You can tell who's only here for the IP because anyone who plays fighting games even a little bit knows how crazy it is that they're making a sprite based fighter in 2026 and are only charging 30 bucks for it instead of getting snarky over this shit.
Tekken 8 Patch 3.0 is not "a small step in the right direction" but "many steps in vastly different directions"
Some characters were nerfed in solid ways that make a lot of sense (Anna CH > elbow, Nina b222, Steve armor, Yoshi 1,1)
Other characters got slaps on the wrist, or were ONLY buffed.
Weaknesses were intentionally removed. This contradicts the statement of focusing on strengths, weakness, and identity.
The only consistent thing was a focus on making things "easier." Unique tech and conversions were removed, offense was streamlined, and a lot of execution checks were completely removed.
According to this patch, situational awareness is not something that should be heavily rewarded, and cool things keep getting removed or simplified.
Generally the vibes seem down, and I'm personally pretty confused by the direction of the game.
I often think about how Genshin fans changed their hashtag from "BoycottGenshinImpact" to something like "DoBetterMiyoho" because they realised a Boycott would mean they have to stop playing the game.
The non toxic and actually positive take away is that it takes very little time investment to get “ok” at something and a lifetime to master almost anything. You can realistically be in the top 10% of any skill you want in a few months of actual practice.
Even without the comparison of dbfz , this is barely a “team” game. Your assist turning into a lariat in blockstun and combos is legit horrible. It feels so restrictive made for causals and children and I guess that’s what they’re going for. There’s no unique way to use assist
this is so funny because the amount of manchildren ive had to tippy toe step around trying not to say the wrong thing so they wont throw the game is INSANE. men are so fragile in ranked games, i feel like im babysitting every time i queue rivals ranked 💀