Tekken 6 does an equally impressive job with it’s cast of fighting misfits. The new characters are probably the best crew of newcomers since Tekken 3, which was notable for introducing Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, Hwoarang, and Eddy Gordo to the series. I’ve had a few rounds with friends that have been a little unexplainably one sided, but this happens so rarely that it just doesn’t impact the enjoyment that we get out of this game.īefore I forget, Tekken 6 introduces an impressive six new characters to the roster, bringing the total number of selectable characters in Tekken 6 to an amazing forty characters, a huge number for a fighting game. You will so rarely have trouble avoiding being juggled or beaten senseless that it isn’t an issue. This is just nonsense spouted by people who took the game’s features out of context. The changes to the juggle system, as well as bouncing becoming more prominent, has led to many people criticizing Tekken 6 and saying that all players have to do to win is juggle the opponent, since they last longer and inflict more damage now. Juggles have become more lethal, health bars have been extended, and “rage” power-up has been introduced when players are almost defeated. Tekken 6 has the best fighting mechanics in the entire series. Speaking of the actual fighting, I think that I should move on and talk about that. This makes fighting, the main focus of the Tekken games, become an unviable way to unlock game content. While you may receive nearly 200,000 coins for beating a two or three minute stage in Scenario Campaign, a fight of any length outside of this game mode will regularly only net you between 20 coins. Scenario Campaign really throws a lot of these items and coins at you, making it the best way to unlock items. Beating stages will also grant you bonus currency that you an use to unlock new items. ![]() At random, fallen foes will drop treasure chests which contain items for character customization. ![]() The only incentive to playing through Scenario Campaign, besides uncovering the story, is item collecting. Despite the fact that your character controls exactly as they do in the standard fighting game modes, camera issues and hordes of AI enemies will make pulling off certain moves difficult. It didn’t do anything very interesting and the gameplay was mediocre at best. What made Scenario Campaign tedious was the fact that, overall, it wasn’t really a lot of fun. It wasn’t overly difficult (except for the optional secret stages) and I never died too many times. I found Scenario Campaign to be very tedious. Lars then becomes sort of “optional” for Scenario Campaign, but all cutscenes will still feature him as well as Alisa. The game will encourage the player to use Lars as their character, though once you beat a stage boss they will become playable in Scenario Campaign. Scenario Campaign primarily follows the adventure of two new characters, Alisa Bosconovitch and Lars Alexandersson. In Scenario Campaign, players will play through a few dozen stages, fighting notable Tekken characters at the end of each stage as bosses and uncovering more about the game’s story after beating each stage boss. This is a beat ’em up sort of game mode and plays like a heavily upgraded Tekken Force. ![]() To find out what’s going on with Jin, players will have to play through the Scenario Campaign mode. Jin has his reasons for doing so, and I won’t get into them since they are quite spoiler heavy. Typically the one behind the tournament is usually a bad guy, and given how Jin was the series protagonist from Tekken 3 onward, some may be confused as to why Jin is hosting the tournament in Tekken 6. In Tekken 6, it is Jin Kazama who controls the Mishima Zaibatsu and is the one behind the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Originally started by Heihachi Mishima, control over the tournament and the Mishima Zaibatsu (the “family business” of sorts) has bounced around between himself, his son Kazuya Mishima, and his grandson Jin Kazama throughout the course of the series. The Tekken games all revolve around the King of Iron Fist Tournament and the Mishima family members behind it. Tekken may not be able to garner as much respect as Street Fighter, but it isn’t far off. This may be a good thing however, as I am reviewing Tekken 6 after clocking dozens of hours in it.įirst off, what is Tekken? It is a fighting game series by Namco that has enjoyed considerable success and is, without a doubt, the most respected 3D fighter. This is odd considering I picked this game up on launch and that I like it very much. So it has taken me half a year to finally cave and review Tekken 6. “Despite a few minor shortcomings, this is the best Tekken to date.”
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