Why Tekken 7 is the most important game in the franchise

[@geraldtorres5339]

T7 from s1 to s2 before the crazy dlc character was peak competitive Tekken.

[@Magician555]

Agreed. Overtuned dlc balance really damaged what would be otherwise just goated Pro tekken.

[@bobbyshewan4229]

I have spent a pretty absurd amount of hours of my life playing, loving, and adoring Tekken 7. My gripes on the single player side still exist and have been remedied by 8 in spades, but 7 was the pinnacle of the foundation the series was built on since 4-5 imo. 8 is great in that it’s the most accessible Tekken has ever been, but learning and growing in that game doesn’t come close to being as satisfying as 7 or any other game before it

[@erichthegraham]

Definitely feel like I missed out by not playing more T7. Just didn't have time for it, I guess, but honestly playing more T8 has been making me appreciate it more. Maybe I'll find a group that likes T7 and learn Geese.

[@Magician555]

I really do hope that T7 regains an active playerbase so that people who prefer it to T8 can still find matches and be part of a community. Good luck with learning Geese!

[@fobo3361]

I think T8 absolutely has the ability to surpass 7, but its a LONG way from that, i mean very long, they gotta sort out this balancing and introduce some cyberpunk 2077 level overhauls to this game to get its gameplay to match or surpass T5, its roster to even lick the taint of tag2, and generate the hype of T7, customization of 6 would be nice aswell Its funny i actually find myself hype for T8 S2 like its a new game, this is how i felt when i played the beta and was waiting for the full release, i feel like S1 was just another beta, so very hyped for S2 and have very high expectations

[@M1SH1M_A]

Tekken 7 is one of the games I should've more played at the time, I got T7 bc of PS plus but I barely even tried it, I got it a month before T8 released. After I played T8, I tried out T7 after playing T8 so much. I like the consistensy of the gameplay more then T8. It has no heat meter and had movesets that I think Bandai should've kept. But now T7 barely has players after T8 Came out, I wish the playercount was still 1000+ or add crossplay for T7 as a final update. I would wish that one day will be a revival for Tekken 7 so everyone will play it.

[@Magician555]

The T7 vs T8 is the single most polarizing tekken related debate right now. Adding heat leads to more active gameplay visually, but less options and more forced and true 50/50s technically. I'm at least happy that there are both arguments on both sides and I hope T7 regains a big active playerbase in the future so that you and others like you can still enjoy playing it!

[@Chafai4375]

my gameplay made it to the goat's video! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Magician555]

YOU are the goat, I am merely a sheep...

[@gearseedzero1330]

Next year I'm going to start making content themed around making time and building community for older fighting games (while also still keeping up with games like T8, SF6, maybe COTW). I didn't play enough of T7, but T8 has been really fun, and with Virtua Fighter coming back into the conversation there's plenty to do. Anyway, great video, I think you are right that T7 represents a style that cannot be fully replaced. I heard that Tekken fans generally ditch the previous game when a new one comes out, which I thought was strange until I realized: Tekken is the most consistent FG franchise outside of Virtua Fighter. By consistent, I mean that each game has been an incremental change on fundamentally the same game. Until T8, while there were some big changes, they were part of a progression that felt like the continuation of one game (mostly). Compare that to SF, where each game is its own series (2, Alpha, 3, 4 all have multiple versions but are very different games with wildly different rosters.) I can only imagine the confusion/ conflict many Tekken players have about this. I think T8 is a really good game, and in a year or two we'll be really solid overall. I just also think that T7 is special and I hope it always has a side community keeping it alive, cuz I wanna play both.

[@davidparry5310]

I'd like to see the growth of a side community for pre-T7 games, and to this end, I hope that Bandai Namco create a port of those games for contemporary hardware, replete with decent netplay, so that those of us who want to play them online can do so without having to faff about with emulation.

[@Luka_935]

Yo nah dude i wont accept the tekken 4 slander that game is peak, maybe not so the gameplay but everything else

[@falcon5822]

Every tekken game except 1 is good

[@chucklos391]

Tekken 7 was amazing. Tekken 8 is awesome in its own way. Love both.

[@davidparry5310]

I don't particularly care for either, and would sooner play older entries in the series anyday.

[@SenpaiMusick]

Tekken 4's graphics are much good than 5,6 on ps2

[@JodaroKujo]

3:24 wish I could use this rage art in Tekken 8

[@Magician555]

Bamco adding new rage arts in T8 is not out of the question, but there's no way they're putting them for free lol (either tekken shop or battle pass)

[@theantagonist2960]

My first and favorite tekken is 6 but unfortunately I didn't really understand fighting games till I became an adult. Now I am only good at tekken 8 and a little bit of tekken 7.

