

So, the story will continue from that point onwards. Not kidding, Heihachi Mishima is speculated to be dead at least 5 times in 7 games, but he still makes his return as if the man is literally an unkillable villain.īut, at the end of Tekken 7, Heihachi Mishima is defeated and thrown into a volcano by his son and is “most likely” dead for real this time. The story features surprises at every turn to the point that the surprises aren’t even surprising anymore. Tekken Franchise features a mediocre storyline, but it still is one of the longest-running stories in video game history. Even the sound effects are different from Tekken 7 and sound more modern.Įnough about the graphics, and now, let’s move towards the story mode. However, the fight scene between Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama from the Tekken 8 trailer tells us that everything has been redone. Previously, all the installments of Tekken games reused animations from past games and weren’t drastically improved upon. The animations also appear to have been updated, and this time Bandai Namco has put a lot of effort and redoing all the animations in Unreal Engine 5. Kazuya Mishima finally looks like his age(40+), unlike in Tekken 7, where he seems maybe a year or two old than his 20-year-old son, Jin Kazama. According to Katsuhiro Harada, the game director, the trailer showed in-game footage of Tekken 8’s story mode and was recorded at 60 FPS on a Playstation 5.

The game appears to have taken a massive leap in terms of graphics. We’ll be discussing what we should expect in the new game judging from the trailer, the ending of Tekken 7, roster changes, and more. However, several patches from Bandai Namco improved the game in terms of gameplay and graphics over time. While the game turned out to be a huge success at launch, it wasn’t drastically different from the previous game in the series, Tekken 6. It came out in 2015 and is easily the most successful game in the Tekken franchise. Tekken 7 has been around for almost a decade. There’s no official release date yet, but it should be safe to assume that the game will take at least two or three years to release. The long-awaited Tekken 8 was first announced at the State of Play 2022 event, along with a compelling trailer.
