![]() Seeing how many of the increasingly tough opponents you can make it past without ever losing is a lot of fun, but your score isn't based on that. Endless Trial is a survival mode of sorts, except that your fighter regains all of his health between rounds. The main difference here is that you score points and earn bonuses for guarding against your opponent's attacks and retaliating quickly. The Trial of Defense is a little longer and culminates in a boss battle against Algol from SoulCalibur IV, so in that respect it's a lot like that game's Arcade mode. In the Trial of Attack you're pitted against five opponents and earn score bonuses for playing aggressively and for landing combos. In its place is Trials mode, which incorporates three distinct score-based challenges in Attack, Defense, and Endless flavors. Oddly, Broken Destiny doesn't feature an Arcade mode in which to pit your chosen combatant against a number of opponents en route to a matchup with a boss. That's really all you need to know to get started, though you'll find that there are plenty of more advanced techniques to master if you check out the character-specific move lists in the useful Training mode. You can move in eight directions using the D pad or the analog nub, and face buttons are used to guard and to perform basic horizontal attacks, vertical attacks, and kicks. Regardless of which fighter you choose to play as and what he or she is wearing, Broken Destiny, like previous SoulCalibur offerings, is easy to pick up and grasp the basics of. There are no performance bonuses associated with clothing and weapons this time around, which is unfortunate if you really enjoyed that aspect of SoulCalibur IV, but great if you want to wear all of the matching pieces of the Santa costume without feeling like your fashion choices are compromising your effectiveness. You can also create your own fighters from scratch using limited customization tools to determine their physical appearance and then dress them up in gear chosen from a massive wardrobe, much of which has to be unlocked. ![]() Now Playing: SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny Video ReviewĪll 28 of the fighters on Broken Destiny's roster are available from the outset. ![]() By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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