first time playing - where to start?

[ganjafiut]

is there a tutorial in this game like there was in mk11?

[Fetty Whoppa]

there are multiple tutorials, just start the game up and see. You got at least 7 different tutorial options

[Top Dizog]

special style all the way with whoever you want to play. then learn when and how to use the heat smash and heat ultimate or whatever its called and then bait into rage art if low on health. use the special style lows/grabs often.

[Kug3lf4ng]

Originally posted by ganjafiut:

is there a tutorial in this game like there was in mk11?

No Sadly there is no Tutorial

First choose the fighter you want to learn the head into practice mode and write down the whole combo and butto list then just play until you memorize a good portion of it.

Next search on youtube for videos of people playing your fighter and try to emulate the combos / air combos they do

Repeat the whole shabang until you wanna know about stuff like, throwbreaking, corner combos, wakeups and so on, you learn tekken step by step,

it is a really hard game with a ton of different moves for every fighter but it gets better and better the more knowledge you gain and the better you implement that into your own style

[KrossKounter]

There is a tutorial. It's the arcade quest. It's just not called tutorial.

[Kug3lf4ng]

oh yea sorry ofc play arcade quest too :) its very well done and a lot of fun, way better then the SF6 open world campaign thing

[Castyles]

Play Arcade Quest until the end (it will take like 2 hours, if you rush it), then either go to Ghost Battle or Practice and pick whoever you fancy. Shouldn't matter THAT much.

Soon after you're pretty much ready for Ranked.

[olligo]

Arcade Quest does a good job to teach you how to defeat NPCs.
It is of course something different once you enter ranked multiplayer mode.

[Mavi]

I think even with arcade quest the tutorial is lacking. Many games do a better job at them, some even a much better job (strive).

But the good news is that Tekken is very popular, so you can find an unlimited amount of guides on youtube.

I recommend the first steps for a beginner to be:

1. Try a few characters until you find one you want to learn better.
2. Go on youtube and find some beginner guide for that character.

[FentaRino]

Arcade quest since it has tutorials. Story mode after that (dont worry if you use the cheap mode here, some of these fights are BS), then character episode

[The Hungry Werewolf]

Arcade Quest is the tutorial.

But best way to start is to pick a character you like the look of, go into Practice Mode, and then go through the move lists. Remember to swap to the full movelist and then just go down the list and see what stuff does.

Then maybe mess with the dummy set the action after hit to block all and that's how you'll find your natural combos. Don't overthink it, a few basic combos like launcher, jab, bound move, then another move follow up, that's absolutely good to start. Just get the feel for the game and movement and you should be fine.