![]() ![]() There’s also a large amount of personality in the different stages, between the different interesting and goofy background animations and the excellent design put into each one in general, making them fun to fight in. The Tekken characters are especially well replicated, retaining the personality from their parent franchise while adjusting into the new series just fine, and the Street Fighter characters look as fantastic as ever, whether new or returning. The game is incredibly detailed, and each character from both universes looks absolutely amazing, whether static or in motion. Street Fighter X Tekken is not only one of the best looking fighting games to come from Capcom yet, it’s honestly one of the best looking games available for the 360 right now, as it’s technically solid and very artistically interesting. ![]() There are also a whole lot of play modes here, including the standard Arcade and Versus modes, online play that includes Ranked matches, Endless Battles, Scramble Matches and partner practice and selection options as well as replays and leaderboards, Training, Trials, Missions, a functional Tutorial and the option to customize your characters to various extents, well, there’s a lot to do here right out of the box. The game also puts together some surprising teams that make sense and are fun to see together, and their banter is often cute or funny in the right ways, especially that of Jin Kazama and Ling Xiaoyu, as the game goes with the “romantic tension” card in some surprising ways that, honestly, the Tekken franchise should consider. ![]() As the plot goes, the “magical object everyone wants to fight over” concept isn’t bad on its own, but the game does a surprising amount with it, between random bits of flavor text that come up when unrelated teams are chosen, fully rendered endings and some strong character interplay with assigned teams, and the end result is surprisingly compelling. The two major factions across the crossover universes, Shadowloo and the Mishima Zibatsu, are locked in conflict trying to acquire the device, but several other teams of fighters are interested in acquiring the device for their own reasons. It seems that a mystical box, dubbed “Pandora,” has crashed in the Antarctic, and everyone seems to want it. There is a story here, actually, and it’s as good a reason as any for a bunch of unconnected characters to beat the heck out of each other. However, for all of the good the game has to offer, well… let’s take a look. The good news is that many of these concepts do add quite a bit to the experience, and the end result is a game that’s mechanically familiar, yet quite unique in several ways. While the game looked to be coming along well at first glance at last year’s E3, the roster has expanded significantly in this time, and more than a few new concepts have been added or expanded upon since that time. ![]() Combining Capcom and Namco Bandai’s flagship fighting franchises into one title seems like an impossible task, one that both companies are independently working toward, and with Capcom’s release coming to the console market first, we get to see what Capcom’s take on the concept is. While this year is a big one for Capcom thanks in large part to their three Resident Evil titles releasing, the fighting game side of the company has its own exciting landmark to show off as Street Fighter X Tekken launches, marking one of the genre’s biggest crossover’s yet. Capcom, and they show no signs of slowing down. Capcom and introducing the world to Tatsunoko vs. Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /nfs/c12/h02/mnt/222827/domains//html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 64Ĭapcom’s been on a roll with both their fighting games and crossovers in the past few years, between reviving the Street Fighter franchise, bringing back Marvel vs. ![]()
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