What makes Tekken so APPEALING? 

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

#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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

1:09 my favorite character: Jim.

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.

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.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING JUNGLE OUTPOST ITS LOVE!!!!!!!

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.

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"

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.

I'm pretty new to Tekken. I messed with 7 a little and Tekken Tag 2 a bit. But as far as fighting games went, I've barely touched it. And fighting games aren't one of my primary game types. But I like having a fighting game on the side. I was looking for a fighting game. Debating on Street Fighter 6. Then I saw the trailers for Tekken 8, and I decided to wait for that one. It just looked so awesome. It spoke to me😂. And now Tekken 8 is definitely my most played fighting game. I love it. Got a friend into it, too

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.

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

I played because it feels like your are playing martial artists with some unreal flair that is still hand to hand combat

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

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.

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

Because we play what we love and people just enjoy it ❤

cuz as TastySteve said "nothing as good as Tekken!"

Love this kind of discussion/video essay Tekken content

Been playing Tekken since the PS1! 😂 . It's simple yet complicated

I LOVE TEKKEN

It’s the chess of fighting games.

The audio visual component of the game... Music to the ears when attacks land especially counter hits... The camera angles for certain moves/throws... The slow mo!

One button for each limb just make a sense and it's the one 3D game that I feel plays closer to a traditional fighting game, Mishimas are like shotos for example , and I love that it's impossible to master Theres always some thing new to learn. Also I the character designs all motion captured by masters of the styles they represent.

It's diverse It's fun It's addicting

Kazuya's theme isssss a masterpiece

Having played the Tekken series more than any other ones I got my hands on (Dead or Alive, Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Virtua Fighter and Under Night In-Birth - didn't play all of the entries, but enough to compare with Tekken), I have to say not only the soundtracks is the factor for why I got into the series fast (minus Tekken 7...dubstep is killing me! Except "Hatred" and "Desperate Struggle"), but one can easily pick up Tekken series and learn the basic gameplay mechanics compare to the other titles listed above. The other titles tend to use the direction buttons differently. Yes, they all serve as making an alternative move to an existing move when you only hit one of the right-hand buttons. But some of the other titles tend to overuse the direction buttons (for me any), like certain commands cannot be performed unless you do a half or three-quarter spin on the direction buttons or the left stick and this is like a common move for a character! As a person who sucks at button mashing, this is a challenge, also why it's hard for me to do a few EWGFs (Kazuya's "Dorya" move) in a row. Yet in Tekken, this is optional and only appear for certain characters' special moves that I only saw once in a blue moon in online matches. Even Kazuya's EWGF was hardly seen unless you go into higher ranking matches. Jin/Devil Jin and Reina's version of EWGF was hardly seen in Tekken 8 so far as well. Also, instead of having one button for guard, one button for throws, one button for punches and one button for kicks in some other titles, these buttons correspond to the four limbs, which is right in my alley. I can easily main a character in any Tekken games while I can hardly pick a main in other titles. Even though later Tekken entries overly focused on juggles (air combos), but it's still alright enough for me to make fluke wins with my Jack-8 for example all the way to Flame Ruler in online matches simply for playing mind games and do non-juggle moves at the right time (I suck at juggles that are over 6-7 moves).

What makes Tekken unbeatable for me is that it's so damn fun to watch and play. Even for people who are not into games, seeing the characters fight so precisely and technically is awesome. That got a little distorted in Tekken 8, but still. Now, about soundtracks, Tekken 3 is still king. No other Tekken game came even close to that vibe. Edit: It also used to have AMAZING single player content and game modes... and hopefully it goes back to that too, without losing its current multiplayer quality.

I played 1, 2, and 3 a lot on the ps1 growing up, but nothing since. Picked up tekken 7 with all of the dlc on sale awhile back and finally started playing a few days ago. I forgot how much fun the series is. It looks, sounds, and plays so well. I'm trying to learn, but it's very daunting. I'm having a lot of fun doing it though.

Beautiful characters, bizzare storyline, smooth and deep gameplay, cool music

I like the game because its difficult in online ranked. Im now a Battle Ruler. Havent hit into blue ranks yet and get my butt handed to me when im matched against them... but two months ago I would get destroyed by purple ranks. I thought being in purple ranks would be an impossiblility but here I am. I am hoping to improve and reach blue ranks by fall. It has been a fun challenge!

great video. we love Tekken

Lili is in it.

Hope that you made next video about what make street fighter so appealing? Same for Mortal Kombat

I think it's also the animations and models. I've played DOA games and virtua fighter, even the mortal kombat 3d games. The other games, models, and animations seem slower and their moves look more labored when they perform them. Tekken is snappy and makes u feel cool when do the moves.

The options at any given moment in a match. The only game better at that aspect imo is Virtua Fighter.

5:24 i didnt know this eddie combo was that easy.... it almost makes me salty seeing the inputs 🥲

In my opinion, legacy gameplay is integral part of tekken's success, If i played tekken 5, I can still execute thoese moves in later games with some property changes, this aspect keeps the veterans connected to later games. Unlike Mortal Kombat series where game mechanics always change with every iteration.

The fact i don’t have to be a god at execution to play a character in tekken is what is appealing, only thning i dislike about the game are super complex characters that have too many moves.

