SoulCalibur - Sega Dreamcast Review

[@EvilFuGuru]

One of the best fighting games of all time. One of the best launch games of all time. One of the best games of all time.

[@besotoxicomusic]

I’m with you on two of those. But I’m biased like anyone else.

[@jreschke5]

Couldn’t have said it better

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

Check, and check, and check. A+

[@DesertRainReads]

I miss those days, Soul Calibur was such an amazing game packed to the gills with content on the Dreamcast. It was better than the arcade in all forms, and it was a system seller. I loved the Dreamcast, such a happy period in my memories of gaming, when it died, a part of the gaming industry died too. Sega left the hardware business and gaming just hasn't been the same since.

[@stevesteve0521]

I’m with you on the first two statements it’s hard for me to say it’s one of the best games of all time between the millions that exists. I will say it’s probably in the top ten to me of games I played the most in my life

[@ShinobiWan1]

Ah, I remember driving home with my cousin from Toys R Us with a brand new Dreamcast, and Soul Calibur on 9/9/99. What a great day!

[@DrGamelove]

I skipped my class that day. You don’t go to class when you have a new Sega console, Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur! 9/9/99 forever... then House of the Dead 2, Code Veronica and Crazy Taxi a little later, omg.

[@DesertRainReads]

Aye, I got mine Christmas of that year. My best friend got one at launch though, and it was my time on his Dreamcast that sold me on it entirely. I wanted one and when I got it, I was so happy. I then got Soul Calibur a few months after that and was immediately blown away. I miss the Dreamcast, I miss when Sega was a titan of the hardware industry. Ever since they left, gaming hasn't been the same.

[@DrGamelove]

@@DesertRainReads absolutely we need the true Sega back.

[@tom11zz884]

I feel you, I missed out on launch day because it didn't have the money to buy one then, but made up for it the following year when I lucked out and got one on sale at Toys R US, with Daytona USA game!!

[@DrGamelove]

@Brian Babin MvC2 is in my top 3 of all time probably and the only fighting game I've completely memorized and the Dreamcast version absorbed me. I thought I was good until I got instantly bitch slapped playing on xbox live years later lol. Turns out I was just good against my drunk buddies.

[@briantaylor3031]

Man i spent a whole summer only playing soulcalibur. Unlocked literally everything, had the gold title screen. The last few art gallery were expensive af.

[@DesertRainReads]

It was such a beautiful game, I remember unlocking everything on it myself. I miss this game, and I miss the Dreamcast. When Sega left the hardware business, a part of gaming went with it too. It just hasn't been the same since.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@DesertRainReads Yeah when Sega left the console business they became a different company altogether. They feel like just a shell of their former selves.

[@adam1984pl]

you can download a save for PS2 version.

[@DesertRainReads]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I do agree, aside from Valkyria Chronicles, Yakuza, and the Genny collections, I feel they just don't have the same staying power with their games like they once did. The Sonic games have taken a massive nosedive in terms of quality, mainly from being pushed out way too early with game breaking bugs. Sonic '06 is a prime example of this, fans have since been working on ironing it out. Same with Sonic Unleashed. Both were developed for the wrong generation of systems I feel and both had too short of a development cycle.

[@jmartin1885]

@@DesertRainReads if you have a pc, check-out the redream emulator...

[@greenEYEDdj]

I got a $200 speeding ticket like 2 days before 9/9/99. Bought a dreamcast instead of pay the fine. Been dodging an APB ever since. I regret nothing.

[@maxhammer4067]

And you are the living breaking definition of the word HERO

[@Primeminister7381]

Damnnnn savageeee😭😭😭✌💪💪💪

[@gamebriz4163]

Still have my Sega Dreamcast, SoulCalibur holds up well to this day....

[@bassage13]

I have mine too!

[@venom74799]

I’ve still got mine with the VGA box adapter as well.

[@TheRealBlackarrot]

@@venom74799 Ditto

[@TheRealBlackarrot]

Same here

[@bringbackmy90s]

Old games are always better imho. Banzai!

[@joefell5311]

This was also one of the best, if not THE best looking Dreamcast games. Graphically amazing.

[@joshuamackey2326]

Hell it still looks good even today

[@billcook4768]

Not bad for an American launch title.

[@realamericannegro977]

In my opinion it's one of the best looking the the series. If the polygons were as high as the 2nd game it would really be insane.

