Alastor

Update: Siegfried destroyed Arcade mode. I miss Soul Calibur 4. :(

EDIT - ha ha remember when Yoda and Darth Vader were guest characters

Soul Calibur 3 is kind of rough to emulate, at least not on a big mega PC. Seems to be one of those things that are annoying no matter what though, basically some stages like in SC2 will lag for some technical reason and no one seems to have a solution for it proper, just mitigation and brute force. It's one of the things where of all the games that can be emulated perfectly in 2024 you happen to pick the one that has issues. That and good lord this AI in Arcade Mode is not fun at all, I hope the Strategy RPG mode where you can make your own character and play a cross between Soul Calibur and a Tactics game isn't this frustrating…

All that aside, everything here is good. They took Arcade mode from SC2 and made it a slightly narrative based 'choose your own adventure' with a very brief sprinkle of QTE in there, so it feels like quite a special mode when it's literally just arcade mode. And I know I'm upscaling it but this looks rather nice, noticable step up from SC2.

I have been informed that Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution had a very good single player experiencei n the Quest Mode to that game, I love VF so I'll be dipping into that at some point too. Considering I shit on the idea that Fighting Games need decent single player content quite heavily in the past I am finding myself seeking these experiences out more and more lately. (Can you tell my wifi is bad??? :clown: )

Had a lot of fun with the gang wars mechanic tbh

I think on a pure gameplay basis San Andreas probably had the most fun and chaos potential, but I really think people fell in love with Vice City's vibe and specific choices of gangster films it was taking from, maybe. That said, I dunno' which I like better, I'll get back to you…

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Fate/Extra: CCC
Dragon Quest 4
Star Ocean: the Divine Force
Granblue Fantasy Relink
Mega Man Legends 2
Ridge Racer Type 4
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Dragon Quest 5
Crisis Core Reunion
Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus
Ace Combat 1
Ace Combat 2
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Fire Emblem (6): The Binding Blade
Sakura Taisen
Castlevania
Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg
Timesplitters 2
Kid Icarus Uprising
Grand Theft Auto 3
Katamari Damacy
Boltgun
Silent Hill 2 (original)
Metaphor Re:Fantazio
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
Way of the Samurai 2
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3

Soul Calibur 2
Dunno' when/if fighting games get added here, arcade mode done? On all characters? Well, I have beat every Weapon Master Mode Mission and unlocked every character and every weapon for them then I went and beat arcade mode with everyone for good measure, I think I can call it. I still think this is the most fun I've had on a fighting game single player mode in a long time.

Weapon Master is the main SP draw and is a fun alternate VN style story where you fight under special objectives with weapons that can heal you or are longer than usual etc and this is where you earn the exp and more importantly, Gold to buy the weapons. Simply doing the missions unlocks a ton of modes too, most of them don't interest me like time attack and what not but it's cool that they're there I think.

Also the game itself is PRETTY good, it had a great amount of longevity to it despite newer games in the series being out for a while and for good reason.