I\'ve got my hands on Soul Calibur 2!!!

What can i say?? This game ROCKS!!! Too bad all the mission is in japanese...I\'ll get the converted version again when it\'s release.

One suprise though, Heihaichi actually plays a lot better than i thought in this game. He\'s faster now and has more one-two combo than in Tekken, which he definitely needs if he don\'t want to being the beating boy of the game since he doesn\'t have a weapon!!

And Taki....her skin tight outfit is so tight, you can see the shape of her nipples, no kidding!!! Obviously she left her bra back in SC...

bastard... lucky guy... how many characters are there in total? Any important gameplay change with respect the first part? HOw is the OST?

Well...as far as I can see, there\'s not much change to the system, but of course, there are new moves in it, but the again...what do i know...it\'s all japanese!!

As for the graphics, it\'s very sharp especially the characters, but the ground have some aliasing problems which the PS2 seems can\'t run away from, but it\'s really minimal and not as bad as those seen in VF4(the original VF4, I heard VF4 evo has improved on this issue).

In fact, i saw some pretty sharp images of the characters on some web site which claims to be PS2 version which I didn\'t quite believe, until now.

But between this and SC, the improvement is really not THAT significant...the original SC is still a masterpiece that can withstand the test of time. But the lightsourcing here seems to be improved and the colours are a bit richer. Highly detailed textures are abound too throughout the game.

The Arcade mode on "Normal" seems to be way too easy(i haven\'t try the other difficulties yet) but there is something call \'Extra Arcade\' after you beat the game the 1st time...not sure what\'s the different between this and normal arcade but the AI seems way tougher after the first few battle compare to normal arcade which is a push-over.

Didn\'t really count the number of characters yet...but there are empty picture square in the character selection menu and I haven\'t been able to unlock any of them yet even after beating the game on normal Arcade mode many times...maybe you need to beat some other modes to get it...not really sure.

One thing though, Seung Mina is missing!!! I hope she\'s one of those unlockable secret character.

And for the first time, Heihachi is actually fun to play with...I hated the old geezer in Tekken.

Oh yeah, Necrid is an interesting new character. He can emulates the moves of the other fighters and draw out a transparent green colour weapon respective to each of the move of the original character. But of course, he only know a few moves from each of the character. Nonetheless, a lot more interesting than crappy Lizardman which is nowhere to be seen (Yahoo!).

The Rock fella,(Can\'t remember his name, but it\'s the big indian like guy who swings a big axe) is not here too.

[Kurt Angle]

You are one lucky guy.

/me looks forward to the european release on 26th September!

Paul haven\'t you seen Lizardman? Look for it... you will maybe find it

Thanx for the info.

Originally posted by Paul
What can i say?? This game ROCKS!!! Too bad all the mission is in japanese...I\'ll get the converted version again when it\'s release.

One suprise though, Heihaichi actually plays a lot better than i thought in this game. He\'s faster now and has more one-two combo than in Tekken, which he definitely needs if he don\'t want to being the beating boy of the game since he doesn\'t have a weapon!!

And Taki....her skin tight outfit is so tight, you can see the shape of her nipples, no kidding!!! Obviously she left her bra back in SC...

:eek:  i want !!!!!! *pouting* . Damit i hate you. Taki is my favorite character too. This game looks really dope. Dont tell me this again or im gunna cry.... and then stalk you down and take your game.  Just Kidding. Cant wait. Hopefully the US version doesnt get toned down:(

sounds very cool,will be cooler to hear more views on it, after you have played it more

Okay..looks like LizardMan in there...I fought him in the teamBattles.

Anyway, there\'s 15 character by default with 5 missing pictures. So far, I\'ve only unlocked YoshiMitsu by beating some missions in the Mission mode. Unlocking character in this game is NOT easy. You don\'t get any new characters by just winning the game with a character in the Arcade or Extra mode.

I was trying my luck and entered "Seung Mina" into the hi-score table after I\'ve beaten a game in the Original Arcade with Yoshimitsu and when I return to the main menu, I heard a japanese voice saying something which sounds like Seung Mina!! Dammit! But she\'s not in the character selection screen!! Perhaps she\'s in there after all!!!

Other old SC characters I\'ve fought includes:
Sophita & Gervantes. So I guess u can unlock them later as well.

this sounds very good my friend...

Okay, I did it!! I unlocked all the hidden characters!! You must beat the mission mode until up to chapter 5 or 6 to get all the characters. And Seung Mina is the last character to unlock!!

The unlockable characters are:
Sophita,Gervantes,Seung Mina, One new character(that plays like the Weapon Master back in SC but is a monster of sorts) and Yoshimitsu.

Anyway, Lizardman is so far not playable and there\'s one new character which you get to fight. He\'s really huge and not playable so far. Maybe he\'s unlockable too??

But I still don\'t get what the weapons buying have got to do with the mission mode. I suppose you can use different weapons with each character but so far, I have no such luck.

More updates later.

Oh yeah, Sophita plays quite differently from the original SC. She\'s faster now, has better reach and some cyclone kicks that is similar like Kasumi of DOA but not at such a fast pace so you can\'t cheap shot everyone with your kicks.

Cassandra(the new character) which resembles Sophita plays more like the old Sophita.