I'm against Bound as well. Tekken is a game that already has a high learning curve, and it's killing the game competitively; no one's picking it up, and people already playing it have no interest in bringing in new blood. Tekken is all but dead down here, because no new players have the patience to learn everything they need to for competition, and I think having to navigate the Bound mechanic as well only made it worse. Tekken doesn't need more depth, it needs breadth.I like the way they've preserved what they have of Bound mechanics in Revolution, and I hope that carries over to T7. I hope Jun carries over as well.
I think the patience comes down to us longtime players. Yes, I play Tekken Tag Tournament on my MAME frequently. What's great about Tekken Tag (or essentially 3) is that it's a game that grows better with time, I.E. getting further skillful the more you play.. But that's also what kills it. Longtime players want new moves, strategies, and characters that are more of an extension, or an evolution, of what has already been established without ruining the game. Newcommers to Tekken want something that's easily accessible. Mixing in accessibility via easy and cheap combos on top of an already established and fluid system is like mixing oil and water: It just doesn't work.However, you can get oil and water to work with one another, and I think Street Fighter IV did a great job with that. While I was never a really hardcore SF player, I really respected how Ono handled IV's entry as all of the new mechanics complimented an already established system that people have been used to for years. The Focus System was a great addition in my opinion and added a new layer of depth since it wasn't cheap like a fucking bound system combo.Back to Tekken 6/Tag 2, you can't take a game that has been constantly refined and built upon and suddenly simplify it just to cater to newbies and sales figures. Sure, sales wise that'll work. But to the hardcore crowd, it's off-putting. That reminds me of when I tried to play Tekken 6 competitively: I ranked like 6th out of 30 in a local tournament and was told by the winner in matches afterwards that "I played more like an old Tekken player since I didn't take advantage of the bound or juggle system." He said I was a really good player but I wasn't familiar enough with what was new.
Sp Kazuya's mother will finally make an appearance. It also appears to be the grand finale to the storyline.
Kirishima said, July 14, 2014, 04:25:33 amSp Kazuya's mother will finally make an appearance. It also appears to be the grand finale to the storyline.Exactly.I don't believe it's gonna be the end of the series overall as you stated, but it definitely looks to be the finale of the Devil Gene(Which apparently, she MUST be the very originator of the Gene or...)
Xhominid said, July 14, 2014, 04:28:58 amI don't believe it's gonna be the end of the series overallYeah, me either. Corporate will force the series to continue (only Pacman has made more money for Namco than Tekken).Bound can say (make it more conditional), but the juggles have got to go. Tekken (and the other 3D fighters) were never about that bs in their heyday. They want to get the masses back, streamline the damn combo system.
Something interesting about Harada's revealQuote“But the greatest surprise is that it wasn’t the title I was planning to announce today. But since it is leaked, I have no choice but to announce that certain title. But I didn’t have anything prepared, like a trailer, so I had to go back to my hotel room right away when I found out to put something together for you guys."Well that explains why the teaser was the way it was.
Darkflare said, July 14, 2014, 07:16:36 amSo the actual game to be revealed was going to be TxSF after all....Guess now we gotta wait till Comic-Con.
Shit, i'm hyped Kazuya's mother appears... I hope Jun can appear also[not more "Unknown" in this time XD]The Kazuya's power up scene reminds me from the original Tekken... A flashback, probably?
I wonder If we get to see a new Boss LIKE IN T6 and T3.And I expecting something better than ever from them. And I hope TxSF is not Development Hell.
Well, we just have that the story arc for this game is going to be Kazuya knowing that Heihachi did kill her mother, instead believing that she died while Kaz born. Now we have Kazuya wanting to kill him(again), but I'm not sure how this could follow the Devil gene arc thing...unless Jin was defeated back in T6 and his inner devil went to Kazuya and etc.Oh, I also forgot to say that I'm hyped as Hell !!
Considering he had to throw together a teaser overnight I can forgive him for not showcasing too much.
