15-Aug-2001 Tekken 3 arrives in the UK at last The third King Of Iron Fist Tournament is finally upon us! Yes, very soon youill be able to walk into your local games shop and get your hands on the biggest game of the year n Tekken 3! As well as all of the arcade gameis characters (both standard and hidden), the PlayStation version of Tekken 3 features two all-new fighters. For those who donit already know about them, hereis the lowdown. Gon is a famous Japanese comic book character whose creators are big Tekken fans. Heis good fun to play as because he has some wild moves, such as unblockable flame breath and some great throws. Doctor Boskonovitch has been part of the Tekken story right from the start, but this is the first time heis appeared in a game. Because of his mysterious crippling disease he canit stand up for long, and uses a remote-controlled robotic body suit to do some of his attacks. On top of a near-perfect conversion of the Tekken 3 arcade game, PlayStation gamers also get a bunch of extra modes for nothing! As with Tekken 2, Tekken 3 has a brilliant Practice Mode where you can fight against a dummy to your heartis content. You can also call up a moves list, learn 10-hit combos and even try out some simple floating combos. It even lets you check out the recovery time of each move and practice your attack reversals. Tekken Force is a four-level sideways-scrolling game where you have to battle against Heihachiis army of crack troops. While itis a novel idea, Tekken Force mode isnit as much fun as it could have been and can get very annoying, especially when youire attacked by two people at once. The levels arenit very big either, but itis worth playing through a few times to rescue Doctor Boskonovitch and add him to your selection of fighters. Tekken Ball is a bonus game of volleyball where the two characters hit a ball between them, trying to make it land on their opponentis side. Powerful moves charge up the ball so that it flies straight ahead, doing big damage if it connects with the other player. Great fun when you want a change from regular fights. Because Tekken 3is rendered intro and end sequences are so fantastic, Namco have included the Movie Theatre option so that you can view them at any time. Once youive completed the game as a character, their ending is added and eventually youill even get the option to put your Tekken 1 or Tekken 2 disc in the PlayStation and watch their movies as well!
Namco have done wonders with Tekken 3 n they werenit content with ijusti giving us a practically perfect arcade conversion, they went on to add loads of excellent new features on top! The graphics have been cut down very slightly, though youire only likely to notice the backgrounds not being as 3D as they are in the arcade version. The important thing is that it plays exactly like the original arcade game n and we really mean exactly! Tekken 3is biggest plus point is that anybody can play it and have a great time. If you want you can bash on the buttons and wiggle the d-pad around so that you fluke the occasional impressive move, or you can dedicate a whole year of your life to learning the most detailed intricacies. As with all the best games, it will genuinely take a lifetime to master. Disappointingly, the UK version has screen borders, and thereis been no attempt to sort out the speed loss. If this is your first experience of Tekken 3 youill never notice it, but if youive played the import version youill have to relearn all the move timings.
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