[@vsanz4758]

@Daniel Long Dead or Alive 3 on Xbox was impressive too

[@AltimaNEO]

@@vsanz4758 she kicks high...

[@billcook4768]

Honestly, the most impressive “in its time” game ever, Soul Calibur forever changed the balance of poet in video games. Before SC, the arcades were king and home consoles could only hope to match them. Soul Calibur passed anything the arcades had to offer, and home gaming never looked back.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

well, sure, but some of us knew that Killer Instinct on the SNES was ahead of its time for home console on affordable hardware.

[@MrZillas]

@@WithScienceAsMySheperd That's like talking about a 50-horsepowers-car from the 1980s, while watching a documentary about a 800-horsepowers-Ferrari from 2020.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

ever playd the killer instinct arcade ? We don't care for games in your part of the multiverse ? you superficial gamer :P

[@jaywolfenstien]

Soul Calibur's music also has a unique sound. Many of the tracks sound like Marches in their percussion. Most other games would only tap into that for a "military" moment (and usually watered down and boring). But Soul Calibur has every flavor of a March, and has a wide range of unexpected melodies on top of that percusion. You hear that blend and immediately think, "Soul Calibur." Not many games have that distinct a sound that's all its own.

[@rainehappy7097]

The OST is on par with RPGs in some areas!

[@bulloguin]

Even in Soul Calibur 6 I change the stage music for the Soul Calibur original Soundtrack. Is simply breathtaking! The same thing in Tekken 7, I prefer the Tekken Tag Tournament 1 and Tekken 3 original Soundtrack rather than the new tracks.

[@AaronHendu]

The graphics absolutely blew me away at the time, and the weapon combat was really cool. This is one of my favourite fighters, even if fight fans will say it lacks depth or something. I still go back and play it often. And it's still awesome.

[@Astfgl]

I always take that "lack of depth" criticism with a grain of salt. Soul Calibur's gameplay has plenty of depth to it, but it isn't as overly complicated as modern fighting games are. It just means Soul Calibur is more approachable for the casual fighting game fan, whereas a lot of fighting games these days are targeted squarely at die-hard fighting enthusiasts who don't mind spending hours memorizing all the frame data of every move. Personally I don't find that a lot of fun, and it's one of the reasons why I have fallen out of love with the fighting game genre over the years.

[@bassage13]

This game was MIND BLOWING. I never saw anything that looked this amazing at the time.

[@feps9555]

Soul Calibur from Dreamcast is still the game that impressed me the most as a player, light years ahead of arcades, something that no one could ever imagine and that even left the powerful games of model 3 in the dust, an incredible and unforgettable game and beautiful even today !!

[@mortenera2294]

If this was released on Model 3, the graphics would've been even more mind-blowing

[@CptKennyLoggins]

I was in college when this game came out. Left my dorm door open and epic tournaments ensued. Sharing beers with newly made friends was good times! 2v2 drunk college kids playing Virtua Tennis was also good all nighters.

[@thescentprofiler5539]

Virtua Tennis was the shit!

[@MrZillas]

@@thescentprofiler5539 Not really a tennis-fan, but when I saw Virtua Tennis back then the first time, I thought, it was real humans.

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

This video strengthens the balls of Sega Lord X!

[@mephosto]

but the soul still burns...

[@nicholasbullock1709]

@@mephosto there’s a cream for that.

[@AltimaNEO]

@@nicholasbullock1709 I don't know how Sonic and pals would feel about that

[@Astfgl]

Soul Calibur is a textbook example of a 10/10 game. There is absolutely nothing that this game can be faulted for. Graphics technology, art design, animation, gameplay, sound effects and music all come together in a package that is as close to perfection as you can possibly get. This game blew me away as a kid and it still looks and feels amazing to this day; it has aged very gracefully. Most of its many sequels are fine games in themselves, but none of them can hold a candle to the majesty of this one perfect moment in time.

[@xenniealsentinel1800]

Ordered a dreamcast sent to my house Sonic didn't work NFL 2k was awesome Soul caliber remains the biggest generational leap I've ever seen

[@mlangland]

The reason I bought the Dreamcast right when it launched. Ah, the memories. Thanks, Lord X.

