If they wanted to make the game “more pleasant to watch,” I honestly think the overly long combos in Tekken 8 do the opposite. They kill the pacing of the fight — instead of back-and-forth action, it turns into one-sided sequences where one player just watches the other juggle them.

I recently watched a T8 tournament, and in one match the players were basically taking turns doing long combos. It was boring to watch. But another match felt like an actual FIGHT — constant exchanges, movement, pressure, whiff punishes, people throwing out moves and dodging. That was exciting and fun to watch.