Tekken 8 is not a fighting game

[Deport Them All]

Long time Tekken fan here.

Tekken 8 is a travesty to the series,

The game has been reduced to a rushdown 50/50 fest.

The game plays more like Ninja Storm with some traditional inputs than it does previous Tekken games.

This is what happens when you appoint people who do not know the game on a deep level (Murray) and then you balance the game around what twitch viewers want to see.

This game was doomed from the start, and I knew it would be trash from the first trailer.

As a whole, Tekken has been near Irredeemable since Season 3 of Tekken 7.

The series doesnt take itself seriously now.

[Castyles]

I don't think Murray has a say when it comes to the gameplay, honestly.

Word on the street is that Bamco took one of the directors under Tecmo, who worked on the gameplay of Dead or Alive 6.

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Originally posted by Castyles:

I don't think Murray has a say when it comes to the gameplay, honestly.

Word on the street is that Bamco took one of the directors under Tecmo, who worked on the gameplay of Dead or Alive 6.

Pretty sure Murray is heat, and The ex Tecmo dev is related to stage action launchers, and floor break theatrics (and potentially homing grabs). And then you have Arksys on netcode.
Harada is and has always been base mechanics and plot.

[Castyles]

Originally posted by Sown-Laughter:

Originally posted by Castyles:

I don't think Murray has a say when it comes to the gameplay, honestly.

Word on the street is that Bamco took one of the directors under Tecmo, who worked on the gameplay of Dead or Alive 6.

Pretty sure Murray is heat, and The ex Tecmo dev is related to stage action launchers, and floor break theatrics (and potentially homing grabs). And then you have Arksys on netcode.
Harada is and has always been base mechanics and plot.

Arksys? How the mighty have fallen. They better hire SNK or Capcom for Tekken 9.

And I wonder what the hell happened with Harada, when it comes to the Jin character arc in both TK6 and 8 for he dropped the ball HARD, there. Prior to that things were fine, for the most part (and I liked the plot of 8, in general).

I just hope he finds in his mind the necessary guts to shoehorn Miguel into TK8 and beat some sense into everyone else from the cast, who completely ignored/forgot Jin's war crimes. Even though he had noble goals, he's no better than Kazuya.

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t8's like fermented toilet water

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Originally posted by Castyles:

Originally posted by Sown-Laughter:

Pretty sure Murray is heat, and The ex Tecmo dev is related to stage action launchers, and floor break theatrics (and potentially homing grabs). And then you have Arksys on netcode.
Harada is and has always been base mechanics and plot.

Arksys? How the mighty have fallen. They better hire SNK or Capcom for Tekken 9.

And I wonder what the hell happened with Harada, when it comes to the Jin character arc in both TK6 and 8 for he dropped the ball HARD, there. Prior to that things were fine, for the most part (and I liked the plot of 8, in general).

I just hope he finds in his mind the necessary guts to shoehorn Miguel into TK8 and beat some sense into everyone else from the cast, who completely ignored/forgot Jin's war crimes. Even though he had noble goals, he's no better than Kazuya.

they couldn't afford Capcom nor would Capcom give that away..

SNK? 16-500 player counts
Namco wont touch SNK as far as enterprise options.. they flopped badly compared to Guiltygear Strive.

Not all DLC is plot based .. we have had dead/unimportant people as DLC before
His interactions is being the toxic male moody and always angry and ready for a fight his tude and actions will do the talking like most anger induced interactions of the cast

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Originally posted by $70 milk train:

t8's like fermented toilet water

Fermentation is the process in which a substance breaks down into a simpler substance.

Toilet water is simply water in a toilet..

If its a simple substance, then the issue is the lack of user complexity & creativity.

[AGA | prinnyuber]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162202/SOULCALIBUR_VI_DLC9Haohmaru/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/592373/TEKKEN_7_DLC_2_Geese_Howard_Pack/

You are correct Sown. Bamco would never EVER touch anything SNK.

