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The Game History of Abyss from SoulCalibur III

Abyss is usually the final boss character in SoulCalibur III (2005) and can be unlocked to become playable as one of the last characters in the game.

In SoulCalibur IV it’s possible to unlock his weapon the Ircalla death scythe, and also costume parts which look similar to him, in SoulCalibur VI, Zasalamel gains Abyss exclusive attacks during his Soul Charge and also references Abyss. However, Abyss was not available as a character anymore though after SoulCalibur III.

Background Story / Trivia

He starts to exist when Zasalamel, one of the new characters in SCIII merged and absorbed the powers of the magical swords SoulCalibur and SoulEdge with the purpose to end his own immortality finally. After he is defeated by Siegfried and Nightmare, he returns as Zasalamel, his deathwish was not granted. 

Gameplay

Abyss uses mainly the fighting style of Zasalamel but got a handful of additional and very powerful special moves which make him more powerful than the most other characters in SCIII. He has many Mid and Long-range attacks while he lacks in the close range. This can be dangerous for Abyss players since he draws his opponent to him through many attacks actually.

Character Overview of Abyss from SoulCalibur 

Official Wallpaper of Abyss

Only a really few artworks about Abyss were published by Namco.

In SoulCalibur III its possible to unlock these two pages of concept sketches/designs for Abyss which were never used for him in the actual game.

Note: Most of the official art shown here, like the Abyss & Olcadan Illustration was made available through screenshots I made while playing SoulCalibur III with the Playstation 2 Emulator.

Abyss vs Sophitia

Abyss Battle Demo

Abyss by CerberusLives