@@bimosatriyo1743 Man, SC3 is so underrated. I love that game too! Back in 2005, I remember seeing a demo of SC3 playing at a Best buy store. Because I was such a huge fan of SC2 (which was my introduction to the series), I just had to get SC3; and thankfully, my dad bought it for me. The two of us, along with my uncle, played SC3 to death over at my grandparents place beating the absolute hell out of each other. Oh, good times! It's around at least #4 on my list. Also, as much as I love SC3, it's such a shame that it didn't get ported anywhere else outside the PS2 or get any HD online remasters like SC2 did.
I grew up with SC1 and SC2, my mate has all the playstations set up so we thought we'd hit SC2 up for a laugh. It is crazy how much better this game is than its modern counterparts, the music is better and the graphics while dated more than get the job done; the thing that matters is the control. No input lag and no artificial lag to simulate online, just pure analogue control, you vs someone else with no meters or crutches no worry about. This game did not age at all, a new coat of paint and it would sell like crazy.
Really wish SC6 went back to its roots. I can't even enjoy the game because I only play against 2 bar morons who spend more time in the character creation mode playing with the boob slider instead of actually practicing the game. It got very stale and annoying after a few months.
@@viewtifulgold4223 Reversal edge ruined sc6 that and namco not even remotely supporting it not that they really support any of their fighting games its why the pro scene in tekken is dead aswell.
@@AuT0maTe1 Many think last greate tekken game is tekken 5 dark resurection. Many dont like come back mechanics because its unfair , u lose most time of the raund and game give u higher damage and super . If u wanna come back use skill and luck as in good old days.
It always bothered me that Soul Calibur as a whole barely gets noticed competitively. It's an accessible game for beginners and a deep game for experts.
Xianghua is broken in SC2 due to her fast long range attacks. Talim is good if you can close the distance, but good luck doing that against a competent Xianghua player.
Basically in this game the shorter the sword the higher the tier. Nightmare is pretty good but you have to be really good with him and he's slow compared to Talim.
Well.... that Voldo play was littered with horrible blanks so... who knows. What I experienced back in the day is that while Xng, Taki, and Talim were board leaders, they usually loss when a skilled position player used Voldo, Nightmare, or Maxi. Yoshi and Mitsurugi were very powerful but the defense and counter game of the player mattered most.
@@Roshea Yeah. Soulcalibur 2 modding is moving at crawling pace. They have a dolphin build with all 3 guest characters but that's the only significant thing that has been done. They're not able to import spawn's and heihachi's models yet (or any model at all really) so they just use voldo and mitsurugi's models for them. I'm kinda surprised that's all that has been accomplished, the game's old as hell now.
My favorite fighting game of all time. I'm a loyal Tekken player, I love Mortal Kombat, but this game's console version, the content, the gameplay, ooooooh... One of my favorite fighting and just games of all time. 👌🔥
I was definitely too young to fully appreciate this game when I was played it on GC. I just remember the crazy ass story mode and abusing Links’ tools lol
I thought Talim was one of the best characters tbh, I hardly lost whenever I used her. but I guess when you're doing competitive play, its a different story
Besides Link, I would always use Yunsung and Assassin. Yunsung is my main on the PS2 because I just can’t use Heihachi, one of his moves I just can’t do and it’s not the 10-hit combos.
XianghauCalibur II is pretty good. Would be nice if there was some character diversity. Jokes aside, CB 2017 had quite a bit of character representation. Not sure why CB ran the arcade version, the one with less characters.
Probably because each of the console releases had a different guest character, and different controllers. On an arcade build, you can plug in an arcade stick or a controller just fine.
@@youmo6054 The HD version on the PS3 and 360 (which is the one tournaments typically run) has every character except Link. PS3 and 360 are compatible with a litany of controllers as well.
@@Pan_Z I don't really follow competitive scenes, but I would imagine that when setting something like this up, they either want all the guest characters, or none of them. I just find it unfortunate that Nintendo's ownership of Link prevented him from being in the remaster(?).
XIANCHUA XIANCHUA XIANCHUA over and over again... it's boring and ruins this game. meanwhile VOLD player who is at 2nd is the very authentic and i think he is virtually triumph. Very awesome 4 this guy!
Cassandra is more on the offensive side, but Sophitia is on the defensive side. I guess it depends on how good someone is with either Alexandra sister.
