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Tekken four a great new addition | | Thresh248 from USA, Whittier California says (17/Nov/2002): | Tekken 4 is the fourth installment in the tekken King of Iron fist tournament series. There are some noticable improvements from the past tekken the most recent one being (tekken Tag tournament). First of all the graphics are absolutely stunning, Namco went hog wild and the sheer eye candy of the game makes it fun to just watch. Story mode adds new and interesting plot development to the game and gets ou invovlved with every character. The new 3-D environments and interactivity including hitting bystanders breaking glass and smashing pillars makes for a fresh new perspective fighting games adding new dimensions to fighting strategy. For example one can side step around a pillar to get a brief moment of respite from an opponents attack. Tekken force is a feature that should have never left the tekken series since it's inception from Tekken 3. It is fun and brings back fond memories of Double dragon and Streets of Rage. Tekken Four is definetaly a great addition to the tekken series but also it has lost some great features from tekken tag tournament. First off throws have lost a lot of their role in the game as well as reversals due to the new "switch places feature" that replaces the square/x throw and never really works when your getting beaten on the wall. The enviroments generally are a little too constrictive and the game looses some to the unanswerable wall poundings opponents can give you.Overall the speed of movements the characters execute are slowed down. Personally I would have loved it if Namco had kept a tag feature in Tekken four keeping the best from Tekken tag, the tag combos and the strategery that tagging in and out added is sorely missed. I also miss the speical "game" in every tekken game, the re-installment of tekken Force replaces the special game and I feel that Namco should have done tekken air hockey or something because Tekken force though fun can get a little stale. Tekken volleyball and bowling was always a little bit of fresh air. My final criticism is that the final cut sceen movie endings have been getting prgressively worse since Tekken 3. The only truly enjoyable endings in Tekken four are Law's and Kuma's. I want Namco to look back at tekken three beacuse the quality of endings such as Mokujins,Lei's and Laws are sorely missed plz take some time to have cool endings. Overall though I must say Tekken 4 is a great game and all fighting games fan's should own it, I just can't wait for tekken 5!!!! p.s. law doesn't need a beard, and where's his yellow jump suit!!!!!!!!!
| GREAT GAME...COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER | | Noby from Anchorage, Ak USA says (13/Nov/2002): | To start, I want to say that I am not bashing this game. Tekken 4 is good, but could have been better. I liked the fact that Paul and King were brought back, but why take out Armor King and alot of the other Tekken 2 characters. On that note, there should have been alot more characters. The gameplay is good as well. The levels are outstanding. I love pounding someone by the wall as they helplessly take the beating. Great game to buy, but you will get bored easily.
| !!!!!!!GREAT!!!!!!! | | Mike from Tell City Indiana. says (11/Nov/2002): | "The King of Iron Fist Tournament" is back. Tekken 4 is simply great. Without a doubt the best fighting game ever made. Once you pick up the controller, you will never want to put it down.
Graphics- The graphics of Tekken 4 are are virtualy unbeatable, if not unmatchable. Virtual Fighter was good, but it isn't near Tekken's level. Namco would never let the Tekken fans down. The graphics of the game are the smoothest graphics of a fighting game ever made. The characters are unreal. The level graphics are worth a standing ovation, the breakable walls and objects give you a stunning match, not including the trap and pound against the building wall, or the underground level. You can actually hit the bistandards. Knock them down. "The Jungle" fighting area is awsome. Fighting in knee high water!!! I'll give Namco this, you will never be matched, I'ts just not possible!!!
Story Mode is just Great. The cinema graphics are breathtaking, and the endings are better than any other Tekken.
The VS mode is addicting, you just cannot quit. first its just 1 match that turns into 2 out of three. then 3 out of five and ect.
Plus the replays are like the energizer bunny, they keep going and going and going!
Tekken Force is just unreal, but don't expect a good prize, just play because it's bad-< remove me > at $$.
BGM & sound effects-music needs some work, soun effects are pretty good, nothing special.
Tekken has a few new characters. Like Steve, is a boxer that has no kicks, the kick buttons are dodge and weave buttons. And Marshall Law is back.
Tekken is a must buy for fight lovers.
| OK get this game or else!!!! | | shawn from rocky point, nc, usa says (22/Oct/2002): | I was over at best buy last Sunday with 300 dollars that should have gone to paying of a lawyer for getting a ticket... ha, It just so happened that amoung the games presenting themselfs as a new definition in gaming, I took home Tekken 4 instead (having been a fan of the series since the arcade version). I figured well "it's gotta be better than Virtua Fighter"! Needless to say stole back my ps2 from my little brother and popped in the game. OPENING CINAMA what else is there to say but bad-a$$!! The game offered a lot more than i expected.
