Soulcalibur IV was dropped into my lap, so I decided to give it a round or two.  Not ready to write a full review just yet, but here are my impressions thus far.

Meh.

Soulcalibur has become the layman's fighting game.  Granted, I'm not that huge into the genre.  I stopped back when Mortal Kombat went 3D.  I'll still dig into the big franchise hits like the upcoming Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat vs. DC.  When it comes to Soulcalibur, however, it seems that now the game is all about customizing your character to infinite detail and throwing them online to fight with other folks' creations.  I'm not one for online gaming, much less online fighters.  The whole concept of customization has been blown.  The whole point of character selection is about the play mechanics' ability to be as balanced as possible.  Not only is Soulcalibur IV as far from balanced as possible, but it's also incredibly simple.

Meh.