Hey. It's called a supergun, it's a bit of equipment that you essentially plug the arcade board into, you then connect the TV to the supergun and the controllers to the supergun. Think of a supergun like a modern games console, and the arcade board being the cartridge.
Word cause I've been planning on doing that im thinking about making a game channel for the fun of it. Soulcalibur arcade.versions I wanted to get mainly their way more balanced than the system version don't get me wrong I like sc2 hd but the arcade versions are very polished with the gameplay
Surprised no one plays raphael in the tournament.. I always thought he had the most versatile kit in the game... For me it would ve been my first pick for every match!
Sad to say, but Raph is actually one of the weakers chars in this game, he has a lot of bad MUs and relies on a very straight gamestyle (Abusing down kick, 6B and the level 1 Guard Break)
I have no idea. Raphael is literally the scariest character in the game to fight. He’s got range, speed, and power to back it up. And some serious counter game too.
Hold up, this is competitive play?! WHERE ARE THE GUARD BREAKS!? My friend Lauren and I would have ten minute long matches because we would constantly guard break each other. Seriously, these are "professionals?" Pshaw.
@@davis1228 Sorry, Guard Impacts are what I meant! They are not difficult to pull off (you just need to recognize character movement) and they left the opponent pretty vulnerable. And yes, (I didn't know they were called this) the "whiffs" are very cool. I was always partial to Ivy's Summon Suffering and Kilik's Festival of the Damned.
@@jmbechtel high level sc2 play didn't have a lot of guard impacts because of a glitch in the game know as 2g. Basically if the player that is Guard impacted hits down and guard at the right frame, they play can block the attack. It just didn't work if the player would throw after guard impacting.
WHY DO I ONLY SEE XIANGHUA?? Are people that lazy to master another character? There are many characters, if out enough effort in, that are able to be on a higher level than xianghua.
@@Quickword15 1. lol at Link appearing on third-party consoles 2. Xianghua would've mashed Link into paste because...well, it's Xianghua, and Link may be fun, but he ain't that good. 3. Hello? Arcade version?
Unless there were some serious changes from arcade to console, these guys are wrong on a lot of things. And the matches would have been better if the players were more so focused on defeating their opponent instead of out cheating them.
A year late, but: you have no idea what you're talking about. These are some of the most knowledgeable players of Calibur there is/was. Not sure what you consider "cheating," but what ever the definition - no.
@@sukkafoo no, I know what I am talking about. Had two of the three versions and frequent the arcade before it came out. You know there are other players that are NOT on the coast. Most of the top players in the "FGC" are really not all good; just exploit a lot of the games' problems or logic. There are a lot of better players than what is commercially shown.
@@BlueMageWithSoulEdge commercially shown? WTH are you talking about? This was a tournament open to the public. If you think you know anyone capable of beating one of the players in this tournament, point them out. And feel free to put some money on the line. Actually, if you find me ONE player in this country as good as one of those in this video, I will personally play them for $100 on your behalf.
@@sukkafoo I can and perhaps most of the people on this thread. Just cause someone is sold as the "best" doesn't make them the best. Look at that joke: Aries-- he spam horizontal (and yes spam as in mash 'cause he lacks consistency in combos and pokes) with Voldo. He found a weakness in the Xuag and Killik match up and FGC consider him the "best". Any serious player of the series can see he is sheer trash. So again commercially shown does not equal best, nor even better.
@@BlueMageWithSoulEdge you can what? Beat these players? Fine, show me. Show up to any offline gathering, tell me which one. Bring your $100 you'll be losing. And who is Aries? You mean Aris? He literally WAS the best in the world in SC2. He isn't any more, but that's the nature of getting old.
![SoulCalibur II - Link Arcade Playthrough [Extremely Hard Difficulty] (GameCube) (Longplay)](/img/n.gif)
This game is the best Soul Calibur, and one of the best fighting games ever made.
I couldn't agree more they changed the moves way to much in the others.
Top three Soul Calibur games for me are
1. Soul Calibur II
2. Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)
3. Soul Calibur VI
For me is SC 3, SC 2, and SC 6
@@bimosatriyo1743 Man, SC3 is so underrated. I love that game too! Back in 2005, I remember seeing a demo of SC3 playing at a Best buy store. Because I was such a huge fan of SC2 (which was my introduction to the series), I just had to get SC3; and thankfully, my dad bought it for me. The two of us, along with my uncle, played SC3 to death over at my grandparents place beating the absolute hell out of each other. Oh, good times! It's around at least #4 on my list. Also, as much as I love SC3, it's such a shame that it didn't get ported anywhere else outside the PS2 or get any HD online remasters like SC2 did.
