Yes. I was mostly disappointed. But I saw it coming from Tekken 5 onwards. In terms of story, fighting games follow three general routes. World endangered + villain to move the story, tournament to justify the gathering of fighters, and artefact of great power . . .. to justify gathering of fighters. Sometimes these three routes can mix. Tekken has just worn its welcome in justifying characters together. In the old days tournaments and prize money did the job but since Tekken deviated with the whole world war yeahhhh . . . . . . . the characters can't maintain a storied presence. By comparison, if you look at the approach of Street Fighter, the characters seldom change because they can be a bit more symbolic vs iconic. I mean, really if we look at the roster Sagat goes through the most growth out of anyone while Cammy Guile Chun-Li are world police. Mmmmm maybe Cody you can say has gone through a bit of a change personality and development wise. However, you know what? The more story there is, the more change there is. The more change there is, the more work there is. Know what games typically have the best stories? Western developed fighting games. Mortal Kombat for its rich environment and lore and ability to return the dead, Killer Instinct for a seasonal add-on to the story with the inclusion of characters, Skull Girls for big chunks of redefining lore art and music and gameplay all in one package? Looking forward to Them's Fightin' Herds personally over Tekken 8. Feng, Miguel, and a lot of other newbies lack lasting appeal with how rich their movesets are. They lack staying power. Lili and Asuka rivalry? That got old fast. Know who didn't get old? Dragunov. You can change the way he dresses and he's still fine. Sometimes less is more. Lastly, the music in T7 blows. ANY song I can't hum? Fail. Any fighting gamer who values gameplay over the lore and other art has dipped too far into the spectrum of considering what "fun" is. Maybe I'm just gettin' old but I have a better time going backwards in fighting game history to appreciate their evolution than playing this new stuff. The slow motion is pretty ballin'. Akuma's inclusion and Geese trailer were some of the exciting new things incorporated. Using kid Kazuya perform his old 10 hit combo? Remember 10 hit combos? Hah. I'll stop. One day they'll give King back air throws. Just you wait.

Tekken7 really dissapointed me. I was expecting to keep Tekken6's graphics at least to be upgraded a little. From many reasons I hate Tekken7 : - horrible story mode - Mishima Saga short and boring - customize is bad (I mean not enough customize options) - characters outside of Tekken like Akuma, Negan and Noctis - all characters faces are screwed! Almost all girls haves asian shape eyes and all boys haves european shape eyes, all bodies are very similar between them, most of the characters their faces were copied from Tekken Tag2 graphics - paying the online mode - the new toxic fans - some stages are not as I expected : I was hoping for Violet Systems from outside to be in Tekken7 NOT INSIDE. Besides that Lee's face in tekken7 looks horrible, he doesn't look like a chinese anymore. These are my reason why I hate Tekken7 so much. Honestly Tekken6 is still the best tekken game on 1st place for me and for the others from my generation.

Yes I am so disappointed with Tekken 7 in terms of main story single player content character endings and music also xpecially compared with Tekken 3 Tekken 4 Tekken 5 Tekken 6

@@Livia25 Agree with you man a lot of the new fans are very toxic. They can't take any criticism it's crazy. They think they're some kind of elitists for playing tekken. I was also disappointed by the game in almost every aspects. Also why did they replace some characters with lame new one? WHY THE HELL DID THEY REPLACE MY GIRL KUNIMITSU?

Bruh disappointing overall no. I can however see people points and i can see their all hinting at the story i agree but t7 will forever thrive 6 million people would like 2 think otherwise but i do respect opinions therefore i give u my gratitude

You're definitely not alone by thinking that. If that's true, it's a shame that people like them who present themselves as positive public figures can't take constructive criticism when it would help improve the franchise that we all love passionately. I felt like Harada put a lot of work into TTT2. There's something about that game that I felt did something to Harada, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's that. Likewise, Tekken 6 was packed full of content. Each character had several pre battle and post battle animations, and not to mention the myriad of clothing items in the game. In Tekken 7, all of that was scaled back. That makes me even more curious as to how he produces Tekken 8.

Exactly Tekken 5 is the last Tekken I enjoyed a lot Tekken 6 is ok for me

I think ttt2 didn't even make half the money tekken 7 has made. Yeah i really believe that they lost a lost a lot of money with tag 2. But i'll always love that game no matter how much i got salty with it. I loved that the gameplay had almost infinite depth and that the characters and stages that were dlc were free.

If harada reboots the game with the quality and characters of tekken 3 like old jin, i would play that game and not even buy the newer ones.