HUGE LEVELS: though still kinda restrained because you can't roam freely.
GRAPHIX: the water effecs i rate up there with those of Splashdown and Virtua Fighter for PS2. Backgrounds at times seemed kinda hazy but when you fighting at a fast paste WHAT ISN'T
SOUND: i gotta say i'm a huge techno fan and some the tracks i loved and others weren't so appealing, though the old oohs and ahhs are still intact
CHARACTERS: all i can say is namco has never dissapointed me with coming up with the biggest bad a$$es in history
anyone who loves the fighting genre of games this is a must buy!
| The True King of Fighters! | | Sarah from Roswell, Georgia, USA says (19/Oct/2002): | Tekken 4 has risen above all fighting games. The characters all have their own unique moves and stories, making this game an experience to remember. The shocking and wonderfully smooth graphics will floor you, there's no doubt about that. The characters even have multiple outfits to wear! While rather random, it does add a nice touch. The ending movies are excellent, and the music in some of them is nothing short of perfect. After playing ths game for about 45 minutes, I realized that Tekken 4 provides for the player something Virtua Fighter 4 lacked: Motivation. Every time you beat Story Mode as a character, you unlock a new and powerful one. The fights can get frustrating, but they can be conquered. Once you beat Story Mode as a tough character of as your favorite character, you'll feel nothing but immense satisfaction as you watch the ending movie runs. If you don't already have this game, go out and buy it.
| THEY ALL THOUGHT I WAS OUT OF THE GAME.....BUT I'M HOLDING ALL THE CARDS NOW!!! | | NATE DOGG from Hogansburg, New York says (12/Oct/2002): | Just love the STORY MODE don't? That tells all like the time when Heihachi Mishima threw Kazaya Mishima into a mouth of a volcano and gets healed by G Corperation. I think I know what this is about. It's about the Mishima Ziabatzu. like Tekken 2 was about Devil, Tekken 3 was about Jin, Ogre, and Heihachi, and Tekken Tag was about Unknown. I still think Tekken 4 is cool it even has the old favorites like Yoshi, Jin Lei, Lee, King, Kazuya, and Marshall Law is back. If anyone who has played Tekken 1 let me know what it was about.
| What you see is what you get... | | Bjorn from Roosendaal, Holland says (25/Sep/2002): | When reading other reviews on the net and in magazines I notice that reviewers rave on endlessly about how familiar it al looks: "oh it's just like Tekken3 only beter looking etc.."
In some respects offcourse they are absolutely right...HOWEVER:
Graphics:
A real graphical tour the force, if you ask me this it! This is the best your little black box can produce. Future fighting games (think Soulcaliber2) won't look better than this, they may look AS good, but there's just no way more juice can be squeezed out of the PS2 system. Just wait till you see the high resolution fighters wade trough knee high water in te jungle level, top stuff. Another impressive sight is the "underground" stage. While fighting your opponent you'll be cheared on by numerous fully rendered 3d spectators, whom you can even accidentally knock down. All this and the framerate simply refusses to drop below 60. How Namco pulled this one of is beyond me, but I love it! Put on you filthiest grin and just show it to your xbox owning friends. The game is graphically out of this world, most screenshots you'll find on the net won't do this one justice trust me on this.
Sound: Nothing groundbreaking hear: Your average oohh's and aahh's mixed in with your usual background music. Nuff said..
Gameplay: Control is spot on! And Tekken veterans will instantly notice that the fighters all seem better balanced than those found in previous installments.
There doesn't seem to be "a best" character anymore. In Tekken 2 the best character by far was Paul Phoenix. His moves were simply too powerful. This is no longer the case, any character can be pitted against the other with no advantages whatsoever. It's all up to the player to make the best of it..
Overall: YES it's basically "just" a tweaked version of Tekken 3 and YES there's only 3 new characters with one (Christie) being a copy of an old one (Eddy)But believe me, once you load this one up you won't care, you'll be to busy admiring all the good stuff that Namco has once again provided the player with...
And let's face it, that VS mode just has an infinite replay value doesn't it....
have fun!
| The awesome Tekken series continues to move on and is better than ever! | | Tekken 4 fan from USA says (23/Aug/2002): | I have loved the Tekken series since day 1. This is by far the best Tekken game. First of all,it dosent offer a whole lot to the series, but the little changes make it seem like a whole new, better more enjoyable game. Multiplayer is as addictive as ever, plus a special "Tekken Force" beat em' up adds tons of replay value and if you liked Streets of Rage, you will love every bit of that mode. Plus the new characters are great, like a boxer dude which is the best tekken charecter yet since the sumo wrestler(ha!). This game rocks, and is a must buy.
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