[quote name='valance']are you guys saying soul calibur is not balanced for newbs, or for pros? because when my friends and I play (i would say newbs on the scale), we have great fun and challenging matches. and i hear when people go pro at this game, it only gets deeper and more rewarding. the only cheap tactic i've seen so far is doing the same move over and over, but countering that is easy.[/quote]
Trust me I'm fairly good at SC2, but it's not the most balanced due to certain characters strengths and moves that can be exploited fairly easy. It's hard to make a balanced 3-D fighter and Soul Caliber 2 is fun, but I don't think it's close to being balanced.
Don't get confused between the game being easy for newb button mashers and the characters being balanced in moves and strength.