Tekken appreciation thread.

Michael Yagami · May 12, 2004

After seeing the pissing and moaning in the Tekken 5 thread (OMG, I know T5 is gonna suck after seeing about 10 screen shots) I though I'd start a Tekken appreciation thread. So, come in and appreciate Tekken in all its forms.

Mike

dragonwillow · May 12, 2004

Tekken 2 was badass. I used to go over to my friend's place and play that with him all the time.

Then Tekken 3 came along, and it was pretty meh.
Then Tekken Tag came along... more meh.
Then Tekken 4, and I lost all respect.

So. Fucking. Slow.

Solidus Snake · May 12, 2004

Unfortunately this site seems to be Anti-Tekken. But I definitely can't wait to play Tekken 5. Asuka has Jun's moves so it will be Tekken 2 all over again for me. I wasn't hating on Tekken 5, I was laughing at Raven for being similar to Blade. At least they have a non-boxing/wrestling black guy. Raven is a ninja.

FormlessOne · May 12, 2004

Solidus Snake said:
Unfortunately this site seems to be Anti-Tekken. But I definitely can't wait to play Tekken 5. Asuka has Jun's moves so it will be Tekken 2 all over again for me. I wasn't hating on Tekken 5, I was laughing at Raven for being similar to Blade. At least they have a non-boxing/wrestling black guy. Raven is a ninja.

Someone gets all bent outta shape that you didn't like his game and you take the "(LOL!)" outta your thread title and say it's a great game. You're either like a swingset or a woman or both, I can't decide...

subcons · May 12, 2004

I heart Tekken.

Solidus Snake · May 12, 2004

FormlessOne said:
blah blah I'm blind...

I didn't take it down because of Micheal Yagami. That LOL was there to laugh at Raven. But the pic was down. Read my entire post please before you jump to conclusions. Where did I say Tekken 5 was bad or I didn't like it in my post. I have been a Tekken fan since T2. :shame:

galfordo · May 12, 2004

I'll admit that I did really enjoy Tekken 2. Part 3 had nice graphics, but seemed pretty derivative - and the tag thing just seemed lame to me.

Now Loading · May 12, 2004

I've only played like 1 or 2 versus matches in the arcade in Tekken 4 so I can't form much of an opinion, I but liked what I saw.

Solidus Snake said:
Asuka has Jun's moves so it will be Tekken 2 all over again for me.

Damn you fast respound.

FormlessOne · May 12, 2004

Solidus Snake said:
I didn't take it down because of Micheal Yagami. That LOL was there to laugh at Raven. But the pic was down. Read my entire post please before you jump to conclusions. Where did I say Tekken 5 was bad or I didn't like it in my post.

The pick works fine for me.

Sundance · May 12, 2004

dragonwillow said:
Tekken 2 was badass. I used to go over to my friend's place and play that with him all the time.

Then Tekken 3 came along, and it was pretty meh.
Then Tekken Tag came along... more meh.
Then Tekken 4, and I lost all respect.

So. Fucking. Slow.

Exactly! Tekken 2 was teh shiznit...and they went and screwed up that formula.
I too, lost all interest after 2. :crying:

Solidus Snake · May 12, 2004

FormlessOne said:
The pick works fine for me.

Anyway I like Tekken I removed LOL so I would not send the wrong message. But I do dislike Tekken 4 though. Shouldn't be anything to overraeact about. If you don't like Tekken, it's fine by me. I am definitely not a swingset or a woman.

FormlessOne · May 12, 2004

Solidus Snake said:
Anyway I like Tekken I removed LOL so I would not send the wrong message. But I do dislike Tekken 4 though. Shouldn't be anything to overraeact about. If you don't like Tekken, it's fine by me. I am definitely not a swingset or a woman.

So you're both?

jindo · May 12, 2004

Tekken 3: got my full attention on 3D fighting games. Console version had cool features and all the arcade glitchs intact.

Tekken Tag: fun to play vs.

Tekken 4: boring few characters dominates the entire game. Way too unbalanced. :oh_no:

Hopefully Tekken 5 has more features than Tekken 4 had to offer. :spock:

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · May 12, 2004

FormlessOne said:
So you're both?

