Soul Calibur II

"Soul Calibur II could well find itself facing criticism for not breaking free of its roots and producing another graphical quantum leap, but the truth is that the first Soul Calibur was so far ahead of its competition at the time that it stands up to scrutiny even today, with the likes of Dead or Alive 3 and Tekken 4 its adopted contemporaries."

"...it is an excellent game. It has many new features, lots of play modes, and a few new characters, which is great. It also doesn't have the slowness and sluggishness of Tekken (okay, that was purely subjective), so it makes for a great party game."

"This has to be an excellent addition to any fighter genre fan's collection. With all of the modes, weapons, costumes, levels, characters, and art to unlock, you will be busy."

"...even though Soul Calibur II isn't an obviously impressive game, it does seem to have all the elements that made its predecessor such a fantastic game."

"On its own terms, Soul Calibur II is by all means a great fighting game, and Namco has done a fine job of making each respective console version equally enticing."