, an iphone loaded with mp3s and a Bose fake surround speaker are good enough. I expect turnouts across every game to drop over the coming years unless something truly radical happens.Nice. Good stuff. I can agree with a lot of this.Eh, I think it's too soon to hit the panic button on Tekken. There are too many different issues that seem like they are related to the core game when they may not be.
First, sales. The game sold well. Namco has not complained about the sales. Consider it was the EIGHTH fighting game released in a 12 month span of time, in an environment where only AAA tier games are moving any units, on consoles that most people are tired of playing anyway.
Tournament turnouts...this one is a bit tough. It appears to me that the usual tourney goers for Tekken are the same guys that have been going for several years, and those guys are getting up there in age. Losing their abilities, getting a family, job stuff, boredom, online being good enough (!), all of those things are a factor. But the younger crowd to replace them just isn't happening (or not quickly enough). Why? Well, aren't people staying at home more in general? Sports attendance is dropping, department stores are closing, all kinds of changes are happening. Tournaments are a labor of love for gaming, and as gaming becomes more ubiquitous in society, it becomes less a hobby of love for people and more of a commodity to pass the time. People don't buy CD's and expensive sound systems to just sit and listen to music anymore (except me ;_
Is the core game too hard? Maybe, but not really. Movement and memorizing which strings jail are the only things I consider to be a real chore in the game. The other complexities make sense, but really need to be better explained and detailed throughout the game. I still don't think that would greatly increase the competitive playerbase though.
What really needs to occur is to incentivize things outside of winning. Only good players win, and most people aren't good, so if the only way to have fun is to win then most people won't have fun. Treyarch figured this out with COD, and it annoys the hell out of oldschool FPS fans, but that was successful. I think that kind of approach would be a great fit for fighting games since unless you're good you shouldn't be thinking about winning anyway, only getting better. Obviously "perform five EGWFs for a medal" isn't exactly the kind of thing I have in mind, but I don't have a real concrete idea beyond that. That's why game designers get paid the big bucks to figure it out!
As for the Capcom thing, it's best not to compare anything to them. Those games have built in advantages. 25 years of history and nostalgia for Street Fighter, and Marvel. I seriously think people underestimate the appeal of Marvel. The game is easy to pick up and play and has a strong history in the FGC, but that's still a game where half the roster has half a century of top level popularity in American culture.
DEATH;47955145 said:
Dammit I've been playing Tekken from the past 5 hours and it's 4:30 AM... I'm addicted.
And I've done nothing but constantly get demoted with all of my teams!
Tried to find a partner with Leo. Tried a bunch of characters: Baek, Jack, Ogre, Zafina... Baek confuses me so much because instead of Hwoarang's stance transitions, Baek does stance cancels so you always have to press an extra kick button that cancels into the stance which makes my mind go crazy. Jack's movements is sooooo hard on an arcade stick, I gave up. Ogre was really fun, but he has WAY too many redundant moves, just felt there wasn't so much to explore with him. Zafina fit the bill nicely... but I still hate the fact that this new Leo/Zafina team has only a single 1+2 for both of them, I love grabs.
Also, I got sad watching the IFL... Kodee switched from Heihachi to Lars. I was so happy to see a true North American Mishima master but he succumbed to picking the top tier.
Miguel fights like an old man LOL. Honestly, what Miguel desperately needs is to use things from around the environment. His fighting style as it currently is is honestly boring. I thought his character was based off of Mad Dog from Ong Bak, but Mad Dog was cool because of how he used the environment, not his fists. Here is the video I'm referring to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMtgY-Ln1U (video is garbage quality, but it's the best version available on youtube, I think everything else was taken down from copyright)
And MGS4 is my favorite single player game ever, only games that come close are DMC1 and RE2. So I definitely preordered MGS:R... but my package still hasn't arrived yet
DEATH;47986438 said:
Don't know if you're looking for a partner still, but I've recently picked up Duk, and it's been a lot of fun, though with a lot of failures and losses online. He's so different from my mains (Ling & Lei) ... Some references if anyone's interested in Duck: LYUG has a Bread & Butter on him, there's a good vid of AVP: Aeris vs OFDP (Jack & Duk) as well that's pretty fun too watch.Leo personally works very well with everyone. Her and Lars have that quality. I can't think of any character hat doesn't complement them well. I was just looking for someone fun.
Feng - This ******* can die in FIRE! This character EXCELS when he's in negative frames. With is annoying crush and backswing moves. I refuse to use this character!
Xiaoyu - I see too many of her online, tired of her honestly.
Wang - Not a fan of playing old characters in games, just a personal preference. But man, his damned parry. It's such a monstrosity.
He didn't lose badly, it was Bane who lost really badly with a 3-0 loss. Kodee at least took Speed kicks 3-2 (speedkicks chocked, missed obvious tag in punishes) and lasted against bane till the final match too where he lost 2-3. I was hoping Mr. Taxi made it to the playoffs, his Anna is a lot of fun to watch.
EDIT: You should get and EVO monitor Death, hook it up in your room and that way you can play without any disturbances. Also, you'll get less lag than from all the other regular HDTV's.
