Tekken 8 isn’t 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 Could 26, exhibiting off the character’s transfer set, motivations for preventing, and refined modifications to the fighter’s design. The returning character will arrive as paid DLC on July 8 in early entry and July 11 normally 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 fully gained over an already agitated Tekken group. Armor King appeared to garner combined views from gamers, with some enthusiastic about getting King’s rival again within the fray, however others weren’t impressed along with his inclusion.
“Actually, 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 “best” out of sheer pleasure.
“LMAO, what’s humorous,” another person quipped. “They needed to reveal this dude cuz they’re making an attempt so arduous 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 appreciated.”
And talking of Fahkumram, the group’s ailing emotions towards him didn’t waver — gameplay or not, they’re nonetheless unimpressed. Gamers threw out a slew of feedback calling the reveal “probably 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 another time,” mentioned one fan.
“Why virtually all the DLC is DLC from Tekken 7?” questioned one other account.
“Actual discuss…No,” one participant posted. “Might have added these individuals into the common roster and acquired again some we’ve got not seen shortly like Bruce, Christie or made new characters for Tekken 8 DLC. used to have creativeness within the business.”
Together with the combined opinions 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 modifications to legacy characters. Gameplay modifications have been additionally made to an enormous a part of the character roster, including compelled 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 usually are not wanting too nice for the Tekken 8 group.
