With Capcom's Street Fighter IV hitting stores tomorrow, Namco Bandai are scrambling to make some noise. The publisher has sent over 16 screenshots from their upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 fighter, Tekken 6.
It seems that fans of fighting games are always divided into a few camps, with some defending Capcom's 2D fighters and others swearing by the 3D Tekken series of games. At last week's Street Fighter IV launch party in Los Angeles, someone tried to convince me that Tekken: Dark Resurrection on the PlayStation Network was the best fighting game available on consoles, including Street Fighter IV. There were free drinks to be had, so I didn't argue.
And I'm not going to argue the point now, either. Rather, I'd like to let you guys duke it out. Is Street Fighter IV more of the same 2D fighter formula with a new coat of paint? Has the Namco Bandai and its Tekken series always been light-years ahead of Capcom's fighters? Will Tekken 6 be the fighter of choice when it ships later this year?
Chances are, a lot of you haven't played either of the games. But hell, that hasn't stopped you before. So ... Tekken 6 or Street Fighter IV?
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11:00 AM on 02.16.2009
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Meanwhile Street Fighter has pretty much always been king of the 2D fighter, especially if we include Marvel vs Capcom 2 into the mix. So if we're talking about which is better in its realm of fighters, then Street Fighter wins hands down. In a head to head comparison I'd say Street Fighter as well.
As a former fighter fan, BOTH series are the best the beat em up genre can offer. The flash, style and visual appeal of tekken is awesome, but the technical, precise, tactical nature of SF is one of the most rewarding experiences in gaming I have EVER experienced.
Yes, tekken can feel 'floaty' but I do love the speed and combat style of the games, so, so much.
In the end, I like the style of tellen more than I like the style od SF, but to say SF is far behind?? No, I don't believe that.
Each games have thier own appeal, but for me, I'll be passing on SF4 and saving my money for Tekken 6 this summer. :)
However as a game, I think Street Fighter is better because Capcom revised their games and made them more balanced and more fun where Tekken games were up and down over the years. Tekken 4 was the worst and its sad cause it could've been really good.
Tekken 5 is almost there but get anywhere near a wall and that's the end of the match: a juggle combo will end you. I don't know about Tekken 6 since I haven't been able to play it yet but I remember when it first came out there were 100% life combos the first week. It's been fixed now but still, just waiting on it.
Also, Capcom doesn't blatantly show favoritism towards any characters strength wise in their games while Namco is notorious for making the Kazama family top tier in all their games, specifically Jin since he's been in them.
Both are great series for sure....can't go wrong with either in my opinion.
I don't even understand why there's a debate. The 3D fighting genre and the 2D fighting genre are so different they might as well be different types of games, like comparing RPGs and action games. I enjoy playing fighting games in general and am competitive in both Tekken and Street Fighter, I like them both equally.
My fault on the family name though.
Tekken is good if you like to have cinematic semi-choreographed fighting to epic music. Christie vs Asuka at Moonlight Field or whatever it was with the castle in the background is epic.
I have yet to play SF4 yet, but speaking about the Street Fighter series overall, I REALLY dislike having three punches and three kicks. That never made sense to me, and still doesn't. But that's just me.
Tekken makes more sense in knowing which punch/kick I'll be throwing. Left or right, and the mixing up combos feels more natural to me. SF's moves seem to rely too heavily on half circle and quarter circle stuff that gets really old after awhile.
I love the little end fight multiple angle replay of the last couple seconds that Tekken does so well. That always felt more brutal and exciting than Street Fighters end fight slow motion finish.
Character customization, multi-leveled stages, mini games and hidden modes. Tekken just has more to offer imo.
(imo)
Street Fighter 4 for me.
That said, it does make me interested to know if I'm missing something important...
I looooove tekken. To death. VF is not my cup of tea, and DoA is just plain awful as a fighter.
But as fun as tekken is, it'll never be more popular than street fighter. At least in the US. Hell they didn't even release Tekken 5 on disc. It was dl only. A sure sign that they didn't think it could sell enough units to warrant being put on media.
Im still picking up SF4 though, so erm yeah, they both have their rightful place in the market.
Pesonally, I thought the series was great till it came to 4 and 5. As soon as your opponent can flip you in the air,or pinned against the wall, you're pretty much dead.
Oh and the button mashers love Eddie/Christie.
but what i liked about tekken was all the other stuff in tekken. like tekken bowling, volleyball. it just added more laughs/entertainment.
Always found the moves in tekken easier to pull off but I'm still not a huge fan of learning the huge strings of button combos for the better moves.
I just can't be bothered with beat em ups any more.
Street fighter is a good game for sure, but Tekken is the way to go for me.
I was playing some Tekken 5 this weekend and realized how much I like the franchise. Looking forward to this.
Second, it should be noted that these screens are actually of Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion (T6:BR for short) as regular old Tekken 6 will never see a console release. Between T6 and T6:BR, two new characters were added, along with a boatload of costumes and A TON of balancing changes (including weakening/shortening Bound/Wall combos for people thhat complained about them). Couple that with the fact that the T6 arcade version has seen about a dozen balancing updates and you've got what should be a very well balanced fighter.
Now then, I've loved every Tekken that has come out (minus Tekken Advance), but only A FEW Street Fighters (though Third Strike is still my favorite 2D fighter ever).
I've heard both games (SFIV and T6:BR) are completely awesome from pretty much everyone who has played them and as such, why quibble over which is better? Buy both!
I mean, T6:BR isn't coming out til the end of the year and SFIV comes out tomorrow.
Now SF has been a series that I can always come back too and have tons of fun....
I mean Ken has to be the only Video game character I truly want to emulate.
1: agreed buy both
2: your as good at selling fighting games as you were used boats
Did I tell you about the porthole defoggers?
I decided I couldn't let the stab put me down cause Street Fighter was sure as hell not coming back, so I moved on and cheated on it for Namco because Namco was there for me with one great release after another.
NOW, after 8-something years later, Capcom returns from the "liquor store" only to find out I've moved on. Though I'm in a tight dilemma here, I'm siding a TAD bit more on Tekken 6's side, but who am I kidding? I'll be honest I still have much love for Capcom deep down inside and I'm aching to have them both in bed.
To sum this random crap up: There is no winner/loser. I love both games equally, and I'm going to buy both games. BUT, if you had to put a gun to my head and make me choose one, I'd lean a TAD bit more towards Tekken 6.
Tekken 5 was absolutely awesome.
Street Fighter [Insert variation title] was absolutely awesome.
I don't think it's really a one or the other. Both are different styles and both are frakking awesome. I'll get both.
And as far as 3D goes, Virtua Fighter 5.
I enjoy Sf's easy to pull off combos and cool characters. I enjoy Tekken's graphics, but that's really about it. My wife likes Tekken over SF, which I don't understand....she says she likes the characters and their backstory... I think the characters are retarded (That robot guy (Jack?) and a big bear....what?)
I choose SFIV over tekken, but hate the new 'style'.....I'd rather have truely hi-res 2D animations. At the very least tekken already looks a lot better.
I'm a presentation snob
For the same reasons given by the Demtor (brown Turd avatar)...half circle, front,down,diagonal..etc.
Tekken makes you control your character better in terms of his/her/its(for panda/cyborg/kangaroo lovers) limbs and movement in the environment. Instead of using your controller to execute super moves all the time.
I hope this answers you're question