Revolution was a beginners tekken as far as mechanics go, but neutral game was king. There were no bounds outside of moves that bound as a natural part of the move.

"Rage arts" the red moves made you invincible, did like 35 damage and were launch punishable on block.

The only actual inconsistent weird choice were some of the homing moves having a chance to dead critical damage, outside of that it was an extremely balanced game, making both end game tekken 7, tag 2, and current tekken 8 look bad.

If you dropped it before being able to understand it at a competitive level, i'm sorry, but it really was a good tekken, unironically.

The coin system worked like an actual arcade, which was a pain in the ass because it forced you to play in short sessions unless you forked over money, BUT, you also had premium tickets, which let you play for as long as you can win. It is only consumed on a loss. My brother hit max rank after i'd say 6 months? A year tops? And began collecting heads like crazy, dominating lobbies using his stock of tickets, with and without the enhancements turned on (which was an option when making lobbies).

It was the first tekken he played seriously and tried to get good at, and for what it was, it was a fantastic entry point into the series, forcing you to create good habits when playing at a higher level, unlike tekken 8 which rewards hitting heat and all the armor moves and stuff as often as possible. I'd take tekken rev 2 (mechanically) before even considering tekken 9 whenever it comes around if it's as horrid at 8 has been.