What Gamespot Users have to say about Soul Edge
- Rating:9.3
A rather diffrent take on the fighting genre but still fresh and innovative.
Just becuase it's a fighting game don't mistake it for a clone of Tekken while at the core it boils down to the same thing pound the life out of your opponent Soul Blade has some fresh ideas that seperate it from Tekken.... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.8
Another favorite! Use of weapons made for a nice change. Poke from far away!
I see no one like Rock. I was a noob playing with Rock and I had no problem getting those slow attacks to land. This game had backgrounds with waterfalls. These waterfalls seem to slow down game play because they were co... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.1
This sword-fighting game is a perfect arcade-conversion to console, with a lot more content.
Soul Blade, the Tekken inspired fighting game with an edge, started out, as all of Namco's 1-on-1-beat-em-ups, as an arcade game. It tells the story of many different warriors all battling each other to get their hands o... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.6
tho we didn't know it at the time...this was the beginning of where fighters would go in the next decade.
Now it's a dynasty. soul blade started it all. this game was one of the first to do 3-d weapons combat properly. battle arena toshinden was summarily executed by this franchise. the moves, breakable weapons, collision de... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.8
"Edge has been largely overshadowed "
Soul Edge (retitled Soul Blade for the PlayStation in Europe, North America and Australia) is the first installment in the Soul series of fighting games. It was initially released in the arcades in 1995. It was ported to... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:4.7
Not a good start for the series.
Oh man maybe I should have played this game BEFORE Soul Calibur 2 because it did nothing but dissapoint me. I never played Soul Calibur on Dreamcast but Soul Calibur 2 and Soul Calibur 3 makes this game obsolete. I mean ... Read Full Review
0 of 15 users found the following review helpful - Rating:10
the reason i began to play video games
this is ultimately the best game i have ever played, and probably will be forever. it was my first game and if i had not bought it, i would not be gaming today. so i will start with game play. ok slowish moves at time... Read Full Review
5 of 6 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8
soul blade is really the first of the soul calibur series despite the name
soul blade is the one that began the soul calibur series. i got this game because i was interested to see what started it all. the graphics are fantastic for its time and good enough to see whats going on. gameplay is... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.4
Classic fighter and the warm up to the Soul Calibur series.
This is a hallmark of PS fighters and one of the best launch fighters ever. This is the 1st soul calibur game that started a new fighting system in the type of weapons based Fighting game combat. The gameplay isnt as f... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.6
The one that started all. A Great game that had trascended.
Nobody must give harsh critics to an old game after seeing a new one. This game really rocked in its time, and keeps rocking. After Samurai Shodown, Soul is the best weapon based fighting game series out to date... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Log in to comment