In my opinion it's the roster and the moves. Specifically the way the moves are flashy but mostly not as flashy as 2d fg moves... i.e there's a jumping uppercut that reminds of SF's shoryuken, but it's still not as exaggerated as a srk (and as time went on SF only created more over the top versions like the Shin Shoryuken super). That helped to make TK stand out compared to VF since the beginning. My reasoning with this comment is exactly "what makes TK appealing"... not only what makes TK stand out among 2d fgs but also among all other 3d fgs. Like, it doesnt work to mention attributes shared by all other 3d fgs like the large moveset, 3d movement, more realistic animations, etc. That's why my conclusion is: the roster and the moves.

I really love the big movesets. I love having 100+ super fluid martial art based strings. I literally go into practice with each character and check out every single move on the movelist 😂 The reason I want to play fighting games is to do cool martial art moves and have an epic dance choreo with my opponent. I get very underwhelmed by MK and SF cause everyone has such a limited moveset. Those games get boring and repetitive eventually, plus MK is stiff asf. I wish every fighting game in the future could have large movesets like Tekken. I also love the big rosters. T8 launched with 32 and will soon have 36 characters after S1. T7 now has 51 characters. I wish every fighting game could launch with 30+ characters. Every character has such a unique well-developed fighting style with lots of martial arts focus. The game has lots of depth and variety. There is lots of dynamic force behind each attack and lots of improvisation rather than repetitive gameplay. No one plays the same character the same way. There's many different playstyles you'll come across. It's very easy to learn by mashing and that makes it more fun than other fighting games. When you mash in Tekken you come across the most fluid and badass moves cause they actually have tons of branching intuitive strings. In other fighting games when you mash it's a bunch of repetitive shit. Tekken movement and defense is more interesting than any other 2D fighter I've played. I prefer 3D over 2D. We need more 3D fighters to compete with Tekken cause there's already so many 2D fighters rn. Hope to see Virtua Fighter 6 release soon!

Maybe it's my imagination, but Lili almost looks real in the thumbnail.

I love Tekken because it’s like a dance compared to the likes of mk or sf in Tekken one mistake and half your health bar is gone

Still waiting on that Raven guide for tekken 8...

because other 3d fighting games off themselves (vf5 , sc5 , doa6) so tekken is the only one remain , that's the main appeal.

I like the movement, tho it seems the devs used to hate

tekken is the most versatile, the easiest to learn, the most logical with the most depth fighting game out there

because 5 y/o me found hwoarang super cool

I love and practice martial arts since I am a kid and Tekken is the only (mostly) realistic fighting game out there. Despite that you dont have to relearn a lot of stuff like for mortal kombat or other fighting games except street fighter (at least that I know of). And last but not least it's button layout is totally logically: left upper button left hand, right upper button right hand and the same goes for the lower buttons for the legs.

I agree with everything in this video except 3:28 lmao

Low barrier of entry and high skill ceiling

because when you fall in love. you don't go back

8:41 laughs in tekken shop

tried many fighting liked a lot of them... realized i prefer 3D Soulc calibur was nice, DoA was nice but Tekken is just on a different lvl i see new characters and i can tell the inputs of some of their moves by watching them for the very 1st time controls just feel right! the huge arsenal of moves makes them more alive if u ask me... very few super attacks and projectiles remove the "camping and spamming" that games like these usually have and the music will never stop being awesome! from T1 all the way to T8 i can count very few soundtracks i DON'T like! T3 - T5 - T6 having some of my favorite ost's in gaming history for me!

Personally I like the fluidity of the game (I don't really like the "choppiness" of 2D FGs) and the music.

Its the community, bro. Its just full of charm

There are JUST enough variables to give the game depth and excitement without it feeling like a complete casino game

Tekken 3's soundtrack is electric guitar nirvana

I love tekken cause Anna.

It's probably popular because of people like Maximilian Dood and other big fighting game RU-vidrs or players.

Dead or Alive is dead, Virtua Fighter is missing, Soul Calibur needs recalibrating, but Tekken is still here.

I can't get into it. I tried 3 times

Easy to button smash, and many casual love to smash button.

In conclusion, Bamco advertises, supports, and funds Tekken but not Soulcalibur...

I just wish they’d fix ranked matchmaking so I’m not consistently getting ran through by people 6-8 ranks higher. I’d enjoy it a lot more if I could play others around my level.

I got tired of the gane lying to me. It would say "x move Is Made with x and y" I do x and y AND the character do z move. No mátter how much times I try. So meh, not a vale ffor me

Tekken was good once with original fighting styles. Not anymore.

Appaling*

Nothing Tekken 8 is trash straight up It's a golden box and inside it's a pile of shit Gameplay wise almost nothing it's good except the nerf of magic 4.

I dropped this game after 1 month since release. My brain just can't handle 3d environment and different frame data system, comparing to 2d fighters, also heat system is too overwhelming. It's sure an awesome game and I'm happy for players, but i personally prefer to go back to sf6, which in my opinion is the best modern fighting game on market. Kinda sad, since i pre-ordered ultimate edition of Tekken 8 and just couldn't play it for long

There is absolutley nothing appealing about this game, it is pure dog shit

Without having watched the Video yet: nothing. have you seen the player numbers? doesnt look good man