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And it does both well, to an extent.\u00a0 I got to play the opening chapter of Arcade Quest, and a little bit extra, at a recent Tekken 8 preview, and while I enjoyed my time with the mode, it didn\u2019t entirely sell me on its concept and story. Namely, as someone who didn\u2019t grow up in arcades but covers the fighting game community closely and has heard stories about how things ran back then, it seems Bandai kept things a little too PG compared to Tekken 8\u2019s main story.\u00a0 Clear outline, poor execution The intro seemed realistic enough, with a Tekken newbie watching a TWT tournament and getting inspired to compete at a small, local event to get a feel for the game and learn from a few more experienced friends. The tutorial and advice you get from your resident Tekken-buddy Max is simple enough to get you started before you play through a basic tournament against CPU opponents, none of which stand out too much. My issue comes with the basic interactions, characterizations, and portrayals. I will preface this take with the fact I only played an hour of Arcade Quest and was limited to the first arcade and some Ghost AI battles, so I am only giving an opinion on the surface level of the mode and its story based on my preview and discussions with other players. But with that said, one of the main comments after the play session was how the intro arcade lacked the feel of a classic arcade with an FGC presence. The characters are all one-note, the first arcade felt a bit too modern, and the core story conflict being how you can\u2019t just play\u00a0Tekken\u00a0for fun while improving as a player is a bit childish.\u00a0 The antagonist, Orochi, is a top player who thinks playing Tekken with friends and having fun with it isn\u2019t a mindset for aspiring pros he wants to face on his way to a TWT title. 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And it does both well, to an extent.\u00a0 I got to play the opening chapter of Arcade Quest, and a little bit extra, at a recent Tekken 8 preview, and while I enjoyed my time with the mode, it didn\u2019t entirely sell me on its concept and story. Namely, as someone who didn\u2019t grow up in arcades but covers the fighting game community closely and has heard stories about how things ran back then, it seems Bandai kept things a little too PG compared to Tekken 8\u2019s main story.\u00a0 Clear outline, poor execution The intro seemed realistic enough, with a Tekken newbie watching a TWT tournament and getting inspired to compete at a small, local event to get a feel for the game and learn from a few more experienced friends. The tutorial and advice you get from your resident Tekken-buddy Max is simple enough to get you started before you play through a basic tournament against CPU opponents, none of which stand out too much. My issue comes with the basic interactions, characterizations, and portrayals. I will preface this take with the fact I only played an hour of Arcade Quest and was limited to the first arcade and some Ghost AI battles, so I am only giving an opinion on the surface level of the mode and its story based on my preview and discussions with other players. But with that said, one of the main comments after the play session was how the intro arcade lacked the feel of a classic arcade with an FGC presence. The characters are all one-note, the first arcade felt a bit too modern, and the core story conflict being how you can\u2019t just play\u00a0Tekken\u00a0for fun while improving as a player is a bit childish.\u00a0 The antagonist, Orochi, is a top player who thinks playing Tekken with friends and having fun with it isn\u2019t a mindset for aspiring pros he wants to face on his way to a TWT title. So, to prove him wrong, you and your new friends are going to try and make it to the TWT finals, which will likely end in Orochi being one of the final opponents and eventually accepting that Tekken can be fun and competitive\u2014or some variant of a Dragon Ball tournament arc plot. But in the opening, at least, there wasn\u2019t any real trash talk or something to make the experience feel heated.\u00a0 \"Do you mind leaving the game? I would rather play with the AI.\" In Tekken 8\u2019s main story, you will be trying to control Jin\u2019s inner demon and stop Kazuya from changing the fate of humanity with a potential world-ending iteration of the King of Iron Fist Tournament. You will face the concept of death and other brutalities frequently during that journey, but in Arcade Quest, there was barely even dialogue calling your avatar a scrub and insulting their abilities. It was all surface-level talk about approaching the game.\u00a0 Because this is a side mode built partly to introduce casual fans to features like the combat trials, Ghost AI, and other training options, I can\u2019t judge it too harshly\u2014especially having only played the first hour. I\u2019m hopeful that the story itself will evolve as you visit different arcades and get deeper into T8\u2019s take on the FGC, but my gut tells me things will stay surface level and remain a general look at the bygone era of arcades through the lens of the TWT and friendship. The Fight Lounge is more of an arcade than the Arcade Quest thus far.\u00a0 At the very least, the Tekken team is showing some love to the FGC\u2019s roots in a way we haven\u2019t seen before in a game like this. 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Tekken 8\u2019s <\/em>Fight Lounge and chibi custom avatars have been a major talking point heading into the game\u2019s January release, but the associated Arcade Quest has remained a mystery. Thanks to a preview, however, I can report that it is a heartfelt yet flawed story about the FGC of old. <\/p>

Ever since it was first revealed, Bandai Namco has promoted Arcade Quest as a way to look back at how players used to experience fighting games when arcades were the most prominent way to play. Pair that with a story built around the current Tekken <\/em>World Tour, and you get a fun side mode with a two key purposes\u2014telling a story and advertising the competitive circuit. And it does both well, to an extent. <\/p>

I got to play the opening chapter of Arcade Quest, and a little bit extra, at a recent Tekken 8 <\/em>preview, and while I enjoyed my time with the mode, it didn\u2019t entirely sell me on its concept and story. Namely, as someone who didn\u2019t grow up in arcades but covers the fighting game community closely and has heard stories about how things ran back then, it seems Bandai kept things a little too PG compared to Tekken 8\u2019s <\/em>main story. <\/p>