Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny is a fighting video game in the "Soulcalibur" series for PlayStation Portable (PSP). It uses many of the features of "Soulcalibur IV", including its character customization mode. One of the goals of the game is "to target beginners and novice players with "Soulcalibur IV"s content." The game introduces two new characters to the series — Kratos from the "God of War" series and Dampierre, a new original character. Characters. "Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny" includes 28 characters. All regular characters from "Soulcalibur IV" return, but the bonus characters and "Star Wars" guest characters from "Soulcalibur IV" are  absent. At the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Namco Bandai revealed that they were to be replaced with a different guest character — Kratos from Sony's "God of War" series, and a new exclusive character named Dampierre. Gameplay. The ability to change physical attributes and muscularity, which was present in "Soulcalibur IV", has been removed. In this game, however, it has been replaced by the ability to adjust the rotation, position and size of some equipped items, such as certain headwear which might not fit exactly right, depending on what hairstyle is selected. Original characters can not be re-dressed with  custom character items like in "Soulcalibur IV", although their colors may be edited. In addition to editing the characters' appearance, the player may create a custom vs. screen photo for each custom character. The player has some control over the character's pose in the photo, as well as the camera position and the photo's frame and background. The number of custom character slots has been reduced from 50 in "Soulcalibur IV" to 16 in "Broken Destiny". "Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny" features an English language and Japanese language mode for both text and speech. Custom characters, however, can only be  named using the ASCII naming interface, regardless of the language setting. Reception. The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Common criticisms were a lack of story, game modes, and online versus modes. In Japan, "Famitsu" gave it a score of one seven and three eights for a total of 31 out of 40.