In Tekken I play Steve Fox, in DOA I play Zack... Naturally I feel like I should use Brad in VF. Is he easy to pick up? Does he bob and weave like the other two boxers I mentioned? I love evasiveness. I was also thinking of using Eileen, simply because of the unique fighting style. What do you think?

(I don't own VF yet, so I can't try them out until it comes out on 360)

Play around and get a feel for the different characters. Then pick the one you like. There's no reason to settle on a character early on.

Before anything I say practice the pure basics of the game on VF4:Evolution if you have a PS2.The game covers just about everything you need to know when it comes to the game system.You'll also be able to get an idea of how Brad plays to see if you'll want to continue learning him and his new stuff in VF5.

Before you start getting into hardcore dojo on EVO which IS awesome. just mess around with the game. Although the training mode is awesome, it might be too much info to take in if you don't even regularly play the game yet

Characters with the "easiest" learning curve are probably pai/lau. But naturally, once you move onto a higher level of gameplay they get just as difficult to master as other chars.

Eileen is a bore. D:

Brad seems about right. You may also want to check out Lei Fei and Shun.

don't listen to darkgift eileen is the most fun to play with if you like evasiveness and controlling a match with your blinding speed. I used to play kage in evo. Jacky is also an easy char to just pick up as is Sarah. But again they all get hard to master in the end.

Sooo I use Lei-fang in DoA, Asuka in Tekken, so I should use Pai in VF5?

Although fighting style wise different characters from different games may match up, you shouldn't think of it as "I used this char in this game so I HAVE to use this char in VF." Try out the different characters and look to see what you might like or dislike. There are only 17 characters in the game unlike other fighters where you have probably double that, so it shouldn't take too long to try them all out

Thanks for the input. I kinda got tired of waiting and decided to just rent the PS3 version. So far I really like Brad. He seems like a great character, but there's definitely some challenge to being effective with him, which I like. Eileen's not as much fun as I thought. Shun seems like he could be the easiest character to win with. Akira is someone I'll never have the patience for. These are just a few of my first impressions! Looking forward to improving my skill.

Seriously, does anyone have as much trouble picking a character to play as I do? I pretty much consider Wolf my main, although I'm not as certain as most are with picking a main, simply because I've played the most with him. As I decided to go with a new character after about 700 matches just to keep things from going stale with him, I noticed I pretty much had a profile for each character there is haha. Each one has something going for it, so I find myself with a new one each time I fire up my PS3.

I blame Sega for making each character fun to play. Does anyone else have this problem? One of you veterans should write a detailed character guide for me haha