What do you guys think about the current state of Tekken 8? Are there still changes you want to see? Also I actually had no idea other fighting games had online training modes lol my bad

The buff Kazuya Tweet is what set it all in motion lol

It's usually when your favorite characters get buffed when ppl say tekken is a great game

Can't believe the chainsaw chick got away unscathed.

The reason why streetfighter 6 went a whole year without any patching is because it didn’t need a whole Lotta patching. The game was great right out of the gate with very little error.

I agree with you. Even as a DVJ main, I am very happy with the patch. Not because of nerfs to DVJ that were not needed , but because of the system changes and the good changes to other characters. They even made technical/performance improvements, they said. Is the game having polaris crashes still after the update for anyone here ? Tekken 8 vanilla is finally at an end. Long live Tekken 8 🎉🎉🎉

I love tekken 8. Tekken 7 was rough at first too. And even at tekken 8’s worst balance wise, it was still somehow always more diverse in comp then tekken 7 ever was. Everyone is viable in this game

Couldn't be more happy with the game right now

Devil Jin buffs soon hopefully 🤞

I don’t play Devil Jin but I enjoyed fighting him, his combos are cool as hell. Wish he got more love.

honestly if we get another patch like this in future and they fix some of the online issues, the game will be perfect

They ruined the pc optimisation.. can’t run stream/record without my graphics being forced to low after each match even when my system could run everything fine before along with many other games..

Infinite rematch options Idea , after the first best out 3 set , no more points will be added or taken for death matches . I would not mind this in order to learn character match ups .

One thing I dislike how they give wavedash to King. As a Armor King main, that hurts alot

Thank goodness they finally added the saving recent preset option for the defense training. Wish it would still be retained even if you swap to another character then change it back to the first character, but I'll take any small win I can get now lol. One thing I'd like for them to do now is for them to add the side stepping training (sort of like they have punishment training) in the Practice mode, given they've now put sidesteps as forefront in the defense. Cause, ngl. I still suck at side stepping. p.s. Also I'm just..... genuinely curious about the Story DLC, and whether they're gonna add free Story DLC for every season.

Have they fixed the huge loss in points randomly in ranked match??

You get 2 games? Everyone just quits after they lose when I play 🤣

My only issue is that the private matches still doesn't work amd ive tried playing with my friends using the custom match but it never wants us to load im wanting to know whats the best way to fights friends

I love the changes they’ve done but I think Paul was overtuned and the nerf to devil jin was unnecessary

i literally love this game me and my friend are hooked on it, either in the lab learning new things or in ranked. its just too good

I haven’t watched it yet but I will. My first impression is happy Kaz is a real character again. Stop nerfing Devil Jin please and I HATE THE FF2 Nerf!

Without a doubt, one of the main reasons they don't allow rematching is because they want players to keep returning back to queue, so that the queue times feel very fast and the playerbase mixes around a lot, making ranked placements better in the long run. I don't think this is needed, since a lot of the queue time issues are improved dramatically by the games overall increased popularity and cross play, but I can't think of any other reason to force players back to the queue. So if you ever wonder why, that's most likely why.

5:10 off the top of my head ik sf6 has one and I'm pretty sure some other games do as well. Other than that I loved the vid keep up the amazing uploads :)

5:06 I think KOF XV has online training Tag mode Murray said it's not possible during one of the Tekken talks I wonder how the story DLC is going to be, MK11 added a full on 2nd story mode as DLC (Aftermath)

Unrelated to the video but Harada has made a poll on twitter (or X) on which female character they want to add back, many people voted on Anna and Michelle/Julia, but the MOST surprising to me was Lucky Chloe, cause as far as I know she was internationally hated I wanna know which character you want back among the female character Boogard? Personally whoever from the poll gets back to the roster in the dlc is fine with me

I just discovered your channel today through youtube algorithm and I really like your videos so far Just 1 small correction I wanna do : you said youre surprised no other fight game has ever done an online pmode before If I recall correctly, you could do that in MK10 but maybe Im mistaken

i love your video pls continue with this type of video

Ok imagine combos with the tag gamemode. Tag into heat burst into tag into rage art

Kazuya needs to deal a shit ton of damage when he launches you with a lot of execution put in the combo. Period.

