yes it was disappointing in pretty much every regard. my group played mostly tag and some 3.

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>Even the soundtrack is terrible

Bait. The entire vibe of the game is great, Tekken 4 is known for having a very iconic aesthetic, the visuals and the soundtrack are brilliant early 00s vibe.

The only thing really wrong with it is the gameplay - broken stages, weird throw repositioning mechanic (honestly kinda giga brain if they're skipping to endgame high level meta where throws get broken all the time and you just use throws for repositioning), kbd removal, char-specific jank(jfls, etc).

Yes, Tekken 3 and Tag1 are better as games you play with people. But the aesthetic of console Tag1 is ass(arcade ps1 visuals have a cooler vibe), and the soundtrack is ass compared to 3 and 4.

>>12512342
They dropped the catchy electronic beats for generic epic orchestral scores, none of which fit any of the fighters they were meant to be for. I challenge you to name more than one song that's worth listening to on its own.
I do agree that it looks better than Tekken Tag though.

>>12512349
Bit Crusher

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>>12512349

>generic epic orchestral scores

Did someone give you a bootleg tekken 4 rom hack with a different soundtrack to troll you? Tekken has literally never gone generic epic hollywood orchestral, Tekken 4 is still electronic beats - at most you can say it dipped into some orchestral elements, but that's like calling Juno Reactor's music in the Matrix epic orchestral. It's fundamentally electro/sample based, leaning into some jazzy sensibilities and keeping some grungy guitar work as a 90s holdover.

Doing a review of the OST, I can't think of a single track that you could think of as a "generic epic orchestral score". All of them are within the spectrum of sampley/electro/grungey/light jazz/chill dreamy electro type vibe.

>I challenge you to name more than one song that's worth listening to on its own.

Here's seven.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vm7Y-QPwyw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uske5Nh9vD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3zd4kX9G3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AveYLJ-8NE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnK7SJMEgvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PqYutDJ1cs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQNwPZhcC-Y

>>12512317
What a boring waste of a thread. Get in line with millions of people who prefer the gameplay of Tag 1 and 5 and put yourself as having shitty taste for having missed that Tekken 4 represents the peak of aesthetics for the franchise.

>>12512317
2001 was unironically peak year for fighting games
>Tekken 4
>DoA 3
>Capcom vs SNK 2
>SSBM
>Virtua Fighter 4
>Digimon Arena
>KoF 2001
>Smackdown Just Bring It
>Simpsons Wrestling
>Kabuki Warriors
>Legends of Wrestling

>>12512317
>Has there ever been a bigger drop off in quality between games?
Other games that come to mind:
>Knuckles' Chaotix
>Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed
>Earthworm Jim 3D
>Phantasy Star Online
>WWF: In (Your) House

>>12512317
>We have DoA2 uneven terrains and large stages at home
>And fuck them all up

>>12512419
Pso wuz a 32x thq wastlin wörms gaem now?

>>12512317
>Tekken 4 represents the peak of aesthetics
it basically transitioned tekken into the chunky style its had since. i really dont like it. it feels too much like how modern sf characters look. i liked the thinner look of the older games

>>12512439
Bulbous also tapered

>>12512429
DoA2 has uneven terrains? Other than the staircase on Helena stage I can't remember any

>>12512317
The stages were cool.

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>>12512317
I'm sorry for your unfathomably bad taste OP, but Tekken 4 is not only great, its soundtrack is godtier. How's it feel to have such shit taste?
https://youtu.be/V_7Bx8zkxUc
https://youtu.be/lDggtBn0YAY

>>12512317
T4 isn't a bad game, it is more of a side grade based on the type of player.
If you weren't a competitive player then it was seen as a really cool game with a very bold approach for the story mode and stellar presentation.
Gameplay is still fun in a casual level and you only notice how easy it is to break if you're more than just an intermediate player.
There's this revisionism with Tekken also ignoring that prior to 4, only Tag Tournament wasn't horrible broken and unbalanced.

>>12512937
*and even then TT was still pretty unbalanced

>>12512816
snowy mountains side, the bridge and the lake, the clock castle, among others, really they were a thing since VF3, but DoA2 i think did it better, then Tekken4 did it all wrong.

this is the one with the dinosaur guy in it you STUPID FUCK

>>12512942
>DoA2 i think did it better, then Tekken4 did it all wrong
How? I mean, what was the difference between the DoA2 approach and the Tekken 4 approach?

>>12512816
>>12512942
This didn't really affect the gameplay besides the Danger Zones. There is MUCH bigger gameplay implication from just water in DoA2, because standing on wet/ice surfaces guarantees critical hits for moves that don't normally crit.
DoA4 is the one where they actually went full retard with uneven terrain and obstacles in the middle of the stage.

>>12513041
People hated uneven stages in VF3 and T4 but not in DOA2 because VF and Tekken are played competitively while DOA is a casual series.

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>>12512342
>>12512349
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>>12512856
https://youtu.be/0LODBdSrs5k?si=raP1BVBmcCVuL3bi