For all the hype Bandai Namco was feeding into Tekken 8 being at The Recreation Awards this yr, there wasn’t a whole lot of depth to the precise trailer outdoors of displaying off how good the sport seems to be in Unreal Engine 5 and a few returning characters.
After Kazuya Mashima and Jin Kazama have been proven combating within the preliminary reveal, Bandai put much more emphasis on the interactions between the pair in a Fist Meets Destiny addition to the longest-running online game storyline.
Whereas it didn’t present as a lot as Capcom’s newest Avenue Fighter 6 replace, Tekken followers did get to see a brief glimpse of a number of returning characters and their new seems to be for the franchise’s newest installment—Paul Phoenix, Marshall Regulation, King, Lars Alexandersson, and Jack-8.
And that isn’t all, as whereas Jin faces Kazuya and his personal destiny, he will even encounter his mom Jun Kazama as she returns to the sequence following an extended absence.
As for gameplay (which we noticed mainly none of) Bandai has confirmed T8 will embody reworked gameplay that focuses on “aggressive techniques.” This contains the brand new “Warmth System” mechanic, which aggressive assaults with particular strikes and enhancements for every character’s talents in a brand new method in comparison with earlier titles.
Sadly, most of this information was solely actually shared after the trailer ended by way of press releases and social media, which means the entire #SavetheD8 marketing campaign Bandai was working for Tekken forward of the occasion appears considerably deceptive now—although to not a significant extent.
The group might have been overhyping itself with hopes for a beta or launch window, however seeing greater than a short glimpse of gameplay between cinematics over the course of a minute-long trailer isn’t asking for a lot, regardless of what producer Katsuhiro Harada would possibly say.
Outdoors of a little bit of disappointment, the response to every little thing that was included was extremely optimistic and exhibits that the course for T8 has followers excited. Hopefully, we can see extra in-depth seems to be on the sport in early 2023 as improvement continues.
Moreover, the press launch for this trailer as soon as once more confirmed that T8 is being developed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC—making it a real next-gen title.
We nonetheless don’t have a launch window for the sport, however on condition that Avenue Fighter 6 is dropping on Friday, June 2, this can doubtless find yourself being a 2024 title.
