This is the best that Tekken has been in the last twenty years, since Tekken 5. This is the franchise I’ve been yearning to experience again with such ardent glee. This is a gamer’s game, and is one of the types that only comes around every so often.

Tekken 8 has a vice grip on you, as a player, and it will choke slam you to the wall with its radiance.

But for real, this game is fluid as all hell. It’s stylish beyond comparison, and it knows it. This is the aged silver fox that’s been around the block, and knows how to handle itself in today’s market.

If there’s any fighting game that’s going to keep the genre alive for another decade, it’s this one.