Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Introduction
Tekken Tag Tournament 2, or TTT2, is a 360º fighting game. You have control of one or two characters depending on how you want to fight against another player or the AI. TTT2 is the 8th main game released by Namco under the name Tekken. TTT2 was released in Japan in September 14th 2011 on the Arcade machines, then later released on consoles in 2012 September the 11th.
SinglePlayer (7/10)
TTT2 holds a variety of game modes that give the users a chance to learn how to play the game if they haven't played before or in a while. There is also a campaign like game mode that allows users to learn the back story of each character or just to warm up which is known as Arcade mode. Another game mode that can be accessed alone is called survival, this is where the user can choice one or two characters and take down as many AI's as they can with a limited amount of health, whilst winning a round gives back a little health at a time.
The controls for Tekken are as simple as the four buttons on the controller; X, Circle, Square and triangle, or if your on Xbox; A, B, Y, X. You also use the directional pad to change the combination your pulling off. The controller can also be configured so the user can use different buttons depending on their liking. The game can also be changed on difficulty depending on how well you play, it starts from Easy and ends at Ultra hard, each having their own perks.
In SinglePlayer, when your facing the AI it learns how you play causing the user to change their play style in order to succeed in their game, it also helps the user prepare for online play. The AI learns at different rates depending on the difficulty and also if you use the same character more often than others.
The UI, User interface, is pretty simple as all it contains is the Time, how many rounds you need to win and the health remaining of the characters. Making it simple and less distracting for players.
One of the issues with single player is the repetition of the gameplay, the only way to avoid the repetition is by changing up characters every so often, but that leads to the process of learning a new character all over again which can put people of playing new characters.
MultiPlayer (6/10)
Online there is only one game mode which is just simple vs mode, but there are two ways of getting to it. Ranked match which is where you enter practice mode until the servers has found a suitable match for you to fight against. Or player match where you go against anyone and everyone no matter the rank you are.
Trying to enter an online battle can be easy, depending on the time you are playing. It is easier to find a battle when a majority of players are on, which is normally after 22:00 BST. To access online all you have to do is click 'Online mode'.
Another cool aspect to TTT2 which doesn't have to do with online, but does online, is the character customisation. The user is given almost full control on how their favorite character looks.They can choose from different head attachments all the way to adding weapons which can be used during battle.
Online play has a massive problem, mainly because your against nearly everyone, with professional players or players that refuse to lose. When professional players use new characters online, even if they don't know them that well, they tend to throw everything at players no matter their skill level. Also people who don't like to lose are often picking fast and spam-able characters that don't allow players to retaliate.
Graphical Quality (8/10)
Tekken has started back from the arcade machines so the graphics for the first few games were the best, but as the years and games have gone by the graphics have improved to the point where in 2011 it couldn't get any better. Through out the game, you don't stumble across any misplaced textures, or any other mishaps that might ruin the game. Although Tekken is a fighting game where graphics aren't a real problem, but sometimes the characters look like they have been placed on a greenscreen leaving a outline around them which sticks out.
Sound Quality (7/10)
For a fighting game, sound isn't the biggest thing to look out for, but when it comes to Tekken the sound is precise to the mini second. Also each character has their own audio cues when entering or exiting the screen, and also audio for getting hit. One of the biggest issues with the sound for Tekken is the repetition when in game, either you'll get hit or your opponent gets hit and it is the same audio no matter what attack is done.
Overall Impression (7/10)
Overall Tekken is a quick and simple game to get the hang of, as long as you want to spend most of your online time against someone that won't give you a chance, or getting kicked by the final boss which is roughly the same. The graphics for the game are amazing, if you don't have a sharp eye for faults and the same for the sound. For a game only worth £15.99 for download it is worth the money if you want to release stress out on AI after a long stressful game of Call Of Duty.
Image by NamcoBandai Games (Publisher), Yuichi Yonemori (Director), Katsuhiro Harada (Producer)
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