SoulCalibur
Best features of popular console game missing from app port.
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SoulCalibur
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What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that SoulCalibur is an iOS adaptation of the popular console and arcade fighting game. There's a substantial amount of violence, but nothing is gory or bloody -- even with the inclusion of weapons like swords and axes. Some characters dress provocatively and there are advertising elements for a console version of the game. Note also that the game will not run on anything less than an iPhone 4, iPad 2, or fourth-generation iPod Touch. Users can share high scores via the Game Center social network, but participation is optional.
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Is It Any Good?
Given how many other arcade and console games have made it to iDevices, it was only a matter of time before SOULCALIBUR made the leap. But in moving the popular fighting game over, the developers left some of its most popular features out. And to make matters worse, they opted to charge substantially more than other apps.
The game looks pretty good -- and it's certainly fun for a short period -- but whether you'll find $12 worth of entertainment here is highly debatable, especially with the controls dominating the screen to the point that it's sometimes hard to see what's going on. Should you find this for $5 or less, it's worth a look, but otherwise, save your money for something more polished.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Release date: January 19, 2012
- Category: Action Games
- Publisher: NamcoBandai Games, Inc.
- Version: 1.0.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 4.3 or later
- Last updated: August 19, 2016
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