Compared To Tekken

[Deformerad Dallarydsbo]

How's this compared to Tekken? Are there alot of combos/variety? Tekken 7 was quite the dissapointment for me, the large rooster of charachters in this game steered me towards it.

[Tikka Qrow]

Every character is very unique. It'll have some similarities to TEKKEN cotrol wise, but just the fact everyone has sharp objects changes things quite a bit. Combos are more varied and not as complicated, causing a bit of a guessing game between opponents. Just go watch some YT videos of past SC games.

[Nezgot]

SoulCalibur VI is probably the least combo-heavy competitive fighter. Most good combos are like 4 hits. It's definitely easier to get into, but it has enough depth to be competitively interesting. Movement feels great in SC compared to Tekken. It's much more fluid and opens the game up to more 3D shenanigans. I'm not quite sure what you mean by variety, but the characters play very differently from another.

[borokoshow]

less combos, more neutral game, less moves per character but each character is more unique

[Noxgarm]

Where Tekken is about juggle, combo execution and position, Soulcalibur is more about managing your distance and reading your opponent. 6, especially, has been streamlined, in a really good way. Each characters feels fairly unique, and you have to learn how to use all their move to control the flow of battle. Unlike most fighting game, being patient and defensive is definitly encouraged.

[Dan Smith]

Soulcalibur is perfect for you.

Tekken is only for good players.

[Duex]

this is not a combo game at all, but there are some crazy things that can happen like Tira getting crazy rng that lets her do a 33 hit combo, and when that ♥♥♥♥ happens its euphoric

[EpikBlazn]

I feel even more faster reaction timing is needed in SC series, I loved SC2 growing up and always went to play SC2/SC3 instead of Tekken 4 and 5 back then lol.

[Darth Cervantes]

Its much more fluid than tekken

[Spartan40]

This game is way more fun than Tekken. Ring out game, zoning game, misdirection, stance mix-ups, flashy moves....Sc has all this in spades. In Tekken, landing shots did feel good though as you really felt the impact...but I never liked how the movement was so rigid.

It's true that Sc is easier to learn, but alot people plateau at mid level. A solid player is still gonna get bodied 45 out of 50 times by a good player. It's not enough to just master your main, you really have to learn every character's moveset and be very familiar with the matchups because with weapons....balance kinda goes out the window. There are some major mismatches in the game.

[nekomimikickflip]

Rooster? i think you meant roster and tekken has twice the amount of characters. I don't get the point you are trying to make there. They play similar so you might end up being diassapointed unless you just want to play story mode.

[Spartan40]

Originally posted by swanglord:

Rooster? i think you meant roster and tekken has twice the amount of characters. I don't get the point you are trying to make there. They play similar so you might end up being diassapointed unless you just want to play story mode.

Uhh no....they do not play similar otherwise I'd still be playing Tekken.

[Doc]

Originally posted by Chik'Tikka Quick:

Every character is very unique. It'll have some similarities to TEKKEN cotrol wise, but just the fact everyone has sharp objects changes things quite a bit. Combos are more varied and not as complicated, causing a bit of a guessing game between opponents. Just go watch some YT videos of past SC games.

Better yet, go watch some videos of SC6. There's been like 5 pro tournaments of the game already in the past 3 months.

[Artuurs]

Tekken 7 has a large roster too.

[Nyrva]

Originally posted by Booyakasha:

How's this compared to Tekken? Are there alot of combos/variety? Tekken 7 was quite the dissapointment for me, the large rooster of charachters in this game steered me towards it.

Large roster ? There's almost half less characters in sc6 (roughly 24 with DLC) than tekken7 (43). If you're disappointed with tekken 7 combos/variety, you'll be more than disappointed here. This game's definitely not for you.
Soulcalibur is special to me because soul edge made me love fighting games and I prefer weapon based fighters like in samurai shodown or last blade.
This game is more about punishing your opponent, getting into his head than comboing someone to death.

[Connatic]

Originally posted by ZGoten:

SoulCalibur VI is probably the least combo-heavy competitive fighter. Most good combos are like 4 hits. It's definitely easier to get into...

Which is why it's always been my favorite. Does that make me a filthy casual? Maybe.

I just don't have fun with the type of gameplay that revovles around turning one mistake it a massive punish by however can master the manual dexterity to do a long combo string.

SC is more focused on the zoning and footsies. I'd say Soul Calibur will have more variety, in that more of the characters will feel more unique, but SCVI will defintely have less in the way of combos.