Tekken 5 is basically a fighting game that was published and developed
by Namco in year 2004 for arcades and in year 2005, they created a
version for PlayStation 2. Actually, it’s the 5
th canonical installment and 6
th main installment in the famous Tekken series, which marks the 10
th
anniversary of the series. Currently, it is upgraded to Tekken 5.1 that
had mostly balance changes to gameplay and was updated to Tekken 5:
Dark Resurrection that’s released for the arcades in 2005.Tekken 5 gets
rid of some major gameplay changes that was seen in Tekken 4 including
the uneven stage terrain to provide faster gameplay to the previous
games in the series. It’s also the very first game in Tekken series to
feature character customizability with clothing, accessories, and some
aesthetic items bought with an in-game currency.
Tekken is known in taking back the series to its roots. This
integrates faster and more fluid fighting system. There are also
returning characters, improved graphics, and trademark infinite stages
of the Tekken series. The new feature in Tekken 5 is the crush system
that affects the character’s vulnerability when attacking. For instance,
the move with a jumping property will be invulnerable during animation
time to every low attack of an opponent.
CharactersEvery game features an option in which
players can only use default characters or use sub-bosses and bosses.
However, the characters that are for consoles only aren’t featured.
All in all, there’s a total of thirty-two playable characters.
Majority of the characters from the game Tekken 4 are returning, which
includes Christie Monteiro, Bryan Fury, Eddy Gordo, Craig Marduk, Jin
Kazama, Heihachi Mishima, Hwoarang, Kazuya Mishima, Julia Changg, Lei
Wulong, Lee Chaolan, Yoshimitsu, Steve Fox, Paul Phoenix, Panda,
Marshall Law, Ling Xiaoyu, and Nina Williams. Aside from the returning
characters, Tekken 5 also features new 7 characters. 6 of these are
playable.
It retains the wall juggling concept from the previous installment,
yet the element is easy to abuse and much easier to defend against. Home
version is the edition of sorts of the collector as this includes
arcade versions of StarBlade, Tekken 3, Tekken 2, and Tekken.
Tekken 5 also enable the players to customize their fighter for the
first time, enabling them to change the colors of their outfits,
purchase other costumes, and equip the characters with some items with
the use of the money acquired from playing the different modes including
Arcade Battle, Devil Within, Survival, Story, and Time Attack.
Tekken 5 also includes a beat them up mini-game to Tekken Force modes
in Tekken 4 and Tekken 3 known as Devil Within. This mini-game follows
every adventure of Jin Kazama as he searched G Corporation in search for
details on missing mother and some answers. Being story oriented, the
player isn’t permitted to use their own preference of characters and
Tekken 5 utilizes a limited button system.