Tekken 3 is often regarded by most as one of the best fighting games on the PlayStation, and for good reason!
It takes a lot on what Tekken 2 did and expands upon it a lot!

The visuals are really great for the console it is on, with nice detailed textures and models. The CGI renders also look way better than last time, feeling last plastic-looking.
The soundtrack is also really well done! Not every tune was great to me, but there were a lot of catchy themes that got me pumping for a fight!

Tekken 3 also does some improvements on gameplay, not only with there more combos to master, but you can actually move on the Z-axis this time, by pressing up or down twice.
And the character roster is also very diverse, and there are some funny picks, although to be frank here, I wasn't the biggest fan of playing as Gon or Doctor Bosconovitch. Not my style.

Additionally, there are some new modes to play around with: Tekken Force and Tekken Ball.
Tekken Ball pretty much is volleyball, but you do damage by getting the ball on your opponent's side. It can be quite fun, even if I didn't play it all that much.
Tekken Force, on the other side, feels like an entirely different beast. While it has similar controls to the main game, it's structured like a beat'em up, where you go through 4 stages, defeating every enemy in sight, with a boss at the end.
I did like the premise of the mode, but it felt a bit awkward to control, especially when it came to moving my character around to grab healing items. Also, unlocking Doctor B. via this mode was a bit of a pain. Like Survival Mode, this mode has no continues, so if you die in it, you gotta restart from the beginning. That sucked, especially when I was so close to the end.

Regardless, Tekken 3 is a really fun fighting game, and feels like the Tekken series has finally found its strive in the fighting genre!

Reviewed on Apr 22, 2024


4 Comments


11 days ago

funny how they made gon a joke character here but in the manga he is quite possibly, one of the strongest characters in fiction

11 days ago

@imshitting420
I've actually been considering reading his manga, even though I've never read a manga before.

11 days ago

@RinoDino i kinda hated that i labeled him as one of the strongest rn lol, it aint THAT kind of shonen manga lmao

11 days ago

@imshitting420
I don't watch a whole lot of shonen, Gon looks interesting to me just because he look goofy, lol.