First 2024 game finished and holy shit this game. THIS is the absolute shit right here. One of the best fighting games ever to come out this year.
Now first off i just want to talk about how absolutely gorgeous this game looks from the stages, character models and effects and it all just does it.
From the beautiful alpaca riddled Ortiz Farm that have the best music ever which not gonna lie i feel like is a callback to the Hidden Retreat stage in Tekken 6 but minus the yodeling in the soundtrack but instead of sheep it's full of alpacas and the stormy and chaotic Fallen Destiny which was used in the trailer and the last chapter and man that music goes hard and just hearing it i can picture Jin and Kazuya absolutely duking it out beating the shit out of each other all the way to the large luxury boat sailing in the beautiful sunset in France owned by one elegant French spy Victor Chevalier (one of the playable characters in the game) and man the music just perfectly encapsulates the boat party feel to it and is definitely reminiscent of the G-Corp helipad stage in Tekken 7 that being the EDM or House like music with a slight of jazz to it and it is one of the best things i've ever heard.
Aside from the stages the character models in here are just visually stunning and all look distinct and unique from each other and is a big step up from Tekken 7's almost lifeless looking characters like really their texture and facial animation is a real big upgrade like they actually human and not plastic dolls or something.
Despite it's current 32 total characters in the games roster which most of them are returning characters from previous games and some additional new faces like Victor, Azucena, and Reina that all do different things and have it's ups and downs, some are more powerful or stupidly overpowered to the point where they need to be nerfed but there's definitely like 1 or 3 characters that strike your fancy and make them your main and you can customize them to your heart's content if you have the right amount of gold to buy a certain item (but im sure you're already rich from all the character episodes and from playing the main story). Although the options are pretty limited at the moment it's still really fun to just dress up your character as characters from other media and many iconic legacy outfits that are present in Tekken 7 made it's appearance as a preset outfit whenever you play the game and it can be bought and customizable
The gameplay is what you come to expect from a Tekken game that being the fast-paced, adrenaline-inducing combat that everyone loves and they introduced a new mechanic called the Heat System which i feel like is the devs way of rewarding players that mostly rely on attacking and not so much defending and when activated not only do they do chip damage and it converts to health but also added additional movements and although the Heat bar doesn't last long, the bar doesn't deplete whenever you get hit.
That's all i want to say, go play the game 👍
Now first off i just want to talk about how absolutely gorgeous this game looks from the stages, character models and effects and it all just does it.
From the beautiful alpaca riddled Ortiz Farm that have the best music ever which not gonna lie i feel like is a callback to the Hidden Retreat stage in Tekken 6 but minus the yodeling in the soundtrack but instead of sheep it's full of alpacas and the stormy and chaotic Fallen Destiny which was used in the trailer and the last chapter and man that music goes hard and just hearing it i can picture Jin and Kazuya absolutely duking it out beating the shit out of each other all the way to the large luxury boat sailing in the beautiful sunset in France owned by one elegant French spy Victor Chevalier (one of the playable characters in the game) and man the music just perfectly encapsulates the boat party feel to it and is definitely reminiscent of the G-Corp helipad stage in Tekken 7 that being the EDM or House like music with a slight of jazz to it and it is one of the best things i've ever heard.
Aside from the stages the character models in here are just visually stunning and all look distinct and unique from each other and is a big step up from Tekken 7's almost lifeless looking characters like really their texture and facial animation is a real big upgrade like they actually human and not plastic dolls or something.
Despite it's current 32 total characters in the games roster which most of them are returning characters from previous games and some additional new faces like Victor, Azucena, and Reina that all do different things and have it's ups and downs, some are more powerful or stupidly overpowered to the point where they need to be nerfed but there's definitely like 1 or 3 characters that strike your fancy and make them your main and you can customize them to your heart's content if you have the right amount of gold to buy a certain item (but im sure you're already rich from all the character episodes and from playing the main story). Although the options are pretty limited at the moment it's still really fun to just dress up your character as characters from other media and many iconic legacy outfits that are present in Tekken 7 made it's appearance as a preset outfit whenever you play the game and it can be bought and customizable
The gameplay is what you come to expect from a Tekken game that being the fast-paced, adrenaline-inducing combat that everyone loves and they introduced a new mechanic called the Heat System which i feel like is the devs way of rewarding players that mostly rely on attacking and not so much defending and when activated not only do they do chip damage and it converts to health but also added additional movements and although the Heat bar doesn't last long, the bar doesn't deplete whenever you get hit.
That's all i want to say, go play the game 👍