Soul Calibur IV or Street Fighter IV. Which game do you think is better and why?

I have a variety of different genres in my game library but noticed I'm lacking in the fighting games department. Actually to be honest I haven't bought a

single fighting game current gen. This is why I come to you for advice on whether to purchase soul calibur or street fighter.

Mainly I'm looking for the game with the most online replay value.

Right now I'm leaning towards soul calibur IV because its cheaper and I belive it has more

modes which makes it more valuable imo. Plus I loved how my friends were able to create custom characters and play them online.

Im assuming soul calibur's online community didn't drop with the release of street fighter.

On other hand street fighter has more martial arts(or w/ev it really is) then weapons which I prefer, and I bet it would look flashy on my Hd t.v. Also the more

blood and brutality the better,but I doubt there will be much in either one. :(

So should I save some cash and get Soul calibur for now or stop being cheap and get street fighter for a little more. Which one would you recomend and why?

Thanks.

In my opinion, SF4 is possibly the best fighting game ever made, and it's reviews seem to reflect this. I always found the SC series to be not skill oriented enough. It feels more like a mass market fighetr to me that can people can pick up and button mash their way to victory. No button mashing in SF4, that's for sure.

Hmm I think Ill go for soul calibur based on these posts. Im not that hardcore of a fighting gamer. Also lack the expierence to know whether I like 2d fighters. Thank you for the responses, keep them coming.

In my opinion, SF4 is possibly the best fighting game ever made, and it's reviews seem to reflect this. I always found the SC series to be not skill oriented enough. It feels more like a mass market fighetr to me that can people can pick up and button mash their way to victory. No button mashing in SF4, that's for sure.

Endgame_basic

I concur.

Soul Calibur for me, I just prefer it generally, also, no arcade stick needed.

My opinion...You should go for Soul Calibur first and then get Street Fighter later. Once it has become cheaper. SC still has a good community and seeing everyone's created characters is always fun. I'm partial to Captain Planet; Conan the Barbarian, Afro Samurai and Raptor-Jesus myself. But then you also get all the Cloud/Sephiroth wannabes as well. It's always classic to whoop Darth Vader's @ss as Sailor Moon anyways. XD Get em both. Play SC untill you can get SF. Odds are that their online communties will last quite a while.

http://www.ugo.com/games/soulcalibur-4-create-a-character-top-50/?cur=Alien&morepics=49

I haven't even played SF 4 yet but I am going with that. Soul Calibur one was awesome, but I don't like number 4 as much because the story is stupid, all the new modes are completely tacked on and including the Star Wars characters was a stupid move and tipped the balance of the game entirely. Street Fighter 2 is awesome, but I still haven't got a chance to buy or play 4 yet but I can already tell it looks amazing. So get SF 4 for your first fighter, because its easier to play as well as there are no were near as many combos to learn (although it still offers a lot of scope and is hard to master).

I'm gonna say definitely Soul Calibur IV. I don't like 2D fighting games.

Street Fighter IV. It's deeper, more challenging, more polished, and just a lot more fun.

SC4, not a fan of the SF series at all.

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BKbroilerXC

That's a joke right? Because that game is not that good.

Well, if you like games that can be played single-player without getting cheesed by overpowerful AI even on Easy, have decent-sized and varied movesets, have character creation, look like an actual 360 game and not like something off the Dreamcast, have relatively decent sound and let you be able to walk in more than two directions, Soulcalibur 4 is your thing. If you want something that never changed from 1995 to now aside from some new characters, one or two new moves thrown in and some 3D graphics that look pretty outdated anyways(maybe it's just me, I dunno, but SF4 wasn't the most impressive-looking game I've ever seen), g'head and get Street Fighter 4. XD And if you get SF4, good luck trying to beat it single-player unless you've beat an SF game before, I've tried beating it on Easy with about 5 characters, and I can't get past the last level...

Well, if you like games that can be played single-player without getting cheesed by overpowerful AI even on Easy, have decent-sized and varied movesets, have character creation, look like an actual 360 game and not like something off the Dreamcast, have relatively decent sound and let you be able to walk in more than two directions, Soulcalibur 4 is your thing. If you want something that never changed from 1995 to now aside from some new characters, one or two new moves thrown in and some 3D graphics that look pretty outdated anyways(maybe it's just me, I dunno, but SF4 wasn't the most impressive-looking game I've ever seen), g'head and get Street Fighter 4. XD And if you get SF4, good luck trying to beat it single-player unless you've beat an SF game before, I've tried beating it on Easy with about 5 characters, and I can't get past the last level...

enix165

I laugh every time someone says they don't like SF IV because they can't beat Seth on easy. It's not the games fault that you suck because Seth is extremely easy on the easy difficulties. Unlike Soul Caliber, Street Fighter takes actual skill to play.

