/vr/ - Retro Games

>created to be the “Saturn killer” (or more accurately, trying to replicate the success of the Saturn/Virtua Fighter launch)
>one of the first proper 3D fighters that wasn’t VF
>advertised heavily with the launch of the PlayStation
>highly anticipated
>magazines saying it’s one of the best looking games ever made
>import reviews hail it as a masterpiece
>game sells boatloads
>critically acclaimed and hailed as one of the best fighters of all time, if not the best
>Ken Kutaragi publicly calls it the best game available for the PlayStation at launch
>so popular it gets an OVA adaption
>1 year later
>game is now seen as a shallow, awkward, unfun fighter that doesn’t really have much going for it
>Tekken 1 made it look like a joke mere months after it comes out
>sequels keep getting worse and worse to the point where the 4th one is ripped to shreds and isn’t even released in the US
>franchise dies at the end of the generation while Tekken and Virtua Fighter continue to make their rounds

lmao

This piece of shit right here actually sold millions, yet the series was dead and buried by the second game.

The music is amazing, the 90's anime character designs are ok and everything else is crap.