[Shin Densetsu]

Tekken rules. I want D-Arts figures of the Kazuya, et al. Story is awesome. MUSIC is awesome. Play-style is awesome. Easy to pick up, challenging to master.

Discuss

[Matrixbeast]

I could never get into Tekken. I don't know why.

[Sentai]

Yes, please, thank you. Love me some Tekken! Favorite character is still Jun, I could devastate as her. Least favorite though is Jack, very limited, he has three basic movies and is very easy to interupt.

[Shin Densetsu]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I could never get into Tekken. I don't know why.

One of my friends feels that way(oddly enough he thinks Soul Calibur is way better).

[Switchblade]

I never got into Tekken, either, but I really like Street Fighter X Tekken. Don't know much about the characters, but I used Lili as my anchor character. She's pretty awesome.

[Shin Densetsu]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I never got into Tekken, either, but I really like Street Fighter X Tekken. Don't know much about the characters, but I used Lili as my anchor character. She's pretty awesome.

SFxTK is great but I think it didn't have lasting popularity due to the inclusion of the gem system. I for one don't even use the gems(or I think altered gems? Forgot if you can skip gems by default). The gems were a gimmick that were not needed at all.

I think the lack luster reception of the game is also why we have not seen a thing for Tekken VS SF.

The sad thing is, SFxTK actually has a great translation of the Tekken characters to the Street Fighter engine. I was very impressed.

[Sentai]

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Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu

One of my friends feels that way(oddly enough he thinks Soul Calibur is way better).

I love Tekken, but SC is better

[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.

[Sentai]

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Originally Posted by badlander86

No it isn't.

Yes, it actually is.

Soul Blade and up through the latest installment of Soul Calibur have so much more than Tekken offers. Soul Calibur is the only fighting series really where I don't get bored midway through. And for the same reason I loved Ehrgeiz. Both games offer a robust adventure map to go along with the standard story and fight modes.

Ehrgeiz (The spiritual successor of Tobal No. 1), especially, had a wonderful roleplay section. Where you went through a dungeon room to room. And what I loved about it was it was much like Dark Cloud and DC2, where the dungeons were completely random. So you never knew what would happen.

Where Soul Blade on up the list of Calibur games had an outstanding adventure mode in itself. Where you'd move through the map and unlocked special characters and different weapon sets, which then helped you go through the bog-standard story mode they all have. And it's something I miss.

Soul also gave her much more customization options. The latter games even let you create characters, and moves, so it was a truely involving experience. It was one of the reasons I loved that one Mortal Kombat game to, who's name escapes me. But onward.

I love Tekken. It'll remain one of my all-time favorites. But you'll never convince me it's better than Soul Blade or any of the Coul Calibur games.

[badlander86]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Yes, it actually is.

Soul Blade and up through the latest installment of Soul Calibur have so much more than Tekken offers. Soul Calibur is the only fighting series really where I don't get bored midway through. And for the same reason I loved Ehrgeiz. Both games offer a robust adventure map to go along with the standard story and fight modes.

Ehrgeiz (The spiritual successor of Tobal No. 1), especially, had a wonderful roleplay section. Where you went through a dungeon room to room. And what I loved about it was it was much like Dark Cloud and DC2, where the dungeons were completely random. So you never knew what would happen.

Where Soul Blade on up the list of Calibur games had an outstanding adventure mode in itself. Where you'd move through the map and unlocked special characters and different weapon sets, which then helped you go through the bog-standard story mode they all have. And it's something I miss.

Soul also gave her much more customization options. The latter games even let you create characters, and moves, so it was a truely involving experience. It was one of the reasons I loved that one Mortal Kombat game to, who's name escapes me. But onward.

I love Tekken. It'll remain one of my all-time favorites. But you'll never convince me it's better than Soul Blade or any of the Coul Calibur games.

So you're looking it at it from a content standpoint. Okay, I can get that. System wise I still feel Tekken is better but I guess its a matter of opinion.