What makes Tekken so APPEALING?

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Tekken has been one of the most popular fighting game series since its inception – up there with all the Street Fighters and Mortal Kombats of the world. It’s one of the very few remaining 3D fighters as well. But why exactly is it so popular and so hype? Well, everyone has their reasons, but there are clear patterns and explanations for many of them. So if you ever wondered: “What’s the deal with Tekken?” this video is for you!

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[DashFight]

What are your reasons for playing Tekken? Please tell us here in the comments!

[Subteram]

#1 thing for me and my enjoyment of Tekken is the intuitiveness like was mentioned. Basic buttons of left/right punch/kick, add directions to get permutations, press in sequences to get strings, and order strings for combos. It just makes sense and allows a player to pick any character then through experimentation build a basic skillset with no prior knowledge.

[FieryAnubis]

As a vet from T1: Tekken's appeal is simply in the characters and gameplay. The games are actually SUPER EASY to pick up, but super hard to master if you want to go competitive. From the old days, you could always just pick up a character that looked neat to you and have fun with them on a casual level super easily. I remember having matches with random people, even complete newcomers in Tekken 3 days when I had two games behind me, and they were able to still have fun with me in a casual environment. It's so good at that draw. The music of course adds a lot too. It's just a great triple combo if you ask me. The music, the characters, and the fun gameplay. It just works, and I love it to this day.

[narik]

My first tekken was tekken 5, psp version. My main was Bruce Irvin, because of his “brutal “ pink trunks. My favorite arena was orbital station.

[justintaylor]

I've been playing since 3. First game my parents let me choose as a kid. Jaguar man all the way. Also, Jin theme is absolute gas.

[travelerwatanabe]

The limb based combat gameplay and Tekken 4's story are the main reasons I play Tekken. It took until Tekken 8 to finally match 4's story, and thankfully the gameplay in 8 is better than 4, finally proving you dont need one or the other- you can have both good gameplay and story

[XiaoGege]

For me, it's the representation of martial arts, and the weight and intensity of each hit. If everyone fought like they don't know martial arts and they hit like Virtua Fighter characters, I probably wouldn't like it.

[fragrf]

Great video, dude. I got into Tekken properly for the first time this year and can confidently say it is now one of my favourite games ever.

Pretty much every aspect you mentioned is a reason for it, too.

I absolutely love the art style, animations, and sound design. I play Jun, and some of her moves make sounds that release a crazy amount of dopamine 😂.

I love the music and customisation too. When I watched the trailer and heard Storm Rising, I subconsciously knew I was gonna buy the game before I even knew it.

Evo and other Tekken tournaments I've seen were awesome.

So excited for T8 to develop and evolve, too!

[XenonRider]

When I was a kid my first Tekken game was T3 and the gameplay and character designs are what drew me in. Everyone looked so cool especially Jin.

[marcosisdecent]

THANK YOU FOR GIVING JUNGLE OUTPOST ITS

[unchartedrocks]

Tekken 5 is by far has the best OST playlist with only TTT1 close to it.

[rambo-ram-]

I just saw my brother playing Tekken 3 as a kid, then after years of playing League of legends i got the itch to get into it.
Decided to main Hwoarang cause i love is taekwondo style :D Exited for the journey

[hmmmpotato]

so, according to my friends who are all really new to fighting games/casuals
"Tekken feels like real fighting, because it doesn't have all that fireball nonsense that other games have"

[chucklos]

About time a video like this was made. Tekken is simply a gorgeous game with creative colorful characters, music, design, playstyle, graphics, and the deep level it takes to reach high skill ability.

[unchartedrocks]

I love Tekken far more than Mortal Kombat cuz I don’t have to deal with zoners just spamming projectiles & seeing the same combo by every single player every time. Tekken feels better. Players good & bad doing their own thing. It still has its spammers but everyone feels more unique when fighting against.

[fruitsnacks]

I love tekken after going from someone who just gamed for fun to competing. I ended up going to my first ceo tournament and I did better in tekken then I did in sf at the time which I thought was gonna be my main series. After that tournament I went home and studied I learned about tekken everything from lore to characters to moves to music. Everything. I then become know as the tekken guy for my job and more bc I worked in a game room and students and more would come in thinking they were the best at tekken. I got so good at the game I always had my arcade stick that was custom and built around tekken. Knee lever and all. I ran the tekken seen not only building it up the more people came by but even becoming our local tekken champ for the college when we heald locals. I even stream it on twitch and still compete even now. It's hands down my favorite series and game ever at this point. It's saved my life, honestly. I will always love tekken.

[ewqrgqyty]

Started getting back into it since the old days. I have Tekken 7 and 8 on PC and love it. I did watch the Tekken world tour, names you mentioned and some like Rangchu, Leemishima, Shadow, cmb, and DRX Chanel are a few I caught on. Amazing community, best exciting fights, trying to be better with Lidia as that's one character I enjoy for 8

[Noum]

To me it's the animation. Tekken has the best animation in all of fighting games with only Shaolin vs Wutang 2 coming in close second

[Zephreyer]

I literally got into Tekken because of Tekken 8’s soundtrack. A few months back I would listen to music from Tekken games like Sparking, My Last Stand, Kitsch, Karma (Electric Fountain) and so much more. To me, Tekken looked a lot more easier than any other 2D fighter I’ve ever played (Injustice and Mortal Kombat) because you can escape some combos by sidestepping whereas in 2D fighters you can only block and parry.

[lwandomadikizela]

What makes Tekken the best 3D fighting game? Hard to say but the soundtracks is one, the aesthetics, character designs, lore, world building, gameplay to name a few. I've been investing in Tekken since Tekken 3(which is my first Tekken game to play) and I never looked back. Don't get me wrong I've played KOF, DOA, Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter, Soul Calibur, Primal Rage, Killer Instinct, Injustice and Mortal Kombat and I've enjoyed them but Tekken hits different and Tekken is and will always be the fighting game I'll enjoy the most.