Posted: Mar 23rd, 2010 17:01
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Overally I didn't play T4 too much.
I was a little jaded by the new spacing system and the throws. I didn't care for the toning down that happened to Julia, Lei, and Xiaoyu. Combot not being able to switch stances was also irksome. He should have been big like Edge Master if that was going to be the case.
My biggest problem with T4 was Jin. Having played Tekken since T2, and being accustomed to high level competition in TTT, it was frustrating losing to a beginner who used Jin. And I do mean a beginner. My skills are by no means poor in that game, but that JFLS was too much.
On the plus side, I did appreciate the boosts to Eddy, thought Steve was a create addition to the cast, and Marduk was interesting, despite being weak overall. Even though it was unpredictable, I had fun with the new Yoshi-Flash, although I wish the option existed to switch between the two.
The stages in T4 were beautiful, and remain my favorite ones in the series. The music was good, but it always tends to be. It had Tekken Force, which is always awesome. More importantly it had the 'training' option which allows you to train with strings(which I use often) and it had the replay opion. Being able to watch and save replays helped me improve my game a whole lot. Saving matches is a good thing for any game to have.
I respected the direction Namco was trying to go in, but they got it wrong. If I could change one thing, I'd made the JF LS require the same precision as Heihachi's Omen TGF, and if I could change two things, I'd bring switch the throw system.
If you ignore the fact that it's a tekken game, it's a great game as fighting games go. Just compared to the rest of the series, it doesn't stack up. It's still very fun to play.