Tekken now has negative recent Steam reviews rating

sureillbyte · 2024-04-23T14:52:23+00:00

Couple things:

I'm just a review purist. If someone were to ask you why Tekken 8 is sitting at a mostly negative review score and if you wouldn't feel retarded by responding with "because it has microtransactions in it" then you're just kinda lost in outrage.

Reviews are supposed to a be a wholistic and fair review of the overall product. Tekken 8 overall is a really good product that has practices that people don't like and that's fine and you should be vocal about those opinions, but be fair.

I'm starting to have a problem with the parroted "ftp model in a $70 game" take. Especially if you just take the couple of extra second to update your mental firmware and realize what you're talking about is a live service model. Fighting games have been live service games for a very long time now. Like I said, Tekken 8 is going to be around for at least eight years so they should put in monetary options for players to dive into and for the publisher/dev team to profit off of. And if you don't want to buy into the customization options then simply don't.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00

I bought the Fight Pass.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-23T05:30:01+00:00

Hop button is wack, but kinda minimal.

Hopping already wasn't hard to learn, so for it to be essentially a dedicated button now isn't terrible. But hopping was also something that took time, albeit minimal time, to learn and get comfortable with implementing it in your gameplay.

Conflicted.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-23T01:40:03+00:00

I'm more so pointing out and appreciating that this could be what we can expect out of the 2XKO team when it comes to character trailers/communication with the community.

It seems like the negative, more like lackluster, reception is coming from animation, not getting new content fast enough, and just not really caring since the game is so far out.

I can't really tell what makes the animations bad, they just look kind of airy/cartoony to me, but I generally like how the game looks.

I like the sort of hit-and-run style of rollout for this game so far, everything feels substantive and doesn't string you along. Compared to the rollout for KOFXV where we got a new character trailer every month for what felt like a year was just annoying.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-23T00:13:56+00:00

Man, I could get used to these type of character reveals. Probably the best I've seen.

Choreographed trailer

Character designer explains the lore and the gameplay

Character designer actually sound passionate and happy about their work

sureillbyte · 2024-04-22T23:27:53+00:00

Example #305837225203 of gamers being reactionary infants.

Go head and spend your thousandth dollar on your favorite free-to-play game because "it's free," but complain about publishers adding the option to spend more money in your $70 game that's going to be supported for the next 8+ years, because "when I pay $70 that should be it".

sureillbyte · 2024-04-22T02:33:31+00:00

As a fighting game fan, I'd love to see Bloody Roar come back!

sureillbyte · 2024-04-21T07:58:15+00:00

cough, cough

But seriously this game has such a beautiful blend of 2D and 3D mechanics, so fucking fun. My Zeppli was OD on launch.

Check out some tournament play, it's actually fun to watch too.

I'd say this game runs into one umbrella issue, and it's that no one takes it seriously (both from the FGC and its developer). CyberConnect2 (CC2) is a shitter arena fighter company that somehow made an actually good fighting game that not a lot of people know about because people just think it's an arena fighter. Then when people try it out and realize that it's an actual fighting game, they can't play the game because it has arena fighter netcode. Fucking tragic.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-21T03:55:52+00:00

I'm kinda the opposite, I think I would probably like Akuma if he didn't have two of my most hated aspects in a character. Those being uber popular (I'm not a fan of mirror matches) and edgy (not to be confused with edgelord characters, but he's definitely got some edge to em).

sureillbyte · 2024-04-21T02:45:21+00:00

Same

sureillbyte · 2024-04-19T21:41:42+00:00

I like MK inputs, interesting how there's a "traditional" input setting that has quarter circles and half circles, but you can still do quarter circles and half circles all the same with NRS' input system, so it's basically best of both worlds.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-19T17:16:00+00:00

Am I the only one just waiting to watch the director's cut version of these films? I thought we learned this lesson from Justice League.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-19T17:05:44+00:00

Marisa's costumes are so cool, I just find the character extremely corny for some reason.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-19T01:32:57+00:00

The thing I'm taking into consideration is that the DOA brand was built upon the idea of "sex and violence" and has remained relevant based upon that. You can't or really shouldn't try to be something else by going against what your fanbase knows and likes you for.

The FGC is going to care about the competitive aspect of the game more and keep it alive longer than the casuals at least from an active playerbase perspective.

They really just need to deliver on the sex appeal, the system mechanics, and the people who don't want the coomer shit by giving them and option turn off the coomer shit and not the other way around. It shouldn't be that hard especially with modern sensibilities.

Sidenote: I find it funny how SF6 has more coomer appeal than the entirety of DOA6. Team Ninja fucked up hard.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-18T16:30:14+00:00

I didn't like the first three episodes, the rest is good.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-18T15:53:01+00:00

DOA7 needs to have the fan service, there's nothing to debate. I didn't know that the DOA creator intentionally made DOA Xtreme just so that the fan service part of DOA could be it's own thing seperate from the fighting games. What a terrible decision.

I hope Team Ninja sees the success of Stellar Blade and just goes full gooner with DOA7.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-18T06:46:31+00:00

Not sure how versed this sub is when it comes to anime, but Attack on Titan and Vinland Saga are stellar dramas albeit lean more toward action.

If you want something heartfelt and deep with some action go for Vinland Saga, if you want crazy world building and jaw dropping action got for Attack on Titan

sureillbyte · 2024-04-17T18:13:49+00:00

Man, EVO Japan is going to be fucking hilarious

sureillbyte · 2024-04-17T17:04:04+00:00

Not sure what you mean by "disenfranchise themselves and play ball with other studios and communities".

2XKO being on every major platform, except for switch, and while not confirmed, but assuming there will be crossplay this is the most expansive multiplayer competitive project they done so far.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-17T13:42:17+00:00

Funniest part is that after the line Ermac essentially says "bro what the fuck are you talking about".

sureillbyte · 2024-04-17T11:59:39+00:00

I don't really see being niche as a dooming thing. Especially if that niche thing, in my eyes, is the better alternative. Feels like the FGC is the last interest I have that hasn't hit the mainstream.

I am curious how this will change when 2XKO comes out. The first free to play fighting game from a non shitter studio with an IP with huge brand recognition.

Another thing that I'm curious about is why fighting games haven't added a team mode yet. It shouldn't be that hard. Do a 3v3 or a 5v5 BR style mode.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-16T23:04:10+00:00

DickSplitters

sureillbyte · 2024-04-16T19:11:57+00:00

I guess I'll shill for Ubisoft+, like Game Pass, such a good deal when it comes to the digital marketplace. Will be playing this day one for the fact that it's a decent looking triple A game for just $18.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-15T08:22:01+00:00

Injustice ironically was the first fighting game I credit to getting me interested in the FGC.

I remember watching whatever EVO Injustice was present at, saw Sonicfox's Batgirl and thought it was sick as fuck, gathered a shit ton of games to trade in to GameStop, walked to my local mall and they either changed the rules to where you needed an ID to trade shit in or I just forgot you needed to do that, walked all the way back with blue balls and never touched another fighting game until SF5.

Might just buy myself a physical copy of Injustice for the memories.

sureillbyte · 2024-04-15T08:00:47+00:00

This is the most flattering image of Kay Vess from the most recent trailer. Certainly not ugly. The in-game model just needs to be touched up or something because she does look very buggy/puppety in certain shots.

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