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[07] Duelist
As someone else mentioned the Gamecube demo disc got me interested in the series. Also the local arcade I used to visit had the JPN version so I had a good idea what to expect once the game came out on consoles. I wasn’t big into fighting games at the time so I mainly played the single player modes because the story was the main draw for me. However once I completed most of the SP modes I felt the need to play the game “seriously” and battle real people rather than the CPU.
I remember searching for tips on GameFAQs/Guardimpact boards and reading guides by users like Zigmover21 and TheWu (Kuri-Nyawu). With the knowledge I gained I started to visit the arcade every Friday after school to play SC2. Keep in mind where I’m from the arcade scene was not very competitive and most are under 18 so the level of skill was not that high. By the end of 2003 going into 2004 I slowly stopped playing SC2 since most of my friends at the arcade moved on to other games. I played a bit of Soulcalibur 3 (didn’t own a PS2) but the SC series and gaming in general was completely out of my mind after that. I would mention what kindled my interest years later but I’ll save that for another time.
Ps: The first Soul game I played was actually Soul Blade (PS), I didn’t know that till I visited my parents’ house 2 years ago and looked through some old photos and saw a picture of me playing my older cousin in 1998. I knew it was Soul Blade since Rock was on the character select screen.
I remember searching for tips on GameFAQs/Guardimpact boards and reading guides by users like Zigmover21 and TheWu (Kuri-Nyawu). With the knowledge I gained I started to visit the arcade every Friday after school to play SC2. Keep in mind where I’m from the arcade scene was not very competitive and most are under 18 so the level of skill was not that high. By the end of 2003 going into 2004 I slowly stopped playing SC2 since most of my friends at the arcade moved on to other games. I played a bit of Soulcalibur 3 (didn’t own a PS2) but the SC series and gaming in general was completely out of my mind after that. I would mention what kindled my interest years later but I’ll save that for another time.
Ps: The first Soul game I played was actually Soul Blade (PS), I didn’t know that till I visited my parents’ house 2 years ago and looked through some old photos and saw a picture of me playing my older cousin in 1998. I knew it was Soul Blade since Rock was on the character select screen.