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@KingJae I wonder why content creators don't go back to 7, T8 is as frustrating to watch for the viewers as it is for the creators.

I...along with alot of players and creators are extremely frustrated and probably play out of what the previous Tekken games done for us. It built alot of friendships, showed us about competitive scene, we grew skills together over the years. Toning down the game would be a win win for everyone imo.

@AryaTayebi If this is the 2nd golden age, we are kind of fucked. 😐

So now that we’re fully in the "2nd golden age" of fighting games: Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Mortal Kombat 1, Strive, 2XKO (for now)...how do we actually feel about the games themselves?

@VolSkimmer My theory was proven, only custom obsessed Lili players are left playing this shit.

Lili is now the most 4th most popular character in Tekken 8 at high ranks For the first time since launch Lili also places 20th on the overall usages charts

@StarPhoenix_WA I remember back when T7 came out, I introduced it to a friend and just explained him the basics, he started taking his laptop to play on lunch time, one week later, we went from 2 to 8 guys playing, no heat, no aggressiveness, just the charm of the game doing it's work.

Casual Players Rant Thread I was talking to one of my coworkers yesterday who plays Tekken 8 occasionally with her boyfriend. They are very casual players who pick it up for a bit of fun every now and again. So, the type of player Bandai Namco is apparently appealing to. (1/10)

@blackheart59_ It looks like she wants to stay relevant within the Tekken community while licking Namco's boots. Bold... higly stupid, but bold. 😂

Can someone be this delusional? Gets ratioed by me, Framewhisperer, Mike Hollow, finnT multiple times in multiple days on multiple topics in MULTIPLE HOURS of discussions and DESPITE ALL that STILL wants to discuss and keep repeating the same points I am stunned at the stupidity

@MK_habit_addict I cannot even imagine what you are going through, I'm sorry for your loss.

My mom passed away last night and I just wanna giver her credit for being the best and kindest person I ever knew to know her was to love her and I also wanna thank everyone who have reached out to me these past few months it meant the world to me and helped you know…thank you! ♥️

@AfterSchoolSoph @blackheart59_ Weren't you cancelled? Go back to the shadow realm where you belong. LOL

Hey @blackheart59_ ♥️UWU!♥️ You were saying you don't mislead people about Tekken through exaggeration, right? Wanna prove it live on stream? I can hop on yours or you can come to mine. I’m down for either! My chat isn’t an echo chamber, promise. I’m pretty sure I can show some examples that you’ve been misleading people about Tekken (whether on purpose or not). I didn’t have the clips ready on the podcast, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. I’ve got multiple examples, but I’ll only need time for one. Are you confident you don’t mislead people about Tekken? There’s also a potential $100 wager on the table if you’re interested (feel free to decline). I’d even be down for an FT10 set. If there’s no response or you're evasive, I think that speaks volumes.

@ZakkuRye No one to play with lol

I’m not here to say DOA is better than Tekken, VF, or Street Fighter. I’m saying it deserves a real shot when the next game drops. A lot of people do try DOA, then quit after 1–2 weeks. Why? Rollback? The triangle system? Lack of direction? What made you drop it?

@sin_nl7 @ACHILLESSX3 @Konfidentgrog SS block was heavily nerfed on this game, they really worked hard on nerfing defense overall lol.

@ACHILLESSX3 @Konfidentgrog Here ya go. the first 3 tries were me doing nothing and then stepping with timing. the ones after were me doing a pixel ss cancel and then stepping with timing.

Hwoarang bug that @Konfidentgrog and I happened to stumble upon. If you ss even a millimeter while the df3f animation is going on then the flamingo f3 after becomes near homing.

@SirDustyDirks I'm pro my wallet

Valve: 350 employees Epic Games: 4,000 employees Valve: $17B annual revenue
Epic Games: $5-6B Valve charges devs 30% of their revenue for simply listing their game. Epic Games charges devs 0% revenue share on the first $1,000,000 Valve is one of the greediest companies in gaming. You cannot be pro valve and be pro developer at the same time.

@Drdannypham T7 was basically SF4 ultra, so they decided to turn T8 into SF5, but with v-skill, v-trigger and drive rush on steroids, and after 2 years of the community begging for balance, they keep buffing and doubling down on these mechanics every season.

Someone explain to me why Tekken 8 is in such a bad state but do it in street fighter analogies please

@LionHeart100_ That portal won't help for shit, it make brake the game even more. One thing is getting community feedback, the other is being so ignorant towards your own feanchise that you need a portal like that on the 1st place.

To fix it, you need to do drastic things. Remove some moves (the move lists feel bloated for some characters), give characters clear weaknesses again and adjust heat by a lot. They need to have massive conversations about what to do and hopefully that dev feedback portal helps.

@LuxSylva_ It's sad when those little pieces of history are gone. 😕 At least tag 1 has the cool Chang lol.

