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E3: Tekken 6 has beat-'em-up campaign News

Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese

5 June, 2009

Namco Bandai has unveiled a beat-'em-up campaign mode for Tekken 6 at E3.

Think third-person action but with the characters of Tekken stomping around, battering enemies, unravelling a proper story and even using guns and giant robots as well as their assorted bag of martial arts attacks.

This Scenario Campaign can be tackled alone or online with a friend, and the further characters progress the stronger they will become.

Eurogamer TV has a video of the Scenario Campaign and it looks odd in motion; these characters with their clunky wooden legs and shuffles don't appear well-suited to open levels, exploration and crowd control.

But they are designed to go head-to-head, which they will - in destructible environments where players can be thrown through walls and floors.

Tekken 6 is out on PS3 and Xbox 360 this autumn.

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Gnort
05/06/09 @ 08:34
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Namco have tried this in every game since Tekken 3, and although the attempts have been getting more polished each time, they still haven't really been worth playing, so I'm not really to enthusiastic about this news, especially if this scenario mode is the reason that the game is taking so long to come to consoles.
Steroyd
05/06/09 @ 08:38
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Online Co-op might make it interesting to play.

Tekken 3's force mode has been the best.
Darren
05/06/09 @ 08:45
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I like the sound of this mode. My one complaint with most beat 'em ups is how shallow they are as single player games.

Yes, you can argue that they are meant to played against real people but then you could say the same thing about sports games but that doesn't stop them from having career modes that add longevity. One of the main reasons SoulCalibur remains my favourite fighting franchise is because it is one of the few games to offer a decent and lengthy single player mode. Tekken 6 has become a whole lot more interesting for me now with this news. Good old Namco. :)
DFawkes
05/06/09 @ 08:45
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I like this kind of stuff in fighting games, keeps it fresh and a bit more varied.
andywilkie35
05/06/09 @ 08:52
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I hope the storyline in this is as strong as the ones in Street Fighter IV.

*FIGHT YOUR RIVAL*
Zangief: "Why so glum?"
Abel: "I don't know who I am"
Zangief: "I know what'll cheer you up, lets have a fight."
Darren
05/06/09 @ 09:02
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Eurgh, Street Fighter is the worst beam 'em up I've ever played. I hated SF IV, wished I'd never bought it. Naff characters, dull combat and terrible graphics... I can't think of a single thing I liked about it. I really must trade that game in next I'm in GAME.
Vice.Destroyer
05/06/09 @ 09:04
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*had to blink at Darren's SF4 hate*
lambtron
05/06/09 @ 09:58
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He is obviously not much of a beatemup fan ;).

This mode in Tekken has always been rubbish. It's no Streets of Rage II that's for sure.
neonemesis
05/06/09 @ 09:58
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Tekken Force in 3 was great especially when you picked up the chicken health items :)

Devil Within in T5 just came across as shit to me though. There was a similar thing in Mortal Kombat Armageddon too which I also found rather rubbish. Don't know if it's just me not liking these modes or that they genuinely aren't up to much.
OllyJ
05/06/09 @ 10:11
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I want Tekken Bowling back!!!!

I used to play that all the time!!!
Slipstream
05/06/09 @ 10:13
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The only thing 'new' about Lars is his character skin, it's quite clear that he plays like Old Jin/Devil Jin, unbelievable Namco! /slap
Darren
05/06/09 @ 10:38
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@lambtron - No, I'm not actually, I'm a casual player who prefers to hammer buttons rather than learn complex combos but even so I love SoulCalburs I to IV, enjoyed Tekken 5 and appreciated the depth and technical beauty of Virtua Fighter 5.

I'd never played a Street Fighter game until IV, I bought to see what all the fuss was about, but I just wasn't impressed at all. Sorry. Seemed very old school and, thus, dated to me and I utterly despise the visual style, it's horrible. Not for me at all, I'm afraid.

(So if anyone's interested in buying SF IV for the PS3 for, say, Ł20 + P&P then send me a message otherwise I'll trade it in at GAME next month!)
smernicki
05/06/09 @ 10:43
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@ Darren:

if you hate the visual style so much, surely you would have been put off when you looked at the screenshots on the box? had you not seen any footage of it either?
smernicki
05/06/09 @ 10:46
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@ OllyJ:

tekken bowling FTW! we used to play that all the time when i was at uni. yoshimitsu and the jack characters were banned due to their laser aiming
muscleblade
05/06/09 @ 10:51
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SFIV is not a beat em up. Its a fighter. Streets of Rage is a beat em up. Tekken 6 will be both a fighter and a beat em up.

edit. SFIV is my favourite game this year. The graphics is amazing and the gameplay incredible.
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OllyJ
05/06/09 @ 10:55
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smernicki

Same as, Laser aim was frowned upon, I always played as Bryan I think, oh man I loved Tekken Bowling!!!

I want!!!

Unless there is another similar game???
staypuft82
05/06/09 @ 10:58
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CHICKEN
uiruki
05/06/09 @ 12:41
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Namco there, still sufficiently confident in the quality of their fighting game that they don't need to add gimmicky new modes to the home port. Er...
neonemesis
05/06/09 @ 14:04
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Then there's Tekken Ball in Tekken 3...really funny to get Ko'd by a beach ball...
dudefella
05/06/09 @ 16:32
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Played this a bit on the show floor and it is terrible. The actual Tekken part of the game seems good, though (Tekken noob)

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