I've heard people say that sc2 has no Oki as a criticism to it's core gameplay. This is true because of what the guy above me said.
The interesting part, is that THAT is the very reason why I like the game. I don't like wake-up/oki games. I want the defending player to spring back into action so both players are making decisions more often.
Long combo's bore me too. Gee, let's see, one player stuck in a stun/air juggle state for almost 10 seconds of the match? No thanks. That shit sucks any and all enjoyment I get out of the game.
It's the main reason why I'm done with SCV. I'm hoping team soul pulls their head out of their ass and realize this isn't Tekken, or Marvel, or any other game with retarded combo mechanics.
Soul Calibur was never intended to be a combo-centric game. It became that way because asshats who love combo-fest fighting games thought it would be a good idea to make SC more like other, more popular games.
It's also the obvious reason why I don't like any other fighting game, period. SC used to be the one game that was trying to be different, now it feels just like the mainstream games. It's even more apparent with all the Brave edge flashiness and super move silliness. Even JG is directly stolen from a Street Fighter game.
To it's credit, SCV does a lot of things right that SC2 didn't. Step G is gone, and stepping in general is much more unsafe. SC2 also had a ton of useless fluff moves that no one in their right mind used, to the point of it being a 5 move game at the competitive level. SCV at least fares better in this department. You have to use a much greater percentage of your moves to be effective.
Will they ever make a SC game that has what I consider the best of both game philosophies? Probably not. I see every SC as having unique but equally bad flaws in them. 2 had step g and useless shit moves, 3 had the worst balance ever and variable cancel, 4 also had balance issues but was painstakingly slow and boring, 5 has too many easy opportunities for big damage and too much flashiness (it's an eyesore for me sometimes).
I mean lets face it, all those games suck in some ways. I wish people would stop defending SCV unnecessarily. If you like it, great! But just understand that it doesn't appeal to everyone's tastes and that there are legitimate reasons why people don't like it.
At the end of the day, it's just a game. Judging games is entirely subjective. I just get sick and tired of the people who pretend that their opinion is objective fact and that only fools disagree with them, as if SC theory were some sort of exact science (it isn't). It's entirely arbitrary and doesn't really mean shit because it's just a fucking video game.
And now I disappear for another month or so....