launch title for the Dreamcast and was part of the successful launch of the new console. It became available as a downloadable title on Xbox 360's Xbox Live Marketplace in 2008.
The title brought many innovations to the fighting game genre that include a heavy emphasis on weapons and a unique eight-way movement system. Soulcalibur is widely regarded as one of the best Dreamcast titles and is one of the most critically acclaimed fighting games of all time.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,837 ELO points over the last 123 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Street Fighter II 67% 3 duels played · 49 points ahead
- against Mortal Kombat X 100% 2 duels played · 193 points ahead
- against The King of Fighters '97 100% 2 duels played · 307 points ahead
- against Tekken 4 50% 2 duels played · 311 points ahead
- against Injustice: Gods Among Us 100% 2 duels played · 224 points ahead
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The debate
34 comments
HaileyKnight
Another thread about where it sits, same arguments every time honestly, but yeah it deserves better than 118th I guess.
SilentDragon
Replying to Tristan_42
Et pendant ce temps le classement, lui, ne bouge quasiment jamais malgré tous ces débats
Tristan_42
tkt on a tous ce debat toutes les semaines mais moi c'est mon pote qui m'a ruiné en pièces d'arcade
IronWolf
Je l'assume, je vote pour lui à chaque fois, tant pis si c'est pas objectif
VinylByte
Same arguments every time, sure, but I still remember borrowing a friend's Dreamcast for a whole weekend just for this.
RogueNinja97
The 3D movement feels ahead of its time, though some matches still boil down to spamming the same weapon trick until it works, so I land somewhere in the middle on how good it really was compared to what people remember, and I say that as someone who still boots it up sometimes
Pixel_Poirier
La spam d'une seule technique, j'y ai pensé aussi en le relançant, sauf que perso je trouvais ça plus fun que frustrant, enfin au début, après un moment ça saoule un peu, faut dire
Coop_Hagenes
The arcade cabinet had a charm the ports never fully captured for me
Susan_82
Le classement récompense surtout la mémoire qu'on en garde plus que l'expérience réelle de rejouer aujourd'hui.
thompson_raleigh
My son found the disc in a drawer and asked what it was, so I dusted off the old setup for him, faults and all in my explanation of half the roster since I barely remembered the names myself.
IronDragon41
Half the roster forgotten and it still beats most of what's in this ranking
raphael_rempel
You'll probably say the roster carries it, but the weapon system deserves credit too