the new century of fighting games

this is great, finally someone who understands why T4 was goated and isn't a hater

Tekken 4 was way ahead of its time, kinda the MGS2 of the Tekken series. here's hoping that Harada and Co. realize that for Tekken 9

Tekken Tag, Tekken 4 and Tekken 5 are my faves, I just love that Y2K aesthetic of these games

Something I've noticed about Tekken 4 was how it's basically like street fighter 3 in both tone and current day reception but in the opposite way. SF3 had the Streets vibe but in a more upbeat way, jazz and rap music, graffiti, this more relaxed and americana like vibe especially in the New York city stage. Tekken 4 however went for a far more Darker tone, the music was more intense, A lot of stages really give off the vibe of danger just look at the parking lot stage that's the kind of place you expect a mugging to happen. A lot of character designs exemplify this even more, just look at the designs for, Paul and, Marduk, they look like they would be right at home in a Def Jam game. And when it comes to reception both games were basically hated by most fans at launch but over the years their respective communities look at them more favorably, Street fighter 3 being seen as one if not the biggest game in the FGC while Tekken 4 is seen more so as a fun casual title that you pop in to play with your friends.

The thing I love about tekken 4 is how almost every stage feels connected, like it's very possible that the airport, mall, beach, parking garage etc, could just be the part of one single city, Normally it'd be boring having most stages take place in one city, but tekken 4 stands out because 90 percent of fighting games take the street fighter 2 route and have stages all over the world This makes the game feel personal (My headcanon is that the rooftop, mall and parking garage stages are just different floors of the same building)

I miss early 2000's aesthetic/tone of 'excited yet scared' of the new, digital millennium, that games like this, MGS2 and to a more light hearted (With oddly dark moments) extent, Megaman Battle Network had. I was a happy kid when this was on my PS2 demo disc that came with the console. The Tekken 4 soundtrack stays ON during T8 ranked sessions. (Can't wait to put Kitsch on the beach stage when Lidia comes out. Also shoutout to Violet's costumes in this game. Lee's got drip I had to recreate in T8.)

Welcome to the King of STEVE

Oh damn, I played the shit out of this game as a child and teen. It was the Entrance Game what made me love the Tekken Franchise so much. It was pure vibing with my sisters.

Xiaoyu's thousand yard stare really kills me 😂

Tekken 4 is still one of my favorite Tekken games it was good and it's the reason I got back into the series when I was a teenager

Tekken 4 was one of those games I never owned myself, but would always play at my cousins house. I owned Tekken 5 at the time so it was cool to feel the differences from tone to gameplay when I went over there and honestly it makes both of them stand on their own, which is good.

The ps2 era of Tekken games really was the peak of the Tekken Franchise, even though Tekken 6 was a great game but it lost a lot of what the older games had, that made them special, really enjoyed this, great video man :)

Loved T4 when it came out. Still love it til this day.

Tekken 4 was one of the best !

Your channel gives me a lot of ThorHighHeels vibes, love it

I Love to hear Touch n Go also inner shrine sounds

Tekken 4 on a cloudy day in 2002

Runescape in a tekken video is always welcomed

I remember seeing Tekken 4 in an arcade. The dark aesthetics were so cool.

babe wake up another tekken 4 retrospective just dropped (based)