Cloud Strife vs Siegfried Schtauffen (Soul Calibur)

[SuperMillionaire]

I was watching a bunch of Soul Calibur IV videos on YouTube, and because the game allows players to create their own custom-made characters, I've seen a whole bunch of Final Fantasy characters recreated in the game. Unlike the character creation feature in Soul Calibur III, characters no longer have their own original fighting styles, but rather imitate the fighting styles of the original characters already created in the game. I notice that Cloud Strife's fighting style is always based on that of Siegfried Schtauffen, which has a number of similarities with Cloud; they both had dark pasts, they both have blonde hair and blue eyes, they both wield massive swords, and they both have German ancestry ("Strife" as a surname is of German origin). So, I wonder, if we were to match Cloud against Siegfried, which one would emerge victorious?

With that said, select the hero you want to root for and state how and why he should win the match. For me, it's anyone's game because both have massive swords and similar fighting styles, but I want to hear your opinions too, so feel free to express your opinions here.

[Madame Adequate]

Siegfried would win because he is the more attractive of the two.

[Big D]

Cloud's superhuman - even more than Siegfried - so in terms of strength, reflexes and paranormal abilities he's got the edge. He's also a couple of inches taller, giving him slightly better reach, though that counts for relatively little when you're dealing with guys whose swords can basically cleave buildings.

[Mirage]

Well, not even a lightsaber can cut through the weapons they use in SC4!

[SuperMillionaire]

Come to think of it, Mirage, you're right; normally, a lightsaber is supposed to cut through everything else, but not in SC4...

[Vyk]

Pretty sure that's just a rule they decided to break, instead of breaking the game by including it. If those lightsabers could do what they're supposed to every battle would be over in like two strikes

And I'm with D, Cloud takes advantage in this kind of mash-up

[SuperMillionaire]

So they weakened the lightsabers, eh?

Anyway, we also must take the battleground into account here; some stages will send you crashing into walls, while others knock you out of the ring.

[Mirage]

Pretty sure that's just a rule they decided to break, instead of breaking the game by including it. If those lightsabers could do what they're supposed to every battle would be over in like two strikes

And I'm with D, Cloud takes advantage in this kind of mash-up

A direct hit by any of the weapons in SC4 would kill you, though. The only thing that's different is that lightsabres can't cut through their weapons :p.

[Big D]

Pretty sure that's just a rule they decided to break, instead of breaking the game by including it. If those lightsabers could do what they're supposed to every battle would be over in like two strikes

And I'm with D, Cloud takes advantage in this kind of mash-up

A direct hit by any of the weapons in SC4 would kill you, though. The only thing that's different is that lightsabres can't cut through their weapons .

And even in the movies, lightsabres can't cut through everything. They glance off some surfaces instead of cleaving them outright. I guess we can assume that 16th-century spring steel is one of those surfaces

[SuperMillionaire]

Yes, the Soul Calibur is set in the 16th century (the 1500s). I have to wonder, though, if they made another version of the game set in the modern world. The first six Final Fantasies were set in medieval worlds, whereas Final Fantasy VII was set in the modern world.

[I Don't Need A Name]

Cloud is lame, so Siggy

[SuperMillionaire]

By Siggy, you mean Siegfried, right?

[Mirage]

Who else? :p

[Madame Adequate]

Sigmund Freud! He would have a lot to say about those enormous swords, too.

[Mirage]

Yeah, well, my main uses a huge wooden pole.