Game:

Soulcalibur III (2005)

Duration: 13:36

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Soul Calibur 3 released exclusively on PS2, for as unfortunate as that might have been. On the bright side, however the third title's everything the previous others were, and more.

Graphics have been reworked from the ground up to take full advantage of what the console could and couldn't do. Colour palettes, textures, particles, water animations, reflections, and so on, all've been reworked around the capabilities of the hardware, and as a result, not a single texture or model look out of place. Everything's evenly balanced and beautiful.

Gameplay's been tweaked and some characters have had their techniques remapped or changed entirely for the better or worse. Like the games that came before, this release introduces new modes, many more costumes, whole new characters, and a story mode that now feels higher in budget than ever before.

My settings:

Internal Res: 6x Native
Mipmapping: Off
Texture Filter: Bilinear (PS2)
Trilinear Filtering: Off
Anisotropic Filter: 16x
Dithering: Off
CRC Fix Level: Auto
Blending Accuracy: Basic
Texture Preloading: None

Accurate Destination Alpha Test: Check
Manual HW Renderer Fixes: Check

CPU Sprite Renderer Size: 4 (256 Max Width) "probably not required in MC3"
Auto Flush: Check
Disable Safe Features: Check
Disable Partial Invalidation: Check
Preload Frame Data: Check
Texture Inside RT: Check

Half Pixel Offset: Special (Texture - Agressive)
Round Sprite: Full
Align Sprite: Check
Merge Sprite: Check