Tekken 8 Review (LightestNixl)
Don't buy it. Don't buy it. Don't buy it.
I had around 670 hours on tekken 7 which was an absolute blast, tekken 8 was one of the two games I've ever pre-ordered and after around 200 hours I can say that most of this game is just:
>Bling bling sparkle sparkle visuals, to the point where it could even be classified as a mobile game. All show, no content.
>They deliberately waited with the release of microtransactions and a battlepass where the items are just junk items and standard stock from unreal engine, for example the sphere they give you 40 levels in is LITERALLY THE DEFAULT SPHERE IN UNREAL ENGINE WITH NO TEXTURE
>Buggy mess, catering to button mashers where they rely on a false sense of accomplishment when in reality there is no real skill curve to the game. It's all about who pops heat first.
>The most toxic environment you could be in with all the new players rolling in. In tekken 7, ki-chargers for example, were people you stumbled upon every blue moon but now you stumble upon them every game or every 2-3 games if you're lucky.
And let me emphasize this once again.. they striked down a hammer on cosmetic modders, who did a way better job at making creative outfits than bandai namco mind you, so that they could push their MICROTRANSACTIONS. They went on a banning spree days before the release of their microtransaction store so they could hold a monopoly to alternative outfits than the standard built in ones, which mostly are trash anyway.
It's one thing to add DLC expansions that add to the game, like going to a fast food store to buy a burger but you have the choice to add fries to your order.
But another to deliberately withhold content to put it behind a paywall, which is like going to the store to order a burger but you only get the buns and if you like the burger patty, salad or any topping with it you'd have to spend an extra 4-5 bucks each.
I will never buy any tekken game again and recently made the switch to Mortal Kombat 11 to get away from this cr4p game. Tekken takes no skill, it fully relies on giving people that dopamine rush to lock them in the game. There is a reason why most recent reviews are negative. they sell the game at 100 bucks to certain people and all they get is a cr4ppy outfit, a dlc character and that's it. They delayed the battle pass as well for this reason too, so that they wouldnt have to include that in any of those bundles and also to not get review bombed on release so they could lure more people into the game.
Don't buy it. Don't buy it. Don't buy it.