Soulcalibur VI

I personally loved that so much attention was paid to the single-player experience, and because of the depth of the story and fluid combat, I found this to be one of the most enjoyable fighting games I’ve ever played, adding a ton of features and a few new fighting mechanics that add just enough to the gameplay to make things interesting for long-time fans.

Despite some minor issues, the soul of Soulcalibur 6 is so strong that they don’t do much to bring down what is one of the best entries in the series. The new Reversal Edge and Soul Charge mechanics add new layers of strategy and mind games while the one-two punch of Libra of Soul and Soul Chronicle will provide hours upon hours of fantastic single-player content. Beyond that, Soulcalibur 6 is just straight up fun for players of any skill level.

SoulCalibur is pretty much a complete package. At the time of writing we weren’t able to test the network functionality, but online punch-ups aside, its elegant, satisfying scrapping is some of the best you’ll find, and Soul Chronicle – despite waffling on a bit and suffering from dodgy acting performances – is one of the better attempts at a fighting game narrative out there.