TTT2 really is pulling out all the stops to be as comprehensive and fully-featured out of the gate, unlike that other well-known fighting game (that has just made the leap into the 3D realm in recent years) which stung its fanbase repeatedly with its DLC-heavy approach. TTT2 will enter the fray with no less than 50 characters, featuring many returning fan favourite characters as well as a few new ones. It’s not just the modes that have been amped up so has the roster count.

There is even a story – not in the Oscar Wilde sense of things, but enough of a lure to entice you without it seeming like the archetypal Tutorial seen in other fighting games. There is also the inclusion of a new mode called Fight Lab, putting you in control of a Combot where you will be taught the moves of the characters through various stages. Making a return are modes many will already be familiar with: Arcade, Versus, Time Trial and Survival. Improving on the tag combat element of the original Tekken Tag Tournament, this latest instalment brings the option to have one-on-one fighting and solo fighter vs. The Tekken brand may have been quiet over the last few years, but Namco-Bandai hasn’t been resting on their laurels whilst Capcom released their Tekken-infused roster with Street Fighter X Tekken. Instead, they have been quietly porting over their latest arcade (Japan-only for now) fighter, TTT2, and I have had a chance to sit down and play with it. Hopefully, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ( TTT2) will be able to change all that with the upcoming port of the popular arcade iteration later this summer.

With a market flooded by identikit fighters and the public’s switching of interests to the likes of the Call of Duty series over the years, the humble arcade 3D fighter has somewhat lost its luster.

Instead, we were treated to visual spectacles in the form of copious amounts of violence, bouncing assets and some dubious (and scarcely there) outfits for some of the more titular characters in the those titles. Once seen as the undisputed champion of 3D fighters, the Tekken series brought arcade-level gameplay, visuals and performance to the comfort of your sofa, with the only change seeming to be switching the ‘Insert Coin’ banner for ‘Press Start’ on title screens.įor years, Tekken reigned supreme on the Sony consoles, but a few other series have taken the focus from the finely-honed, in-depth and intricate experience that Namco’s (now Namco-Bandai) fighter delivered.

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