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Soul Blade


9.2

based on 12 reviews
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Choose your weapon with the newest greatest hit from the minds behind the Tekken series. Soulblade combines a cast of characters from around the world with an arsenal of medieval weapons to create a best-selling fighting challenge.

PUBLISHER:	Namco
DEVELOPER:	Namco
GENRE(S):	Fighting, Action
PLAYERS:	2
ESRB RATING:	T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE:	March 1, 1997

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Games Domain

No other fighter on the PSX has so completely combined great graphics with great gameplay and replayability. Soul Blade simply stands in a catagory by itself.

100

Gamestyle

It's just about perfect. The multiple play modes will keep you going long after "Tekken" has slid back to the trade in shop. The graphics are out of this world, and I still cannot work out how a game that came out in 1995 can have an introduction that looks so jaw droopingly fantastic. It plays amazing, it looks amazing, it’s quite simply amazing.

100

GamePro

Savage moves enable you to beat, stab, slice, and dice opponents with vicious violence that is sure to excite fight fans to unbelievable heights.

Game Revolution

By far the best fighter out there at the moment. While it doesn't do anything "revolutionary," it's a damn good game that any fighting game fan should definitely buy.

All Game Guide

With astounding graphics and nearly every pixel of the arcade version represented, beautiful backgrounds, lighting effects and unsurpassed character animation, Soul Blade is a wonder to watch and even more amazing to play.

TotalGames.net

Represents state-of-the-art gaming and pushes the PlayStation to its limits -- short of nicking a coin-op, this is the closest thing you'll ever come to arcade perfection in the home.

Absolute Playstation

The Edge-Master mode is a wonderful idea and really helps to bring each character into focus. This is easily the best looking fighter on the market today, I just wish it had more characters to choose from.

Gamezilla!

The in game fighting in Soul Blade is where the game really shines. There is little lag time between button selections and the execution of the desired move. The characters move very fluidly and quite fast.

IGN

Soul Blade's only drawback is that it may be too easy. The combos are fairly simplistic, and button mashing seems to have as much impact as memorizing chains.

GameSpot

Visually astonishing from the moment you turn it on... A great fighting game with its share of flaws.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

This Namco fighter lets you use weapons to kick your opponent's ass. [Jan 2004, p.189]

Adrenaline Vault

The fast and vicious action puts it near the top of its class in the fighting genre, while the interesting characters keep it from being lumped in as just another clone.

The average user rating for this game is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kitty C. gave it a 10:
This game is in a whole new league to other fighting games and in my opinion much better than Tekken.

Jim O. gave it a 10:
This game rocks and taki is lush.

Jason H. gave it a 10:
Soulblade was the virst playstation game I saw that could drag me away from my PC, N64, and Vectrex. It was the perfect game for unleashing violent feelings aroused by employers, roomates, and college professors. No fighter before or since had had features like direction-sensetive blocks, breakable weapons, etc. Sadly, not even the Soul Caliber titles are as well made, though they of course have superior graphics. Soul Blade is one of the few games that solely justifies owning a platform. I give it a ten.

Bob L. gave it a 10:
This game kicks ass.

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