A big shame the main legacy that one of the best fighters ever and its franchise left off were the focus on weird guest characters.
No other 3D fighting game series has come close to having so much depth while also being this easy to get into. the movement is extremely fast and fluid thanks to be able to run and move in all 8 directions by holding a direction compared to tekken which requires KBD to be able to move around fast. the execution for a lot of combos is also very simple. No meter to take care of either. What's there are Characters that can be played whoever the player wishes due to how versatile each moveset is and focus on mind games positioning.
With the main producer gone it's unlikely to ever see another game in this series. Kinda sad to see the only 3D fighter that I liked die away.

First off, this is one of the funniest fucking games I've ever played. Beating someone within a pixel of death then taking one wrong step and getting blasted out of the ring for it? Getting launched 20 feet into the sky by Taki? Voldo, in general? All comic gold.

As a kid I ate up the Weapon Master mode, which is the best single player campaign I've ever seen in a fighting game to this day. Recently we started running this at my fighting game locals, and it's got as much depth as the best games in the genre. So excited to keep digging into this game and to plumb the depths of its easy-to-learn-lifetime-to-master mechanics.

It's a shame that all the following SC games added universal mechanics that essentially invalidated the unique character traits and turned this into one big RPS. SoulCalibur II stands as the most pure, probably the most well-balanced, definitely the most fun in the whole series.

TLDR: An easy frontrunner for best 3D fighting game ever made.

If you liked the refreshing and challenging ideas teased and attempted in The Last Jedi, but wish they had been more fully-realized, rather than absolutely squandered, then this is the game for you. It questions and critiques age-old tropes of the series like the hypocrisy and fallibility of the Jedi and the very fabric of the Force itself.

Though it may sound counter-intuitive, the secret to this game's genius is the fact that it was written by legendary games writer Chris Avellone (Planescape- Torment, Fallout: New Vegas), who, when tasked with writing KOTOR II, was admittedly not a huge fan of Star Wars. Now, there’s been a lot of this happening lately where Hollywood hires people who clearly have disinterest in or even disdain for the very franchise they've been tapped to helm, with disastrous results. In Avellone's case, however, his outsider perspective, mixed with some very serious research into every piece of Star Wars media under the sun, and (surprise) his writing ability all lent themselves to making this one of the greatest, most simultaneously critical and loving Star Wars stories ever told, which is certainly in the top tier of the EU and wipes the floor with anything released since Lucas sold the property.

If you ever dreamt of there being a successful and mature deconstruction of Star Wars that did so without showing any hatred or mockery for its own audience, but instead a great amount of faith in them to follow along and grasp themes far darker and more complex than any of the films, including thoise by Lucas, well, what are you waiting for? Ignore the fact that this was notoriously released unfinished, which was once a major issue but no longer. Simply grab the Restored Content mod/patch (which doesn't restore everything originally envisioned, but as much as possible) and enjoy one of the best RPGs and definitely the best Star Wars RPG ever made.

(Only a half-star less than perfect, score-wise on here, due to the fact its vanilla form needs a mod to fill in a lot and the first two areas of the game are a bit of a slog on replays. I'm personally of the opinion that they're good opening areas the first time through, though. Others disagree. However, yeah, just clarifying, for those curious, why I'm not giving a perfect score to a game that I genuinely adore more than most things.)

I don’t mind sexually driven games, but I like them to be good and done right. Xtreme 2 is the sequel to Xtreme Beach Volleyball for the original Xbox. Everything is intact, with a few additions. The consists of 6 mini-games, and 5 casino games, but that’s not enough to save this simple-minded game.

The whole point of the game is to play mini-games with other DoA ladies and earn their trust and friendship and this is harder than it seems. The game plays similar to a Japanese dating sim game, and it can take forever to buy a lot of the items, and learn how to become friends with these lovely ladies. You have to figure out what each lady likes, loves, and hates and send them gifts accordingly. All you get is a visual guide for each lady with pictures of what they like, but this doesn’t help much. After you spend a whole two weeks at New Zack Island you pretty much give up trying to gain trust and friendship since it’s so hard to figure out without some in-depth guide. After a try, you end up just playing the mini-games and ogling the scantily clad women lying around, and even dancing.


The mini-games are the most fun of the game with pool hopping, flag running, beach volleyball, jet skiing, and water sliding. Pool hopping consists of pressing the buttons according to what is shown on the floaties. This game tends to be very hard since it requires precise timing. Flag running is pretty simple, but the best game is probably volleyball. It has tight mechanics and controls and can be a blast to play. Jet skiing is very mundane since it’s the same track over and over again, however, the water effects are nice and doing tricks on the ski can be fun. Water sliding is the hardest game of them all since it’s so hard to stay on the slide and after you fall off you don’t get another try. After you earn enough money from playing mini-games you can purchase a camera and take sexy photos of the ladies, and view them later in your album.


The casino is the second major part of the game that lets you really earn some bucks. All the games are pretty self-explanatory, roulette tends to be the most intense, but you can lose all your money in one go if you’re not careful so watch how you spend your money. The casino is all in 3D so it’s nice to view, but I wish you could walk around in it and see all your DOA lady friends playing in there as well. When you earn enough money you can go buy stuff at the store to give your lady friends or yourself.


The game really has no purpose except to ogle your favorite DoA girls and trying to buy the skimpiest bikini for them. The graphics are great and everything jiggles in all the right places. The audio is pretty mundane with Japanese audio tracks to cover the horrible English voice actresses. The game isn’t serious, but it could be so much more, and I just hope DoA Xtreme 3 becomes more deep and involved. I just wish there would have been more interaction, and all the load times don’t help either. The game is just too hard to figure out with the whole dating sim thing going on so just sit back and enjoy the women and mini-games. The game will make you choke your chicken for sure, so DoA fanboys (girls?) should pick this game up and enjoy its simplicity.

I can earnestly say I only played this game for the casino, and never learned how to get good at any of the daytime minigames besides the color-coordinated square jump one. I didn't even know about the hidden strip tease thing with the slots, I was just genuinely a gambling addict with infinite amounts of free time and money. I have so many fond memories of listening to the fucking Eminem greatest hits CD of all things that I had burned onto my Xbox 360 while I spent countless hours just mastering poker, roulette, and blackjack.