Bringing a gun to a fist fight
Ah,Tekken. A stalwart fighting game franchise that takes a licking and keeps on ticking. A mysterious game that’s simultaneously serious and goofy at the same time.
This is a melodramatic game that follows the story of a family line that continuously dicks their children over and over in bids for power, while also starring characters such as wrestlers in jaguar masks, panda bears, boxing kangaroos, and a mannequin made of logs.
Keep in mind this isTekkennumber 7. People have long-running attachments to characters and the wayTekkenplays represents the bygone era of the 3D fighter. In a world where the mind share is dominated byStreet Fighterand evenGuilty GearorMarvel,Tekkenstands alone now as the defacto 3D fighting game, complete with sidesteps and almost endless juggle combos.
So what are your thoughts now that this game which has spent years exclusively in Japanese arcades is finally in your hands? How do you feel about the direction the Mishima saga is going? And no mention of the Mishimas is complete without bringing up Akuma’s canon involvement with them. Are you going nuts with the character customization? Putting pizza backpacks on your Pauls and Laws? And where are you on theTekkenspectrum? Me, I’ve never been aTekkenguy, but I recognize the significance of7finally arriving on western shores.
Nanashi dreams of aVirtua Fighterworld:
I like it. And even though my guy Lei isn’t in the roster, I can say this makes me very happy for the future of 3D fighting games seeing as it’s quite popular and hyped up. That’s two good ones on the PS4 I can think of. Hopefully it could mean… one day…. A fuckingVF6.
Mike Sounders is on board with recognizing the strongest martial art:
That there aren’t enough pics of Akuma using a gun floating around.
GatlingCombo has an ironic name for talking onTekken:
Fortunately the main thing I love aboutTekken 7is the combat system. It is less juggly then6, has a few more stage interaction moments, and the rage abilities aren’t hard to pull off. They can easily be stringed with other combos also. I really really love the fighting inTekken 7. I will agree that you’ll be googling what the fuck some of the rage attacks actually do because the game only tells you randomly during loading screens.
I thought it was cool (and funny) how they made several characters a little more fabulous. My main Feng Wei has gauntlets with chains dangling from them as if he ripped them off of somewhere, as well as a fashionable scarf because yeah. And Hwaorang wears a jacket Kanji style.
Now for the stuff I hate.Tekken 7has the worse music out of theTekkenseries. I get that some people like dubstep, but like most dubstep, there isn’t much creative being done with it in this game. The character roster confuses me a bit with Bruce, Lei, and others missing for lame reasons. Nitpick: the hair effects and customization SUCKS, and the game doesn’t look much different than6to me. The stages are lame and boring also compared to3-6.
Retrofraction is on the Switch boat but forgot to get a ticket for theTekkenboat:
I have yet to play it, looks great. But I will probably need a Switch port before I can play it.
Fenriff loves what he can’t understand:
The mechanics and fighting are fun, and the cast is varied and enjoyable, but the complete lack of any way for people to learn how it works is a huge oversight. The story mode was ridiculous in a good way up until the end, when it started making dumb ways to up the difficulty, and the fact that the story of this entry doesn’t even actually finish. The character episodes were a big disappointment for the most part, being both short and completely throwaway. The online is totally fucked. The arcade mode may as well not exist, though that’s not much of a problem because Treasure Battle helps make up for it.
It’s a weird scenario, because at its core it’s a great time, but there are also a lot of obvious oversights/issues.
OrochiLeona is haunted by the specter ofStreet Fighter V:
It’s great, comfortably fills aSFV-sized hole of disappointment. Not too much has changed, butTekkenrarely changes. It could do with a bit more meat on it’s features, maybe a tutorial for new players, or some combo trials for each character.
My only real regret are the awful character endings. Previous games have really creative and entertaining 3-4 minute movies, butT7‘s are short and thoroughly dull.
I have it on PC, out of interest, it’s a very solid port.
