Tekken 3: An Important Transitional Game

Tekken 1 and Tekken 2 were basically trying to get Tekken to its image. Tekken 3 itself is an important transitional game that broke the mold for the better. How is that? Tekken 2 supposedly killed Kazuya (who was revived back in Tekken 4) and Tekken 3 happens sometime after Tekken 2 when the new menace known as Ogre attacks the world. The new protagonist is Kazuya's illegitimate son, Jin Kazama who bears a striking resemblance to his father. So let's get it down, shall we?

Tekken 3's introduction here outdid Tekken 2's introduction. Tekken 2 was more or less a conservative upgrade of Tekken 1. But here, you can see that the CGI graphics of the FMV videos even in the endings, have already been upgraded.

Tekken 3 also introduced the characters with their own fighting stances compared to the first two games. It also added more to the moves list to challenge the player even more. Mokujin was a character who imitated everyone except Ogre and True Ogre.

Tekken 3 was a very high-budget game for a system that was about to get obsolete. Tekken 3 featured a better introduction scene, better graphics, and smoother gameplay. It also introduced the concept of side-stepping though it was at its crude stage at best. But one can't deny that Tekken 3 was really advanced compared to most 3D fighting games of the PS1 at that time, even those from its mother company Namco.

The boss Ogre/True Ogre for me would be an important transition to making bosses more of a challenge. Devil is the first supernatural boss in Tekken. Ogre would try to introduce harder to defeat bosses with unfair advantage. I felt like using True Ogre gave you an unfair advantage in Tekken 3. Tekken 5 returned that concept in the form of the unplayable Jinpachi who was later powered down for Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

As said, while I would usually pick up the latest Tekken games to play but I cannot deny, Tekken 3 is one important transitional game for the game series!