Does aggressive gameplay really make it more "entertaining to watch"

[Midori]

That's what I am hearing a lot from the devs and literally nobody else. Is there anybody here who actually feels this way?

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

fighting is never really entertaining, if you cant guard while attacking ...

[Badman*Kazuya]

Originally posted by S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr:

fighting is never really entertaining, if you cant guard while attacking ...

And since Tekken 8 punished defence by that logic its a pretty trash "fighting" game.

[C.C. 折オリ枝 の 夫]

Aggressive gameplay CAN be entertaining if done right.

But the way Tekken does it it's not it.

[SPACE UBER™ (Cheez3)]

smart, safe aggresive is cool, but if u aggro only for being punished, gets boring.

[StRyK]

Originally posted by Badman*Kazuya:

Originally posted by S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr:

fighting is never really entertaining, if you cant guard while attacking ...

And since Tekken 8 punished defence by that logic its a pretty trash "fighting" game.

Tekken 8 doesn't punish defense, it punishes stupid players who don't know how to defend. Knee won yesterday with defense

[Daryusp07]

Aggressive gameplay is much more entertaining to watch than passive gameplay

[pablonesmrtelny]

Originally posted by Midori:

That's what I am hearing a lot from the devs and literally nobody else. Is there anybody here who actually feels this way?

For me certainly not as the defence was the most fun thing about T7 by far.

Literally THE reason why tekken was so cool was that the attacker had a big burden of risk and could be easily blown up. With this gone the whole identity of Tekken is gone.

it certainly surprised me how giant part of the community is in line with this.

[StRyK]

Originally posted by pablonesmrtelny:

Originally posted by Midori:

That's what I am hearing a lot from the devs and literally nobody else. Is there anybody here who actually feels this way?

For me certainly not as the defence was the most fun thing about T7 by far.

Literally THE reason why tekken was so cool was that the attacker had a big burden of risk and could be easily blown up. With this gone the whole identity of Tekken is gone.

it certainly surprised me how giant part of the community is in line with this.

Tekken 7 was boring and broken. A game of one mechanic - КBD. Nothing else is needed. This was killing the tekken.

[KrossKounter]

It's actually alot more boring to watch now since every match feels the same. You can barely tell the style of each player anymore.

[StRyK]

Originally posted by KrossKounter:

It's actually alot more boring to watch now since every match feels the same. You can barely tell the style of each player anymore.

Statistics say otherwise. T8 events have more views than T7 events

[Diamond Girls]

It's not the aggressive playstyle, it's the absence of legit counter against that playstyle that makes Tekken 8 boring af.

And also as mentioned, each character feels the same. And that they lose their identity and their weaknesses are almost non-existent.

I miss the days when the unga bunga players are being punished for their carelessness. That's why a lot of players are going back in Tekken 7.

I haven't played Tekken 8 but I will try and see it for myself once I got a laptop that can run the game. But I don't hold my breath for now.

[StRyK]

Originally posted by Diamond Girls:

Where are these heroes?) Tekken 7 is still dead)

[Diamond Girls]

Originally posted by StRyK:

Originally posted by Diamond Girls:

Where are these heroes?) Tekken 7 is still dead)

609 players this time but I get matches in few seconds to one minute in EU-Africa.

Tekken 7 isn't dead yet.

[KrossKounter]

Originally posted by StRyK:

Originally posted by KrossKounter:

It's actually alot more boring to watch now since every match feels the same. You can barely tell the style of each player anymore.

Statistics say otherwise. T8 events have more views than T7 events

None of these numbers mean anything. If they're even true. You have a history of lying on here already, like you did with the T8 ingame numbers, pretending the game is doing well when in reality the playercount is really going down sharply.

But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here despite my better judgement and assume this is true, that still doesn't mean anything. A bad game can be popular, see FIFA (or FC as it's called now).
And for a game that's trying so hard to capture the casual audience, it sure isn't doing all that hot.

T7 is a very flawed game for sure. But at least it's a proper tekken game at the end of the day. If you're good enough you can actually tell the player by their playstyle.
T8 however is a homogenous mass where everything looks the same, plays the same and puts you asleep. T7 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the dirt under my fingernail > T8

[KrossKounter]

Originally posted by Diamond Girls:

Originally posted by StRyK:

Where are these heroes?) Tekken 7 is still dead)

609 players this time but I get matches in few seconds to one minute in EU-Africa.

Tekken 7 isn't dead yet.

Fighting games have the privilege of not needing many people to be playable.
After all, all you need is 2 people to have a match.
So even 600-1000 people is enough for a fighting game to be playable.
If that wasn't the case, arc sys would have gone bancrupt decades ago.