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[0VincentRayne0]

Tekken isn't retarded, it takes a LOT more work to be good at tekken than soul calibur and in my opinion is the better engine when you are competent with it. And Soul calibur lost the retarded argument the moment viola could tod off of 2K and 3A. Nothing in tekken even compares to that. Soul Calibur is a million times simpler than tekken, which is why its a better fighter for new players but to call out tekken on having dumb stuff is beyond hypocritical compared to SCV. They are both very good FGs.

Look at it this way:
Many tekken players can pick up soul and play competently very quickly, even in tournament. The reverse is much less common.

i don't think i could disagree more with this comment. i know for a fact it doesn't take "a lot more work" to be good at tekken. and you can't even compare the engines because tekken is more based off of a 2D fighting engine than anything. if you do want to compare then Tekken seems a lot more stiff than soul calibur (and it is). you can't move as freely in tekken as you could SC. and the thing about viola is that she doesn't fit in with the rest of the SC characters. now put her in tekken where juggling thrives then she will do much better or a 2D fighting game. but even then, I know for a fact you can't pick up the controller and just start busting out combos that the seasoned players do.

but i can pick up a controller to tekken (which i haven't played since Tekken 6 came out) and come close to beating a dude that's been on the game since it came out without the long break that i took. pick up a controller in SC5 when you haven't played and be prepared to lose. a lot.

anyway for you to try and point out someone that they are wrong in calling tekken silly then do the exact same thing to Soul Calibur is hypocritical. like i said. both are two completely different fighting games. online people are gonna be the same for both games. you're gonna get cheap ragers and you're gonna get sportsman like players.

 

[Mage]

Welcome to 8wayrun!

 

[Kalas]

Oh well... I can see a HUGE Synraii post incoming about SC vs Tekken when he comes online...

Anyway, hi! And play what you want to play. :)

 

[Spartan_Rambo]

Well here is my overview of both fighting games in terms of gameplay:

Tekken:

The good
-Lot of characters/playstyles to chose.
-Advanced movement.
-Throws breakable on reaction.
-Lots of options creating juggles.
-Very deep game.

The bad
-Lots of starters are fast and safe, making the game a starter-juggle fest even at highest levels.
-Tech crouching mids in certain attacks.
-Rage is crazy good.
-(Most of the) pokes has few uses if they don't have some ch propierties, either mid or low are very risky to use because you can be ch juggled out of them.
-Lots of matchups to learn.
-Generally a low risk/high reward game.
-The long combos stops the flow of the match (this is more a personal taste thought)

Soul Calibur

The good
-Pokes has lots of uses.
-Thanks to the weapons the game offers a lot of ranges to fight.
-Counter hits and normal hits starters has more normal risk/normal reward propierties than Tekken.
-Just guard allows you to punish a predictable opponent easily.

The bad
-A comeback mechanic (but less useful than rage)
-Throws aren't breakable on reaction.
-There is no Hwang in SCV.

 

[Syn_SC]

Oh well... I can see a HUGE Synraii post incoming about SC vs Tekken when he comes online...

Anyway, hi! And play what you want to play. :)

Not in the slightest, but I will make one observation from being experienced in a plethora of fighting games (this is not aimed at you, it is aimed at lolpic and tekken is only juggles guys):
Soul Calibur players on this site generally are bad at almost all other fighting games and tend to be hostile towards their engines and or communities with little information and experience with regards to competitive play. That doesn't stop SCV from having a good engine, but trying to get concise information out of a lot of SC players about other FGs is like slamming your head against a brick wall.

I've met a lot of players of other games and their view of the SC scene is a bunch of hostile players with an inferiority complex, now I will defend the game to the hilt in spite of its flaws, but a lot of community members really don't help with this stereotype. I can garuntee you all that had the OP mentioned instead of Tekken, SF, VF, DOA, Marvel or GG etc etc most comments here would be uneducated responses containing mostly bile about said other game.

I am discontinuing my input here because there are too many players like this around who will never change and trying to speak some reason is a waste of my time and yours.