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I was maybe thirteen, standing behind two older guys who kept winning and refusing to give up the stick, so I just watched the whole afternoon and memorized…
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SoulCalibur II
2002 · Fighting · Arcade · Namco
SoulCalibur II is ranked no. 330 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,753 and 76% of duels won.
World rank
no. 330
ELO score
1,753
Wins
76%
Duels played
102
About SoulCalibur II
SoulCalibur II is the third installment in the Soul series and continues the tradition of his predecessors with improved graphics, new characters and new levels. A majority of the action takes place in Weapon Master mode where you have to choose a character and travel a set map to fight the many other warriors through different levels and challenges. Console ports were released, including guest characters from other franchises.
The Arcade version has a unique mode called "Conquest Mode". This mode, which uses a name and password system to save data, allows the player to select one army among four. The player then fights against enemies in a series of eight 1-round battles, win or lose (the first seven are based on the player's rank, and the eighth is chosen by the player – this can only be interrupted by a Versus challenger.) After each round, the player earns EXP and can be promoted, and the game also rates the player in four categories: Soul, Power, Wisdom and Skill. The game also keeps track of which moves the player knows and uses most often. After the eight battles, territory control is updated and the player has the option to fight a bonus round against their character played by the AI.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,753 ELO points over the last 123 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Mortal Kombat II 75% 4 duels played · 65 points ahead
- against Mortal Kombat 3 67% 3 duels played · 154 points ahead
- against Mafia 67% 3 duels played · 23 points behind
- against Road Rash 100% 2 duels played · 304 points ahead
- against Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 100% 2 duels played · 340 points ahead
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34 comments
UlicesByte
I was maybe thirteen, standing behind two older guys who kept winning and refusing to give up the stick, so I just watched the whole afternoon and memorized every guest character's intro without ever touching the controls myself.
Faivre4
J'avais à peu près le même âge et la même position, spectateur derrière deux joueurs qui ne lâchaient rien.
ArcadeWarden2
I remeber lining up quarters on the cabinet edge like everyone did back then, waiting my turn while older kids called the next matchup out loud like it mattered more than school did.
NovaRider
Same lining-up-quarters memory here honestly, except our older kids called out combos instead of matchups, wich made it feel like a whole secret language none of us new players understood yet.
qstanton
For a game this old to still sit at 1774 with 98 duels feels off, the roster carried it more than the mechanics did.
FramePlayer
Fair point on the roster, but stack it against Mortal Kombat II or Street Fighter II and the whole ranking conversation shifts, it's never just one title carrying a spot at 281.
GlitchBard
I get called out for saying the roster carried it, fair, but I still pick guests over the core cast every time.
VinylRex
My cousin swore by the guest pick too, every single arcade run, no exceptions.
RogueNinja62
Replying to GlitchBard
On va vraiment revoter ça combien de fois avant que quelqu'un accepte le score tel quel ?
SilentHunter2
Duels count more than nostalgia for me here, and 78% across 98 fights against names like that says the roster carrys weight beyond guest gimmicks.
GhostKnight
Anyone else remember the line for this cabinet (longer than the one for the snack counter)?
CoopRider14
La comparaison avec Mortal Kombat II me semble un peu dure, l'un mise sur la brutalité et l'autre sur la précision des armes, deux façons différentes de tenir une borne pleine.
IronKnight2004
My roommate and I used to pick the guest character just to see people's reactions, it became this weird ritual before anything else. The actual fighting system holds up fine but we spent more time laughing at reactions than analyzing matchups.
Moral2003
Vosotros os reíais con lo del invitado, nosotros llorábamos por las monedas perdidas cada tarde.