Shacknews Best Fighting Game of 2024 – Tekken 8

When the game came out at the beginning of the year There is a high chance of falling out of the conversation. While that game is great, Tekken 8, on the other hand, has no such issues. It may launch in January 2024, but the game’s deep content and online play make it a great year of 3D combat that only gets better as more arenas, characters, and content are added.

Tekken 8 is off to a strong start. This is despite the stress that the Tekken development team faced bringing the franchise to Unreal Engine 5 for the first time. They created the game from the ground up. By creating the characters, the stage, and the rest of the imagery from scratch. The result is that Tekken 8 looks as beautiful as its fighters have come a long way, and the levels are incredibly fun to play with interactive options.

Of course, if fighting doesn’t feel good. All of these pictures wouldn’t have much meaning. Luckily, Tekken 8’s combat feels incredible. The heating system makes every character feel refreshed in some way. By providing access to new attacks How to chase after your opponent for combos that don’t connect. and stylish character-specific attacks in exchange for empowered status. Bandai Namco is also adding a special control scheme that gives players access to automatic combos and an intuitive control scheme that It can be toggled on and off with a single button as the match progresses. Which is good if you are a newcomer or Just play a character you’re not familiar with.

There are also many ways to play this game. Tekken 8 has many online and offline modes. Includes a robust online lobby with working Rollback Netcode. Arcade style gameplay Long story mode And one of the best training mode systems ever in a fighting game. That last one is huge because it feels like this is where Tekken 8 innovates the most. We have features like training penalties for counter-attacks. Experimenting with combos to learn certain character strings, frame data, and most importantly, Save/load status where you can create states during combos and work with the end of the string later. You can also control replays of your old matches to practice penalties and alternative routes you might take to win the match.

Tekken 8 marks a bold new era for the franchise that looks and plays beautifully. And it has aged like a fine wine over the years. With the addition of online training, new characters, additional story chapters, and more, it also feels like one of the most welcoming entries for newcomers while still having technical gameplay. It’s enough to satisfy competitive experts. Like Street Fighter 6 before it and Guilty Gear Strive before it, Tekken 8 continues to add fuel to the fire of this incredible moment in fighting games. And it shows no signs of slowing down in the coming years.

Be sure to read about the rest of the Shacknews Awards in our Year of Games: 2024 feature.