Compared to most other video games, Tekken 7 is an amazing video game and probably my favorite multiplayer game. Despite looking kinda ugly, it still feels like the coolest and most exciting fighting game to both play and watch. Aesthetically, the series has the simple and more grounded designs of Street Fighter with the bat shit insanity of Mortal Kombat dialed to 11, and mechanically has the depth of 3D chess.

The problem with T7 is when you put it into perspective with other games in the series. Because Tekken Tag 2 bombed harder than Morbius, Tekken 7 was made on a pretty tight budget. Because of this the game has this oddly soulless feeling to its presentation. The singleplayer really blows with barely anything to really do, the customization feels more like walking into a bootleg spirit halloween (though to give credit, I would rather have this than a microtransaction filled clusterfuck), and so many of the stages and even some of the character designs (why did they do that to Yoshimitzu) feel really boring and uninteresting, barring some exceptions like Infinite Azure and the newer DLC stages. I ultimately feel that although we really appreciate Tekken 7 these days, I have a feeling that once Tekken 8 drops, its going to be forgotten about in a similar way to Smash 4.

Also Harada is the most based developer I've ever seen.