[badlander86]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

I love Tekken, but SC is better

No it isn't.

Tekken is pretty much the odd middle child in the three big 3D fighter franchises (Virtua Fighter, and DOA included). The reputation of it being "stiff" for beginners is well-documented, as is the accusation of it being just a juggle game amongst the more veteran players.

I've been playing Tekken since T5 and this was AFTER SoulCalibur 2 which is in my eyes at least the best in Soul series (oh how far its fallen).

I hated it at first. Balancing arguments are a dime a dozen when fighting games are involved. Things like "scrubbing" (repeating the same cheap move over and over again) and "keep away grab" or "keep away poke" are all valid strategies in any fighting game. its just how they players feel about winning using such tactics or losing to such tactics.

Anyway, played a decent Hwoarang from T5 through Dark Resurrection and all the way to T6. At T6, I started to really LEARN the game. Things like Frame rate, Just Frame inputs, dancing, throw escapes, punishes, fuzzy guarding....etc etc. I was pretty intermediate but never a "pro". I've beaten my share of good challengers but I still job to a scrubby Law, Paul or Eddy. After Bloodline Rebellion and the introduction of Lars however, I kind of dropped the game. The character and the play style of Lars really annoyed me. This was a character built from scratch to give beginners this "Cool" feeling for nailing flashy combos for little effort. Like Leo but Leo was a lot more safer and grounded.

I was also annoyed by how Bounce became the most critical aspect of the game. When T6 came out people were raging hard about the....Rage Mode thinking that it ruined the game.

Anyway...outside of the games I have very little Tekken merch but I feel in love with the Tekken Bishoujo Christie Monteiro. Its rare that any dark-skinned/black character gets made in that line and Christie is pretty hot so I picked her up followed by a Bishoujo Jaycee which is probably my fave girly figure of all time. If Zafina gets made I'll probably grab her as well.