Sup yo. Earlier today I went out and picked up my copy of SCV! SoulCalibur is my favorite fighting game series ever so I was definitely excited for this one. Here are my early impressions.

First thing I did was play through the story mode. It's only a couple of hours long, but it was very entertaining and the story, characters, and dialogue were all excellent. Definitely was an improvement over the "story mode" in SCIV.

Beyond story mode I've only played a couple of arcades, which of course is pretty much the same thing as it's ever been. This time around you can actually take different routes in arcade mode and fight different enemies, which gives it some nice variety.

I have yet to play online but from what I hear it is very smooth and better organized that SCIV's online mode. I will dive into the online mode next.

So far SCV is about as great as I expected. I really like the new characters, and character creation mode is much more robust this time around. I can't wait to keep playing SCV and I'll let you guys know my final verdict!