Since this Let's Mulligan is more for practice (I'll report how I did on Saturday) and unlocking purposes, I made sure that Arcade mode was set to one fight wins on easy. It was rather embarassing that I almost died as my main (Cassandra). Okay, it was completely embarassing. I place the blame on forgetting how to fight.

Even though I clocked many, many hours into this game, it's been a long time since I've played it. I've also played the other games of the series since then, where some moves and timing is a little different. Currently, I'm mainly playing as Moe Blob Pyrrha in Soulcalibur 5. She does not play like Cassandra. So, I have to relearn what I unlearned for the other games. Awesome. It's... back there somewhere, but at least this way I have new ways to look at a match.

Anyway, Arcade mode won't help me unlock a lot of the things, so it was time to head to the mission mode.

Mission mode in Soul Caibur II is called Weapon Master, and wraps a little story around your character wandering around looking for clues and generally trying to be the best, like no one ever was. As you battle, you gain experience points and money. The money is the important bit here, since you use it to buy weapons, artwork, movies, and costumes. The weapons have different benefits (longer reach, more prone to break guard, stronger attack, stronger defence, healing) which makes these misson battles easier. They can even be equipped for arcade and versus modes, with their benefits turned on or off.

The story is divided into chapters, with various missions within each chapter. The further you progress, the harder things get, of course.

I'll be (mostly) playing as Cassandra, with Raphael coming out for a few fights.

( A Let's Play with Actual Playing?! )

Part Two: Weapon Master Mode Chapters 3 and 4, coming soon.