My main experience in terms of actually playing the games are the Tekken and Soul series, playing up to five of the former (though I think I'm sure I have, and tried out Tekken 6 and four of the latter (though I'm sure I have, and may or may not have tried out Soul Calibur V, and I haven't played SC1 as I regrettably never owned a Dreamcast, but I seen it and like what I see.)

The first Tekken hasn't aged very well in my opinion, and while Tekken 4 (which I don't own) has clever moments, it feels like the beta version of Tekken 5 to me (which I admittedly played first of the two), especially in Story Mode, which while T4 had more imaginative Story Mode moments, very few characters actually had a "true" Story Mode like in T5 (where there's story within the gameplay, where the characters talk to each other before fighting.)

Tekken 3 is a fun nostalgic game for me, and I'm sure it was the first game I was waiting for (like reading about it as it was being produced for the PlayStation, though of course I'd seen it in action in the Arcades), but I think my favorite is Tekken 2, despite it being dated and simplistic compared to Tekken 3 onwards - it's ultimately the most nostalgic to me, and for what it stands that game is a Tekken game to me (even going as far as saying that if I ever made a Tekken Movie, it would be that game I'd base it on.)

The Soul series always seemed a step or so ahead of Tekken for me (with the exception on Tekken 5, possibly) as it incorporated the storyline better (I know that's not always important to everyone.) I love the various Story Modes/Adventure Modes (Edge Master Mode, Tales of Souls...) for their games. I even attempted to write what my own Soul game would be on the fanon section of the Soul Calibur wiki - the gameplay basically being SCIV with SCIII style game play and Story Mode thrown in - with elements of what came before included as well, I think.

I have Bushido Blade and like the idea of it. I have been trying to get (the mostly superior looking, in my opinion) Bushido Blade 2 for years now, though I have seen pretty much all of it online.

While I've only played a demo of the second game, back in my early days of PlayStation, 2019 gave me a new appreciation for the Toshinden series, due to checking it out online, and I love the series now. I especially love Toshinden 3 due to the way it handled giving each character their own personal sub-boss (like how the early Tekken games did) - I love how, rather than simply being storyline related to the starter characters (which some of them still are) they are written as being literal contrasts to the main characters, like their storylines have the same theme, but they contrast with each other in someway (and there's more to it with how the characters are designed) - I love that idea, and it inspires me. I think it's really awesome how well they thought of this idea...


I have Mortal Kombat Trilogy and like it, but I suck at it (and this is one of the few times will I blame the game, as it's basically stuck on hard mode whatever you set it as - like it always does what is good against your attack, or seems to...)

Street Fighter is okay, and obviously a classic, but I'm not that into them (yet?)