I had no idea that was the case. If that's true, I could only imagine what other stories those involved could shock us with. I agree completely. The story was an afterthought. I would have written a story that was 10x better for free, and I put that on my whole Tekken collection.

@@roscodantethefightinggamen7939 Like, it just pisses me off, so damn much. And normally, I am not the kind of guy to get mad so easily, I can remain calm for a reasonable amount of time, but the very moment, I get these PTSD memories of these Character Episodes, I instantly get pissed on command, like a reflex. Am I the only one here with this type of reaction? Because these episodes made me feel like the people behind these, just go: MUHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!! YOU CARE FOR STORY, WHO CARES ABOUT DAT?!??!? SO FUNNYYYYY, HAHA! It's like, they laugh at my expense.

@@djjin5768Heh. It's like, they're thinking "we need to push for gameplay and E-sports to sell higher numbers". I think it's worth mentioning the impact youtube has had on story. Whether we like it or not, what's the point of unlocking content in games when they're so readily available on youtube to watch? It would explain the loss of gallery modes and it inadvertently breeds smaller character usage. It also doesn't help when there's tutorial vids for matchups and people get their fix fighting another character without actually using them. There are always newcomers to a fighting franchise and the devs know they can offer less as time rolls on but the oldies remember and complain. I remember Tekken Ball, I remember Tekken Force. But the needs of the new differ. Screw all of this. I'm going to have Yoshimitsu copy King giant swing in Tekken 4. Tekken 4, the favourite of mine. Call me back when Jin and Ling's unknown daughter appears to replace Heihachi and is dead. Who is named Heihacha. Fighting the Mishima great great grandfather and originator of the devil gene which is through Kazumi's bloodline but Jinpachi's devilness isn't explained . . . . . . what?

@@Toomnyusernae But again, all these are just excuses over excuses over excuses to justify their half-assed piece of work, that is their recent money maker. KZfaq itself, is not to blame for how bad the game's content is, nor the quality of the content itself. It's mindless scapegoating, that's like saying, "my CD did not sell well, let me blame piracy for that, instead of looking in the mirror first to ask myself, WHY it did not sell well to begin with". That's just dumb. Dodging the blame and pointing fingers on others is real easy, isn't it? And it doesn't help, how the devs react to criticism in general. No matter how polite and constructive, you still get blocked. So no matter what you do, you're still the bad guy for trying to find solutions and suggest them to the ones behind your favourite game and you end up being called "hater" and "troll" by his rabid supporters, all because, you tried to be critical of the problems within the game. There is no denying it. It's a total clownshow. As much as online is in Tekken 7. Mediocre or downright TERRIBLE netcode, no penalty for anything and you end up risking your own mental health for having to deal with Call of Duty levels of asshole-ery from certain players. They can't even get THAT right. So why still boast about it?

@@djjin5768 I'm not saying it ain't shit. But there's a lot of reasons that factor into it being . . . . becoming shit. And I mention youtube as it affects not only Tekken. You'd be hard pressed to get something of the same calibre of quality like we use to get. Now you're raising social media and rabid fans. They are definitely a factor in contributing to the poop shoot show that is the new Tekken in my view. We'll just have to complain more as it changes and isn't what it use to be. Enjoy the ride ;p "Old gray mare ain't what you use to be, ain't what you use to be, ain't what you use to be" ~ Simpsons

I think soul calibur is in a better shape tbh. Not in terms of how well it did but in terms of how much respect they have for the characters. They went back to their roots and every character has a single story. Sometimes it's short yes but at least you know about the characters and their goals. It does lack single content and has some broken mechanic though. But at least they didn't turn every character into a joke or replaced them with randoms (i know they did it in 5 but i praise them for understanding their mistake and going back to the original characters). I'm not a big fan of the cac story tbh i wish it was like in sc3 where every character had a longer story with different roots but it's still a lot better than what tekken did.

I agree. Blazblue Crosstag got me into the series, and their tutorial mode did wonders for my performance. With MK11, I've never felt so envious of fans before. You could just feel the fun and excitement from players as they were trying to unlock items and the mask removal. I love playing fighting games that gives me goals and reasons to keep playing.