Still in search of teh funnay...

Solidus Snake · May 12, 2004

FormlessOne said:
So you're both?

Just drop it man. If you see all my previous posts about Tekken, you would see that I didn't say anything negative about it besides my disappointment with T4. No need to overreact. Would you be happy if I put it back so it looks as if I was making fun of Tekken 5?

chris1 · May 13, 2004

My Son Loves Tekken 3

BigFred · May 13, 2004

I like Tekken. Been a fan since Tekken 2 and enjoyed Tekken 4.

Spike Spiegel · May 13, 2004

I've loved Tekken since the first one. Knew it was shallow and a bit lame how the boss characters were just remakes of the first cast. Then Tekken 2 came out and it was a brand new ball game. Great motion capture and music. My god, the music.

3 wasn't bad, but TTT was great, IMHO. 4 is just fine, if you ask me. I don't *hate* the series at all, I just like VF more.

Tekken 2 is still one of the most important games in my gaming history to me.

Spike

Baseley09 · May 13, 2004

Sundance said:
Exactly! Tekken 2 was teh shiznit...and they went and screwed up that formula.
I too, lost all interest after 2.

Subscribe me to that list too. There was Tekken, ok things starting out pretty cool nice psx port. Tekken 2 was ace in bg, music and fun.

Then Tekken 3 tried to be better but wasn't, all downhill since 2.

Not that I think it's bad and won't give Tekken 5 a go, I just rekkon for some reason it peaked at Tekken 2.

genjiglove · May 13, 2004

Tekken is great. Sure, T4 wasn't exactly perfect, but the rest of the series has been great. I can't wait to play Tekken 5.

dragonwillow · May 13, 2004

Tekken 4's slowness ruined it for me.
Tekken 2 was nearly perfect... although, after Tekken 3, my friend and I switched over to Soul Blade :P

Loopz · May 13, 2004

Tekken 3, for me, was truly the creative peak of the series.
Incredible music, Law's fucking BAD-ASS yellow jumpsuit.
I loved the way they ditched many of the clone characters and brought them back as more developed characters with cool styles (Baek=Hwaorang,Bruce=Bryan,etc.)
Xiaoyu and the shitload of Lei stances were just icing on the cake.
Ogre and True Ogre were the best bosses of the series too.

T-Tag was a misstep for me, I didn't like the tag gameplay, and I hated the way all those clones came right back. Tekken 4 isn't even worth talking about.

Despite all this, I still overall love the series and have massive nostalgia, especially for T3 (when it was big in the arcades in 1997 when I was also with my first serious GF.)
Hopefully Tekken 5 will resurrect the series. Namco needs a comeback.

BigFred · May 14, 2004

dragonwillow said:
Tekken 4's slowness ruined it for me.
Tekken 2 was nearly perfect... although, after Tekken 3, my friend and I switched over to Soul Blade :P

Funny, the Tekken 4 engine is a lot faster than Tekken 2 and 3.

Possibly the worst excuse for hating Tekken 4 thus far was "They got rid of Anna, my favourite character". But this comes pretty close too.

SonGohan · May 14, 2004

Tekken Tag is fucking fun, no two ways about it. Spinmaster X actually got me playing the series seriously when we'd have all night sessions of Tag and 4. The cool thing about Tekken is that it's so easy to get into. You can literally pick up the controller and mash away and it looks like you're doing something cool (you are). The coolest thing though is how deep the games actually are. People love to write off the games as being shallow because you can 1-1-1-4 and do a cool combo, but these same people would get eaten alive by any seasoned player wave-dashing all over their ass.

I love both Tekken and VF Evo (I don't like any other VFs, though). Insanely fun games. A lot of people will bash Tekken without a clue and likewise praise VF Evo without a clue, so you sort of get used to it and just make a mental note that they're retards, then mosey along.

ferrarimanf355 · May 14, 2004

Tekken Tag= best PS2 launch game. Still fun to pop in the PS2 and play a little. Tekken 4 was indeed slow as molasses, but it was okay.
Oh, and Nina Williams= teh hotness. I'm interested in how Death By Degrees turns out. :glee:

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