[@TRJ2241987]

I wasn't able to convince my Mom to help me buy a Dreamcast until February 2000 so we could play Crazy Taxi, but I remember getting my hands on a copy of Soul Caliber shortly after that. Even at that point at Age 13, I had somehow never seen the arcade game, and I had no awareness of exactly what Caliber was other than a fighting game. I somehow brought this game home with no awareness of how good it was actually going to be, I just remember saying to my Dad in the car, "Here's another game I'm gonna kick your butt in!" and then we went home and popped in the disc and I'm pretty sure our jaws both dropped to the ground at the graphics

[@herbaldragonX]

thumbs up if you ever got home after a long day/night and put this one your DC to just relax and enjoy the music

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Dude these graphics were MIND BLOWING at the time. I couldn't believe it

[@edge6441]

Same here!

[@dr.manhattan6669]

This game looks amazing in 4k on a dreamcast emulator.Hard to believe it's over 20 years old.

[@bulloguin]

When the Dreamcast arrived I was blown away by the graphical power of the console, and even better when I first played Soul Calibur in it I just couldn’t believe the amazing playability and graphics. SEGA’s Dreamcast IS my favorite console of all time and Soul Calibur IS my favorite and must played game in my gaming life! If you cannot play it in a Dreamcast play it in a Xbox One or Series X/S as a backward compatible game from the Xbox 360 Live Arcade era! LOVE IT!

[@dougkaplan1449]

Fond memories of playing this in college. My soul still burns . . .

[@edge6441]

Welcome to the stage of history brother!

[@jacobbaranowski]

Me too, I must have played with you. Soul Caliber was great at college

[@MANOFGOD9000]

It's amazing how Soul Calibur still holds up graphically to this day!

[@user-tz4yj2bz8w]

I'll always remember, on launch day I had the dreamcast, this game, Sonic Adventure and Marvel vs Capcom along with the official arcade stick. I finally had arcade perfect games at home and this game helped bring in a whole new era of gaming

[@tom11zz884]

Those Dreamcast arcade sticks are pricey to get now and hard to find

[@dannywholuv]

Absolute glory moment for Sega fans around the world. This was a pure showcase of what the dreamcast could do.

[@85futureshock]

If you weren't around on 9/9/99, you can never understand how huge the Dreamcast launch was. It wasn't just a system launch, it was like an event. There was nothing like it until the PS5 launch and even then, it's still kinda subdued in comparison. Soul Calibur wasn't just an arcade port but an entire reconstruction of the game graphically that still looks amazing 20+ years later. So many memories of inviting friends over after the first day of school on 9/9/99 for games of SC, Power Stone and Sonic Adventure.

[@smugshrug]

I enjoyed this game on my Dreamcast in the early 2000's. I re-lived it with friends in the 2010's. And now my younger brother is enjoying it in the 2020's.

[@tylersmith9868]

Who cares

[@ericcando2903]

That's pretty awesome. Keeping the console alive.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

The Sega Dreamcast had a library of timeless classics.

[@thescentprofiler5539]

Yes that is why it's still my favorite console I've ever purchased

[@bottom]

I got this game when it released. Favorite Dreamcast game of all time. Still play this on an emulator.

[@scottmichaelhedge5055]

This and Dead or Alive 2 were fricking mind-blowing at the time, graphics-wise.

[@SlyBeast]

This was an absolute must on 9/9/99! Speaking of that legendary date, man, Dreamcast had a rock-solid launch lineup! This, Powerstone, NFL Blitz, Hydro Thunder, Sonic Adventure, House of the Dead 2, and more!! The soul still burns in 2021!!

[@Dagasm]

My first taste of this was at a computer show shortly before the Dreamcast released in North America. One vendor had the Japanese version hooked up to about 8 CRT monitors and I just stood there watching in awe. One of my favorite fighters and it's aged quite well.

[@CodeXCDM]

9-9-99 I took a sick day from school so I could get the Dreamcast, Sonic Adventure, and Soul Calibur. Fondly remember spending the entire day. That intro for SC... Just beautiful. Game still looks great to this day.

[@callmemarc]

9/9/99, got up early, went to Funcoland and walked out with my new Dreamcast, Sonic Adventure, NFL2K and Soul Calibur! I was the first person there and the guy took the plastic promotional covering off of the front of the shelves that had been hiding all of the Dreamcast merchandise.

[@TheCausalParadox]

Soulcalibur was a masterpiece. There was something truly magical about it.

