Tekken 8 (PS5, XBox Series, Steam)

[drahkon]

Haven't played a Tekken game since Tekken 4, so I doubt I'll give this a go, but it does look nice  

[Jonnas]

Nice trailer. Hard to tell what was dramatic cutscene effect and what was legit gameplay. If the slowdowns show up during middle-of-the-match moves, that's a plus.

Story-wise, the awaited feud between Jin and Kazuya is finally on. I'm hoping they redeem Jin's character after botching his character so much in T6 (and kinda in T7). So far, he seems to be mostly in control of Devil Jin, which is new, and a good sign.

My only requests now are A. The return of post-KO replays; B. Make customization options robust again; and C. Put effort into individual character endings instead of the travesty from T7

[The Bard]

This is definitely gameplay with story mode shenanigans like the close ups and mid match slow-mo thrown in. There's absolutely no way there would be mid match slow-mo, it would disrupt the flow of play way too much.

Some things to note from the gameplay; pushback on block is ridiculous, Kazuya's ff3 pushes jin back more than the full distance of a backdash, which is crazy, so if that's how it's going to be, it's going to affect spacing a lot. Launch height also seems to be increased - during Kazuya's PEWGF combo, the electric sent Jin stratospherically high. If that's the same in the final game, I suppose it'll give the player more time to think about combo routes and prevent people from dropping combos as much? Who knows, seems a bit much since electrics already sent you pretty damn high previously. Then Kazuha's b3, the screw attack didn't send Jin as far as screw attacks in Tekken 7 do - or at least as much as Kazuya's b3 did previously, which could be good in the final game since the main problem with screw attacks was that it meant so many combos carried the opponent to the wall that it was difficult to return to neutral play.

 

Also, how did Kazuya evade Jin's EWHF after b2,1 connected? Nobody can backdash that, you have to block it. New mechanic?

 

My one wish for Tekken 8 is that they bring back the sidestepping distance that was in the previous games. In Tekken 7, sidestepping basically became a useless mechanic because of how small sidesteps for every character that isn't Lili or Alisa, and because there were so many homing moves in the game. Sidestepping a move and punishing predictability was one of the cornerstones of competitive Tekken, and it was a shame to have that be nerfed.

Edited October 1, 2022 by The Bard

[The Bard]

Can't wait to sink another several thousand hours into Tekken =D 

 

https://imgur.com/7ZvV8Or

Edited October 1, 2022 by The Bard

[Jonnas]

3 hours ago, The Bard said:

There's absolutely no way there would be mid match slow-mo, it would disrupt the flow of play way too much.

It can happen, as long as they limit it properly. For example, only with specific moves with a lot of endlag, or only moves that leave the opponent in a crumpled state, or just handpick which specific moves it happens to. What's tricky is that I don't think that Kazuya hop kick was any of those things... unless the specific combination of low vs. "hopping" attacks is among the few interactions that mid-match slow-mo can happen to.

Just saying, it's possible, as long as it doesn't happen often.

3 hours ago, The Bard said:

Also, how did Kazuya evade Jin's EWHF after b2,1 connected? Nobody can backdash that, you have to block it. New mechanic?

It could just be a matter of the move itself being nerfed

But more realistically, they drew attention to that dodge in the trailer, so yeah, likely a new combo break mechanic (one that only works on grounded strings, I figure. Can't see that working against juggles)

[The Bard]

On 01/10/2022 at 12:01 PM, Jonnas said:

It can happen, as long as they limit it properly. For example, only with specific moves with a lot of endlag, or only moves that leave the opponent in a crumpled state, or just handpick which specific moves it happens to. What's tricky is that I don't think that Kazuya hop kick was any of those things... unless the specific combination of low vs. "hopping" attacks is among the few interactions that mid-match slow-mo can happen to.

Just saying, it's possible, as long as it doesn't happen often.

It could just be a matter of the move itself being nerfed

But more realistically, they drew attention to that dodge in the trailer, so yeah, likely a new combo break mechanic (one that only works on grounded strings, I figure. Can't see that working against juggles)

The thing is, for moves that act as high/low crushes, specifically in that trailer the u/f+3 that low crushed, as well as moves that result in crumple stun, usually you want your timing to be perfect to get a follow up. If they apply it to crush moves, then that brings a problem in that a lot of crush moves are launchers, and you want to get an optimal combo afterwards. I'm fairly sure that mid match slow-mo isn't going to be a thing, Tekken's thrived on the back of its competitive scene recently, and they aren't going to add anything that affects the flow of a match to that extent. If they do they'd have to tune it to moves that specifically have no follow up, because otherwise it would be annoying as hell.

 

Also, there's no way they're nerfing electrics,  they're the hardest launcher to pull off in the game. I guess maybe except taunt jet upper, but that's two moves, not one. I mean, being able to evade a 15 frame move when you're in negative frames...that's not fair (As you can tell, I'm a Mishima player XD).

 

To be honest, they are very in tune with their community, and I have a good level of faith that they'll pull off another excellent game. My only real wish is that they un-nerf sidestepping. 

Edited October 7, 2022 by The Bard

[Hero-of-Time]

 

[bob]

I haven't played Tekkens 1-7, will I still be able to follow the plot of this one? Also, i don't plan on playing this one either.

[Julius]

Kazuya gameplay trailer:

Love how flashy the particle effects are!