Monday, December 28, 2009
Musings: Tekken 6
The sixth iteration of Tekken has been crucified across all corners of the internet. You know the laundry list of complaints by heart - The graphics are crappy. The scenario mode is sloppy and difficult to control. The loading is absolutely terrible, despite having an install size of over 4 gigs; it also stops to load for FUCKING EVERYTHING, with an almost Bayonetta-like dedication to waiting around. The online mode is slow as shit. Hearing all these complaints, this was definitely pretty high on my list of "hot games to skip" this holiday, and that's exactly what I did. However, when the opportunity to just borrow a copy presented itself, I decided na papatusin ko na - after all, even if the game stank, I'd probably at least get a couple cheap trophies for my trouble.
A couple of weeks later, at 70 plus percent trophy completion, I'm still pretty happy with my decision not to buy Tekken 6. As it turns out, all of the complaints raised on message boards and gaming blogs were pretty much right on the money - the loading really does suck monkey balls (Seriously, man. Worst loading in a PS3 game everrrrr), and the graphics aren't that good - the shadowing/lighting effects are pretty awesome, but the character models are kind of simplistic. They're actually slightly inferior to Soul Calibur IV's (the models only, mind you), which is really fucking old. And yes, I actually booted up SC4 to make sure. Check the character select screen if you don't believe me, and watch the closeups.
However, what I didn't expect is that I would have quite a bit of fun with T6, despite its numerous flaws - farming for items is still pretty fun, in a dumb, simple minded way, and playing through Arena mode to watch each character's prologue and ending was very entertaining, bringing back memories of myself doing the same back on the PS1. And of course, the fighting offline is still as enjoyable as ever - it won't blow your mind, but for better or for worse, it's still the same ol' Tekken everybody knows and loves. Tekken is the videogame equivalent of comfort food - like ham sandwiches and bibingka during Christmas, it tastes like the same old shit every time, but sometimes the said "same old shit" still hits the spot.
If that's all you wanted though, you may as well just pick up T5DR for much less - the animation might be crappier, but there's no loading, no disc to mess around with, no wear and tear on your PS3's Blu-Ray lens, and markedly better (but still quite poor) online. Not bad for a couple of Sony space bucks.
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