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Originally posted by AGA | prinnyuber:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162202/SOULCALIBUR_VI_DLC9Haohmaru/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/592373/TEKKEN_7_DLC_2_Geese_Howard_Pack/

the issue is those licenses are tied to Previous works and are nearing their contract end .. A good chance the SNK contract was planned as far back as 2015 since Geese released 11/29/2017, and Haohmaru 3/30/2020.. 10 years on a 4 year game is too close, its unlikely they use SNK since its been pretty lackluster, and dated compared to upcoming VF6, and the current popularity of other 2D games like (anything from the Arksys) would even be a better pick since they do have a contract + 2B. Also New T8 characters like Niklas Kliesen are probably more important as they will be new styles and its less needed to collab as the T8 story (Harada retiring after T9) is closing.

I could def see a character from Arksys being a 3D test idea since that will be what they eventually do as that's usually the trial..

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Originally posted by AGA | prinnyuber:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162202/SOULCALIBUR_VI_DLC9Haohmaru/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/592373/TEKKEN_7_DLC_2_Geese_Howard_Pack/

You are correct Sown. Bamco would never EVER touch anything SNK.

ya Sadly its more business vs the old days of cheap fun collabs .. But even SNK is possible its just unlikely. CVS2001 was a thing but both franchises were holding on to each other.. Tekken 8 did great as far as sales

I'm betting more on the following since they did do license deals VF
Arksys.. I see the guest slots being mostly Story characters for the build towards T9

[AGA | prinnyuber]

Anything Aksys cant be put in the tekken world. Too OP for tekken players to handle! Although I would thank you in advance if Kliff Underson, Iron Tager, Potankin, Litchi-Faye Ling, and revvy 2 Axl Low are tekken 8 dlcs in the future.

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Originally posted by AGA | prinnyuber:

Anything Aksys cant be put in the tekken world. Too OP for tekken players to handle! Although I would thank you in advance if Iron Tager is a tekken 8 dlc.

It would be female, unarmed combat, and busty, I'm certain..

Jam Kuradoberi perhaps

Its more likely they focus on the story characters where Guests will stay 3D
So I'm leaning towards VF6 around 2026 3rd season as that would help hype both franchises and Tekken owes that much to Segas VF..

I don't see them waiting on season 3 to conclude the series story, being character Niklas Kliesen.. so I'd say Niklas is prob Season 2 winter, and VF guest is prob Season 3 Summer.

Or they just do another female each summer. We still don't have Julia, or Eliza and they will definitely bring a profitable 2D character back as DLC.

As far as the projected rumors of when VF is 2026 is pretty likely.
not to mention covid being a 1.5 year delay/unfinished for most expected projects it would have been the 30th anniversary if VF released on 2025.

if so a good potential VF6 gets a Tekken character.. what would help confirm that is we get VF items/costumes in T8.

[AGA | prinnyuber]

Kuradoberi Jam is already here. You know em as Lee Chaolan. You need to do a lot to do decent damage. Tbh Geoffry Mcwild>Marduk! He has more personality than the whole VF cast!

[AGA | prinnyuber]

Originally posted by Castyles:

I don't think Murray has a say when it comes to the gameplay, honestly.

Word on the street is that Bamco took one of the directors under Tecmo, who worked on the gameplay of Dead or Alive 6.

Um keep Yohei Shinbori! He is all yours! I don't want him back!

Sincerely yours,

A DOA Player!

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Originally posted by AGA | prinnyuber:

Anything Aksys cant be put in the tekken world. Too OP for tekken players to handle! Although I would thank you in advance if Kliff Underson, Iron Tager, Potankin, Litchi-Faye Ling, and revvy 2 Axl Low are tekken 8 dlcs in the future.

I'd be all for Giovanna

[AGA | prinnyuber]

Sown, for a long time tekken fan! The OP patient zero sure is silent! How do we even know if he really is a tekken puraer? Thats so Trumped up dont you think?