Retro Yearly List #20 [1994: Tekken]
Kuma back in the day was creepy as hell.
So, first Tekken title, also my first Tekken beaten game. Yes, I was never really attracted by the series and preferred MK and SF when younger, mostly because those are more focused on powers, projectiles, etc. These seemed to be more unique characters for me, who always saw Tekken chars being pretty equal, fancy punches and kicks with some visual effects.
Playing it today, is a bit better than I imagined, but not so different from the most recent games, which I had experienced before for some minutes or hours, is just a lot more simple, the movelists are not so large, not difficult to pull out, different from many other fighting games' debuting titles, in overall the gameplay is satisfying and decent, aside from specific moments where moves will fail to connect when it was supposed to, with the opponent magically slipping through my arms.
The graphics are... old, let's say that way, that's something we already expected, those are the first years ever of 3D games, so it had to start somewhere, It's not that great to see today, but at the time it was both revolutionary and somehow, gorgeous. For the music, did not expect anything, but I was surprised, getting addicted to Kyoto and Stadium tracks, nicely done here.
The lore told here is simple, it solidifies what would we have in the future, each character has its own background, I managed to beat it with everyone because I want to finally understand Tekken's story from start. The ending cutscenes are welcome, although suffering from the same I described for the game's graphics, Kazyua's one is still an iconic peace of gaming history till this day. (King's ending using real live children is... cursed) For each character you can unlock a new one, that's great, but they are not entirely "new", as their movelists are mixed up with the original ones', but it's alright for a first game, that already has 8 chars.
A nice start for an iconic franchise.
Kuma back in the day was creepy as hell.
So, first Tekken title, also my first Tekken beaten game. Yes, I was never really attracted by the series and preferred MK and SF when younger, mostly because those are more focused on powers, projectiles, etc. These seemed to be more unique characters for me, who always saw Tekken chars being pretty equal, fancy punches and kicks with some visual effects.
Playing it today, is a bit better than I imagined, but not so different from the most recent games, which I had experienced before for some minutes or hours, is just a lot more simple, the movelists are not so large, not difficult to pull out, different from many other fighting games' debuting titles, in overall the gameplay is satisfying and decent, aside from specific moments where moves will fail to connect when it was supposed to, with the opponent magically slipping through my arms.
The graphics are... old, let's say that way, that's something we already expected, those are the first years ever of 3D games, so it had to start somewhere, It's not that great to see today, but at the time it was both revolutionary and somehow, gorgeous. For the music, did not expect anything, but I was surprised, getting addicted to Kyoto and Stadium tracks, nicely done here.
The lore told here is simple, it solidifies what would we have in the future, each character has its own background, I managed to beat it with everyone because I want to finally understand Tekken's story from start. The ending cutscenes are welcome, although suffering from the same I described for the game's graphics, Kazyua's one is still an iconic peace of gaming history till this day. (King's ending using real live children is... cursed) For each character you can unlock a new one, that's great, but they are not entirely "new", as their movelists are mixed up with the original ones', but it's alright for a first game, that already has 8 chars.
A nice start for an iconic franchise.
Vee
24 days ago