Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny is a fighting video game in the Soulcalibur series for PlayStation Portable (PSP). It uses many of the features of Soulcalibur IV, including its character customization mode. One of the goals of the game is "to target beginners and novice players with Soulcalibur IV's content."[2] The game introduces two new characters to the series — Kratos from the God of War series and Dampierre, a new original character.[3]
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny
Cover art depicting Kratos in the background, and Mitsurugi and Ivy in the front
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny includes 28 characters.[4] All regular characters from Soulcalibur IV return, but the bonus characters and Star Wars guest characters from Soulcalibur IV are absent. At the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Namco Bandai revealed that they were to be replaced with a different guest character — Kratos from Sony's God of War series, and a new exclusive character named Dampierre.[5]
Gameplay
The ability to change physical attributes and muscularity, which was present in Soulcalibur IV, has been removed. In this game, however, it has been replaced by the ability to adjust the rotation, position and size of some equipped items, such as certain headwear which might not fit exactly right, depending on what hairstyle is selected. Original characters can not be re-dressed with custom character items like in Soulcalibur IV, although their colors may be edited. In addition to editing the characters' appearance, the player may create a custom vs. screen photo for each custom character. The player has some control over the character's pose in the photo, as well as the camera position and the photo's frame and background. The number of custom character slots has been reduced from 50 in Soulcalibur IV to 16 in Broken Destiny.
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny features an English language and Japanese language mode for both text and speech. Custom characters, however, can only be named using the ASCII naming interface, regardless of the language setting.
Quick Match is a mode where players are given a list of A.I. players with their titles and stats and choose which opponent to fight. Players who have won against the A.I will receive "unique titles" that you can wear, the "title" is under their name during Versus Mode.
The Gauntlet is the tutorial and story mode for Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, which has similar story telling features like Soulcalibur II's Weapon Master mode, although the player is informed at the start that this story is non-canonical. Players are often given low health and required to guard or perform attacks within a short window of opening of the A.I. controlled tutor. There are altogether 34 chapters of tutorial in The Gauntlet, with two to four sub-missions in each of the stages. Players will need to clear all sub-missions with Rank A in order to unlock the next chapter. As a reward for completing The Gauntlet, players are given a new 'Broken Destiny' weapon for the character Siegfried.
Trials consists of three portions — Trial of Attack, Trial of Defense, and Endless Trials. All of the portions are round-based battles. Trial of Attack rewards score according to how well a player can chain the attacks. Trial of Defense rewards score according to how well a player guard attacks and counterattacks. Endless Trials essentially combine both of the above trials and endless stages much like survival mode.
Versus Mode is similar in features to Quick Match, except that the players are nearby PSP players who connect wirelessly through an ad hoc network.
Training Mode which allows player to test out moves and practice in controlled condition, much the same as Practice Mode/Training in other previous Soulcalibur games.
The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[6] Common criticisms were a lack of story, game modes, and online versus modes.[citation needed] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven and three eights for a total of 31 out of 40.[9]
References
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^Devore, Jordan (April 28, 2009). "First details on PSP-exclusive Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny". Destructoid. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
^Sinclair, Brendan (April 28, 2009). "Soulcalibur forges Broken Destiny on PSP". GameSpot. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^Dutka, Ben (May 18, 2009). . PSX Extreme. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
^Biessener, Adam (October 2009). "Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny: A Gameplay-Perfect Port Loses The Narrative Thread". Game Informer. No. 198. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^Koehn, Aaron (September 1, 2009). . GamePro. Archived from the original on September 5, 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Soulcalibur Broken Destiny news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Soulcalibur Broken Destiny is a fighting video game in the Soulcalibur series for PlayStation Portable PSP It uses many of the features of Soulcalibur IV including its character customization mode One of the goals of the game is to target beginners and novice players with Soulcalibur IV s content 2 The game introduces two new characters to the series Kratos from the God of War series and Dampierre a new original character 3 SoulCalibur Broken DestinyCover art depicting Kratos in the background and Mitsurugi and Ivy in the frontDeveloper s Project SoulPublisher s Namco BandaiComposer s Junichi NakatsuruKeiki KobayashiMasaharu IwataSeriesSoulcaliburPlatform s PlayStation PortableReleaseJP August 27 2009 1 NA September 1 2009AU September 3 2009EU September 4 2009Genre s FightingMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Characters 2 Gameplay 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksCharacters