Over the weekend Team Xbox got the chance to play a little bit of the original Soul Calibur for the Xbox Live Arcade, giving us a new preview and a whole slew of new screen shots.The first thing you'll notice is that everything is the same - the textures, the models, the text - all the same. The major addition is the boost of resolution, so now the models look a lot cleaner. No Widescreen mode, instead a - frankly - bland border will go around the screen.
While the resolution boost is great, it would have been nice to see at least some re exported textures. They're looking rather blurry in the screens, and the writing of players names and other text is very ugly - like the sprites in Namco's Mr. Driller Online.
The game will include Arcade Mode, Survival, Extra Survival, Practice Mode, Team Battle, Vs. Battle, and Battle Theater, allowing two CPU players to battle it out.
An interesting omission from the game is the Mission Mode. On the Dreamcast version, Mission Mode would allow players to complete a series of objectives on a map to unlock different artwork. Despite it not being there - the Artwork is! It appears that the Art Gallery is still within the game despite no mission mode, and also gives the player an achievement by looking at everything.
A quick note that may just be a website error, but they specify "Content Downloads" as being available on the Team Xbox page. Maybe some DLC is in the works to add the old Mission Mode?
Check out the more in depth preview over at Team Xbox.
Source: Team Xbox - Soul Calibur XBLA Preview
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