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Not that great. |
| Special Sauce from Georgia, USA says (22/Jun/2003): |
I've heard a lot of people saying that this is the greatest fighting game ever, from the best line of fighting games ever. Personally, I never found either as entertaining as the original 3 Mortal Kombats from the Genesis. Sure, some of the characters are pretty awesome, but, all in all, I didn't think it even lived up to the Tekkens from the PS1. To tell you the truth, it was so easy, I beat it with every character on the hardest level within a week on a very limited time schedule. I've been doing this for a while, so I guess I'm a little better at it than the average guy, but even a beginner could do what I did after they learned the basics of the game. It's not a bad game, but it's just not that great.
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cool styles of characters. |
| jam. palden from bhutan says (20/Jun/2003): |
The best thing about this game is that hworang has a great hair and dress.Hwoarang being my favourite character since tekken3was out now he looks much cool.But the sound play sucks and hey where the heck is jack and ogre.without these two characters especially ogre,is making this game a little boring. Namco has to have a close look at some characters to put in next time.
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This fighting game rox! |
| Tabitha from Austin,TX says (19/Jun/2003): |
I really really love fighting games, especially this one because the graphics are much better(as so I think) and there are more moves and yet I can handle all of them so well! One of my favorite fighting games ever and will always be. If namco were to try and create a better tekken, I will be very suprised becuase I do not think it can get better than this! And, by the way,I love all the characters and stories behind them all! great job to dat! ^.~
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TEKK....en? |
| Kimo from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii says (20/Apr/2003): |
First of all, sweet graphics, people dont have pointed ends, great job with that, hooray for movies with dialogue and a general theme (tekken tag :P ) ... all though they left you hanging wondering what the heck is going to happen. Nice stages to fight in, some special effects going on, sholid. Not as many charac. as I'd like but it does add "balance".... I guess. Sound: I dont really care what tunes are being played, but as far as s.e.'s they are good but definately room for improv. I personally wouldnt buy this game, but if your a die hard Tekken fan, it isnt a total loss. Have fun.
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7 Stars |
| A gamer says (18/Apr/2003): |
Tekken 4 is not really what i expected. I was so eager to get the game and when i got it they have changed the moves around on me! I have a suggestion namco! Next Tekken game Yoshimitsu should die by old age or something because he was UGLY in Tekken 4. Tekken is a great game keep em coming!
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This game is one of the best fighting game ever |
| A gamer from germany says (16/Apr/2003): |
I love this game, its excellent but i am sad about one thing, which is that there is no devil. Someone told me that if i can end the tekken force mode under ultra hard difficulty then the devil should be unlocked but uptill now it doesnot seems to work.
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A Whole Piece of Namco in the Trash! |
| Loco Gamer from Upper Marlboro, MD says (15/Apr/2003): |
I went to Blockbuster last Saturday to get this game and I was very eager and all. I wasn't thinking about how Tekken 4 could have just decreased it's quatlity so bad. Tekken usually gets better with ever new release. I was always a Virtua Fighter and Tekken fan, but I liked Tekken even more. This game has the most boring characters and the most choppy moves ever developed. The game is missing Gun Jack too. The story of the game is ok, but the ending movies for each character didn't make any darn bit of sense. The game's music is so pathetic that I put it on zero. I like the stages like the Arena, Underground Fight Club, Parking Area, Jungle, and the Beach. I'm very dissappointed in Namco for taking away all the good things about Tekken. I do like the Tekken Force mode and Survival, but thats it. The rest of the game is trash. I'm glad I rented the game too.
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wheres gun jack? |
| soahc from houston says (8/Apr/2003): |
I like the game but am i missing somethimg ? No gun jack? let me know if im missing something.The graphics are good and ireally like the force mode, but i agree about the too long too many replays, I cant believe theyed make a tekken game w/o gun jack, somebody out there knows a code or something let me know.
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THE KING OFF IRON FIST TOURNEMENT IS BACK! |
| John G from united kingdom says (6/Apr/2003): |
THE KING OF IRON FIST TOURNEMENT IS BACK and its better than ever! its grafics are cool and story mode tottaly rocks and ive never seen anything like it. Nearly half my ps2 games are fighting games so i should Know.the newcomers on tekken4(cristie,steve) tottaly rock dude and the moves are ground breaking and hopefully namco will be able to improve on this and make the next one even better
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First Time playing Tekken, and maybe last. |
| Antimatter from Centralia, IL says (29/Mar/2003): |
After playing Virtua Fighter 4 and Marvel Vs. Capcom, I thought it would be cool to try Tekken 4. Sadly I was very wrong. The graphics are ok, but like some of you say without the details (blood, grunts, bruises, broken bones and missing teeth.) the game is terrible. I couldn't agree with you more. I was terribly dissapointed with the way the whole game was put together. So far I've seen close to 10 characters. ONLY 10! Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 has 56!! I mean come on. Where's the variety? Another thing I hate about it is the slow, weak, and rather tacky moves. I will credit them for adding two punches and two kicks. Great job going high tech there boys. ;) Another thing that stinks is there is NOOOO analog controls! I've played a few games like that but that was NES ans SNES. Antiques! haha. Another thing that bothers me is that there is not any cheats that I can find. Unless "Beat Story Mode" is a cheat code. So out of all my complaints what is good about it?