[@n0isyturtle]

I fully attribute DC SC as the keystone for every 3D fighter that came after it. 3D fighters to this very day use what SC laid out the groundwork for. I'd even say morso than Virtua Fighter.

[@krazycharlie]

I once saw the arcade cabinet in one of my local arcades but never had the chance to play it, mainly because it was always busy, as much as any of the Capcom and SNK fighting games. When I played it on the DC, what blew my mind wasn't the graphics even thought they were incredible. It was the music and the audio in general what captivated me. To this day, the music in DC SoulCalibur is my favorite of all the DC games that I've played and have watched being played.

[@akapantsusenpai181]

I remember playing this at the local arcade. It was such a cool game.

[@josepartida1711]

Voldo. One of my fav fighting game characters.

[@Sinn0100]

I remember seeing Dreamcast games for the first time on a video in Electronics Boutique. My best friend and I at the time were buying games for our PlayStations. When that video came on we were absolutely mesmerized by it. We both believed and argued with the cashier that everything we saw was pure FMV. There was no way in Hell games looked like that on a home console. Back in mid '98 you would be hard pressed to find arcade cabs worthy of that picture. He preordered his Dreamcast right then and there while I did my preordering at Toy's R US (he got the last one, bastard). ;) The day the Dreamcast dropped I had to work a double shift and I missed picking it up. My best friend and now roommate got his however. The very first game I saw running on his Dreamcast was Soul Caliber and I was completely floored. The 6th generation was the greatest leap in graphical fidelity we had ever witnessed before and it stood the test of time for a very longtime. At any rate, that next morning (I didn't even go to bed) I picked up my Dreamcast with Soul Caliber, House of The Dead 2, and Sonic Adventure. While he had NFL2K, Soul Caliber, and I want to say Hydro Thunder. That night we threw a huge house party with both Dreamcasts running at the same time. We had Soul Caliber tournaments running all night long in our livingroom. What a time to be out on your own and a gamer. Too this very day we still throw huge get togethers solely for the love of gaming. Addendum- The 6th generation was the greatest leap in graphical fidelity we had ever witnessed before and it stood the test of time for a very longtime. This leap was so profound that it took three generations of gaming to finally surpass it. For a long time I thought the days of great improvements by leaps and bounds to be largely behind us. Thankfully, that isn't the case, the 9th generation has become a return to form for both Microsoft and Sony. Seeing games running in 4K@60FPS HDR10 w/Ray Tracing on is simply breathing and reminds me of the time I fist laid eyes on the Sega Dreamcast....long may the game industry live.

[@DesertRainReads]

I miss the Dreamcast and I so miss when Sega was a titan of the hardware industry. Gaming hasn't been the same since they left it behind. There were a plethora of awesome titles on the Dreamcast from go. Sonic Adventure, NFL2K, Power Stone, Soul Calibur, just to name a few. It was a system that sadly went out like a super nova, blowing up violently just as more amazing titles were hitting too.

[@thescentprofiler5539]

Marvel vs Capcom 2. Code Veronica, Crazy Taxi 1& 2, Street Fighter III..the list goes on and on

[@JoeyJ0J0]

I didn't play this a lot on the Dreamcast but I have the XBLA version, I love it. The Dreamcast had so many great fighting games.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

You were spoiled for choice on the Dreamcast.

[@greenEYEDdj]

Dreamcast had the best launch line up ever. Fight me.

[@Game_Hero]

Godzilla wants a word with you

[@singletona082]

They went in all guns blazing for the US launch.

[@SilverAxe13]

I think the GameCube might be the one console that makes an argument against it, but that’s it.

[@singletona082]

@@SilverAxe13 Fair enough, but at the same time I think dreamcast launch lineup edges gamecube out on sheer 'holy shit they ain't fucking around'

[@SilverAxe13]

@@singletona082 Yeah man, it was some next level stuff. Smash Bros. Melee is really the only reason I give the GameCube a slight edge. And hell, it released 2 weeks late so you could even argue that it doesn’t count. Dreamcast was a day one must-have console.

[@jhsdemo]

I remember the first time i saw this game in action. I was in my animation class when a friend takes it out of his backpack straight from Japan. He hooks it up to the animation monitor and we are floored by it. From that point on, I knew the Dreamcast was going to be special.

[@katiepersons6575]

The Japanese are crazy for passing on this masterpiece.

