Ready to take the fight to the next level?
More and more fighters are joining the next installment of the King of Iron Fist Tournament - and it's time to explain some of the new mechanics introduced in TEKKEN™8.
If you are already familiar with the Tekken game series, such as basic moves & general mechanics, feel free to jump to the New Gameplay Mechanics section of this article!
Get ready - your fate awaits!
Summary
Interface
1. Health Gauge: Your character's life. When you get hit by an attack, your Health Gauge decreases. If your opponent's Health Gauge reaches 0, you win the round.
2. Time Limit: When it reaches 0, time is up. In that case, the player with the fullest Health Gauge wins.
3. Number of won rounds: Whenever you win a round, you get a point. You win the match when you win the amount of rounds represented by the number of dots.
4. Heat Timer: When this gauge is active, Heat related moves can be activated. You have 10 seconds when the Heat system starts to perform your moves. When it depletes, the Heat state ends.
5. Heat Energy: You can perform special moves by using your Heat Energy reserve - you have two of them.
6. Recoverable Gauge: When you block some special moves or get hit by aerial combos, a part of the damage taken is remains as a Recoverable Gauge.
Controls
1. Left Punch
2. Right Punch
3. Left Kick
4. Right Kick
1 + 3. Throw (1)
2 + 4. Throw (2)
5. (When Heat activation available) Heat Burst
5. (During Heat) Heat Smash
6. (During Rage) Rage Arts
7. Arcade Style <-> Special Style
Battle Features / New Gameplay Mechanics:
Tekken 8 provides both players and audiences the most exhilarating experience yet within the series through a new battle system and evolved visual expressions.
Rage System
1. During Rage State
Effect: When a Character's health drops to a certain level, it automatically enters a "rage state" and its attack power increases.
Activation/Command: When a gauge gets decrease, it is automatically activated.
2. Rage Art
Effect: Powerful special moves can be activated as a one-shot turnaround.
Activation/Command: During Rage state,
or R2
Recoverable Gauge
Occurrence
A part of the damage taken by blocking certain heavy moves or by aerial combos remains as a recoverable gauge.
Recovery
The gauge will be recovered when a player attack a hit or make it guard.
Heat System
What is “Heat” ?
- “Period of time that is overwhelmingly beneficial to the attacker”, based on the concept of being “Aggressive”.
- The user enters a state of enhancement and awakening for a certain period of time, and can create a starting point for tactics and offensive actions.
Heat Timer
- Heat can be activated once per round for 10 seconds.
- Heat timer stops while an opponent is hit or down state.
If you play well, you can keep the Heat state for a long time.
How to activate Heat state?
1. Heat Burst
Effect:
- Activating Heat while setting up a slamming attack.
- It gives a slight advantage on hit and on guard over the opponent.
Command: R1
2. Heat Engager
Effect:
- Attack that can activate Heat if that hit an opponent.
- After the hit, a character runs to the opponent and gains a significant advantage.
Command: Multiple moves depends on character. Refer on other reference material.
What you can do during the heat state
1. Heat Smash
Effect:
- Consume all Heat Energy to give huge damage.
- Heat state ends when Heat Smash is used
Command: R1
2. Heat Dash
Effect:
- If activated when a Heat Engager is hit, an opponent‘s reaction changes and connecting to a combo gets possible.
- If activated when a Heat Engager is guarded, you can get close to an opponent and make an advantageous situation.
Command: During heat state, hit or guard your opponent with the Heat Engager. And R1 as a leading input or ⇨.
3. During Heat State
Effect:
- Even if guarded, damage can be inflicted as a recoverable gauge.
- Character personalities and characteristics are enhanced.
Controller Style
Two types of control methods
Arcade Style: Authentic Tekken traditional play style with a high degree of freedom
Special Style: The "Easy Combo" and "Assist" features of Tekken 7 have been combined and evolved.
- Each button has a recommended move and combo for each character.
- New controls that feel more like action games, specialized for casual play
TEKKEN™8 will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam
For more information about TEKKEN™8, check the latest news!