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Hasn't been a Tekken this good since Tekken 1 |
| TzakShrike from Wollongong, NSW, Australia says (14/Feb/2003): |
Well, I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm damn glad they reduced the number of characters available. It allowed them to finally balance the characters (balance was non-existant in Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag). Eddy Gordo and Christie Montiero (the Capoeira fighters) are no longer completely cheap, partially due to the enhanced graphics making it possible to SEE the attacks without learning each individual move, so they ARE now blockable with some skill. And Jin Kazama's moves have been completely reworked with traditional Karate, adding both to the depth of the game and the usability of Jin. But the BALANCE is the most amazing thing about this game. Gone are the days where characters like Gon (Tekken 3), Armor King (Tekken 1: Take note of his throwing range), and Eddy Gordo (Tekken 3) could win witout any real skill, and there are no characters who cannot be used without a complete mastery of combos like Jun Kazama (Tekken 2). There are no beam characters like Devil/Angel (Tekken 2) or True Ogre (Tekken 3) and instead the game relies on it's natural skill and charm to be good. It IS more difficult that the previous games, so if you don't like it, set it to easy. Something about this game that I found really clever was in the screen adjust, where you have an option to turn on or off what seems like anti-aliasing (Soft/Sharp). But the most incredible part is the balance. Characters are even, despite their differences. This is even more playable than the original Tekken (because there's no extra-long-throw-range Armor King). And the new Story Mode is a VERY welcome addition.
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Namco loosing quality |
| Sevis from Barcelona, Spain says (28/Jan/2003): |
This game is with diference the worst in tekken saga. Tekken 4 is cool, but only because is tekken. I still can't understand why namco didn't put all caracters of the tekken saga, and made two new players, keep some from tekken 3 and trhow good caracters like gon, gun jack or ogre and put someone from the older versions.
If you compare with tekken 3, the game is slower and there are no improvements on the caracter movements, except for the graphics. The music is really bad at the most of stages. But the worst thing is that there are so few caracters to choose.It makes the game boring when you play many times. The ends of the story mode are really boring, they always scape from heihachi or something like that, but there are no impact ends like bryan or hwoarang in tekken 3. I like this game, but only because is tekken, and i love it. I hope Namco will change the mind and the next tekken will be made not only to earn money. Put some art on the game.
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THIS GAME RAGES!!!!! |
| jason from KUALA LUMPUR says (25/Jan/2003): |
This game is theeee best game ever!!!!! Ive never played any game as goood as this!!! U should buy this game.I GIVE it a 10 becuz of the graphics and mathes that they haf made!!!! I luv this game u noe n i hope the fans of tekken would luv it too. THAT IS ALL!!!!!!!
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Cooooooool |
| Sven from Holland says (11/Jan/2003): |
I think it been in a realy great procces. But I expected something else because It kinda like tekken 3 only highter quality and a great tekken force mode. I think its the best until now. But I wish you could train your character and get better and better for the tournement. But i think you should buy it because it not a waist of money. Sven
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Great, but worse than usual. |
| Sam from Japan says (8/Jan/2003): |
This game is great, the cast of cool characters alone can make this game rock.The new characters (exept for Miharu) are most welcome to the battle ground, and the new enclosed areas are super-great. The fighters move fluidly and responsively all the way, This is almost real fighting!!
However,the fighting styles' ready moves (like jabs) are'nt well capted and take too much time to go and come back. Exept for Steve, you ca'nt throw a punch without linking it to a combo, or else you'll get your a$$ kicked before it comes back. This is explicitly manifested in my favorite character, Jin. The developpers probably just WANT to ruin the game for Jin: I understand that you can cut the Helicopter, but change him whole?Cm'on. Hworang is'nt helped, either. Plus, there's one Jin outfit that you ca'nt play with unless you're in the final two stages in story mode. Moreover, some characters have no close range hits (like gut punches and such), Jin also has this disadvantage, and at close range, he is helpess if it was'nt for his ONLY 6-hit combo.And at time in his Karate training,--and in Australia, I might add-- did it seem like a better idea to move ONE hit away instead of grabing their limb and ripping it off?That move is useless against Hworang, Steve, Lei, and pretty much anyone who can pull off a combo... Instead of just adding moves to the arsenal, devloppers should perfect the prowess of the martial art by making it more well rounded and protected (that means more blue time, less red time).This game lacks a lot in the flashiness,since it desperately needs more character costumes and cool(er) minigames, but it makes up a lot in its difficulty,(up untill now, my tekken 4 survival record is 28, but in tekken tag, i finished it all the way, the screen was completely full). In conclusion, this game is one for the records, and is a definite must-buy. There's a lot of mastering to do, but to Namco: just liven it up so that we do'nt get bored in the middle of the way.Do'nt kill Tekken. PS: If anyone knows how to get the third Jin costume, I'll be gratefull a million times to whowever sends it.