Just being my boy DVJ back and we golden.

I want online player made combo trails like how they have it in strive, a feature like this would make the game perfect IMO

Kazuya consistency patch was so deserved, he finally can hold the main villain title with that kind of damage

@5:06 you mention no other fighting game has done online practice. Street fighter 6 im pretty sure had that from day 1?

I'm still playing version 1.03. I haven't updated the game yet for more than a month now.

I still haven’t figured out how to join a battle in a tournament

Love Tekken, never been more excited despite my main (Victor) getting nerfed cause he’s a lot more fun now and still feels strong

I am glad they made the tackle a little bit stronger 😎 love using it to finish opponents 😈

I would definitely love to see an online tag team concept tho and I feel best to 3 is fine. Best of 5 sounds exhausting. Especially taking into consideration of running into players who cheese. A best to 5 would kill me. 😅

Fluffy kiss is a spiritual leader and is taking the mantle, torch, and legacy that Debbie left behind

Great video my man. I've been an avid fighting game player for over 30 years and it gave developer and Tekken is my favorite 3D fighter. Super happy they are still going strong and even more happy that the devs are so committed to listening to feedback and responding. I mean it took about 4 years T7 to become the excellent tournament game it is. This update really shows quality the development team is putting into making changes that make everyone happy. And like you said it's like unicorn rare that professional players, sweaty rank players and super casual players can all be catered to and become happy in one way or another. We're talking about again so nuanced that characters that are overpowered in the lower levels of play are weak in the higher levels of play and it can be super hard to reconcile that but they're doing a decent job of it! Of course everyone has their own opinions and I don't agree with every little change. Paul's buffs are crazy. I'm going to wait to see what he looks like in ranked and tournaments over the next few months but him and Yoshi getting pumped up so much isn't an issue I just don't agree that they needed that many buffs. And still they're not broken and they are fun to play against! (So far) And maybe people complain too much. I wouldn't even call the first months the dark days. I knew things were going to get changed as we went along have enjoyed the ride of playing against and using the overpowered stuff knowing it was going to change. It was more like the beta days than the dark days and we're slowly moving into a more defined roadmap for what the developers want the game to be. Right away most of us could see the potential of this game even if next week one release. And I'm happy that the faith I put in them is founded after these fixes. I don't even mind the monetization. Keep creating costumes for sale they don't bother the game at all. Hopefully they put together a much more enjoyable season pass for summer. I personally do want to spend a little bit of money on getting a few dozen cosmetics and such and unlocking them through progression is a fun way to do it. They just need to improve the quality a little bit

Good video, thanks

We have no idea if the changes actually make a game altering difference. We have to FEEL it in game. Not just character nerfs but the actual heat stuff, how often can you step heat burst INTENTIONALLY.

Honestly happy they actually listened to their community

Haven't played since the initial month. I played too much Tekken 7 and that kinda soured everything even back in the beta. Seems like now is a good time to play again

New sub here ! Good luck

I was waiting those good news to buy it

Kaz didnt need buffs. He needed to be fixed

When it comes to throws, I personally don't want any unbreakable standing throws.

I agree with your general assessment that things are going in the right direction. I think bo3 is fine for ranked because tournaments are bo3 for most of their brackets. Tournaments actually need the fix of being bo5 in top 8s IMO. The game won’t be totally fixed until we can lab against paid characters though. It’s really bad that we still can’t do it

The 3 things must go at the end, oh my lord brother speaking truth, if they do that I'm sure the community is gonna be so hyped

Teased tag? When?

oh man!! imagine a world where you can choose to fight TAG-Team fight or Regular fight... that would be heaven on earth!

I just hope at some point they add in other stuff that are technically in the game but unavailable to edit or pick like other versions of stages from story mode like the dark coliseum where you fight azazel alongside his remix theme that isn’t on the jukebox for some reason alongside the destroyed version of urban square and lastly can we please get the tekken force armor for everyone since the helmets are already available for free. I also really want Lars classic tekken 6 outfit back so bad 😞

Tekken 8 is saved when all the characters are out and the complete edition exists with a 75% sale.

