Customization is worse than 7

[Spartan]

How did they manage to make it worse? Character outfits are locked to being full body instead of being broken up between upper and lower like the last 3 games, meaning you can't mix and match generic pieces with the characters base. Some outfits (like kings for example) can't change the colour of all components despite having 13 colour channels to play with.

Every male has the same 51 upper body options, which are just 10 types of upperbodywear with different color zones, retexturing etc. 27 types of lowerbody, split across: 1 type of shorts, 5 gi bottoms, 2 combat pants and the rest are all jean/suit/track variants. 18 shoes.

Whats worse is all of those costume parts are generic. There's no "pants with excessive belts" or "Motorcycle jacket with tons of padding". There's no wrestler gear, no samurai armour, no military fatigues, no goofy/wacky options at all. At a certain point you might aswell just remove the customisation option all together and just leave it at alternate costumes.

[סוויפטי]

Originally posted by tom022000:

- there are fishnet stockings, suspender belts, heels... (it's new) for women!
- tanned skin is free (tekken 7 was 1 million)
I prefer this to doa6 (in doa it costs 5 dollars a costume...or 10-20 hours of games to earn a few more...)
the only bad thing is that there is no bikini yet, no serious, they put tekken ball on us....and no micro bikini, no shower hoses (the thing that sends water... and which attaches to the head! lol)

DOA is the best! epsecially for a sexual deviant/degenerate like me! i can just play for hours enjoying the eyecandy

[Thick-Six]

Hot take but being able to change the actual outfit is bad. Being able to choose your own colours is great tho.

[VonBlade]

Thank you OP. I was on the fence about the gameplay changes, but this is enough to tip me into the "back playing T7" camp.

[Badman*Kazuya]

Besides graphics, I would say EVERYTHING worse. It plays like crap. Its not even the difficulty. The aggression style often just cheapens the back and forth nature of Tekken. T7 had long punishable combos.

This is just one hit and carry to the wall like T7, except because of its aggressive style its now 90% damage instead of 70.

Though i will say netcode is defo better and the soundtrack is killer.

[👑THE STORM QUEEN👑]

Originally posted by KING*KAZUYA:

Besides graphics, I would say EVERYTHING worse. It plays like crap. Its not even the difficulty. The aggression style often just cheapens the back and forth nature of Tekken. T7 had long punishable combos.

This is just one hit and carry to the wall like T7, except because of its aggressive style its now 90% damage instead of 70.

Though i will say netcode is defo better and the soundtrack is killer.

Thanks for the review, I'm eagerly awaiting to hear more and more on this on the coming weeks

[Spartan]

Originally posted by tom022000:

the best of the best for customizing is soulcalibur 6, you can do almost everything.

There's no point in bringing up another game when previous games in the same series did it better.

[Regurando レグランド]

Ya they need to add a lot more although i manage to get an outfit i really like just now :)

[Z Y Z Z]

i like the customization better than T7, but that's just me. sh*t fits better and the clothing itself seems more varied an' unique despite T7 having more options. most of those options were sh*tty options imo, with the bulk of'em being t-shirts w/ a mediocre logo on'em

[Spartan]

Originally posted by '97 Butt-Nut Champion:

i like the customization better than T7, but that's just me. sh*t fits better and the clothing itself seems more varied an' unique despite T7 having more options. most of those options were sh*tty options imo, with the bulk of'em being t-shirts w/ a mediocre logo on'em

Again it's categorically worse, there are less unique options overall. Just because 'the shirts are nicer' doesn't change that it's just shirts. The options that exist are generic/normal, and the characters base outfit is locked to a full body piece so you can't mix and match the only unique pieces they have. There are more unpaintable zones in t8's outfits than the t7 ones.

Again, TTT2 is the best customization overall, T6 has the most options (namely cause you can't recolor them yourself so different colors = different items)

[Something Hank]

I'm really, /really, really/ hoping they keep pumping more items into the customization.

What's the point of making all characters of a gender share the same body type if you aren't going to take advantage of that feature?

[METAL]

Agreed.
It has to load the outfit even if it's a try on? Why not go over and it instantly changes to that? Made navigation a pain to see how your character looks like in this outfit.

And indeed much less to choose from. Some are the same but in a different colour, when you can already choose different colours.

I'm sure some will be paid dlc as they did with 7 to get like bikinis.

[samsaralotus]

Originally posted by KING*KAZUYA:

Besides graphics, I would say EVERYTHING worse. It plays like crap. Its not even the difficulty. The aggression style often just cheapens the back and forth nature of Tekken. T7 had long punishable combos.

This is just one hit and carry to the wall like T7, except because of its aggressive style its now 90% damage instead of 70.

Though i will say netcode is defo better and the soundtrack is killer.

i will say that even the graphics department is a miss. technically it obviously better but so much characters looks off.

[Badman*Kazuya]

Originally posted by samsaralotus:

Originally posted by KING*KAZUYA:

Besides graphics, I would say EVERYTHING worse. It plays like crap. Its not even the difficulty. The aggression style often just cheapens the back and forth nature of Tekken. T7 had long punishable combos.

This is just one hit and carry to the wall like T7, except because of its aggressive style its now 90% damage instead of 70.

Though i will say netcode is defo better and the soundtrack is killer.

i will say that even the graphics department is a miss. technically it obviously better but so much characters looks off.

I already requested a refund tbh. I know what Tekken is about. I used to love T3 but the direction the series is going in is plain and simply not for me. I HATE this game already. The balancing is worse than ever and its just a mess. Constant flashing colourful blobs every time you hit combined with camera shaking. It has no business blocking your view in a game as complex as Tekken.
I was super hyped for T8 and loved the demo. But the player v player element is garbage. And not because of the difficulty but because the new mechanics are not well implemented.

[PremiumG98]

t7 customization was way worse, it had more items for sure but almost all of them were awful and the color wheel didnt work at all, plus items and materials were ugly af

[Azael Ijima δ]

Yeah, definitely more coming in the future, it better be.
I agree most upper/lower bodies options are extremely generic, kinda lack details like fancy gloves or shoulder pads, etc..
Having a facepaint tab when there a whopping 2 facepaints options hurts so bad it's funny.

Asuka's Yuzen-Dye Karate outfit is nice but i'll miss gearing her in full Miko Battle Armor + Bow.
Also not many haircut options and lost the fancy hair decorations tab.

At least all the base characters designs looks absolutly fantastic, even the secondary costumes.

Originally posted by 「4BK_WMAJIb」PremiumR98:

t7 customization was way worse, it had more items for sure but almost all of them were awful and the color wheel didnt work at all, plus items and materials were ugly af

Ah yes i remember having trouble coloring leather themed clothes and other things, as well as some material and effects being distracting during combat. I guess in a way T8 base customizations options are very tame, but clean to works with.