Should I buy this game?

[Repugnaz]

Hello my friends! How are you doing?

Tekken 8 looks awesome and extremely fun, but I have never really played fighting games/learned them, do you guys think T8 is a good game to start getting into it?

[J-Man]

Try out the demo

[theweakestgamer]

If you've never played fighting games ever, then no you shouldn't. Tekken is literally the absolute worst series to start playing fighting games with. Almost everyone playing has played a Tekken game before.

[Ponder]

I think its a lot of fun, just playing a couple of online matches here and there. Its fun discovering how to do new things with your character and trying to use them in a match. The game has some features to help you learn the basics and practice. I think its is the most I've ever been into playing a fighting game.

[Something Hank]

Originally posted by swayingill:

If you've never played fighting games ever, then no you shouldn't. Tekken is literally the absolute worst series to start playing fighting games with. Almost everyone playing has played a Tekken game before.

Don't listen to this guy, just come on in here and have fun smashing buttons. I started in Tekken.

[Unintelligible Crow]

This is my first Tekken since 3, so no legacy knowledge here. I am having a blast. If you want top get good it will take some training, but you don't need any knowledge to have fun. Also Arcade Quest and the story mode are really good.

[Crimson]

I'm new to fighting games also, the game is really fun and practicing the combos doesn't take as long as you may think.

The harder part is just understanding when to block and when to punish + the movement.

[=\[P]/=]

if you asked this question 1-2 years earlier in Tekken7, i would recommend it
but with Tekken8? maybe not, there is too much stuff going on, you can't keep up with how many knowledge opponents throwing at you and you won't having fun

but, if having fun isn't your short time goal, but long time.
you may try, take the lose as learning process, it may take year (or 6 months if you are genius) to "start getting good" at this game then you can having fun beating people

[RosaryHobbit]

gotta start somewhere so yes buy Tekken 8 and start learning but be warned this game is very rage inducing

[Dark Lord Orobus]

Originally posted by swayingill:

If you've never played fighting games ever, then no you shouldn't. Tekken is literally the absolute worst series to start playing fighting games with. Almost everyone playing has played a Tekken game before.

Agreed! He must head first for the mountains of Tibet and train for six years under the tutelage of the warrior Monk known as Choekyi Boneyaabum. Only then will he be sufficiently hardened in mind and spirit to... play Tekken.

[JyoKun]

Tekken is a good game to start 3D fighting games. But take time in, practice and against AI and arcade... online is unforgiving unless you play with friends.

[Paff]

I suggest Tekken 7 first honestly.. depending on your location online may still be alive... learn the fundamental there first.. then if you still like it then buy T8 afterward...

[SkyNet]

If its your first fighter I suggest to wait for sale or go for T7. You need alot of practice, patience and knowledge to be decent and full dedication to this single game to be real good. Im playing Tekken for almost 30 years now (not all the time obviously) and Im nothing more than decent. Having alot of fun in a ranks like Garyu or Shinryu, no need for anything higher.
On the other hand there is a feature called Ghost Batle or something. It lets you downolad a ghosts of real players that mimicks their style. Its a little overrated, but a cool feature to train against something more than default AI.

[thejuiceweasel]

This is a great start for beginner. Awesome tools to learn, lots of great single player content, and Tekken is very button mash friendly. It has a high skill ceiling, sure, but as somewhat of a Tekken newbie (only played T5 a bit at a friends house) I can say I'm having the time of my life.

[MxWu1337-bilibili]

Tekken 8 has amazing beginners tools. You can do combos by pressing one button repeatedly or do special moves with one button.
So if you're afraid you won't get the execution right, you are being helped by the system.
If you learn the strategies, and show some patience and intelligence, someone using these tools correctly can beat a pro level player. (best recent example is a fight between MainManSwe, a pretty strong player, against a random Jin who used these beginners tools)

[D4RK_LIVESEY]

yeah buy it, very good game