Tekken 7 review Pc#
Reviewed on PlayStation 4 (code provided by the publisher) check our PC impressions here. Just don’t expect the story mode to be anything more than a short diversion. Whether you’re a noob that wants to button mash against friends or a fighting game pro, Tekken 7 is worth it. What else is there to say? Tekken is back, and with its seventh installment has created one of the very best competitive fighters on modern consoles. Awkwardly mashing out inefficient combos when you first start playing slowly morphs into a careful game of footsies and anticipation, and there are moments of true elation when combos you’ve been working on diligently in Practice mode get their moment to shine against a real player, as you juggle them across the stage before bashing them against a wall. There’s no tutorial mode to walk you through Tekken’s style of fighting, so if you want to get good, you’ll either be spending a long time in practice mode flicking between move lists and gameplay or watching character tutorials online – both practices not being the best for learning.īut that struggle just might be worth it – Tekken 7’s wonderfully weighty and skillful combat is so satisfying to learn it’s almost impossible not to recommend.
Heck, experienced fighting game players are even likely to find themselves with a few teething problems. Fighting game fans should pick it up fairly quickly, finding out which moves will launch and bounce opponents before finding the best aerial combos to dish out to juggle and do huge damage – but new players will find themselves a bit stuck. Better pieces of gear can only be gained from treasure chests, which you can get from Online Tournaments, and Treasure Battle.īut that high skill ceiling comes with its own set of issues – namely that Tekken 7 isn’t exactly newbie friendly. Plenty of the customization options available to you can be purchased with in-game currency (which isn’t difficult to earn at all, and can be collected from almost any of the modes, including Arcade, Treasure Battle, and Online. Outside of the story modes, you can expect your standard Arcade mode, Practice, which of course just training, and Treasure Battle, a marathon game-type where you face off against AI players to rank up and earn rare gear to equip your characters with.Īnd collecting that gear is an addictive task. Both can only be used once your health bar is around a third full, so they offer players getting schooled a way to fight back – though of course, a Rage Art is completely useless if your opponent sees it coming and decides to block. The combat has been refined too, with subtle tweaks, such as the Rage Art and Rage Drives systems, the former offering a Super style move to deal big damage, and the latter powering up your character for big combos. This feels like Tekken as you remember, but cleaner and sharper than ever.
Luckily, you’re not here to learn about the character’s relationships and personalities – Tekken 7 is still a fighting game, after all.Īnd when it comes to being a fighting game, Tekken 7 has reclaimed its throne as one of the best in the business. And short is definitely the operative word here, with each character story featuring a single first-to-two fight, some on-screen text, and a quick cutscene. In addition to the cinematic story, you also get shorter character story chapters for each of the roster’s fighters.
Tekken 7 review full#
If you’re all about the melodramatic ties between Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin – possibly one of the most dysfunctional families in video games – then you’ll love it, it’s full of twists that don’t make much sense and a story which doesn’t fare much better, but there are big action scenes, explosions, and Street Fighter’s Akuma squaring up to Heihachi.
Luckily, you don’t actually need to know what’s happening in Tekken 7’s premier story mode, Fated Retribution, which is just as well, as it could be better.
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