The best fighting game that you can ever get to play with robust gameplay put together with jaw dropping grafix.....
First of all this is the new entry in namco's famous fighting genre which has redifined the way games have been played.With the Introduction of 3 new players know as asuka kazama,feng wei and raven they have exoanded the roster of the tekken series for further a do.These new character have there own unique and impressive styles which therefore created a more diverse and immersive game.Besides the new players that have been incurred in the new game namco has bundled the original tekken which was realeased on the ps1 and the (ARC) besides that tekken2 and tekken3 like wise which makes this game a great value pack for enthusiast's.
Gameplay:-
Tekken 5 would be by far the fastest game in the series with the introduction of quite a few moves for many of the legendary players in the game.The gameplay has been tweaked a bit from the previous installment of tekken 4.This game has provided us with the most skillful and professional game ever seen in any other beat em up which im sure youll have to experience to know what im saying.If you liked the gamplay of any of the previous installments of the tekken serious i would recomend this game to you or in that case for any beat em up fan out there.Although this game has no online play which is dissapointing i would say that you could still play this game for hours and hours without fail.
Grafix:-
Namco has developed a new engine for this game which have managed to pull of quite a bit of more polygons and testures than its previous installment.The skin and hair textures seen in the game are uncomparable to the previous game.The lighting efeects are ambient and the character models have been worked upon with improved character models this time around.This game is a grafical showpiece for any gamer out there.
Sound:-
This games sound is quite impressive with some original sound tracks that help the adreniline flow during the intense battles.The voice acting is simply amazing.This game sound is at its best with anyone out there who has a dolby prologic setup.
Closing comments:-
If you combine the gameplay,grafix and sound which is provided in this game you get a simply stunning gave in every aspect which i would say a must have PS2 title for anyone out there even if your not a beat em up fan i would recoment you get this to show your buddies the grapgical power of the PS2 which im sure will blow them away provided the game has been programmed well.
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Gamespot senior editor.