What is arcade mode in soul calibur 4?

Answer 1

Arcade mode gives you a certain amount of lives (depending on what difficulty) and a time limit (also depending on what difficulty) to beat a level of your choice (or you can do the full game challenge). You get points depending on how you kill a bad guy, (knifing a bad guy (w/o a multiplier) is 130 points, just making a car explode is 200 points, etc. etc.) and if you shoot him, where (head shots are the most points). When you complete a level, your time is added to your score, and your lives (there is also a multiplier, varies by difficulty). While playing, you can get a multiplier. (I'm not sure how many there are, but it goes over X5 multiplier)