[@markandisobel]

so true

[@MJFLIX]

This was the big one! Launch Day, no load times, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, the Soul Still Burns 😎

[@eriklarson7023]

This was the game that sold me on a Dreamcast. The amount of content was mind-blowing for the time. One of my favorite things was the intro edit, which allowed you to change the characters shown during the intro (possible because the entire intro is rendered in real time, no FMV anywhere). Could be very amusing, especially when you replace Sophitia with Astaroth and show him standing daintily in a field :)

[@CaptainMauser]

The Greatest fighting game created and still is....There is only one thing to nitpick about and it's a bit too easy to do ringouts in the game...

[@dennismcdonald2607]

I distinctly recall being at my friends place with this game on the DC playing through his new Sony Trinitron 32" flat screen and just losing it at the crisp graphic and particle effects. To this day it's still number one in my books for that memory alone!

[@Guns7469]

One of the best, if not the best game on the console. I would play the game at home. Then while going to the movies would say, what the heck and play the arcade machine. Blew my mind and for the first time in my life, the dreamcast looked better than the arcade. Incredible game.

[@michaelneilvalencia2205]

If Dreamcast wasn't discontinued and SoulCalibur 2 was released in the system, who would you have wanted as Sega's guest character? I would have loved either Gilius Thunderhead from Golden Axe or Joe Mushashi from Shinobi to be in it!

[@djslw0114]

SoulCalibur 1 will always be my favorite one no matter how far the series went, there's just something great about those semi-low poly looking characters and those liminal space like stages, which were slowly gone as the series progress.

[@ЗорроЗорро-ъ3п]

Hello I play SioulCalibur 1 online I'm from Ukraine What's your vavorite Hero or Heroine of SoulCalibur?

[@djslw0114]

@@ЗорроЗорро-ъ3п Well Hello friend. Nightmare was always my favorite, when it comes to fighting games I just love characters who wears full armor.

[@ЗорроЗорро-ъ3п]

Did you play Mace dark ages? Lord Deimos from Mace in full armor.@@djslw0114 Where are you from?

[@ЗорроЗорро-ъ3п]

Hello my friend! I play Soulcalibur 1 now but I play it on RETROGAMES ARCADE and here few heros. But I love this game. I play Arthur now. How to play Soulcalibur 1 with ore heros and heroinesses ONLINE?@@djslw0114 I registrated Vizzed but I don't know how to switch on game. I will be very thankful to you if you help me on Vizzed to find Soulcalibur.

[@ЗорроЗорро-ъ3п]

Hello I played Soulcalibur and your Hero Nightmar beat me downd perfect in one round and almost destroyed me in second round but fell down. If he woudn't fell down he wod win.Where are you from? How old you?@@djslw0114

[@agmcroom2374]

This game was and still a masterpiece. This was also my first game that came with my Dreamcast when I bought it at Steal from a friend of a friend. The graphics were mind blowing considered it was a big jump form the prey generations of systems, but also it was a huge upgrade from the arcade version. The music and stages are still one of the best in the series next to soul caliber 2. A few months ago I played through the entire game to unlock all of the characters and I’m still collecting all of the weapons, but we know that takes time lol.

[@stevesteve0521]

Game blew my mind 22 years ago and still does now. Soul calibur, Marvel vs capcom 1 and 2, all the KOF games, Mark of the wolves, capcom vs snk mark of millennium and pro, Capcom vs snk 2, power stone 1 and 2, Street fighter double impact and third strike plus Super turbo and alpha 3 are the reason why Dreamcast was the ultimate fighting machine (or at least tied with the Saturn and I’m not even including the atomiswave games)

[@aegisreflector1239]

Yes exactly, also Dreamcast has the best Darkstalkers/Vampire Savior game ever imo, Vampire Chronicle. And the only arcade perfect console port of Jojos Bizzare Adventure Capcom games Also Guilty Gear X, Tech Romancer,Fighting Vipers 2 and Virtua Fighter 3

[@stevesteve0521]

@@aegisreflector1239 yes absolutely, I just named games on the top of my head but I’m upset I forgot about vampire chronicles since that’s probably my favorite of them all. Such a fantastic library of games, specifically fighting games (admittedly I don’t use the Dreamcast controller to play them I never found that controller comfortable for fighting games).

