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Post by Ex on Nov 13, 2023 9:51:39 GMT -5
quickly pulling out a handgun and letting off a few shots as part of a combo is crazy. I used to wish they'd have characters doing that in fighting games Just an aside; the modern Mortal Kombat games have had guns implemented in their combos for years now.
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Post by Xeogred on Nov 13, 2023 20:18:30 GMT -5
I'm probably going to hate that character. I think it was basically their idea to retain a character/moveset like FF15's Noctis (guest character in T7), who teleported and did all this wacky crap. But Tekken has been progressively getting weirder and stuff, so I'm not surprised. Never forget Yoshimitsu had some insane sword stab attacks in the old games with his katana haha, think one of them would do like 75% damage to a full health bar.
My friends and I felt like Kiryu and Tifa would have been a perfect fit for Tekken. I guess maybe there's still a chance with T8 now.
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Post by toei on Nov 13, 2023 20:39:47 GMT -5
Xeogred The Tekken producers have been asked about Kiryu before and they stated outright that they wouldn't do it. It's obvious he'd be a good 3D fighter character, I've said that a bunch of times, and I agree he would fit among Tekken's roster. Is it because he's an ex-yakuza? Or some old Namco-Sega rivalry? Don't know. Tifa would be a natural fit too.
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Post by Xeogred on Nov 13, 2023 20:45:08 GMT -5
Ahhhh, weird. I can see it though... maybe some bad blood stemming from the Virtual Fighter days. That's sad. Guess I am having a hard time thinking of any Sega character being in Tekken.
Especially with FF7R Tifa. There's all the looks and moves right there. Literally just punches and kicks giant monsters to death. It was such a deflating feeling when Noctis got announced for T7... yuck.
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Post by Ex on Nov 16, 2023 11:21:37 GMT -5
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 16, 2023 12:03:46 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to seeing this (Chinese Gratesca VN) receive the upcoming English localization. I actually already bought it; it just needs to "update" down the road. Crazy, huh? Chinese and Korean developers have mastered the anime video game look. At first glance they're indistinguishable from Japanese games. Especially when it comes to VNs.
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Post by toei on Nov 16, 2023 12:11:08 GMT -5
They've been good at it for quite a while, probably the cultural influence from Japan is much stronger in East Asia. Even some of those obscure '90s Taiwanese or Korean RPGs had a legit Japanese style to them. FarAway looked like it could be a Valkyria Chronicles spin-off to me at first.
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Post by Xeogred on Nov 16, 2023 13:22:18 GMT -5
They lacking the NIPPON SOUL though.
Looks like some Korean dev team really wants to do the Uncharted/Last of Us thing:
Like Naughty Dog, looks technically impressive... but kind of uninteresting to me beyond that. Give me some monsters and robots to kill in a more fantastical settings, then you have my attention in a modern shooter.
I think it's great to see Korea getting more into single player gaming though. I haven't been convinced by China yet though, all their Souls/character action ripoffs look so lame underneath the fancy trailers.
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Post by toei on Nov 16, 2023 13:41:58 GMT -5
Yeah I'd guess Korea is much closer to becoming the next big thing in (offline) gaming than China, for a few different reasons.
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Post by Ex on Nov 16, 2023 13:47:19 GMT -5
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