I have you now

Got back from the shop and am in possession of SoulCaliber II. The characters are leaping around in all their pert, murderous glory. It even looks good on my appalling TV.

This isn’t a review, this is boasting. I haven’t even played as Link yet, though I did play all the way through as Cassandra. This young lady is geographically confused. She was apparently born in Athens, which seems now to be in “The Ottoman Empire (Turkey)”. I know I’ve lost track of European affairs a bit recently, but I didn’t think I’d miss that. In any case, she looks and sounds like a Valley girl.

Here’s a video clip proving it in case you were inclined to doubt my word. You people don’t believe a word I say, I know. The hummingbirds told me.

What I will say for the moment is that this is a seriously good-looking game. The cut-scenes are movie quality, apart maybe from the faces (there’s only so much animation can do – they remain Final Fantasy Movie quality). Everything moves slickly and at amazing speeds, there are no significant load times… if you like beat-em-ups you must own it now.

I’m taking a break for the moment because I’ve started trying to move myself around using the analogue joystick, and thinking that I’ll have to sidestep round the corner to get into my bedroom.