How to play SoulCalibur II on Mac

Game summary

Transcending history and the world, a tale of souls and swords eternally retold. Four years have passed since the spirit sword, SoulCalibur defeated the evil Soul Edge. At the end of that fateful battle, the shards of the shattered Soul Edge were scattered across the world and SoulCalibur was lost to the void. Now, the evil that still resides in the scattered shards of Soul Edge threatens again to engulf the world in darkness. Guest starring exclusively for the Nintendo Gamecube: Link from the Legend of Zelda. Guest starring exclusively for the Microsoft XBOX: Spawn from the IMAGE Comic Series. Guest starring exclusively for the PlayStation 2: Heihachi Mishima from the Tekken Series.
First released: Jul 2002

Play SoulCalibur II on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play SoulCalibur II on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

SoulCalibur II installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install SoulCalibur II like you would on any PC.
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