I want Tekken to follow this gold standard and then some. Then there's Let's Pretend which has so much variety of ridiculous and over the top costumes to choose from (from a Ninja suit to a fucking pirate outfit, lool) as well as practical ones (like a hazmat suit or a cop outfit) that it makes even GTA San Andreas' costume selection (which includes a fucking gimp suit and a pimp outfit) look like a joke.Īnd did I not mention that Volition accomplished this under a much tighter budget than what Rockstar had to work with in Grand Theft Auto IV, which came out around the same time?
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You've got a nice selection of boxers and briefs for the male Protagonist and a Victoria's Secret full of skivvies for the female Protagonist (literally… Leather & Lace is basically the Saints Row equivalent of the such, lmfaooo.) Then there's the fact that there's a good variety of underwear, yes, UNDERWEAR to choose from. Not every outfit HAS to be a karate gi or qipao, you know. Or the fact that every female (and also every male, too) character shares exactly the same body build (even Nina is built the same as Lili despite having the body of an Olympian in the previous game). Just look at the similarities between Alisa's and Lili's faces. Thus, not only did most of the single player content take a huge nosedive, but so did the customization and quality of the character models themselves, because while they do look pretty good… a lot of them are very samey. The simple answer is that Namco cheaped out.īecause Tag 2, at least in Bandai Namco's eyes, flopped pretty hard, Tekken Project (at least supposedly) had a much less luxurious budget than what they had with the previous game, hence the abundance of cut corners in various areas (e.g., Arcade Mode being woefully short, Survival, Team Battle, and Time Attack are gone, there aren't any proper character endings, and Tekken now, like a lot of other fighting games these days, runs on Unreal Engine 4). Why is there an abundance of T-shirts? Where did all the cool unique stuff go? Why are the colors so washed out and/or oversaturated? Why are the hair colors so unnatural? Why are there very few and generally very mediocre unique outfits for most characters? Why can't we recolor a characters' ENTIRE outfit instead of leaving one part uncolored? Then comes Tekken 7 and you're wondering… what happened? That's how good the customization was in Tekken 6 and is one of the few things that T6 got right (as it was notorious for its piss poor balancing in competitive play all of the characters that were hard to use like the Mishimas were woefully weak while the easier characters like Bob and Lars were top tier). Unlike Tag 2 and T7, you can (in some cases) give a character a different set of gloves and shoes something that no other Tekken game has done to this day.
In some instances you could even have - wait for it - different gloves and shoes. You had qipaos, kung fu-themed outfits, dresses, suits, capes… and so much more shit that was actually unique to each character. In Tekken 6, you had so much variety of unique clothing options. MainMan is right this was ahead of its time.Ĭompared to Tekken 6 and even Tekken Tag Tournament 2, the customization here went from Eminem to Machine Gun Kelly and that isn't even close to an understatement. Let's get one thing out of the way right here right now: the customization in Tekken 7 sucks. And we've seen plenty of it in tournament play character customization is just all but one of those ways. Whether you like or hate customization in Tekken, one thing is certain: you always have the option to express yourself in Tekken.
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That's why many developers, Namco included, agree with this sentiment and thus, has implemented character customization since Tekken 5.Īnd to date, it's been one of the many things that makes Tekken stand out considering that SoulCalibur (another Namco IP and a sister series to Tekken) is the only other fighting game franchise that allows for the level of customization that Tekken has.
While there are a few characters that let the player express how they play (i.e., Feng or Jin), it's much better to express yourself by either giving your main the silliest outfit you can think of or by simply changing the color palette of their default attire to your liking.Įverybody yearns to express themselves in one way or another, and one of the easiest means to do so is by customizing your character. This time, I'm here to talk about one of the biggest low points in Tekken 7, Character Customization, and how I feel Namco can actually make it even better going into the next game.
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