It’s no secret that the Tekken franchise has always had a lot of affection for its fans and its characters, but no one expected Tekken 8 to go above and beyond, with an impressive and nostalgic ending to its story mode, a very deep combat system and extensive customization.

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Tekken 8: The end of an era

In its story, Tekken 8 promises to conclude Jin and Kazuya’s arc and here we have the story mode, which brings short videos with retrospectives of the previous 7 games to fill in the player who has just arrived or to refresh the memory of those who haven’t played in a while.

Here, the story mode follows a more cinematic pattern, as if it were a movie in which, at the moment of the action, the player controls the designated character. Something quite unique here is that each character speaks in their country’s native language. It’s very unique and even a bit comical how they all understand each other, with each one speaking their own language.

The story mode doesn’t go on any longer than necessary, which is good, because it would get tiresome if it went on too long, but it ends in a very beautiful, exciting and nostalgic way for fans of the series.

Gameplay remains faithful, competitive and now more accessible

Tekken has always been a very competitive and down-to-earth game compared to other fighting games. The characters here aren’t much for jumping, throwing projectiles or even super moves that end in explosions. It’s always been more of a martial arts game with a bit of exaggeration just to give it some charm.

This brings a good range of variety to its 32 playable characters who have plenty of charm and multiple outfits, something that, given today’s standard in fighting games, is a great treat, after all, as time goes by we have more microtransactions in these games and less content already included.

In addition, the game has a choice of modern controls, which can be switched at any time during the fight, allowing less experienced players to play more easily, so anyone can pick up the controller and have fun quickly.

In addition to the story mode, you have Arcade mode where you have to face a series of enemies and then the final boss. There’s Arcade Quest, a single-player mode where you use your avatar, created similarly to the Xbox 360 profile avatars, and fight in local tournaments. This is a great way to get to grips with the game.

There’s also Tekken Ball, a sort of mini-game where players fight by throwing a beach ball and trying to make it fall on their opponent’s side, damaging their health points. This is a mode that’s sure to generate a lot of laughs.

This wide range of single-player content allows the streamer to bring in plenty of material to entertain their audience without having to go online, but of course, good online matches are certainly the game’s biggest selling point.

Wide range of customization draws a lot of attention

Tekken 8 gives the players a great deal of creative freedom to customize their fighter in any way they choose, be it something more serious and coherent, or something very silly and funny. The possibilities are enormous and this is another great attraction for streamers to spend hours customizing their favourite fighter.

It’s also possible to create your own ghost and take on other players’ ghosts, allowing you to take on each other and improve your skills, opening up a good space for your spectators to take on your ghost or send you theirs. There are countless ghosts, even those of professional players.

Tested in its PC version, Tekken 8 is well optimized, but still requires a powerful machine, after all it is a current generation fighting game, it is translated into an incredible 15 languages.

One function that was included in the demo was Remote Play, which allows you to call up friends from your Steam list and play together with only you owning the game, however it is not available in the final version, at least as of the date of this review.

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