EditMain article List of Soulcalibur characters Introduced in Soulcalibur IV and Broken Destiny Soulcalibur Broken Destiny includes 28 characters 4 All regular characters from Soulcalibur IV return but the bonus characters and Star Wars guest characters from Soulcalibur IV are absent At the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo Namco Bandai revealed that they were to be replaced with a different guest character Kratos from Sony s God of War series and a new exclusive character named Dampierre 5 Gameplay EditThe ability to change physical attributes and muscularity which was present in Soulcalibur IV has been removed In this game however it has been replaced by the ability to adjust the rotation position and size of some equipped items such as certain headwear which might not fit exactly right depending on what hairstyle is selected Original characters can not be re dressed with custom character items like in Soulcalibur IV although their colors may be edited In addition to editing the characters appearance the player may create a custom vs screen photo for each custom character The player has some control over the character s pose in the photo as well as the camera position and the photo s frame and background The number of custom character slots has been reduced from 50 in Soulcalibur IV to 16 in Broken Destiny Soulcalibur Broken Destiny features an English language and Japanese language mode for both text and speech Custom characters however can only be named using the ASCII naming interface regardless of the language setting Quick Match is a mode where players are given a list of A I players with their titles and stats and choose which opponent to fight Players who have won against the A I will receive unique titles that you can wear the title is under their name during Versus Mode The Gauntlet is the tutorial and story mode for Soulcalibur Broken Destiny which has similar story telling features like Soulcalibur II s Weapon Master mode although the player is informed at the start that this story is non canonical Players are often given low health and required to guard or perform attacks within a short window of opening of the A I controlled tutor There are altogether 34 chapters of tutorial in The Gauntlet with two to four sub missions in each of the stages Players will need to clear all sub missions with Rank A in order to unlock the next chapter As a reward for completing The Gauntlet players are given a new Broken Destiny weapon for the character Siegfried Trials consists of three portions Trial of Attack Trial of Defense and Endless Trials All of the portions are round based battles Trial of Attack rewards score according to how well a player can chain the attacks Trial of Defense rewards score according to how well a player guard attacks and counterattacks Endless Trials essentially combine both of the above trials and endless stages much like survival mode Versus Mode is similar in features to Quick Match except that the players are nearby PSP players who connect wirelessly through an ad hoc network Training Mode which allows player to test out moves and practice in controlled condition much the same as Practice Mode Training in other previous Soulcalibur games Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic80 100 6 Review scoresPublicationScoreEdge8 10 7 Eurogamer8 10 8 Famitsu31 40 9 Game Informer7 5 10 10 GamePro 11 GameRevolutionB 12 GameSpot7 5 10 13 GameSpy 14 GameTrailers8 4 10 15 GameZone8 5 10 16 IGN8 10 17 PlayStation The Official Magazine 18 The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 6 Common criticisms were a lack of story game modes and online versus modes citation needed In Japan Famitsu gave it a score of one seven and three eights for a total of 31 out of 40 9 References Edit Spencer July 23 2009 Soulcalibur Broken Destiny s North American Street Date Siliconera Retrieved July 24 2009 Devore Jordan April 28 2009 First details on PSP exclusive Soulcalibur Broken Destiny Destructoid Retrieved April 30 2009 Sinclair Brendan April 28 2009 Soulcalibur forges Broken Destiny on PSP GameSpot Retrieved June 12 2017 Dutka Ben May 18 2009 Soulcalibur Broken Destiny Preview PSX Extreme Archived from the original on July 19 2012 Retrieved June 3 2009 Calvert Justin June 2 2009 Soul Calibur sic Broken Destiny Hands On GameSpot Retrieved June 12 2017 a b SoulCalibur Broken Destiny for PSP Reviews Metacritic Edge staff October 2009 Soulcalibur Broken Destiny Edge No 206 p 98 Edwards Matt September 16 2009 SoulCalibur Broken Destiny Eurogamer Retrieved June 12 2017 a b VGChartz staff August 18 2009 This Week s Famitsu Issue 8 20 News VGChartz Retrieved June 12 2017 Biessener Adam October 2009 Soulcalibur Broken Destiny A Gameplay Perfect Port Loses The Narrative Thread Game Informer No 198 Retrieved June 12 2017 Koehn Aaron September 1 2009 Soulcalibur Broken Destiny GamePro Archived from the original on September 5 2009 Retrieved June 12 2017 Card Ben September 18 2009 Soul Calibur Broken Destiny sic Review Game Revolution Archived from the original on January 5 2010 Retrieved June 12 2017 Calvert Justin September 2 2009 SoulCalibur Broken Destiny Review GameSpot Retrieved June 12 2017 Theobald Phil September 1 2009 The Consensus Soulcalibur Broken Destiny Review GameSpy Retrieved June 12 2017 Soul Calibur sic Broken Destiny Review GameTrailers September 2 2009 Archived from the original on September 12 2009 Retrieved June 12 2017 Romano Natalie September 9 2009 SOULCALIBUR Broken Destiny PSP Review GameZone Archived from the original on September 12 2009 Retrieved June 12 2017 Clements Ryan August 28 2009 Soulcalibur Broken Destiny Review IGN Retrieved June 12 2017 Review Soulcalibur Broken Destiny PlayStation The Official Magazine No 25 November 2009 p 78 External links EditOfficial website Soulcalibur Broken Destiny at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Soulcalibur Broken Destiny amp oldid 1095057775, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