@@freddyvoorhees4293 did people not like soul calibur 3?
I grew up with SC1 and SC2, my mate has all the playstations set up so we thought we'd hit SC2 up for a laugh. It is crazy how much better this game is than its modern counterparts, the music is better and the graphics while dated more than get the job done; the thing that matters is the control. No input lag and no artificial lag to simulate online, just pure analogue control, you vs someone else with no meters or crutches no worry about. This game did not age at all, a new coat of paint and it would sell like crazy.
Really wish SC6 went back to its roots. I can't even enjoy the game because I only play against 2 bar morons who spend more time in the character creation mode playing with the boob slider instead of actually practicing the game. It got very stale and annoying after a few months.
Get the HD texture pack for Dolphin, run at 4K and It's flawless, man. No other SC has as good of a sound design as this, too.
Soul calibur games I played religiously was SC2 and SC4(mostly because of online). Have barely touched SC6. Gotta get into it.
@@viewtifulgold4223 Reversal edge ruined sc6 that and namco not even remotely supporting it not that they really support any of their fighting games its why the pro scene in tekken is dead aswell.
@@AuT0maTe1 Many think last greate tekken game is tekken 5 dark resurection. Many dont like come back mechanics because its unfair , u lose most time of the raund and game give u higher damage and super . If u wanna come back use skill and luck as in good old days.
Oh man, I'm in that competitive Soul Calibur 2 part of UA-cam again 😅
It always bothered me that Soul Calibur as a whole barely gets noticed competitively. It's an accessible game for beginners and a deep game for experts.
Cuz the Soulcalibur games after this one suck on a competitive level.
Seeing the lack of characters is rather heartbreaking.
Xianghua is broken in SC2 due to her fast long range attacks. Talim is good if you can close the distance, but good luck doing that against a competent Xianghua player.
Basically in this game the shorter the sword the higher the tier. Nightmare is pretty good but you have to be really good with him and he's slow compared to Talim.
@@taylorbee4010 Talim was nothing to me when i played Nightmare.
Well.... that Voldo play was littered with horrible blanks so... who knows.
What I experienced back in the day is that while Xng, Taki, and Talim were board leaders, they usually loss when a skilled position player used Voldo, Nightmare, or Maxi.
Yoshi and Mitsurugi were very powerful but the defense and counter game of the player mattered most.
Thank you so much, it's nice to watch some SC II! I really miss it! Best one!
It'll be cool a game version with Link, Spawn and Heihachi so they all can be used in tournaments.
If project M exists then I’m sure people could do it for SC.
Unfortunately the SC community is small by comparison
@@Roshea Yeah. Soulcalibur 2 modding is moving at crawling pace. They have a dolphin build with all 3 guest characters but that's the only significant thing that has been done. They're not able to import spawn's and heihachi's models yet (or any model at all really) so they just use voldo and mitsurugi's models for them. I'm kinda surprised that's all that has been accomplished, the game's old as hell now.
Look at the graphics absolutely stunning.
And you can actually see what is happening!!!! The franchise has lost its clean look. I think II and IV are the best of the franchise
@@Stanlos SCIV is kinda wacked but it's a damn gorgeous looking game it looks better than Soulcalibur VI even though it's 10 years older lol.
5:20 - Game 1
15:04 - Game 2
27:02 - Game 3
35:33 - Game 4
46:35 - Game 5
55:05 - Game 6
1:05:02 - Game 7
1:22:35 - Game 8
1:34:18 - Game 9
1:47:50 - Game 10
Thank u lmao
You rock dawg
My favorite game, Xianghua Caliber 2
My favorite fighting game of all time. I'm a loyal Tekken player, I love Mortal Kombat, but this game's console version, the content, the gameplay, ooooooh... One of my favorite fighting and just games of all time. 👌🔥
Great to see an impressive Taki and Talim too. Would've loved to see some Seong Mina too.
the third costumes in the console release are usually references to other namco games.
Crazy how SC2 is more hype than Guilty Gear Strive and MK11. Makes me wish I could compete in this game, lol
When Talim could actually dodge.