[@aegisreflector1239]

@@stevesteve0521 Yes I forgot some as well, which is why I had to edit my comment. I know people don't like Dreamcast controller for fighting games but I always thought it got the job done, I even played in a Marvel vs Capcom 2 tournament long time ago using a Dreamcast controller

[@stevesteve0521]

@@aegisreflector1239 I like the concept of the controller with the VMU’s and how it showed the image of the game when playing it or the image of the character for a fighting game like soul calibur when playing it plus it allowed you to put two VMU’s or memory cards or rumble oak in their which was cool. I even liked the button layout, I liked where the shoulder buttons were and I thought everything else was aligned properly. The things I don’t like though was the fact that it downgraded from an 8 button controller on the Saturn to a 6 button on the Dreamcast (I know basically all fighting games are max 6 buttons but it’s good sometimes to have those extra 2 buttons especially for the capcom fighting games). I also don’t like the shape of the controller I feel like it’s two wide both vertically and horizontally and of course having the wire on the button doesn’t help. Finally the d pad never did it for me, it didn’t have the same motion as segas previous d pad controllers and the buttons themselves are a little rougher than other buttons which can cause finger peeling easily. Sorry for the rant that’s just how I always felt about the controller and honestly with the alternatives now I don’t miss it much

[@stevensonchambers5577]

This game blew my mind when I first saw it running on a Dreamcast. Never before had I seen an arcade port look orders of magnitude better than the arcade original. It was chock full of extras for replay value and also had one of the best musical scores ever. A masterpiece formula that I wish other companies would emulate. THIS is how you do a proper arcade port.

[@dab7465]

This was my first game on a brand new system....i will never forget this day. Thank you for this video i was smiling the whole time ^^

[@jakescartoons6045]

Well, at least Fighters Megamix on the Saturn has a massive amount of content.

[@CubamusPrime]

Imagine if Sega did FM 2 on Dreamcast

[@jakescartoons6045]

@@CubamusPrime Gotta say, that would be freaking dope! They could even add more Sonic characters, including Sonic himself (the actual Fighters Megamix only had Bean and Bark)!

[@edge6441]

Soul Calibur...the game cited as a reason to own a DC...man what can i say summer of '00 with not a care in the world i was fully enjoying this masterpiece of a game...god is good! Having played soul blade for at least a year before this ported to DC this game was a dream materialised in reality. I went crazy with its visuals music and story i fell in love with its expedition mode (or whatever it was called) reading carefully the next part of the adventure and the challenge that awaited in the next mission ''drunk'' in the sweetness of the constant rewards the game provided i played non stop to unlock everything. It was rly a game that took you places from fiery caverns to beautiful mountain like regions the extraordinary backgrounds were taking my imagination everywhere. This game is one of my fondest gaming memories and it made my friends that didn't own a DC at the time reeeeeeaaally jeeeeeeeeaaalous! PS: The legend will never die!

[@jjeaze]

Just Your intro alone brings a huge nostalgia boost. Keep em coming

[@ThePoorMansRetroGameRoom]

Another great upload! Keep doing what you do man.

[@Squirrelsquid]

Soul Calibur was the reason I got a Dreamcast. Not on launch, but around 2 years later. But man, did it feel good to play and own this gem. The DC is the only SEGA console I ever bought ( was more a Nintendo guy in my childhood ), but given the amount of titles I bought after that it is a console I hold dear to my heart. Good review!

[@gusposey8218]

I'm compelled to report that I took second place in a Soul Calibur contest at E3 in 2000. I lost to Gergeley Csaszar, who was enjoying the success of the DC Ecco game he'd produced. It was a great week in my life, and it was all about the Dreamcast.

[@nathanthompson8728]

Really love this channel 👍

[@DaveOGames]

This was one of my favorite games on my Dreamcast. My disc got scratched up years ago which was heartbreaking. Great video man!

[@fedupN]

Amazing rivalry with this game back in the day. My buddy had it and a Dreamcast and we would go at it for match after match. Nightmare vs Siegfried. It got to the point that we just started doing SURVIVAL matches to see who could go farther as our VS matches :D Loved it for all the EXTRAS you could unlock. This and Soul Edge were great with all the extra goodies.

[@adriensebbane]

I remember discovering both the Dreamcast and this game at my friend's at the same time. I had no idea what they were. Next thing I remember is playing it with my buddy for hours and having one of the the best gaming time in my life and many laughs (just as much as with games such as Worms and Bomberman). You made another great video.