@Boogard my man as we speak online training mode is live on GG strive.

5:13 - does anyone know where they teased this tag team mode? Cant seem to find it

5:04 street been had online practice since there game came out day 1

Tekken 5DR was the last real tekken. I stand by this.

Woah where did you hear about the Tag Team possibility?

5:08 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 had an online practice mode. 6:45 Namco is a business and they want their money.

SF6 already has an online training mode.

What a good patch the game feels so much more fun to play on defense. You can call out a heat burst now 🎉

I literally just watched 4 of your videos an hour ago and here's another one, cheers to good Tekken content!

Kazuya is back!

No lie a tag team mode would be insane

Shoutout to spider-man. Always loved the theme song.

My only complaint on this patch is my devil jin 😭 I don't have a mid poke that lets me side step 😭. Kaz is great now so I don't mind playing him but switching between the two it feels rough already.

Still has some issues I can clearly state, but it’s definitely a lot better! Among the things that are still problems: 1: Backdashing after a certain amount of plus frames still bugs out your guard, this makes it to where backdashing after a heat dash on your guard will cause you to eat whatever move you’re actively holding back to block. That’s probably the most egregious out of everything, but even so, the other issues bug me more honestly. 2: Combos are still inconsistent at the wall in ways they shouldn’t be, leaving the aggressor that used the CORRECT move at disadvantage heavily. 3: Low > High strings. This isn’t a bug, but my god, there are inconsistencies out the ass with this. Reina’s low after stance is perfect for this reason, because it’s a low that transitions into a high, and if you block the low, your character is locked down so your punish is guaranteed. Now, the issue comes in with characters like Hwoarang, Alisa, and Leroy, who also have veritably the same move, however your character isn’t locked down for the entire duration of the move. In Hwoarang’s case, this interaction will lead to you getting hit by, or blocking the high follow up, putting you at -14 when you should be able to LAUNCH him for making your read. Once these things are addressed it will feel much more rewarding for making proper reads, but as of now, it’s a GREAT start to making things better in terms of avoiding mashing. Solid video by the way! Great to see praise for the changes. Keep it up man.

As a Law main I don't like that the following nunchuck after slide doesn't give me a single option for continued pressure. I'm fine with it knocking away, but the complete neutral reset completely makes playing aggressive dangerous for law, an In-Your-Face character. On the flip side, being able to sidestep Jun's ridiculous heat burst is fully freaking welcomed

Online training has been done before TEKKEN has even had it before it was in TT2. Another game where I saw that was idk...STREET FIGHTRER 6 "Boogard: I am surprised no other fighting game has done that".

06:02 I disagree. At first i had the same opinion, but i've changed it. Of course there is a drawback regarding learning new matchups due to their rarity but the main reason why thats a good thing, is that the players interact more with each other, you rarely see yourself stuck in a waiting room because people refuse to quit a game, and if you're bored by it, just invite the guy to your private room. Plus the fact that it avoids people farming points to their friends. The game design was to stablish a more universal type of gameplan, the bad part is that some characters may lose individuality but the good part is that you don't suffer as often as you would in a Tekken 7 envrionment. Matchup knowlodge do not kill as often as they did in the past, so if you want to learn a matchup, lab it, don't rely yourself on just "playing against", that rarely helps you be effective as much as if you were labing it.

Those kazuya changes I Dont even see as buffs they are more like bug fixes in my eyes and now his combos actually work. And all his new moves weren't even worth using out side demon fist The way they had kazuya in this game drove a lifetime player of him (yes re ally I've been playing since tekken 1. away for the first time ever. Now hes as he should have always been at launch and maybe we will see him climb out of bottom of the chart in win rate category now. I gave all this feedback on the beta survey and they finally made almost every change I asked for. I actually think its Paul that didn't need so much, he s likely to become a problem now. The throw change is actually a bit odd since allot of the command moves are still homing which is exactly the throw you don't want homing all said an 8/10 patch.

