Bandai Namco has gone on record that it's trying to create a cinematic and engaging story mode for Tekken 7. The highly anticipated fighter, which launches on PlayStation 4 early next year, has looked stellar for months now as we've guzzled down gameplay taken from the title's arcade incarnation, but will its aforementioned story mode live up to the rest of the release? Going by these fresh details, it may be possible.
The Japanese publisher states that the mode is "several hours long" and includes unlockable side stories. Once again, the plot will focus on the Mishima Zaibatsu, with head honcho Heihachi and vengeful son Kazuya taking centre stage. And, as you can see from the screenshots that we've embedded, the story looks to cover quite a lot of ground, as we can see a very youthful Kazuya taking on his father at the Dragon's Nest.
Newcomer Claudio will also play a role in one of the narrative's arcs. He's actually an exorcist that belongs to a group called the Archers of Sirius - a clan that's been "banishing supernatural entities from the world since ancient times". We assume that he'll be going after the devil gene, then.
Are you looking forward to Tekken 7's story mode? Do you think it'll be a fun ride, or do you think that story modes in fighting games rarely stand out? Throw your son off a cliff and into the comments section below.
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Kid Kazuya rocking this eyebrows.
This could be fun. And it will be there at launch!
Hope it’s not a totally stinker like 6
Tekken 1-3 = love
Tekken tag = ok, but soooo slow
Tekken 4 = poor
Tekken 5 = love and we are back on track!
Tekken 6 = what the fudge!!!!! Terrible, terrible game
Tekken tag 2 = pretty good
@K-Wud Tekken 6 wasn't that bad was it? Although I do agree that the series has never quite lived up to the glory days of Tekken 2 and 3. Fortunately, I think Tekken 7 is looking amazing.
@ShogunRok - totally agree, and I for one loved playing Tekken Tag with my mates with Hwoarangs' sidestep grab moves 😊
Can't wait to get this Tekken 7 is shaping up as a statement on PS4....and clearly they've taken stock of Street Fighter 5's lack of story mode.
@ShogunRok Others might have enjoyed it and fair play but it never clicked with me. The graphics seemed grimy, the input had massive lag and it had some of the cheapest boss characters ever to (dis)grace a video game.
I remember picking it up (PS3) a few days after launch, from my local store and the shop clerk said you won’t like this one “it’s pretty bad” and even warned me, he had already received loads of trade-ins of the game.
How I laughed, this man clearly didn’t understand how truly awesome Tekken was or how much I loved the series. How wrong I was, back within a few day’s looking for a good trade-in and this time it wasn’t me doing the laughing!
@K-Wud Yeah, that boss character... was it Azrael? Something like that - he was absolutely crap, even worse than Jinpachi in Tekken 5. To be honest, I don't remember a great deal about Tekken 6. I can sort of recall the weird story mode with Lars, but that's about it. Got a lot more enjoyment out of TTT2.
That last line though...lol. Had me rollin' at work. I think this sounds awesome. Very interested to see what it'll be like. Been a big fan since the first one.
I played Tekken 7 in an arcade in Japan last year. Absolutely brilliant game in action, and lucky chloe is a fantastic new addition to the roster. Cant wait for this.
@K-Wud Can not agree more with you! How they could fu*k up so bad after Tekken 5?
At least 7 seems like a redemption!
But, but I already know what happens. Volcano drop, Kazuya becomes sharkboy and lava girl.
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