Soul Calibur 5 director details 'Critical

Soul Calibur 5 director Daishi Odashima has unleashed a barrage of details for a new 'Critical Edge' system being worked into the new fighter. "Critical Edge is a new attack system that delivers high damage to the opponent," he said, adding that it "can be used in combos" and "requires 1 Critical Gauge bar".He goes on: "The Critical Gauge can be charged up to 2 bars. So some characters can connect 2 Critical Edges in a row."A small portion of the Critical Gauge can be used to perform Brave Edge; a powered up versions of standard attacks (character shines when used). The properties change depending on the move; increase damage, adds additional attacks, gives advantage on block, changes hit property etc."He later details some of the ways players will be defending themselves in the new Soul Calibur. "There are 3 defensive systems. Quick Move can be performed by tapping the same direction twice. Kind of like a faster version of the [8-way Run] 8WR," he explains. "[It's] similar to SC2's evasion but doesn't have invincible frames. It's very easy to do and can be used by beginners too," said Odashima.Fight fans gathered at the Evo 2011 fighting championships in Las Vegas last weekend where they got the chance to try out Soul Calibur 5 - and share the love by uploading tons of videos to the internet.