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Tekken
Review from the Net


Excuse me while I delurk for a few minutes. We recently got Tekken in at
our college arcade, and as it's ONLY $0.25, it's played quite a lot.
Last night, My girlfriend, myself, and two other friends went down to
play. We were on the machine for two hours. 
	Here are my observations about the game, and I hope they hold
true for the PSX version. First, this game has excellent, highly
enjoyable gameplay. Otherwise, we wouldn't have played it for 2 hrs. =)
Using pull back block rather than a defend button, and using "limb"
buttons instead, was, IMHO, a great idea. It helps with my second point:
A low learning curve. Compared to the vast majority of fighters out
there, Tekken is easy to learn how to play. It's a good "spaz" game. Now
that we have a moves list, perhaps we'll do better. I kind of like the
fact that someone who has never played the game can come in and very
possibly whip an "expert" player's ass. =) A third point that draws
people to the game is the bits of humour in the game and the absolutely
cruel looking throws. For the former, Jack's victory animation where he
beats his chest and falls over is a good example, and either of Law's
two throws is a good example of the latter.
	The game has it's drawbacks, of course. The graphics are a bit
raw at times, when up close attacks/throws are performed on certain
characters, and the program has a hard time with overlapping polygons.
Has anyone noticed if this is a problem in the home version?  The music
is nice, as are the backgrounds, but again IMHO, they are nowhere near
the look of VF2. At times the camera angle swings to a bad angle, when
distances between characters are more than, say, 15ft. But this is very
momentary.
	I love the game. My girlfriend especially loves the game. She
whooped all our butts with Nina, and even whooped most of the computer's
butt. I think any game that she can play and enjoy that much is worth
purchasing. When the Playstation FINALLY comes out in the US, I'll be
purchasing this game with it, along with a second controler. I think a
lot of die hard "expert" gamers will dislike the game, partly due to the
spaz factor and other things, but many might enjoy it as it is just
plain fun. That's my two cents, quarter, whatever. Comments? Questions?
My girlfriend and I are going to go have a rematch now. =)

Wolf

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