Cracking the complexities of Tekken's brand of 3D fighting is more within reach than ever.įight Lab won't turn Tekken novices into experts, but it gives players the tools they need to start learning individual characters. For veterans of the King of Iron Fist Tournament, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 boasts just about every feature that could be asked of a fighting game, most notably online multiplayer that performs spectacularly and a deep practice mode. A new training mode called Fight Lab opens the door for Tekken novices, even if it requires hours of training.

Factor in the huge roster, now 50-plus fighters deep, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 becomes a handful.īut Namco Bandai has eased the learning curve. The series' intuitive core - four attack buttons, one dedicated to each limb - is complicated by tag teams and new combo techniques. Over 18 years, Tekken has established a complex vocabulary full of huge combo strings, complicated juggling mechanics, and a hardcore scene based around frame-counting - a tougher dialect than most fighting games. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is an immersion course in the language of 3D fighting games.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2's kitchen sink approach pays off with a huge cast and a ton of modes for brawlers of all ability levels.

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