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Soul Caliber 4

  • 03-09-2008 4:50pm
    #1
    Explosive_Cornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭


    Hi all.
    I picked up Soul Caliber IV yesterday. Never owned a beat 'em up before, so decided it was time for a change.
    Anywho, quick question, how does one pull off the soul crush?
    There health bar flashes red, I press L1? It's only worked for me once so far.
    What exactly needs to be done?


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  • #2
    bugs
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    You have to press the button the moment you smash a piece of your opponents armor (their soul gauge must also be flashing red).
    God knows why they don't tell you this in game....


  • #3
    Explosive_Cornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭Explosive_Cornflake


    Actually found a decent explanation from here:
    A critical finish is a special move that will instantly kill your opponent. There seems to be a lot of confusion as to how it works so I'm going to explain it as simply as I can.

    -your opponent has a "soul gauge" which is the orb at the end of their health bar
    -to deplete the soul gauge you must attack them while they are guarding (certain attacks do more damage to the soul gauge than others)
    -once the soul gauge has been completely depleted the orb will be red and the border around the health bar will also be red.

    This is your opportunity to do a "Soul Crush"
    -A soul crush is a move that causes your opponent to stumble backwards and be stunned momentarily while their soul gauge is empty.
    -to perform a soul crush you must wait for their soul gauge to be depleted and perform a powerful attack or a "guard break" while the opponent is guarding (guard breaks are denoted by a "GB" in the moves list)
    -you will know you have done a soul crush when you hear something that sounds like armor breaking (this is misleading as their armor doesn't necessarily break), you will see lightning around the opponent, as they stumble backward, and the soul gauge will flash red

    To perform a "Critical Finish" you must hit LB on the controller (or A+B+X+Y) immediately after performing a soul crush. If you timed it right and hit the button(s) while the opponent is stumbling backward you will see a cut scene of you killing your opponent with a Critical Finish.

    ---
    The easiest way to perform a critical finish is to use Yun-Seong. Hold Forward and tap Y repeatedly. He will keep doing vertical slashes and computer opponents will continually guard this attack depleting their soul gauge. this move will also perform a soul crush once their gauge has been depleted so just keep hammering on them with this move and get prepared to hit "LB" on the controller once you finally perform a soul crush.

    Level 11 on the Tower of Lost Souls is a good place to perform Critical Finish if you are having trouble executing them in other game modes. Or play against a friend online.


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