[@goldend-pad5257]

the game still looks amazing the huge characters the silky smooth 60fps animations and hit sparks sound effects and music just make the game one of the greatest.

[@neoasura]

We had a Soul Calibur fighting tournament at my local Aladdin's Castle arcade. I got 1st place. The prize was a Dreamcast (newly released) and Soul Calibur. One of my most awesome memories.

[@sonicmario64]

I actually remember "Soul Edge" when I was a kid because I would often find the arcade cabinet at a gas station that my cousin used to work at. :D

[@edwardsm8]

Simply the best ! 9.9.99 - went home with this and sonic adventure.

[@aegisreflector1239]

Nice

[@carlosubilla2970]

I remember when I saw this game demonstrated on a TV show before the Dreamcast launch. Just that glimpse was enough to realize what a special game it was. I was amazed; this really was like having an arcade at home. This made me return to consoles after many years. A great game.

[@6Stevo]

Great review. This was the moment when home consoles surpassed the arcades. After this, the death of the arcades was inevitable. So many fond memories of this game. Simply stunning! Still impresses to this day!

[@Technibility]

Hundreds of hours spent playing this game, both sober and high as a kite. Kilik vs. Mitsurugi became the battle of all battles for my best friend and I. Good times.

[@hammerheadms]

I preordered a reserved copy of this game with my Dreamcast reservation, and it did not disappoint. Soul Caliber was the killer app on Dreamcast for me and I played it so much that I think I unlocked the entire game within the first couple weeks of owning it. I even took it to work with me the the first day after the Dreamcast release so everyone could play at lunch.

[@SkyDiverTO]

When you live in a dangerous neighbourhood games like this can be a blessing. Kept us out of trouble during summers in Toronto. We would spend hours on the Dreamcast and hours away from trouble.

[@retrogamaniac3673]

Soul Calibur was THE game to own if you were a Dreamcast owner. Late 1999.... we've played it a lot at a classmate's house after homework. What an experience...we've also organized a full tournament with all the classmates. I still remember the first time I saw it: I still can feel the goose bumps I experienced on that afternoon! Then, we talked with all classmates about the console and, in occasion to the birthday of my friend, all of them came at his house to play the game, where each one was waiting for his turn with both eyes shocked! That was a huge moment, short but huge, to be a proud owner of a Sega console...great memories. I'm really in love with the packaging/appearance of the Dreamcast games, very different from the "DVD style" games of the boxes for PS2 and X Box. They have a very collectible feeling for me, I don't know why but that's it.

[@megajackwackstyles6953]

Thank you lord x for doing this title it’s proper justice. Excellent review and take the best review and take on KZbin yet 👍👌

[@Gaming_since_the_eighties]

I have Soul Calibur on my Dreamcast and my XBOX Series X. This is how much i love this game. Thanks for this episode Sega Lord X.

[@evanhanley6437]

Ah, the game that launched the beloved franchise into the stratosphere. I love this game and its two sequels with all my heart. I bought them multiple times. They have aged extremely well. I play the series to this day and I always will.

[@evilsmurf2k8]

Soul Calibur Metropolis Street Racer and Phantasy Star Online kept me going for months. Awesome memories.

[@Singelespace]

I also had these games.I felt so lucky to have a Dreamcast at the time!

[@RockstarMazy]

I still play this one til this day. even got my family involved and we place bets on fights regularly

[@ProcyonAlpha]

I still play this every few days with my brother, we've been playing it for nearly 20 years! Absolutely phenomenal game. We have had a Cervantes v Kilik rivalry going back 20 years haha. We sometimes get into parry battles that last about 20-30 parries!

[@mephosto]

i remember picking this up as my first game on launch day. i think i played for like 10 hours straight.

[@nexusyang4832]

I remember in the 2001 I was working with Verizon helping them setup their video-on-deman pilot project. This was a small group and in the back of their lab/closet they had this huge CRT tv and they had a dreamcast hooked up. When I used to come over for meetings we would all catch in a few rounds of Soulcalibur. Man, those were the days....

[@tylerromero]

I remember playing the demo for hours when I have my Dreamcast originally and many more hours after that when I finally got the game.

[@michaelsummerell8618]

You're absolutely spot-on about the Sega arcade ports - they really short-changed home gamers! Games like Daytona USA were awesome in the arcade, but at home, that limited number of tracks just won't cut it!

