Tekken 3: oh my god what a great game (Tekken 3 (PS))

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Product:	Tekken 3 (PS)
Date:	26/09/01 (4 review reads)
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Advantages: great game , good graphics, brilliant game play

Disadvantages: none

GAMEPLAY:

There’s no doubt that this is a deep game, it has 6 familiar game modes (Arcade, Versus, Team, Survival, Time Attack, and Practice), and 2 all-new game modes, which are Tekken Ball (volleyball type mini-game) and Tekken Force (Final Fight type mini-game). Although the latter two aren’t that original, they are relatively fun for a while and help break the monotony that’s always associated with fighting games. There are a few new hidden characters such as Gon and Doctor. B, but they all suck. Since those characters are extra however, they shouldn’t affect the score. The regular new characters are Eddy, Hwarang, Xiaoyu, and Jin, and all the old characters have returned except for Jun. Each character has a lot of moves and it will take you long to memorize them. This game does support the new Dual Shock Analog Controller (very nicely I might add), which heightens the experience by offering different degrees of force feedback with each hit or miss. If you still don’t have the Dual Shock controller, go buy it now. Most future games will support the new shock feature. Hidden in this game is a new feature called Theater mode, this allows you to see all the FMV in the game after you reveal them, and it also allows you to listen to all the music in the game. You can also see and hear all the FMV and music from Tekken 1 or 2, provided you have the discs or stored memory.

FUN AND REPLAY VALUE:

As unimportant as the new additions may be, Namco should get some credit for at least trying to make the experience as enjoyable as it could. Tekken 3 is a very fun game that doesn’t wear out quickly. You’ll want to learn the moves for most characters and get all the endings. The real fun of this game though, is playing it against a second player, because that’s the whole purpose of fighting games after all. The computer opponent does offer you a challenge in case you don’t have a friend to play aga
inst, but not enough to frustrate you.

WORTH BUYING: YES

If fighting games are your thing, Tekken 3 is the best currently on the PlayStation and you should buy it. Even if you're not a fighting game fan, you should at least give it a try. It has cost $44.99 since it came out in June and is going down in price, so it’s one of the cheaper titles. A must buy.

OVERALL:

Another great game from the company that keeps giving us one awesome game after another. Tekken has yet to reach the perfection of Virtua Fighter 2, so lets not even comment on VF3.

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