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THE MUSIC IS CRAP !!!!!!!! |
| Stan from France says (8/Jan/2003): |
THE MUSIC SUCKS A$$!!!!!! Exept for three stages:Shinjuku, Jungle, Dojo,and of course the superb Prologue track,the music is complete utter crap. Plus, there's the frustrating incapability to captivate the characters' martial arts moves, since they both dissapear when you pause, and there's no Select button slo-mo in the practice mode, like in tekken3: that does'nt help us understand the dynamics of the move, and probably learn some secrets to how the moves are preformed in diferent methods.Please note this, cause' it's important to the coolness of the game. Other than that, it's pretty damn good.
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What a drop in class!!!! |
| A gamer says (1/Jan/2003): |
ok this game has got to be the worst tekken game released it has so many things taken from it that made tekken 2,3 and tekken tag totally groundbreaking titles. there are 3 major things wrong with it 1. the jabs because you can end a round in about 30 seconds. 2.the difficulty levels are annoying because the easiest setting is reallly hard. and the third thing is the missing extra modes because the mini games in tekken 3 and tekken tag were things that made up the games. though the game had two saving graces,the storylines were good an the re-introduction of lee(a.k.a. violet) but all in all not what i expected from namco but we should all hope that it was a one off slip up by namco
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Some game players are easily impressed. |
| Sir Bigby from Seattle, WA says (29/Dec/2002): |
I have played video games since video games existed. My area of preference lies in fighting games. I am not going into detail about this game, since we have all played it and already know what it is about. I am going to tell you why Tekken 4 is not GREAT. Tekken 2 for the longest time held my favor due to its "feel". "Feel" is difference between the sounds of a jab versus a roundhouse. Does the recipient react the same to both? Does the blow sound like it is being delivered by flesh and bone, or by an accordion? Did the screen shake when someone was piledriven into the ground? Does the fighter grunt when(s)he strikes? Do the fighters say the same thing over-and over again? These are the things that help me choose what is worthy of my money. Whether or not there are mini-games, super-combos, FMV's, does not help in the least if the small details are not taken care of first. Such as the use of the analog stick. Namco has had at least 10 years to show us how the advances in technology and processing power would help revolutionize fighting games. The Tekken series' only true competition came from Virtua Fighter, whose attention to detail and hundred's of subtleties made for interesting game play. But again, why limit the game play with the exclusion of an analog stick? I don't remember playing at my local arcade with a directional button.... That all changed when DOA2 hit the scene. Tecmo got it right. Big time. Four-player tag team is the single greatest gameplay advancement for fighting games since counter-moves. Tekken 4 is a good fighting game. But "good" does not cut it in the 21st century. I want freakin' jaw-dropping, "ohmygoddidyouseethat" moves. I want knock someone through a window, off a building or into traffic. When I break someone’s arm, it needs to stay broken. Teeth need to fly when I land that spinning elbow. Eyes need to be blackened. Did my character just stab you? Then bleed. Can I ram your head into a wall? Can I pop you in the face with a some lumber I found over in the corner? These are details. This is fighting. Fighting is messy, loud, and ugly. Tekken 4 does not deliver absolutely in any of these in my opinion. Then again, I have seen and played 20 years worth of games so I am much harder to impress than others.
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NO OTHER GAME LIKE IT!!! |
| Ken from North Carolina, USA says (27/Dec/2002): |
This is the best tekken ever in history yet. if you like tekken this is the one you should buy most of all! tekken 3 was good but nothing compared to this and just to say this game KICKS A$$!!
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This game ROCKS! |
| Tifa from Malta says (22/Dec/2002): |
This is game s simply GREAT! It's the best fightin' game i ever played in ma whole life..........I even played 'Tekken 3', which is also AWESOME, the both of 'em. I like fightin' games, so I'm a good judge, and the best game is this one, coz i won't be on this chair writin this review. The thing I like of this game is that it has stories, that join in a whole story.
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