I have been a huge fan of the Street Fighter series. I, however, can say that I feel really let down with this last installment of SF4. I thought It lacked a lot of characters, and I thought that the story mode was in short,... very weak and poorly done. But the feel of 2d fighters always offers a better feel when you are talking about fighting games. I can't say much about SC4 because I really never got into SC before. I really wanted the one that had Link, but I never came across the game, and I somewhat forgot all about it to the point that my interest just became meaningless. Id say rent them both or just ask a friend that has the same opinion or and taste in game as you do. Heck, If you have the money, just buy both.

I like both street fighter 4 and soul calibur 4, when i got soul calibur 4 i loved it i like how the graphics looked and playing it online was fun but somestimes the frustration (cuz i was losing lots of times)kicked in.In street fighter 4 was the same thing i love the game and it was more easier to play specially someone like me that enjoyed the capcom vs series (capcom vs snk, marvel vs capcom) because street fighter 4 had that feel to those vs series games well more like the capcom vs snk games and street fighter 2 and street fighter 3 mix together.I just found street fighter more balance at in the fighting and more easier to get into and the most important thing in a fighting game SF4 IS ALOT OF FUN SPECIALLY ONLINE OR WITH FRIENDS.Soul calibur 4 to me it feels like you need luck because you can hack a 2 or 3 hit move and you could win, yea i know soul calibur 4 has deeper combat with loads of variety of moves but i hate to remember lots of moves.Also the game is somewhat broken you can pick cervantes, kilik and hack you way doing the same move over and over and you will win in street fighter 4 that don't work that's one of the reasons why i think sf4 is more balanced.Guard impact in soul calibur 4 has to be done precise in the previous soul calibur games it was easier to guard impact but in 4 just got more ridiculous, street fighter 4 u could also do counters and focus attack which are much easier to pull off.Plus the supers look cool in sf4 yea there are some movese in soul calibur 4 that looked gorgeous but sf4 are just better.

I like both street fighter 4 and soul calibur 4, when i got soul calibur 4 i loved it i like how the graphics looked and playing it online was fun but somestimes the frustration (cuz i was losing lots of times)kicked in.In street fighter 4 was the same thing i love the game and it was more easier to play specially someone like me that enjoyed the capcom vs series (capcom vs snk, marvel vs capcom) because street fighter 4 had that feel to those vs series games well more like the capcom vs snk games and street fighter 2 and street fighter 3 mix together.I just found street fighter more balance at in the fighting and more easier to get into and the most important thing in a fighting game SF4 IS ALOT OF FUN SPECIALLY ONLINE OR WITH FRIENDS.Soul calibur 4 to me it feels like you need luck because you can hack a 2 or 3 hit move and you could win, yea i know soul calibur 4 has deeper combat with loads of variety of moves but i hate to remember lots of moves.Also the game is somewhat broken you can pick cervantes, kilik and hack you way doing the same move over and over and you will win in street fighter 4 that don't work that's one of the reasons why i think sf4 is more balanced.Guard impact in soul calibur 4 has to be done precise in the previous soul calibur games it was easier to guard impact but in 4 just got more ridiculous, street fighter 4 u could also do counters and focus attack which are much easier to pull off.Plus the supers look cool in sf4 yea there are some movese in soul calibur 4 that looked gorgeous but sf4 are just better.

Batsu12

with what you have said, that you haven't got a fighting game on the 360 ill advise you to go 4 soul calibur 4 as its easier and the online play and game modes are better quality imo, i like both but street fighter 4 is just to hard, i stuggle on easy and i cant go a supper move or what ever they are called, i like both games and recommend both to anyone, but i have to say soul calibur is my more liked, also keep an eye out for tekken 6 when that comes out, if you get in to them types of games.

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In my opinion, SF4 is possibly the best fighting game ever made, and it's reviews seem to reflect this. I always found the SC series to be not skill oriented enough. It feels more like a mass market fighetr to me that can people can pick up and button mash their way to victory. No button mashing in SF4, that's for sure.

filfili

I concur.

Yep

street fighter 4. because i like 2d fighters more than 3d fighters, and the art style is amazing.

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In my opinion, SF4 is possibly the best fighting game ever made, and it's reviews seem to reflect this. I always found the SC series to be not skill oriented enough. It feels more like a mass market fighetr to me that can people can pick up and button mash their way to victory. No button mashing in SF4, that's for sure.

filfili

I concur.

If your not that heavy into fighters (like me) go with SC4, it is generally much more forgiving. The main reason being that the input timing for combos in SF4 is absurdly strict, espcially in comparison to SC4. That said, once you learn a single SC4 character's movelist, it is much easier to start experimenting with combos and attack strings.

Both games also have different styles, you might want to consider watching gameplay footage of both games and see what game looks like more fun. Personally, I have more fun pulling off flashy moves with a giant sword/axe/whatever than pulling off well timed uppercuts, spin kicks, fierce punch/kicks, etc etc.

On to more opinion based claims.....I find SC4 to offer much more variety than SF4. Dont get me wrong, their both great games, but I found the SC4 characters/moves to offer more versatility and uniquness than SF4 (thanks in large part to SC4's much larger movelists). Character creation and customization is also a big plus for SC4, you can spend hours in it if you get into it.

And dont listen to some of these SF4 snobs, both games take skill and practice to play well.