Reviews of Tekken 4

The King of Iron Fist

Posted : 3 months, 1 week ago on 18 April 2008 04:44 (A review of Tekken 4)

As Tekken made its way onto the PS2 I had huge hopes for the franchise. Tekken 3 was a superb game that truly pushed the limits of a the playstation console and delivered an immense fighting experience. Tekken Tag Tournament was the first foray of Tekken onto the Playstation 2 and I lapped it up. I loved the game in the arcade and spent considerable sums of money playing it until it was finally released on the consoles. As an update for Tekken 3 it had the same smooth running and rapid, smooth fighting style as its predecessor.

When Tekken 4 came out I expected even further improvement, but I was ultimately let down. They went for a drastic improvement in aesthetics but in turn this made the fighting more clunky. The environmental interactions ripped off straight from the Dead or Alive franchise border on the ridiculous at times and have the ability to completely ruin a fight. The new characters are almost entirely non-descript and I essentially lost faith as the franchise went for eye candy over gameplay. A tradition they continued into Tekken 5 - surely the end of the line for Namco.

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