AusGamers: Tekken 6 Review

AusGamers:

Fighting game fans already know the score. Tekken 6, finally console bound after living it up in arcades (beginning in Japan in 2007) for a while now, has also made its leap from seminal Sony exclusivity with a foray onto the Xbox 360. This is likely due to the profile of the game, among non fighting game fan types, not being as prominent as it once was. There was a time when Tekken was the king of the fighters, and while it's still the most played arcade fighting game in Japan, the reality is in the West, Street Fighter IV has derailed the 3D fighting game steam rain with its stellar art-style, host of new characters and tried and tested 2D fighting mechanics - still almost flawless today.

So it's up to Tekken 6 to pave its own way, and while the waters have definitely been tread in the arcade space, it doesn't mean Namco Bandai are simply porting the game to console without any love. And love here actually comes in the form of six new characters, a slightly updated engine, some new gloss features, online multiplayer and a revamped fighting system for a handful of familiar faces and the inclusion of a new environmental dynamic. 7.8/10