Player voice · Tekken 8
The patterns long-haul reviewers keep returning to.
What players love
Players with thousands of hours logged rate the combat depth and presentation as the best in the series, even when critical of the studio.
Reviews behind this:
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"I'm a long time Tekken player and fan and there is no game like it. Tekken 8 is a different formula but it maintains the Tekken uniqueness of its predecessors. The most open and creative fighting game on the market to date."
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"Despite what ppl say about balancing and the devs, this is still the best fighting game of all time."
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"it has some gigantic flaws, but there is always a way to deal with oppressive offence. Some solutions might be ridiculous but it weirdly heightens the satisfaction of executing the correct counterplay. Or maybe I'm just addicted."
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What frustrates them
Veterans consistently argue Heat and Rage reward aggression over fundamentals, and that DLC characters cannot be practised against without buying them.
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"Within the Last few months my game has become unplayable online, plagued by constant disconnects from server. This is a Tekken only issue. I've tried all the known fixes online but issue persists. Bamco support has been useless on the matter. GGs."
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"Absolutely not recommended if you are looking for a high skill high reward type of fighting game... full of flowcharts and autopilot players on broken characters..."
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"It's fun, but the problem with this game is that the frustrations go above the enjoyment. Don't get me wrong, the game has definitely improved from the disaster which was Season 1 and even more so Season 2. But now we're stuck in a limbo where the game feels like Season 1 and 2 "lite", if you cou…"
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