Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion Hands-on Review

I am an avid fan of fighting games and sure enough, number one on my list would be the Tekken series. For those of you who are not yet familiar with it (Where the hell have you been?), the game is on its 6^th installment and features the largest roster of fighters the series has to offer. 41 characters (yep, a lot to master) would be the count (including the 2 new characters Alisa Bosconovitch and Lars Alexandersson (Alex and Andersson anyone?!?). Alisa is a fembot (female robot) while Lars is a decendant of Heihachi Mishima (probably a relative of Jun, Jin and Kazuya)

That's a lot of characters to master

Bloodline Rebellion is a game upgrade from Tekken 6 and it features new stages, new characters and new upgrades for character items.

Upon playing, I noticed the long lines that this game has been making before players get their hands on the machine. Since I am a Tekken addict myself, I don’t mind the long lines just to play this game. Anyhow, you may also notice that if you have an old Tekken 6 data card, you can import your character and ranking on Bloodline Rebellion. The moment I inserted my data card, the machine asked me if I wanted to import my character on the game which, if I agreed, then my data card cannot be used on the old Tekken 6. I have 3 data cards and I chose to import only one who happens to be Bob (yeah, the big policeman guy)

Yep, that's Bob.. kinda looks like.. nevermind

The Experience:

I have a few problems with this arcade upgrade. First would be the cards. Now, I don’t know about this but it would be cool if I can still use an upgraded card on old Tekken 6 machines. I know it may have some limitations but I do hope that they could somehow make a fix of some sort. Also, it would be best if they nerfed some characters. Sure the health bar slowly goes down, the bound system is still there, and the crazy combos but easy execution of moves that only requires simple button mashing (I’m talking about Lili, Eddy and Christie, heck you can also count in Bryan) but does a huge amount of damage is also present. I’m not complaining because of all the fighters I have faced since playing Tekken 5, these are the characters that are mostly used. Maybe reducing their damages would be the solution. Imagine being beaten up by Lili using the same combo over… and over… and over again… now that is a pain in the… BEHIND!!!

Heads up!

As usual, now on to the good stuff: Upon noticing as I played the upgrade, the graphics were enhanced because of the motion blur that was placed in the game, making the characters look as if they are moving smoothly and life-like. Also, the list of in-game items that can customize your character has been added. From Dreadlocks to shades, even a grim reaper costume; talk about fashion. Also some items equipped to your character can be used while in battle. For example, Miguel’s guitar can be smashed onto the opponents while equipping a Gatling gun to Bryan fury will result to him shooting bullets. A nice addition I may say. Also some combos have been already toned down (but not the mentioned characters before this part) giving new players little chance of survival against the veterans (I’m guessing a 2% percent survival rate) while new moves have been added to some characters.

Graphics have been enhanced and new stages are available

What can I say?

Overall, Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion is a breath of fresh air to the aging series. By introducing new characters (which I’ll try to learn and see if they are worthy to be used or not), a deeper customization, and improved graphics, the game would sure eat up some money on players like me. Still, Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion is something fun to play and will surely take time to master. The console version would be available (By 4^th quarter of this year). Before that happens, see you round the machines. If you happen to fight an opponent using the !26! as their name and Bob as their character, chances are, you are fighting with me.

2 Responses to “Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion Hands-on Review”

1. Leshka says:

   March 16, 2009 at 1:52 am

   are you have some fotos for this story?
2. popo says:

   March 16, 2009 at 3:18 am

   @Givi, Leshka

   Thanks and hope you liked my review about it.