Tekken 6's Review

The Iron Fist tournament is back! Tekken is one of the most successful fighting game franchise in history, and fighting fans will be more than pleased in what Tekken 6 has to offer.

First of all, I just have to state the obvious. Tekken 6 has by far the biggest character roster in its franchise, totaling to 40 totally different characters (including 6 new entrants); each with its own unique fighting style. You will take decades to remember every move and combos from all the characters. For those casual Tekken players, you will notice that the game-play is basically the same as the previous titles. One additional feature, though, is that they added the rage mode. Where your character will go berserk - increased damage - when your health bar is at a certain level. They also added back the scenario campaign mode (Tekken Force), where you control a character to take out pawns and bosses while the story progresses. Good thing is, this time the campaign mode will take longer to finish as there are a lot of areas to complete. Bad thing is, the story is crap, cut-scenes are boring, and the voice matching / acting are terrible (how can one understand each other when both speaks totally different languages?). But when you're playing a fighting game, the story mode doesn't really matter. I have to say though that the graphics for this one is disappointing; character's model texture doesn't look good, so does the environment in the maps. Another disappointing factor is the loading time for this game, it is TERRIBLE. Lastly, this game has tons of customization options for the 40 players which you get to unlock by collecting money from the game.

If you're new to the Tekken series, it will still be fun mashing up buttons while playing against friends or computer. It will take some time to understand the concept for Tekken if you're new though. And to those fans of Tekken, buy the game (duh?!). It's also a must-buy for fighting game fans if you are seeking to try out a new style for the fighting genre.

Overall: 8.5 / 10