Much like that egregious misstep, Tekken 7 has traded in its wealth of content for a barebones story, two or three modes, and an emphasis on a lacking online component. Unfortunately, Tekken 7 bears much more in common with Soul Calibur V than it does its last main instalment. Here was my favourite type of fighting game, back on a beefier console eight years after the spectacular sixth entry. That’s why I was so jazzed about the prospect of Tekken 7.
Yet, I definitely miss the days of hammering away at the local Tekken 5 machine, the long nights spent mastering Soul Calibur II, basking in the new console glimmer of Virtua Fighter 5 - not to mention the embarrassed instances of houseguests catching me unlocking the stupidest costumes of Dead or Alive 4. Which is all well and good, considering I count Mortal Kombat X and BlazBlue (insert complicated subtitle here) to be among the cream of the fighting game crop. Post- Street Fighter IV and the Mortal Kombat revamp, 2D fighters have been the order of the day for almost a decade, with very little in the way of alternatives. In fact, they don’t make them at all – the medium’s practically dead. They just don’t make 3D fighters like they used to.
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