Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
[B] The convienance of having the moves on the pause menu is also a plus
Soul Calibur had that since soul edge/bladeTekken always release a solid game that slightly or entirely reinvents itself. example...tekken tag
Tekken makes incremental improvements.. they've never made an entire reinvention.. in fear that tekken noobs will complain about gameplay changing too much.tekken 4 came out about two years before soul calibur 2 and it is essentially the same fighting platform
Even compared to soul calibur 1.. tekken fails in every aspect of trying to pretend to contain any morsal of gameplay.. its just not a 'custom combo' kind of game.. you 'have' to do the combos that are given.. and you find ways to exploit them.. which results in people owning in tekken and waiting for tekken 6 to come out [/B]
Tekken requires skill to play and become good at. You cannot pick up a controlelr and master the combo's with one sitting. Each character has a wide erray of in depth combo's. You comment about not being able to create your own combo's. Actually, it is very much the opposite. Tekken has three different catagories of combos, each vary in difficulty and damage inflicted. This plethora of combo's allows for nearly endless experimentation and creation of combo's. the combo system is all about timing and mastering. Sometimes it can be pain staking, but is very rewarding when acomplished, and even more rewarding when mastered.
Tekken focuses more heavily on actually putting yourself in the perspective of fighting. Soul calibur is more of a hack,slash and have fun. Yeah anyone can play tekken, but if your an amatuer playing someone who knows what they are doing, it is almost impossible to win. Whereas in soul calibur, anyone can pick up the sticks and mash some buttons that will pull off a victory. The response time to tekkens gameplay is perfectly suited to it's style. It's all about timing. If your playing the game right, then the game is not to slow.
Tekken does change alot from game to game. from tekken2 to tekken3. The response time and in game fluency was improved greatly. Tekken3 to tekken tag was a spectacular change in the gameplay. you had to change the way you played and faught in the game. Tekken 4 hasnt changed much from tekken 3 aside of response time and graphics, but the improvments of those two were enough.
soul calibur is more of a game that people who cant play tekken play. Soul calibur is to easy to get good at, which makes it real old real fast.