Soulcalibur 5 ezio series#

Needless to say I was apprehensive about picking up one of these hulking joysticks and embarrassing myself in front of my peers. I have a strange relationship with fighting games – I love playing them, but unfortunately I am incredibly crap at them, not having the time or dedication to become good at them.

Soulcalibur 5 ezio series#

I’ve dabbled with the series in the past I had Soul Calibur 2 on the GameCube, mainly because of the appearance of Link as a guest character and I also briefly owned Soul Calibur IV (If you hadn’t noticed, I am a sucker for fanboy-baiting cameos, crossovers and guest appearances). The series’ fifth instalment was here and our favourite Italian assassin was making a guest appearance, tussling with Ivy, Voldo and the rest of Namco Bandai’s brawling heroes.

Some of these screens are connected to Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 units running Assassin’s Creed: Revelations others were almost dwarfed by huge Hori arcade sticks, in front of the familiar Soul Calibur logo. Upon entering this room, a series of televisions are spraying light where dim candlelight does not. What better place to celebrate the life of a character, who, through his travels has fought Templars and other secret societies? Who knows what hidden history had been made there over the past century? At some point this Grade II listed room was boarded up and forgotten about rediscovered when the hotel itself was refurbished within the last two decades. This elegant, nay, extravagant room was built by Freemasons in 1912 for the equivalent of around £4 million created with mahogany and 12 different types of expensive Italian marble. Hidden in the depths of this large building, is a pristine Masonic Temple. Reopening in 2000 after a refurbish, this re-branded hotel wouldn’t feel out of place within the futuristic world of Deus Ex. The evening took place in a hotel built in 1884 by the Great Eastern Railway Company (who had build the adjacent Liverpool Street Station in 1874) this hotel had been in business for over a century, until it’s closure in 1996.

A Ubisoft/Namco Bandai-led celebration of Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio Auditore took place this past Wednesday, in an incredibly memorable evening of Assassins, Freemasons and fellow Games Journalists.