Honestly, I love this game too ✨ I’ve got some really nice memories with it… I first discovered the arcade cabinet in an open-air arcade right in front of the beach. They kept it there for years, and then one day it just disappeared, along with so many others… kinda sad when you think about it. I’ve gone back to it on emulator from time to time, don’t get me wrong… but I don’t know. If I really wanted a chance against Mishimas and Ogre, I’d probably have to run double Chang 🤣

"Back to the basics." Just you, an infinite stage, 10 tournament-viable characters out of 39, and a nice little time-out. And that’s just Tekken Tag Tournament… plus a whole lot of KBD. 🌝

@AryaTayebi The nerve they had to say people "misunderstood" the situation, sure bud 😂

The idea of Capcom rolling out an emergency "anti-incest patch" is killing me.

@HelloMrBrahms @LuxSylva_ Lili players are basically the ones sustaining T8 business model by buying everything from the shop lol, more than incompetence from the devs, this was a deliberate business decision. :kappa:

as a lili player myself, im not a fan of this. however, this is not the player’s fault… this is the result of devs wanting more stance momentum slop in the game and tho im happy for the lili players who like this, I feel there shouldve been less of this, not more

@LuxSylva_ Lili is the only character that can be at the wall, miss u3+4 and still be at an advanatge because she lands behind you with a backturn stance, she was a way cooler character in 7.

Agree 💯 There’s barely any real counterplay. You’re basically forced to hope for a jab check during her jumps, float her if you get the read, and just guess right on her options & using 90% of the time an homing move. She never gave me this many problems in older Tekken games. On top of that, her movement feels ridiculous. If she’s played with even a bit of brain, she turns into a final boss.

@kushan019 @overflowyouknow They want the remaining 3k players to leave lol, the audience they aimed to had a very very low retention rate, at the end, only people they got left are the stockolm syndrome veterans and some newbies.

@overflowyouknow This is why I now find it funny when people say that the reason why Tekken 8 is bad is purely because of incompetence. No. They want you to leave.

You can tell Season 1 was just a transition phase into what Namco actually wanted Tekken 8 to be. It was way more neutral-heavy compared to what we got in Season 2 and 3. That wasn’t the end goal. They wanted the game to appeal to non-Tekken players, because that’s the bigger market. Appealing to the average consumer makes more money. But Tekken has never had mass appeal like that. So instead of leaning into what makes Tekken work, they shifted the game away from neutral and footsies into cutscenes, long combos, and stance-heavy mixups, because that stuff looks better to someone who doesn’t play the game. The problem is that Tekken players don’t like uninteractive gameplay. They didn’t like it in Tekken 7, and they don’t like it now. People who play Tekken want to actually play Tekken. And that only works if you stick to the core idea of what Tekken is. At its simplest, Tekken is built on this basic ass formula: Incentive to attack + incentive to move Movement reduces risk and creates interaction. You can use it to escape, to create openings, or to punish bad offense. Attacking matters because pokes and punishment are rewarding. That balance is what makes neutral work. In older games, tracking and homing moves were limited, so movement still had value. The system wasn’t perfect, but it held together. Over time, they kept chipping away at that. More tracking. More homing. Less reason to move. At the same time, they increased total HP, which makes pokes weaker relative to combos. So now you’re less rewarded for small interactions and more rewarded for big, forced situations. The issue with Tekken 8 isn’t aggression itself. It’s how they want aggression to work. You’re not supposed to sidestep stance pressure. You’re supposed to hold that situation or use a power crush. That goes against everything Tekken used to reward. I remember when they made Kazuya’s hellsweep track in T7 Season 3, and electrics track more in T7 Season 2. That’s when it was obvious they were accelerating the process of moving away from Tekken’s core identity. And it didn’t stop there. They wanted to shed the legacy playerbase because they genuinely believed that the game's financial future was being held back by archaic traditional ideas about Tekken's core design. They want you to leave and are willing to do anything to make that happen. Frame data as paid DLC. Leroy and Fahkumram broken on purpose. Tekken Shop added after reviews. Calling Season 2 a “defense patch.” “Back to basics,” while doing the opposite. After all of this, there are people that still believe that there's a magical patch that will come and fix the game and I'm not making fun of anyone because I don't blame you guys. There's no competition to the game because other 3D fighters don't play like Tekken. But all I'm saying is that false hope is more painful than no hope. The devs know what they’re doing. They just don’t care.

@SuperAkouma Th3 funniest of this all is that they waited for the game to go to mostly negative reviews on steam to break radio silent lol.

Emergency patch tonight and adjustments in mid April. I don't know what's going to happen. They say they're still focusing on heat when 99% of the changes from this patch that people didn't like weren't even heat related

@LuxSylva_ You cannot fight the internet, you are definitely spanish now 😂

This happens way too often 😭 and don't even start on 'so when do you make lasagna?' While I'm in ranked 🫪 #tekken8 #funmoment