Solid-ness aside, I hate how it feels. It feels like I'm a brick trying to combo another brick into the ground. It even looks like two bricks going at it. It was my first ever fighter on the PS1, though.
Calling it garbage is a little much. Tekken is a great fighter. I been playing tekken for many years, and when two high lvl players fight. The fights flow like water. Very fast and exciting. Only reason why one might feel like a brick is because tekken doesn't have strings like DoA. DoA is more causal friendly. I Love both games
Very different game and I love Tekken but I can see how it looks odd to someone who played DOA. I still prefer DOA and think it's the best fluid 3D fighter at the moment but I think you might actually enjoy Tekken if you gave it a try. There's a lot of variety in characters.