TEKKEN 7

Pressing 40 buttons per second just to get hit by a bear, kicked across the arena by a teenage boy, and dropped into an active volcano by your own father. 10/10, peak martial arts simulation.

It's been almost a decade since Tekken 7 came out, but for an old Tekken 3 player like me, this game still feels pretty new. I grew up playing Tekken 3. From childhood to adulthood, I kept playing it because, honestly, back then local arcade shops were basically where we played games. Tekken 3 was one of those games that I could play again and again and never really get bored of it. So finally playing Tekken 7 feels really nostalgic. Seeing characters like Jin, Paul, Law, Hwoarang, Xiaoyu and others in a modern Tekken is just awesome. And I actually like seeing the new characters too. Some of them are really cool and bring something different to the game. But there is one thing I don't really like about the newer Tekken games where are some of the old characters? I mean, where are Ogre and True Ogre? Wang? Mokujin? Gon? Dr. Bosconovitch? These characters were part of what made old Tekken so memorable. I understand that you can't keep every character forever, but I really wish the developers would bring back more of the original/old characters instead of constantly replacing them with new ones. New characters are cool, but sometimes I just want that old Tekken feeling back. The fighting itself is great. It's much deeper than Tekken 3, and there is a lot to learn. I'm still learning combos and getting destroyed by people online but that's part of the fun. The graphics, animations and character designs are obviously a huge upgrade from what I grew up with, and seeing some of these characters in modern graphics is honestly pretty satisfying. I also like the story and cinematics, although sometimes Tekken's story gets so crazy that I don't even know what is happening anymore Overall, I'm really enjoying it. Maybe I'm biased because Tekken 3 was such a big part of my childhood, but playing Tekken 7 feels like to experience the modern version of a game I grew up with. Just please bring back Ogre, True Ogre, Wang, Mokujin, Gon and Dr. B.