Soulcalibur II

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Soulcalibur II

NTSC-U box art
Game general and emulation properties:
CERO rating: B
ESRB rating: T (Suggestive Themes, Violence)
PEGI rating: 16+
GRB rating: 12
Widescreen supported natively
Progressive scan supported
Supports up to two local players
Languages supported:
English: SLED-51901 & SLES-51799 & SLUS-20643 & SLUS-20643GH & SLUS-29058
Japanese: SLPS-25230
German: SLES-51799
French: SLES-51799
Spanish: SLES-51799
Italian: SLES-51799
Korean: SCKA-20016
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers: SLUS-20643
SLUS-20643GH (Greatest Hits)
SLUS-29058 (Demo)
Release date: August 27, 2003
2004 (Greatest Hits)
CRCs: E1B01308
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: Playable
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers: SLES-51799
SLED-51901 (Demo)
Release date: September 26, 2003
CRCs: 632A5116
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers: SLPS-25230
SCAJ-20023
SCKA-20016
Release date: March 27, 2003
November 27, 2003 (Korea)
CRCs: 86C57952
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Namco
Publisher(s): Namco
Genre: Action, Fighting
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic92/100
Game description: Open the next chapter in world of Soulcalibur. Soulcalibur II features seven distinctive gameplay modes including: Arcade, Versus, Time Attack, Survival, Team Battle, Practice, and the console exclusive Weapon Master. Collect up to 200 different weapons and battle characters with their own styles, strengths, and abilities. In addition to the 13 fighters, each platform has unique special fighters: Link for GameCube, Heihachi for PS2, and Spawn for Xbox. Prove yourself through soul and sword.


Test configurations on Windows:

Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
? ?
  • Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 (3.6GHz)
  • Geforce 9600GT
0.9.8 GSDX r4600
  • SPU2-X r4600
  • Lilypad r4510
BIOS: USA v2.00, HACKS: Hacks: INTC, Wait Idle Loop, mVU Flag Hack, Allow 8-bit Textures (GSdx). Using EE/VU cycle speedhacks increase the speed but reduce the smoothness, not recommended. Reducing clamps cause more issues, not recommended. 60/60FPS using progressive mode even without speedhacks but it is less smooth in this mode. 45-60/60 in normal mode with only recommended hacks. Machina
NTSC-J Windows
  • Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16Ghz
  • Nvidia GTS 250 512MB
1.1.0 r5628 GSdx 5632 SSE41
  • SPU2-X 2.0.0 5559
  • LilyPad 0.11.0 5403
Still playable., Needs native res to avoid some black square lines everywhere...
NTSC-U Windows
  • Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz
  • Nvidia GTX 285 768MB
1.2.0 r5782 GSdx 5801m SSE41
  • SPU2-X 5801 2.0.0
  • LilyPad 5801 0.11.0
Runs near full speed., Lines in display if hardware mode is enabled. Looks fine in software mode.
PAL Windows
  • I5 3330
  • HD radeon 6850
1.3.svn5932 GSDX
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Standard hacks
NTSC-U Windows 10 Pro
  • Intel i7-8750H
  • Nvidia Geforce 1060 6gb Mobile
pcsx2 v1.7.2655 AVX2 Core Core(Cubeb) Runs and looks great, just needs blending set to high for the character portraits. Vulkan HW, 3x Native, Preset 3(Balanced), 60fps. Nado


Test configurations on Linux:

Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
NTSC-U Debian 9.3 x64
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
  • GeForce GT 730 (375.82 driver)
1.5.0-git20171209-2234 GSdx 1.1.0
  • SPU2-X 2.0.0
  • OnePAD 1.3.0
100% speed with software acceleration at native resolution. extremely playable. kerpal


Test configurations on macOS:

Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
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  • ?
  • ?
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Trivia

  • Original names: ソウルキャリバー II (SLPS-25230), 소울칼리버 II (SCKA-20016)
  • Access the Progressive Scan menu by holding the Cross and Triangle buttons together when the game boots up.

Known Issues

There are currently no known, active issues for this title. If you find one, please add it here.

Fixed Issues

Semi transparent character portraits

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: Character portraits are semi transparent on select screen in Hardware mode.
  • Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

SPS (Spikey Polygon Syndrome)

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: Sometimes while playing parts of the character's body look like falling off or going across the screen.
  • Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Respawn issues

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: Sometimes after a character falls from the arena and respawns it's facing the wrong way or the camera is stuck someplace else.
  • Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Characters cast no shadows on hardware renderer

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: Characters will not cast any shadow in any GSdx hardware renderer
  • Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Darkness in some stages

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: Some stages are darker than normal in GSdx hardware mode.
  • Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Thin vertical lines

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: Vertical black lines appear when running the game in any resolution that's higher than native. This issue also occurs in various other Namco titles.
  • Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Gallery

Public compatibility forum links