Large roster. Fun. Well balanced. Lots of customization for casuals. Hype to watch.
Does a game need to be “better” than its peers if it’s on equal footing ?
T7 lacked in the online functionality. Compared to Virtua Fighter, soul caliber , and dead or alive it’s carrying 3D fighters on its back. SF5 suffered for a long time before it became good and T7 was ahead of it except online functionality which is still cheeks IMO.
T7 is a damn good game, and myself (& many more than ever) enjoyed it to this day. I’m sorry you’re the outlier and didn’t enjoy it. T8 looks like an improvement over 7 in every way. If it looks bad to you then the franchise isn’t for you anymore.
1. Roster of
Tekken 7 is filled with half baked concepts like Gigas, Katrina, Claudio, Shaheen, Eliza, Noctis, and Negan not to mention the absurdity of two slots wasted on bears. Even so, it is still a few characters short of
Tekken Tag 2's offerings. That said, a large roster is not necessarily a good thing for a fighting game as it can dilute the experience with bad additions, especially if half the roster is behind a paywall.
2. What is fun about it? The modes included are few and of low quality (so low that they could not even get Arcade mode right) and the online as mentioned is bad.
3. The balance is subpar when you have characters as bad as Gigas and characters as good as Akuma in the same roster. That is not even taking into account the developer intentionally releasing DLC characters like Fahkuram in a broken overpowered state.
4. The bulk of cutomization is ill-fitting clothes (like generic graphic T-shirts) and idiotic head ornaments. It also has the worst color system ever implemented and lacks decals from Tag 2.
5. Hype is not a feature. The mechanics they implemented to diversify the visual spectacle of the game ruined the momentum of combat and highlighted the bad physics interaction and clipping.
6.
Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Shodown and
Dead or Alive 6 are head and shoulders above any Tekken mechanically. They just do not have the same brand of legacy and marketing. Probably not the budget either despite their craftsmanship.
7.
Street Fighter 5 is still not good compared to the games that came before it. It is why so many jumped on
Street Fighter VI at the first opportunity.
8. I will reserve judgement of whether
Tekken 8 is for me until I get to play it with others.