Great work from the devs

Up vote this if you also want the mentioned infinite rematch option, at least in quick matches. This is the biggest reason I close the game within a couple of matches.

Sadly didn't play 1.05 aside from checking Kazuya and Reina in training mode, currently don't have time for it but I'm pretty positive about what they done. As I said once in forums if they'll listen to the adequate part of community like you and keep their vision the game will be just unbeatable, it's already fire experience and the remaining issues are fixable. The future is bright indeed and the listed issues that you stressed about are had to be considered by devs team especially replay feature. I want to buy some DLC as well but come on, I spent 70$ for playing Kazuya and Reina and I can't use them in replays against DLC chars? This is the same type of paywall that they used for frame data in T7 tbh.

the only thing I despise is having to pay money to lab certain characters, as a newcomer to tekken it feels super pay-to-win against eddy because I straight up cant lab what he is doing to me after the game unless I fork up 8 euro, and the same will keep happening each time a character is added which just sucks

Soulcalibur VI had Story Mode DLC chapters along with the DLC characters.

Raven needs some serious buffs. Almost every move is minus frames

I only need the following modes: Team Tag and Treasure Battle (or any other offline Endless Rank mode) I would still have the following characters in Tekken 8: Unknown, MadJinpachi,True Ogre and Angel.

I can't wait for King to be dominant and they will just find another dumb and broken setup like look at Shaheen. Also Kof xv has a online training mode too.

there is only two fighting games I could think of that have the online training feature you were talking about and thats guilty gear strive and street fighter 6

Replays auto-exiting after the replay ends instead of pausing is pretty annoying. Also, the game doesn't save replays if you play 5 round games with a friend. Would also like a slow replay speed option.

Honestly DLC characters would get more sales if they were made available in replay, practice mode and/ or story mode. Getting a taste of the characters can get people more interested way more than what we have now.

my thought is add more character costumes bc many ppl love it and will be great

Obligatory Kazuya player reaction. Kazuya needed the buffs. Combos suck balls pre patch. No reliable 15 frame punish. Weak wall carry. No incentive to df+2, perfect electric. Now Kazuya does giga chad combo damage and reliable df+1 and good wall carry.

Kazuy buffed, it’s a good time to be a Tekken player for sure! Now buff DVJ 😢 Appreciate you always bringing out great content!

Buff devil jin and the game is perfect

It’s just the… Bear essentials now…

Kazuya isn't really buffed so much as he is bugfixed. DF14 is a bit of a sidegrade, its very bad in neutral (this was his main wallbreak move) and its only for punishment now. So he lost something useful but gained something equally useful. CD1+2 is still super niche, not really useful outside of combos. But hey, now he can actually combo without mist-step causing his combo to drop 50% of the time! Dont care if he's bottom tier, as long as he works.

just give DVJ his old df1,2 string, we can all be happy

Good state for the game to be in, that's for sure! 😀

You did a fantastic job in this video. Would love to see more scripted Tekken videos.

All of this is beautiful but we don't have to wait 5 months for actual fixes and good changes to be implemented. I just hope they continue buffing defensive options like backdashing etc because most of the game now is people running into you and mixing you up and even though I am not much of a competitive player, I got bored by the game quick.

Removing Crouching state from moves where the character is clearly crouching is the one thing I think really, really sucks honestly (like Reina Manji-Geri kick). I really want that reverted and nerf those moves in other ways. It just feels so wrong and has no place in a game where certain characters can step/backdash certain moves because of their default stance.

Why do i have to fight 300 low ranks to rank up ?? Harada ☕️

Didn’t street fighter vs tekken had online training 12 years ago?

Yeah yeah, let me know when they add Armor King

Street fighter has done online training mode. Tekken 8 is definitely not the only fighting game to do it.

Ppl are complaining non stop but the fact that they've been patching the game so often in just 6 months shows that they are listening to us, the game is in good hands

Just need to give me the option to keep my head gear on even when my character falls. Yes, it's a very dumb demand but I want my Shaheen to stop losing his head garb everytime he gets knocked down 😑