Tekken 8 did something good with its online matches: It introduced a best-of-three mode that, while not required, at least encouraged the public to stick to a few events play and get a real challenge.
However, he also did some bad things. Introducing the best-of-three match comes at the sacrifice of the humble deathmatch. In the year since its release, there is no option to continue matching your opponent beyond the initial set. You can pray that you can bump into them again if you find them a worthy enemy – or go the extra mile and try to befriend them for a private game – but it usually goes about the competing gods of that time. Hell, you’re even locked into the best-of-three for freakin’ Tekken Ball, the beach volleyball side game.
The remake of Infinite Challenge has easily been one of the most requested things I’ve seen in the last 12 months, and it looks like Bandai Namco is finally listening. He lost a new patch this week which, among changes such as giving Clive Rosfield a much-needed nerf, also includes the following: “After the best-of-three online competition ends, players can return from the display screen without returning to the game mode.
It is worth noting that this is only done in quick matches, team matches, and Tekken Ball, leaving the Tekken 8 category still closed to the best of three. Personally, I think this is a perfect compromise. It also means that we won’t be getting real death fighting back to level up (or trying to get yourself out of trouble) anytime soon, but but people are looking to jump in and get some good practice fighting. other players in a slightly stressful environment are really helpful.
