Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 96.26% (Dreamcast) 78.91% (XBLA) |
| Metacritic | 79 (XBLA)
72 (iOS) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B- (XBLA) |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 10/10 (Dreamcast) |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 (XBLA) |
| Famitsu | 40/40 (Dreamcast) |
| Game Informer | 9.25/10 (Dreamcast) |
| GamePro | (Dreamcast) |
| GameSpot | 10/10 (Dreamcast) 7.5/10 (XBLA) |
| IGN | 10/10 (Dreamcast) 8.1/10 (XBLA) |
The Dreamcast version of Soulcalibur sold in excess of one million copies. It won the 1999 E3 Game Critics Award for Best Fighting Game and the 2000 Interactive Achievement Award for Console Game of the Year.
The game received the perfect 10/10 scores from GameSpot and IGN, and being the second game ever to get a perfect 40/40 by Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu (the first being The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time). As of 2009, game review aggregator website GameRankings has the Dreamcast version ranked as the fifth best-reviewed game of all time, as well as being the highest scoring title in the fighting game genre.
Soulcalibur was named as the number one best Dreamcast game by Game Informer in 2007. In 2009, IGN also ranked Soulcalibur as the fifth best Dreamcast game.
In addition, it is often considered to be one of the greatest games on all platforms, including:
- Game Informer in 2001: The Top 100 Games of All Time (74th place).
- IGN in 2003: Top 100 Games (38th place).
- IGN in 2005: Top 100 Games (43rd place).
- IGN in 2006: Readers' Choice The Top 100 Games Ever (sixth place).
- Electronic Gaming Monthly in 2006: The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time (22nd place).
- UGO.com in 2010: Top 25 Fighting Games of All Time (second place).
- Complex in 2011: The 50 Best Fighting Games of All Time (fifth place).
In 2005, GameSpot ranked Soulcalibur as the sixth best launch title yet, calling it "not only one of the greatest launch games or one of the greatest fighters, but one of the greatest games ever. Period."
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