I was definitely too young to fully appreciate this game when I was played it on GC.
I just remember the crazy ass story mode and abusing Links’ tools lol
Lol ditto
Superb players here, would have loved to attend physically to that tournament
That Vold vs. Taki match was MAD!!
I thought Talim was one of the best characters tbh, I hardly lost whenever I used her. but I guess when you're doing competitive play, its a different story
Same... her and Yunsung.
For me, it will always be Cassandra. All day any day.
Besides Link, I would always use Yunsung and Assassin. Yunsung is my main on the PS2 because I just can’t use Heihachi, one of his moves I just can’t do and it’s not the 10-hit combos.
xianghua is considered the best character, due good frame data, high damage, long range and she’s fast
For me it's Nightmare, Decent damage and decent range.
I host this game on parsec arcade from time to time.
XianghauCalibur II is pretty good. Would be nice if there was some character diversity.
Jokes aside, CB 2017 had quite a bit of character representation. Not sure why CB ran the arcade version, the one with less characters.
Probably because each of the console releases had a different guest character, and different controllers. On an arcade build, you can plug in an arcade stick or a controller just fine.
@@youmo6054 The HD version on the PS3 and 360 (which is the one tournaments typically run) has every character except Link. PS3 and 360 are compatible with a litany of controllers as well.
@@Pan_Z I don't really follow competitive scenes, but I would imagine that when setting something like this up, they either want all the guest characters, or none of them. I just find it unfortunate that Nintendo's ownership of Link prevented him from being in the remaster(?).
It was a matter of not having enough PS3s with the game. The previous time it was run on PS3 it was a nightmare.
I wonder what game is the crowd cheering for !!
Let's go Jimmy!!
Hype
wow and this is professional -_-
Esom Voldo is coming along.
dude these guys are good, but. How do I join one of these?
Heartbreaking to watch the Taki player choke and drop the set :(
How do you get into one of these tournaments?
this game still looks amazing ,😯
XIANCHUA XIANCHUA XIANCHUA over and over again... it's boring and ruins this game. meanwhile VOLD player who is at 2nd is the very authentic and i think he is virtually triumph. Very awesome 4 this guy!
Who's stronger in Soul Calibur II? Cassandra or Sophitia?
Cassandra is more on the offensive side, but Sophitia is on the defensive side. I guess it depends on how good someone is with either Alexandra sister.
Xianghua.
First match at 5:20
How are they playing the arcade version with a controller? Is there.some kind of download in the new systems? Or some kind of port
Hey. It's called a supergun, it's a bit of equipment that you essentially plug the arcade board into, you then connect the TV to the supergun and the controllers to the supergun. Think of a supergun like a modern games console, and the arcade board being the cartridge.
Word cause I've been planning on doing that im thinking about making a game channel for the fun of it. Soulcalibur arcade.versions I wanted to get mainly their way more balanced than the system version don't get me wrong I like sc2 hd but the arcade versions are very polished with the gameplay
The soul calibur 2 arcade system (Namco System 246) was basically a PlayStation 2 and it had ps2 controller ports and you can hook them up as well :)
Esom is such a monster
What a fucking choke with Taki.
We ain’t gonna full screen it? :(
It kind of seemed a little unfair that Esom didn't get a break between matches.
I took a 15 year break, I'm fine with some back-to-back play.
one of the most difficult games to do combos
Xiang-yawwwwn
The characters with the shorter blades are usually top-tier but why does nobody play nightmare anymore?
It takes a good pilot
Pmuch
Is this the arcade version of the game?
Surprised no one plays raphael in the tournament.. I always thought he had the most versatile kit in the game... For me it would ve been my first pick for every match!
Sad to say, but Raph is actually one of the weakers chars in this game, he has a lot of bad MUs and relies on a very straight gamestyle (Abusing down kick, 6B and the level 1 Guard Break)
I have no idea. Raphael is literally the scariest character in the game to fight. He’s got range, speed, and power to back it up. And some serious counter game too.
I also have soul calibur 2 HD Online on ps3 super slim. But i need to continue improving my combos with these characters.
Where is Necrid?
58:47 *snifffffff*
Wish they had spawn
wait link isnt legal?
A bonafide classic. Love this game. Wish I didn’t give away my copy of the PS2 version.
Also, Xianghua is ridiculous in this game. Yeesh.
