A good fighting game but a poor Tekken console experience.
Unfortunately Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection is mostly just a very straightforward port of the Arcade version on PS3, it lacks a story mode, most side game mode, Devil Within (for the better or worse), and the whole unlockable extravaganza that Tekken is known for. Having all characters unlocked from the get go is fairly handy but then you really just get this “Pick up and play” Tekken game which on its own is good for a fighting game but it’s just unfortunate to see that everything Tekken 5 on console built was completely forgotten.
While I gave it a pretty low score, it’s a good game don’t get me wrong I just don’t think it’s a very good “Update” to Tekken 5 if it just mostly removes a chunk of content just to add like 3 characters. The fact that the online was a standalone release/DLC is really weird, would you imagine paying 10€ to play the online of Tekken 8? (And I don’t mean PSN…)
But as someone who’s been on a journey to play all Tekken games in order, I can officially tell you that if I had to come back to a Tekken game it would be this one due to the polished gameplay, sleek updated PS3 graphics, and hypocritically enough the pick up and play aspect.
Unfortunately Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection is mostly just a very straightforward port of the Arcade version on PS3, it lacks a story mode, most side game mode, Devil Within (for the better or worse), and the whole unlockable extravaganza that Tekken is known for. Having all characters unlocked from the get go is fairly handy but then you really just get this “Pick up and play” Tekken game which on its own is good for a fighting game but it’s just unfortunate to see that everything Tekken 5 on console built was completely forgotten.
While I gave it a pretty low score, it’s a good game don’t get me wrong I just don’t think it’s a very good “Update” to Tekken 5 if it just mostly removes a chunk of content just to add like 3 characters. The fact that the online was a standalone release/DLC is really weird, would you imagine paying 10€ to play the online of Tekken 8? (And I don’t mean PSN…)
But as someone who’s been on a journey to play all Tekken games in order, I can officially tell you that if I had to come back to a Tekken game it would be this one due to the polished gameplay, sleek updated PS3 graphics, and hypocritically enough the pick up and play aspect.