I agree about Soulcalibur 4 & 5. I wish I could put SC5's character building system in SC4. For me that would be perfect!
A game on this list that surprised me was Ghost-busters. It was much better than I thought it would be. Only reason I didn't get around to beating it was I got distracted.
Tales Of Vesperia is a game I need to start over just so I can familiarize myself with the combat again. I really loved it but thought they eventually tacked too many things onto the battle system. No doubt some gamers loved that but I found it frustrating.