People in the comments acting like Xianghua is as broken as Tekken 5 Steve Fox lol
"Xi" in Chinese phonetics is a "Shh" sound, not "j" lol
Saying it fast you can easily mistakenly hear a J sound. He was probably saying it right
Man oh man can they please just re-release soul calibur 2 and 3 with good netplay.
SC 2 is the best fighting game of all time.
for a 2002 game its amazing........
why are they playing the ps2 version and not the hd version?
This was run on the actual arcade board.
I still have this game on PS2 and GameCube. Don't have the Xbox version since I don't have an Xbox.
Is there any combos.
@@davis1228 I think he was hopeful for mkx type game
If I was there I would win with voldo astroth maxi and xiangua
Just ban Xianghua next time for more character variety
Hold up, this is competitive play?! WHERE ARE THE GUARD BREAKS!? My friend Lauren and I would have ten minute long matches because we would constantly guard break each other. Seriously, these are "professionals?" Pshaw.
@@davis1228 Sorry, Guard Impacts are what I meant! They are not difficult to pull off (you just need to recognize character movement) and they left the opponent pretty vulnerable.
And yes, (I didn't know they were called this) the "whiffs" are very cool. I was always partial to Ivy's Summon Suffering and Kilik's Festival of the Damned.
@@jmbechtel high level sc2 play didn't have a lot of guard impacts because of a glitch in the game know as 2g. Basically if the player that is Guard impacted hits down and guard at the right frame, they play can block the attack. It just didn't work if the player would throw after guard impacting.
@@200percenthealth which is exactly what you did.
Is Necrid banned?
Why would they all play xiangua? That's so cringey
It's a competition, get over it
Because X was the easiest character in the game.
@@cz75fanaticI would not say the easiest, she's the best for sure but not the easiest
X players are so boring to watch lol
Extremely boring 😴
WHY DO I ONLY SEE XIANGHUA?? Are people that lazy to master another character? There are many characters, if out enough effort in, that are able to be on a higher level than xianghua.
Xianghua is pretty much universally considered the best character in the game.
@@ThreeEyedPea because she has cheap moves
Would’ve loved to see Link.
@@Quickword15 I think they're playing the arcade version of Soul Calibur II. Link was only on the GameCube as an exclusive guest character.
@@Quickword15 1. lol at Link appearing on third-party consoles
2. Xianghua would've mashed Link into paste because...well, it's Xianghua, and Link may be fun, but he ain't that good.
3. Hello? Arcade version?
I must’ve been the only weirdo thinking Kilik was good. Now I know he’s probably the worst player in the game haha
He's not the worst, not the best for sure, but he can get the job done well with his range and different cancels. Better than Raph and Yun for sure
🤢🤢🤢
Boring
Unless there were some serious changes from arcade to console, these guys are wrong on a lot of things. And the matches would have been better if the players were more so focused on defeating their opponent instead of out cheating them.
A year late, but: you have no idea what you're talking about. These are some of the most knowledgeable players of Calibur there is/was. Not sure what you consider "cheating," but what ever the definition - no.
@@sukkafoo no, I know what I am talking about. Had two of the three versions and frequent the arcade before it came out.
You know there are other players that are NOT on the coast. Most of the top players in the "FGC" are really not all good; just exploit a lot of the games' problems or logic. There are a lot of better players than what is commercially shown.
@@BlueMageWithSoulEdge commercially shown? WTH are you talking about? This was a tournament open to the public. If you think you know anyone capable of beating one of the players in this tournament, point them out. And feel free to put some money on the line. Actually, if you find me ONE player in this country as good as one of those in this video, I will personally play them for $100 on your behalf.
@@sukkafoo I can and perhaps most of the people on this thread.
Just cause someone is sold as the "best" doesn't make them the best. Look at that joke: Aries-- he spam horizontal (and yes spam as in mash 'cause he lacks consistency in combos and pokes) with Voldo. He found a weakness in the Xuag and Killik match up and FGC consider him the "best".
Any serious player of the series can see he is sheer trash.
So again commercially shown does not equal best, nor even better.
@@BlueMageWithSoulEdge you can what? Beat these players? Fine, show me. Show up to any offline gathering, tell me which one. Bring your $100 you'll be losing.
And who is Aries? You mean Aris? He literally WAS the best in the world in SC2. He isn't any more, but that's the nature of getting old.