[@Magician555]

Same. Spent so much time randomly pressing buttons with my cousins in t5 and 6. Wasn't until the end of tag2 when we started learning how to play tekken. At least now I feel like I'm kinda good lol

[@preBLANK]

My journey was crazy from not knowing which buttons do what in tekken 3 (Pc didn't know the binds and actually what to press ) to still not knowing wtf to do in Tekken 7 ranked after 300h (Most played game that I am still playing). One day listening to guile sf 2 ost and feeling strangely nostalgic to it and then ken's one to actually fkin trying sf2 and the motion input thing(Cracked).To then actually wanting to buy my first game ever (that too a fg coz I wanna fight real people) from the money my parents gave me to buy food I had two choice in the steam sale. Now Do I buy the motion input game series sf5 of 4dollar or TEKKEN 7 of 2dollar which I only had some memories of t3((30min max) so didn't actually know what I was getting into. I saw some people hated sf 5 a bit also it was double the price so I bit the bullet of my sf2 fun and bought tk7 and boy the interest of fg and fgc the rest is history. All of this happened in 2023 (last year of tekken7 and cementing the game into my heart forever) The irony was I hated the idea of fg like how could someone buy/play a game restricted to a box(without trying them ofc I mean I did play shadow fight 2 but that doesn't count) to it being one of my fav genre.

[@yassdx4030]

Beautiful video 👏

[@Taktaagic]

Tekken 7 has Noctis and Negan which is peak. Despite the graphics making me want to delete my eyes I still love going back to T7 purely because of how much I love Noctis and Negan. I miss them ;-;

[@preBLANK]

Funny thing is how I played t8 on my new pc with lowest graphics and potato stage mods to that pc becoming broke to then going back to t7 with lowest graphics and potato mods on my older pc now. Guess what the game is blurry and all but its still fun.

[@Nadia-r4j8t]

I fully agree we won't get another tekken as good as 7 ,alot of people disagree but i truly belive t7 was the best game competitively definitely was more balanced as well compared to 8 even despite the 2d character's, i just feel like tekken lost its essence in 8 ,its not the same game anymore .

[@Magician555]

Give it some time. T8 can become amazing if the devs make the right decisions

[@Nadia-r4j8t]

@Magician555 I really hope so bro .

[@auroranamex5886]

Why everybody ignores steam release. It's so stupid imo. The whole PC market has become available, and everyone talks about rage arts being added lol

[@AAJOB]

No PC release and 0 marketing and then they wonder why TTT2 did poorly 🤡, most incompetent video game company in the business

[@noahwaxegard9852]

Amazing video, hope you get more recognition❤

[@Magician555]

Thank you for the kind words, I'll do my best!

[@igromech]

Thank you for analytics

[@Magician555]

No problem, thx for watching

[@yossel_6154]

ZAM 🤪 !! Magician looking fresh af ! cool face reveal.. here's for many more 🥂

[@MegaBat91]

T7 saved the franchise, but T8 is more fun to play and watch. I'm glad T7 paved the way for T8 to shine.

[@Magician555]

Thank you. You summarized the whole idea I was trying to convey in one comment (although T8 being more fun to play is very debatable lol)

[@MegaBat91]

@Magician555 i don't think it's very debatable, but to each their own.

[@aopbrij]

Now I know why TEKKEN 6 looks so shit even in PS3 emulator. I can't even run it in 1080p. Have to use default 720p which is so bad in quality 😭😩❤️ but still game holds a special place in my heart I spent my most time with 6

[@zesork5627]

3:15 what? thats a performance mod

[@Magician555]

Pretty sure that happened to me more than once on PS4

[@zesork5627]

@@Magician555 i used that as a mod when i didt have a pc

[@FireTrainer92]

Calling the the Late T7 dlc exploitative is a bit much and took me out of the video. Overtuned for sure but that was after a good portion of the DLC characters were either mid to terrible with two exceptions.

[@Magician555]

To me, making the dlc so strong that they will always be present in tournament is enough to call it exploitative. Some got nerfed like fahk, but kuni continued to thrive too well in my opinion. But I'm sure both sides have some good points, and I'm not here to argue lol

[@Luke-cb5ge]

Im really not a fan of this game geese akuma break the game also its lack luster all over I like lucky Chloe and katarina and that Thai boxer but the game for me was not fun

[@yesboss7569]

No man i hate tekken7 due to very bad buttons inputs timing --- tekken 8 just secured my future of learning tekken !!! Tekken 8 ❤❤❤❤ is best

[@Magician555]

Tekken 8 hasn't added any buffer frames neither for buttons nor for directions, they only added extra recovery frames for fast moves like jabs to make whiff punishment easier. But whatever, good on you for liking T8!

[@yesboss7569]

@Magician555 yeah bro luckily and finally a game is good for me 1st time :v but im still a bad player

[@julieallen07]

too bad T8 made T7 totally pointless

[@Magician555]

I think the only aspect in which T8 made T7 irrelevant is the storyline. Other than that, T7 feels more like a big step in a different direction for tekken, and I'm sure most of the community will remember it fondly

[@davidparry5310]

Yeah, it's made it pointless in marking the death knell of the franchise, thereby undoing what T7 accomplished (whatever my many criticisms of T7) in reversing the fortunes of the franchise.