I do honestly prefer the power slash animation versus the soul eater one. From a realistic standpoint, it would be very difficult to jump as high as the player does, using soul eater, when wearing heavy plated armor. Maybe once or twice, but not a hundred times over the course of a boss encounter. But this is a fantasy world, I guess. That said, smacking a foe, in the face, with an explosion of dark energy, imo, looks much cooler.