Soulcalibur IV (Playstation 3, 2008)

Namco is one of the best developers in the game fields. Just looking at these character models and backgrounds in Soul Calibur IV is enough to make your mouth drop open. Where else can you play as Darth Vader, choking and slicing your way through your opponents? Adding the Star Wars stage (with authentic music) and Vader makes this game truly epic. For as much as Namco's Soul Calibur series has stayed the same, the more fun the weapons-based fighter has become. Soul Calibur IV is no different, offering up a plethora of fighters that bear familiar faces to fans of the series, as well as even offering Darth Vader (yes, Darth Vader) as a bonus fighter for the Playstation 3 version of the game while X-Box 360 gamers get Yoda :( , and stands as the best fighter to hit the PS3 yet. This is worth getting even without Yoda.