I know Soul Calibur II has ran it’s course, but thats no reason to turn your backs on it. The game is nowhere near bad, when Tekken 5 was still in Namco’s nutsack people praised that shit like crazy. But now that it’s “played out” people actually have the gall to pick IT over Tekken 4? What in the fuck?
It has lose controls yes, but you shit on people like Kage and TooHectic when you say it’s too easy to win. It’s obvious the system is way deeper than a scrubby ass 3d version of super punch out.
I want to know why all of a sudden Soul Calibur isn’t hip anymore. And none of that “it’s broken” shit. Theres characters in Tekken 5 and then theres Nina and Steve. If that aint broken then I dont know what is.
With all this talk of brokenness and what not, it sounds like T5 is going to be the next MvC2 but on a larger scale. Only a handful of characters(if that) that are used in tourney that can actually win, but the game still be played alot…for now. Only time will tell, but since Tekken is pretty mainstream I wouldn’t doubt it having a long run.
Umm…I played SC2 on an import GC and didn’t see what all the hubub was about after I beat it with Mitsurugi and Astaroth using the same shit from SC on DC. I know you can’t judge a fighting game properly by that but I did since I enjoyed SC for the DC, but then again I only bought SC to hold me over till VF3 was released…
Huh, ironic. I just got through with a good hour-long session.
I stopped playing it for a while, had a friend who whored the fuck out of it. Wouldn’t play anything else but Soul Calibur/Soul Calibur 2, didn’t give any other games a chance, didn’t have “variety” in his vocabulary. So I was burned on SC for a while and claimed somebody stole it to put an end to that shit.
I think the game holds up quite well. I didn’t understand why it drew in so much negative attention from forum-goers ‘n’ such. But then, I was never that much into it.
Go to some 3d fighting game site and post this thread there. We don’t focus on 3d here. Tekken seems to have the best core gameplay, so we’ll play T5 over any other 3d game.
I’ve always wondered what was the psychological reasoning behind 2d fighting game fans always being more geared towards Tekken than SC (or any other 3d fighting game for that matter).
I think it’s because of the combos. I feel that’s the one parallel between the two that makes 2d fighting game fans feel more “comfortable” with Tekken than anything else.
On another note, I’ll never understand anyone that says tekken is bettre than Soul Calibur.
Since when was SCII praised by the fighting game community? I knew people who played competitively and stuff and most of them hated the game, in fact after around a year of that being out, I dont remember many people liking it at all. Personally after playing it for a few minutes and watching a couple vids from nats, I hated that game beyond anything conceivable. Watching a SCII vid makes CvS2 look enjoyable. :sad:
Soul Calibur III is already confirmed for a Fall release this year, anyway. Even if Soul Calibur II is dead you have less than a year to wait for its successor.
it’s all about what you want to play fuck what other people think because if it was like that i know a lot of people who wouldn’t play MvC2 or CvS2…but they do anyway
The game is a lot more fun and accessible to people who have better things to do then practice combos 10 hours a day yet still has plenty of depth. Yeah, don’t underestimate the power of the casual gamer, they’re mostly responsible for the vast amount of sales that this game generated. I kinda get tired of these vf/tekken style float your opponent all day long combos. Those kage 10foot toss combos are just fucking dumb to look at
I don’t know about VF, but I just don’t see how “poke you all day long till’ I launch you and take half your life bar” makes for interestng gameplay in regards to Tekken. At it’s core that’s really all it is.
Exactly. I guess it just looks cooler. While VF has some shit like this it’s nowhere near as bad.BM pointed out the Kage’s throw, which I can understand, but alot of hits in T5 are like that (Law f, 1+2 for example). To juggle successfully in VF you have to either hit with a counter hit, as long as it’s a move that will knock them off there feet in the first place, or when the opponent takes a heavy hit(Aoi’s :l: :r: + PK for example ) they will crumple and when they are going down, you have to hit them at a precise moment to pop them up for the juggle or else they will fall without being floated.
To me it seems, that while VF only has 2 attack buttons it makes up for it in timing as well as positioning.
For me I hate how the damage is too high so you die before you even can enjoy anything. Plus it’s slow and many moves take rediculous motion(s) to pull of a simple prod with a weapon.:tdown:
SC II is underrated. I still think gamewise it’s a bit weaker then SC I, due to the sidestep upgrade being a bit too good, and the GI system being dumbed down- I’d prefer SC1 controls. It was definitely less of a combo game, and more strategic, which I liked a lot. I get tired of Tekken’s combos, and VF’s joystick manipulation, SC gets to the strategic core with a lot more accessibility.