[@emotionz3]

I still can't believe 20+ years later how good this game looks.

[@Top-Kek]

Just bought a Dreamcast & I’ve been playing nothing but Soulcalibur for weeks! Love it

[@mikedeeeee]

I love these sega memories keep the videos coming

[@nimaiiikun]

Im surprised Namco even released something on a Sega console since the Genesis! They were so tightly connected to Sony since the PS1

[@Juniér_Husséin]

Dreamcast port my favourite, second favourite is the GameCube port, the sound on the Dreamcast was just a incredibly immersive experience.

[@wrena79]

The fact we're still talking about this game and VF3tb barely ever gets a positive mention speaks volumes

[@2WhiteAndNerdy]

Virtua what now? Just kidding, but I seriously don't even remember VF3 AT ALL. Soul Caliber however... So many great memories.

[@tom11zz884]

And VF3tb was pretty amazing in its own right..

[@SlowSpyder]

Got this on launch and played with my friends into the wee hours of the morning. Great memories.

[@Soulintent95]

Soul calibur was so good back in the day. Its so weird these days and the new mechanics are just dumb... 1-4 were the best. 1 and 2 are tied as my favorites. Thank you for showing soul edge... lots of people dont know about that one! One day ill try it.

[@wavefront9221]

Soul Caliber on a VGA CRT monitor still blows my mind I managed to take home a 1998 VGA monitor that my university was trying to get rid of last summer and the game looks so ridiculously good on it.

[@Azure4Shore]

A truly classic weapon based fighting game... I hope Soul Calibur continues on well into the future that will rival the likes of Tekken and Street Fighter!! Until then, we can at the very least dream!

[@yenk82]

I've played Soul Edge, Soulcalibur 2, 3 and 5, never played the famous Dreamcast version of the first Soulcalibur but I still remember when I looked at its pics on magazines, I was overwhelmed by those polygons and colours!

[@madspunky]

When somebody says 'Dreamcast blue skies', this is the game I think about.

[@SpontaneousWeasel]

The level of complexity to the 3d combat blew my mind at the time. I really felt like i'd brought an arcade cabinet into my bedroom. SOOO many great fights with my friends and family!

[@7676tbrown]

Everytime i see a dreamcasr game..makes me remember how great a generation upgrade it was..what beast of a system for 1999.

[@worsel555]

The DC port of this game was my first wakeup call that the arcades would be fast disappearing. I had played the arcade version of this game for a couple of months and when the DC launched in the States I suddenly had my own copy of it for $50 and it looked WAY better on top of it all. Just like when I got my hands on the Saturn version of X-Men vs Street Fighter why would I continue to spend money playing it at the arcades when I had the perfect port at home? A little while later Marvel vs Capcom was ported along with SFA3 and that was it for me pretty much. I moved on to Tekken Tag Tournament but even then when the PS2 launched again I didn't have a reason to go out to play it anymore. The arcades pretty much were gone by then. *Single tear rolls down*

[@realamericannegro977]

I came to find out that the Xmen vs Street Fighter games werent arcade perfect like people thought but it was close enough. People say the Saturn port of Marvel vs Capcom is better than the Dreamcast port though and it seem better even though you couldn't use 4 players for tag. Its dang near impossible to find footage after 2007 but it was numerous on youtube at one point.

[@worsel555]

@@realamericannegro977 There never was a Saturn port of MvC but it would have been awesome if there was.

[@realamericannegro977]

@@worsel555 Because there was a Saturn. Did you read what I said?

[@stevesteve0521]

@@realamericannegro977 I believe Marvel Superheroes vs Street fighter was much closer to arcade perfect for the Saturn than X-men versus street fighter as Marvel super heroes vs street fighter had practically all the frames of animation and basically no load times plus it added that Japanese capcom guy character (forgot his name). I do remember that there was footage of Marvel vs Capcom for the Saturn also back then and I feel like Capcom made a choice between porting Street fighter zero 3 or that and they chose Street fighter zero 3.

[@realamericannegro977]

@@stevesteve0521 The game was completed on Saturn it just came out later than Dreamcast port. It's been impossible to find videos since Marvel vs Capcom 3 snd Infinite messes up the algorithm but I know I'll eventually run into. This is like the Mandela Effect at this point.