#Tekken tag tournament 2 reviews series#

Fans of the series should know how they feel about Rage by now just be aware that it still exists. Once you learn the ins and outs of the tag system and tag combos, however, you should be able to counter single characters with a bit more ease - just like any fighting game, the more you play, the more familiar youвЂ™ll become with various tactics. So how does it pan out? Well, there were more than a few times I became extremely frustrated fighting against this solo setup, as there are a number of characters that feel a bit too strong while theyвЂ™re using Rage power - IвЂ™m talking one-hit kill combos here. This is just like how Netsu functions in the first TTT, itвЂ™s just tweaked a bit. Essentially, you have to be losing health to gain the effect - again, this functions just as Rage has been functioning in the past.В What youВ may find even more polarizing, however, is thatВ Rage in TTT 2 is governed by much more than just health percentages when used with two characters.Д¬haracters have different relationships with each other: meaning it will trigger at different times depending on whether or not the characters like or hate each other. I feel like while at first glance it may turn people off (just like X-Factor did), the fact that you canвЂ™t really choose when to use it balances it out a bit. Capcom 3: you just donвЂ™t get to choose when to use it. It functions extremely similarly to X-Factor in Marvel vs. For those of you who are wayward Tekken fans, Rage is extremely easy to use, as it basically triggers automatically when youвЂ™re at a certain level of health. Because of this, you can utilize the Rage system, which was introduced in Tekken 6В to a polarizing degree.

Since the console version includes the content and balances found in the Arcade update, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited, you also have the ability to play as one buffed solo character instead of a proper tag team. Mechanically, TTT 2 heavily follows in the footsteps of Tekken 6В before it, just with the added twist of tagging, and various tag-based special moves.В Tag throws, Tag combos, Tag Assaults, and Tag Crashes all perform various functions such as tandem assaults, safe tagging, and the creation of combo openers. Although itвЂ™s a bit nonsensical (ok,В itвЂ™sВ completely nonsensical), it adds to the appeal of learning the ropes - at least, itвЂ™s more appealing than just about any other fighting game training mode to date. ThereвЂ™s even a little mini-story attached to Fight Lab to help keep things a bit more interesting.В Combot isВ actually a project employed by Violet Labs, as Violet struggles to create the ultimate weapon - and constantly harass his secretary in the process. ItвЂ™s your job to learn everything there is to learn about TekkenвЂs combat, and power up Combot in the process. Fight Lab puts you in command of Combot - a familiar character for fans of the series. Although I wouldnвЂ™t put it in the sameВ pantheon of pugilism as the Virtua FighterВ series, the fact is, TekkenВ both rewards split-second twitch decisions and lengthy planned combos and juggles, making it very hard to get into if youвЂ™re a newcomer.ДЇor starters, by checking out the command list, you might be turned off by the fact that more than a few characters have well over 100 moves and combos.В Thankfully, Namco Bandai wanted to lower the barrier of entry a bit with TTT 2, so they included a new extensive training mode called вЂњFight LabвЂќ that should get you up to speed with the series. TekkenВ is an extremely technical series, which is one of the reasons I fell in love with it in the first place. Release: Septem(PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) / Winter 2012 (Wii U) Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U) Naturally, considering the original Tekken Tag TournamentВ was my favorite pickВ of the franchise, I was extremely excited for the upcoming sequel.В Join me on my adventure through Tekken Tag Tournament 2, as I try and decide whether or not to take up the Tekken flag once again. For years to come, I would dabble in the Tekken universe, but nothing ever really caught my interest for more than a few months. I religiously played the series for hundreds of hours per iteration all the way up until Tekken 4, then I just kind ofвЂ¦stopped. IвЂ™m what you call and вЂњon again off againвЂќ TekkenВ fan.

Tekken tag tournament 2 reviews