Tekken 8 | PS5/XBOX SERIES X|S/PC | Miary Zo Releasing Dec. 2nd/Dec. 5th

[drifter]

It isn't Tekken anymore. It's a weird hybrid of Tekken, DOA and SC


Those franchises have been driven in the mud with stupid gameplay changes and they're taking Tekken there now w/ shyt character design, Heat, OD Stage Transitions, every character having some fukk ass Stance and a bunch of other BS

I was going to say t9 is probably the most important since 5 and if they whiff the franchise is on the road to sc if not one foot in already

Turns out t8 was SC all along. Sucks to see a franchise you grew up with in the weeds with no way out

These aren't the same as T4 "weeds" either. At least T4 still in 2025 has the best look & story telling of any game. Ran a fan pole, added most everything fans wanted and fans hated worse. They tried making the ultimate Tekken. They're doing things they've never done, nobody ever asked for, destroying character lore and flat out ignoring feedback. Hard seeing anything good coming next even if Harada and Murray are gone, which they should be, since they thought this was good or just don't care anymore

 

[Zero]

Ogre's been reborn into a girl looking for "BFFs" with a spirit staff she uses as a stripper pole for combos. Wtf have they done to this franchise

I'm not seeing anything more ridiculous than Alisa, Lucky Chloe, Gigyas, Victor, or any of the animals

 

[drifter]

I'm not seeing anything more ridiculous than Alisa, Lucky Chloe, Gigyas, Victor, or any of the animals

Rationalizing this character by comparing it to one hated since inception, two that stand zero chance of ever leaving the game they debuted, where one is weird weeb bait at that. And the last one from this game that everyone thinks is ridiculous and over the top but is forced to learn because he's cheap.

Sounds about right for the state of this series

 

[42 Monks]

what happened to the game i love

 

[Zero]

Rationalizing this character by comparing it to one hated since inception, two that stand zero chance of ever leaving the game they debuted, where one is weird weeb bait at that. And the last one from this game that everyone thinks is ridiculous and over the top but is forced to learn because he's cheap.

Sounds about right for the state of this series

Ya mama Black

 

[Maude]

I was going to say t9 is probably the most important since 5 and if they whiff the franchise is on the road to sc if not one foot in already

Turns out t8 was SC all along. Sucks to see a franchise you grew up with in the weeds with no way out

These aren't the same as T4 "weeds" either. At least T4 still in 2025 has the best look & story telling of any game. Ran a fan pole, added most everything fans wanted and fans hated worse. They tried making the ultimate Tekken. They're doing things they've never done, nobody ever asked for, destroying character lore and flat out ignoring feedback. Hard seeing anything good coming next even if Harada and Murray are gone, which they should be, since they thought this was good or just don't care anymore

The real issue isn't Soul Calibu but the loss of franchise identity that Harada literally warned about on twitter. SC6 players hated these mechanics too. Reversal Edge, chip damage, the aggressive systems. and the overwhelming distracting visuals. Soul Calibur fans complained about the same stuff back in 2018. The difference is SC6 wasn't as popular as Tekken so fewer people noticed or cared. But if you look at the timeline, these mechanics were tested on SC6 first, then five years later the same designers brought them to Tekken 8. Soul Calibur 6 was basically a test ground for some of this new shyt in tekken.

Harada's tweet was about how the original Project Soul had dedicated leadership with Yotoriyama saying "There is no point in putting the needs of TEKKEN into Soul Calibur." Both teams had clear visions and stayed in their lanes. They were rivals who competed and pushed each other to be better, but they kept their identities separate. Now with rotating people between different franchises, divisions restructured,mechanics get homogenized and neither game has its identity anymore. Most of whats going wrong is Harada himself and Bamco corporate structure.

 

[Redwood]

I was going to say t9 is probably the most important since 5 and if they whiff the franchise is on the road to sc if not one foot in already

Turns out t8 was SC all along. Sucks to see a franchise you grew up with in the weeds with no way out

These aren't the same as T4 "weeds" either. At least T4 still in 2025 has the best look & story telling of any game. Ran a fan pole, added most everything fans wanted and fans hated worse. They tried making the ultimate Tekken. They're doing things they've never done, nobody ever asked for, destroying character lore and flat out ignoring feedback. Hard seeing anything good coming next even if Harada and Murray are gone, which they should be, since they thought this was good or just don't care anymore

I've heard the head writer responsible started doing movies now

 

[The Villain]

The real issue isn't Soul Calibu but the loss of franchise identity that Harada literally warned about on twitter. SC6 players hated these mechanics too. Reversal Edge, chip damage, the aggressive systems. and the overwhelming distracting visuals. Soul Calibur fans complained about the same stuff back in 2018. The difference is SC6 wasn't as popular as Tekken so fewer people noticed or cared. But if you look at the timeline, these mechanics were tested on SC6 first, then five years later the same designers brought them to Tekken 8. Soul Calibur 6 was basically a test ground for some of this new shyt in tekken.

Harada's tweet was about how the original Project Soul had dedicated leadership with Yotoriyama saying "There is no point in putting the needs of TEKKEN into Soul Calibur." Both teams had clear visions and stayed in their lanes. They were rivals who competed and pushed each other to be better, but they kept their identities separate. Now with rotating people between different franchises, divisions restructured,mechanics get homogenized and neither game has its identity anymore. Most of whats going wrong is Harada himself and Bamco corporate structure.

My only hope at this point is like some of the BS in T4 they recognize the error of their ways, and T9 is a hard reset like 5/DR was.
Get rid of Rage, Heat, stage breaks, all the weird juggle states where you can do like multiple tornadoes, a spike, a wall splat, etc etc. Return to a more serious adult aesthetic instead of being anime bullshyt and overly cluttered visuals. Just start the fukk over from the perspective of 5/DR with better graphics.

Oh and give Lee better damage output for all the work I have to do playing him

For the record I actually enjoy Tekken 8, but it aint really Tekken to me lol

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Ogre's been reborn into a girl looking for "BFFs" with a spirit staff she uses as a stripper pole for combos. Wtf have they done to this franchise

Precisely why I deleted this game. Another BS character

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

It isn't Tekken anymore. It's a weird hybrid of Tekken, DOA and SC


Those franchises have been driven in the mud with stupid gameplay changes and they're taking Tekken there now w/ shyt character design, Heat, OD Stage Transitions, every character having some fukk ass Stance and a bunch of other BS

They need to keep Lei dead

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I'm not seeing anything more ridiculous than Alisa, Lucky Chloe, Gigyas, Victor, or any of the animals

Chloe, Gigyas, and Victor are recent additions. The animals were far and few in-between.



We need Tekken 5 remake ASAP. You cant tell me T8 is the same as T5