Tekken 5

Tekken 5 is a fighting game developed and published by Namco in 2004 for the arcades and in 2005 for the PlayStation 2. It is the sixth main installment, in the Tekken series.

Tekken 5

 * 1) The gameplay was massive improvement over Tekken 4 which make the series return to it's roots by reverted the movement back to 2.5D movement instead of Dead or Alive-esque movement, removing the poorly executed mechanics such as pillars, uneven ground and wall tech. while refining some of the mechanics of that game (juggles, walls, etc)
 * 2) This game introduce Crush System which affects vulnerability of a character while they attacking. For example, moves with crouching properties, such as Snake Edge, will be completely Invulnerable during most of its animation time to all of an opponent high attacks.
 * 3) The graphics also had been improved, and it looks great for PlayStation 2 standards.
 * 4) This game is the first Tekken game to allow character customization.
 * 5) A few new characters, such as Asuka, Feng Wei, Raven, Devil Jin, and Roger Jr. (Roger's Son and wife)
 * 6) The roster has notably got improved as well, as Tekken 5 has 33 Characters in total with a lot of returning ones.
 * 7) Story mode has improved, with everyone having interludes if the player character face opponent that they know. ie: xiaoyu vs jin, heihachi vs kazuya etc. (with some exception)
 * 8) Devil Jin is finally playable instead of being exclusive to Jin's cutscenes, that being said, they're both different characters (same person but different character slots)
 * 9) Lots of characters speak now speak their native language. (with several having some exception due to background reason)
 * 10) You can play the older Tekken Games (Tekken 1, 2, and 3) as well as Starblade (has to be unlocked in Devil Within mode) as this game is also a Arcade Emulator.
 * 11) Introduces rankings where each character has ranks that can go higher or lower depending on how you play
 * 12) Many of the endings are awesome. (Some have sad moments, such as Wang's ending)
 * 13) Awesome soundtrack, that ranging from a calmy, fun music, (Poolside, Waterfall) to straight up melodic metal. (Final Stage 2)

Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection

 * 1) 3 New Characters have been added such as Lili, Sergei Dragunov, and Armor King.
 * 2) Jinpachi is now Playable (PS3 only)
 * 3) Some changes, Jinpachi is now a lava monster instead of a crystal monster like in the original. And he was redone to become a bit more easier to battle with.
 * 4) This game resolves alot of balancing issues that the original Tekken 5 had.
 * 5) It's the first Tekken game to allow Online Multiplayer. (PS3 version only)
 * 6) More customizable features than the original version.
 * 7) Tekken Bowl returns (PSP Only).
 * 8) Some stage from Tekken 5 has completly altered, with stages having different color, texture and music. For the example stage like City of Sunset now has been changed to City Lights. And it's now set on the nightime instead of sunset.
 * 9) *And not to mention you can change the stages back to the Tekken 5 version (PS3 only) which increase the variety of the stages.
 * 10) Speaking of the music. It now features a completely rearranged version of the original Tekken 5 music. Which was just as good, if not better than the original.
 * 11) Increased the amount of rankings in the game.
 * 12) All of the characters are unlocked from the start, though this may not please some players who spent a bunch of time on the original version of the game unlocking them in the first place.

Tekken 5

 * 1) Introduces Jinpachi, one of the hardest and the most cheapest bosses in the Tekken series.
 * 2) For the first Tekken game to have character customization, it was somewhat limited as some characters only have a few items to choose from.
 * 3) First time where the final boss isn't playable (it can be understandable due to how overpowered he is. However he is unlocked in the PS3 version)
 * 4) Like mentioned in T5DR WIR #4, this game has alot of balancing issues, that so many that you maybe need to watch the video shown below.
 * 5) Devil Within mode was inferior to Tekken 4's Tekken Force mode, with the mode now focus on platforming and puzzle solving. Resulting the combat to got overly simplified to a basic level with instead of having regular fighting control like the other Tekken beat' em up modes, now it's just generic hack'n slash style control. Making the combat tend to get repetitive very quickly. Not to mention the envoirment is fairly generic and out of the 5 levels. this mode has only 3 envoirment. Contrasted with Tekken 4 Force Mode where every level has different envoirment.
 * 6) *At last but not least, the cutscenes in this mode was text only. Meaning that no effort was put into this mode.
 * 7) **Compared to Mortal Kombat Armageddon's Konquest mode (which was release a year later) this mode plays poor in comparison.
 * 8) Tekken 5 dropped the dark and realistic tone that present on the previous game resulting the various change from the art direction, setting, and the story:
 * 9) *The male characters has appeared to be slightly beefier than the previous game, with marduk being the worst example.
 * 10) *Fantasy theme stages returns with the stage now set on the various envoirment such as castle, arctic, etc.
 * 11) *The fantasy characters are also returns with JACK, Roger jr. and Mokujin,
 * 12) *Alot of inresting idea from Tekken 4's character story was either retconned or followed up poorly.
 * 13) **The most infamous of them all were Bryan and Paul where the former were supposed to became good but later turned on Dr.B and starts his rivalry with Yoshimitsu. and the latter get retconned where he lost to Kuma, resulting Paul we know today.
 * 14) Most of the dialogue is recycled, for example when you play as Nina (You fight Anna) or Anna (You fight Nina) and you defeat them, they will say the same exact thing. (This was the first time Tekken allowed swearing in the game, as if Anna/Nina gets defeated and Nina/Anna refuse to kill them. She will say "You Bitch" and throw a tantrum.)
 * 15) The Demo version was terrible, as you only play as Raven and the opponent is Asuka and you can only play in 1 stage (2 stages if randomized), and only have 1 round. And then the demo ends, Tekken 4's demo was a lot better than this.

Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection

 * 1) The ending cutscenes are recycled from Tekken 5, and it shows Jinpachi in his Crystal Form instead of his Lava Form. This was a error, due to Namco not remaking the Jinpachi cutscene, in fact the Jinpachi cutscene when you get a game over was removed in this version.
 * 2) The PS3 version lacks many modes from the PSP version and the PS2 version such as Arcade mode, Tekken Bowl mode and Customization mode.
 * 3) *In fact, on the original release of this game. The game lacks Practice mode. Something that would be patched shortly after.
 * 4) Armour King and Dragunov were rubbish in their first game due to they missing some important moves and properties that would debut on the next game.
 * 5) The Online was not that good.

TK5 balancing in a nutshell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veKNlRc9LXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGBeF4xgx00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w79rq72TwyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-PA9S7evFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr2pUCyLZrA

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