Tekken 8 will not be sitting effectively with its group, and the most recent gameplay trailer for Fahkumram didn’t do them any favors.
Bandai Namco launched the trailer on Might 26, displaying off the character’s transfer set, motivations for combating, and refined adjustments to the fighter’s design. The returning character will arrive as paid DLC on July 8 in early entry and July 11 usually entry, part of Tekken 8’s Model 2.03 replace.
And if that wasn’t sufficient, Bandai Namco included a teaser for Armor King — one other returning character — towards the tip of the trailer. A particular launch date wasn’t supplied for the fan-favorite fighter, however is at present deliberate for a fall launch.
Neither reveal utterly gained over an already agitated Tekken group. Armor King appeared to garner blended views from gamers, with some enthusiastic about getting King’s rival again within the fray, however others weren’t impressed along with his inclusion.
“Truthfully, I had low hope that he would come again. However I’m so glad he’s coming again now,” a participant commented on X (previously generally known as Twitter).
“THE GREATAST MOTHERFUCKIN CHARACTER IN TEKKEN HISTORY IS BACK!” one passionate fan typed, misspelling “biggest” out of sheer pleasure.
“LMAO, you recognize what’s humorous,” another person quipped. “They needed to reveal this dude cuz they’re attempting so onerous to return the participant base after [messing] up the beginning of this season & revealing Fahkumram a dlc character from the earlier title that no person favored.”
And talking of Fahkumram, the group’s unwell emotions towards him didn’t waver — gameplay or not, they’re nonetheless unimpressed. Gamers threw out a slew of feedback calling the reveal “essentially the most boring DLC trailer” and insisting they’d “by no means like him.”
Different commentary referred to as out Bandai Namco for selecting to recycle Tekken 7 DLC and repurposing these characters for Tekken 8.
“Man mentioned we’re paying for a similar characters from T7 DLC once more,” mentioned one fan.
“Why virtually the entire DLC is DLC from Tekken 7?” questioned one other account.
“Actual discuss…No,” one participant posted. “May have added these individuals into the common roster and purchased again some we now have not seen shortly like Bruce, Christie or made new characters for Tekken 8 DLC. used to have creativeness within the trade.”
Together with the blended critiques of Tekken 8’s DLC, the sport’s gameplay and mechanics have been a sensitive topic, with the group irked by the devs making enter adjustments to legacy characters. Gameplay adjustments had been additionally made to an enormous a part of the character roster, including pressured 50/50 choices with no defensive solutions to reply.
Tekken 8’s Model 2.02 and a couple of.03 are arriving in June and July so, these points could also be addressed. However as of proper now, issues should not wanting too nice for the Tekken 8 group.