I prefer soul calibur controls to tekken controls, for two reasons:

(1) They make sense. They're not excessively technical, so you can be decent without attaining perfection. (Lower learning curve).
(2) King. Throw. Throw. Throw. Throw. Throw. Throw. Round 2. Throw. Throw. Throw. Throw. Throw. Throw. You lose.

Any game that a character get an infinite unbreakable chain of throws as long as they press the right buttons is just simply broken. I mean, like DOA wave-dash broken.