Please no Setsuka. I hate her. :/
I hate this character as much as you do. Hate her so much.
SC1,2,3 were great, 4 was a flop. If you like Tekken you would enjoy SC
Soul Calibur IV put a very bad taste in my mouth for the franchise.
SC 2 was my favorite.
SCII is by far the best of the series. It was the most balanced, and was much more fluid compared to SCIV.
On side note: If you main Kilik, Voldo, Heishiro, Yun-Sung or Maxi. You're a b*tch. Sorry, but those characters are SO scrubby and low. They literally require no skill.
Kilik's method: poke, poke, poke, sweep, repeat.
Voldo's method: press buttons wildly=win.
Heishiro's method: rush, V, V, sidestep, H, H, repeat.
Yun-Sung's method: This has been explained...
Maxi's method: Isn't it obvious? He's banned for use in tournements for a f*cking reason.
On the otherhand: I greatly respect people who play Sophitia, Cassandra, Taki, Astaroth, Xianghua, Rock, Raphael and Hilde. These characters actually require a bit of practice to use effectively.
I'll admit it though. I'm a hypocritical b*tch, I use Heishiro. lol. Gotta love the samurai. Taki will always be my favorite though. I'll use Raphael at times, but I can't get him down as good as others can. Cassandra is my best character by far, but not my favorite.
This is all going off of IV. After having much play time with IV, I've grown to hate it so much. A lot of cheap characters and I didn't even name all of them.
This is just my opinion, however. Take it for what it's worth. Agree to disagree if you must.