Tekken For Granted
Gary lost his shit the last time I professed admiration for a non-Capcom fighting game, so it’s with some trepidation that I reveal that I am enjoying the hell out of Tekken 6.
In our neighbourhood the fighting games of choice were Street Fighter and Virtua Fighter, and the latter only because the convenience store across from the high school held onto their cabinet years past relevance. I had only played Tekken a few times before last week and walked away unimpressed. I think the reason I wasn’t interested back in the day is the same reason that I’m digging it now; despite a few whimsical flourishes, Tekken is a pretty straight-forward martial arts simulator, at least in comparison to most fighters. Now that I’m older and know a little bit more about actual martial arts I find I can appreciate the nuances in what I once perceived as practically interchangeable characters.
I’ve been using Lei Wulong exclusively since picking the game up, mostly so I can pit him against Marshall Law and simulate the Jackie Chan/Bruce Lee brawl I’ve always dreamed of. At this rate it’ll take me a year before I get through all 40 characters.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Heathen!
I might have to give Tekken another shot. Did you ever get to play that vs game I got you last year? I played it over here yesterday. It’s okay, but sad when they I hear them calling it a sequel to the other Marvel vs Capcom titles. Simply incomparable, but it does have some cool characters and I love the giant robots (two-in-one) characters too. Oh, and the boss is even more disappointing than MvC2. I didn’t think that was even possible!
What’s sadder is that it’s next to this game called “BlazBlue” which has AMAZING 2d animated sprites. What happened Capcom????
December 7th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
It’s taking some getting used to, but one of the things i like about Tekken is that it’s entirely close combat. As someone who still has trouble pulling off special moves in other fighting games, it’s a nice change of pace.
I haven’t played MvC2 yet, but that’s only because I don’t have a Wii. I have considered picking up BlazBlue, but I have far too many unfinished games as it is.