@@roscodantethefightinggamen7939 I personally am NOT a fan of BlazBlue Cross Tag's game play and single player content. My issue with single player is that I feel it doesn't offer no where near as much single player content as Arc System Works other titles, specifically BlazBlue Central Fiction. Additionally, the story presentation In Cross Tag is vastly inferior to the main line BlazBlue titles currently released as well as the power scaling being inconsistent as well. In order to understand my complaint on game play I first need to talk about BlazBlue Central Fiction, which is one of the most complex 2D fighters out right now, with the game having legacy skill, meaning if you haven't stuck with the series since the original back in 2008 you have a MASSIVE hill to climb in learning frame data for each character's normals, gatlings, and overall mobility options that can be used on offense and neutral.Then there are the game's plentiful system mechanics, such as having four ways to block based on specific scenarios for example, and that's not even going into the Drive mechanic, which is a unique action for each character, which there are over 35 of, which most of the cast plays VASTLY DIFFERENT from each other. Mainline BlazBlue games were HUGE in japan, with it being popular in many Japanese arcades. With many veterans like Dogura (one of the best players in Guilty Gear) and Fenrich (arguably the best BB player, and currently one the best in DBFZ) representing the series for a long time . Sadly, The series just never took off over here in the west. Finally, BB TAG and mainline BlazBlue games are two SEPARATE things all together, with BBTAG having it's own set of rules with the system mechanics, and SIMPLIFYING ALL of the characters, though the latter may change with this new update. It's for these reasons that you can't approach BlazBlue Central Fiction in the same way that you would BBTAG. Just my two cents.

Thanks so much! I'm glad that the majority of people seemed to have received this better than I thought! I hope you enjoy the content on the channel!

@@roscodantethefightinggamen7939 too bad the majority is fine with it

I haven't had the chance to watch any Tekken tournaments since EVO Japan. If they still have that balance issue with Leroy, I could see people's perceptions plummeting. Surprisingly enough, Street Fighter 5 is finally getting a huge surge of positive reception. Better late than never.

@@roscodantethefightinggamen7939 And G been confirmed as the original boss for SFV.

You make a great point. If you think about it, other series feel stagnant like that nowadays. The only cutscenes that I really enjoyed was Heihachi vs Akuma, Kazuya vs Akuma, Heihachi vs Kazuya, Claudio's cinematic story cutscenes, every scene with Lee, Lars and Alisa, Master Raven's ending, Eliza's ending, and Steve/Nina's Ending. Thanks for checking out the video!

I think TTT2 would have sold way more if it didnt have Bound( I remeber back in 2011- 12 before it came out i said their should be a no bound option and people were disliking me for saying that and saying That bound is necessary. I am glad Tekken revolution removed bound and i could actually win online matches without being juggled for a long time with a launcher.

@@Tyrik73 I think bound is there to make it easier to understand how the combo works and it makes combos easier to do too. It does lack creativity though. I don't think we'll see a tekken game without the bound mechanic i would like to see how it goes though

We're definitely in a different era. It's an interesting perspective. It reminds me of when playtesters denounced Capcom Fighting All Stars because it was 3D with new mechanics. Rage arts are new to the series and introduces a different way of playing and strategizing, so you're valid in believing that.

I miss the days when tekken gave characters and stages for free. But i understand that they needed money after tag 2 failed so hard. I just don't think we'll ever get back to the old way of doing things. Tekken 7 made a lot of money and they will probably take the same road everytime from now on....

@@HeyMomonia tag 2 was the shit for me, i don't see why it failed. 52 characters everyone with unique tag combos and detailed stages.

@@Gazzoosethe1 I think it's a great game but way too complicated and frustrating to play. It was impossible to actually learn the game. You could think you were good then some bob/eddy would come and cheese you to death. But at the same time the game had infinite possibilites and crazy combos to create. To this day tag 2 has the best combo videos.

@@HeyMomonia that's what i liked about it. It was so creative you could play it for years and discover new things. Now tekken 7 is so simplified thar after playing leroy for 5 minutes you can go to evo

I'm betting on that too. Harada knows that we still want it. I think it's all a matter of whether or not they want to cut the profitability on SF5 and Tekken 7 early to risk putting out another game. Harada seems content with having Tekken 7 ride it out as long as its popular and profitable.

@@roscodantethefightinggamen7939 Yeah he want everybody to forget about Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V to move on into Tekken X Street Fighter.

It's funny that you comment that as I was editing a script that mentioned Oro! That would actually make for a great video. I'm gonna put that into my topic list and do some research on it.

@@roscodantethefightinggamen7939 Yes please and you can also if you want help look up other strongest Street Fighter characters videos but do a in depth analysis I will also like a Mortal Kombat and Tekken one as well cause it's good to discuss who's more stronger than who.

I barely play tekken anymore. Only when i'm with friends and i don't have as much fun as i use to.