The Season 2 update has seemingly destroyed the community perception of Tekken 8 overnight. The aggressive negative voting on Steam has caused the game’s review rating on Steam to drop to “Overwhelmingly Negative.”
Even before the patch was dropped, Bandai Namco revealed plans to launch an emergency patch sometime in the future. Just yesterday, Bandai Namco dropped a notice that informed us of details about the emergency patch that is due to drop on Wednesday.
With this notice, the Tekken development team mentioned a number of adjustments and reverts coming to the game. Of course, we’re still awaiting the full patch notes to be documented, which will likely become available tomorrow.
There will apparently be another patch dropping in the middle of May. This particularly update will be making adjustments directed at air combo damage and the Heat Burst mechanic.
Throughout this process, there’s been quite an uproar amongst the community. Even a three-time Evo champion referred to the Season 2 direction as being “selfish” on the developers’ parts.
While someone might think that these opinions might upset someone like Katsuhiro Harada, he actually seems quite thankful for all of the feedback he’s been receiving. He even outright stated that he feels like it is necessary for the development team to listen to the community’s wishes for the game.
“I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified,” said Harada over on X. “I recognize that it is a natural occurrence and we have no choice but to respond by continuing to update.”
“I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified. I recognize that it is a natural occurrence and we have no choice but to respond by continuing to update.” — Katsuhiro Harada
Harada was also asked about the decision to increase the health totals for all of the characters. After responding, Harada confirmed that the team will continue to update the game as quickly as possible after this upcoming patch.
“The life bar increase is also one of the measures we have been taking since the time of the arcade release (when we upgraded DR, BR, FR, etc. this time season update), and of course, completely apart from this, we will also be tuning the parameters of each character,” continued Harada.
“We will continue to revamp the entire game as quickly as possible after this patch, and will be updating it consistently, so please wait for more information.”
Of course, Harada then emphasizes the dedication of the developers. They’re apparently working “day and night” in an attempt to win back the community.
“The battle team is already developing day and night for the next update,” said Harada. “There will be more updates in the future, including parameter adjustments for each character and arts, so please wait for more information.”
The life bar increase is also one of the measures we have been taking since the time of the arcade release (when we upgraded DR, BR, FR, etc. this time season update), and of course, completely apart from this, we will also be tuning the parameters of each character.
We will… https://t.co/8NDY0tSAkx— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 15, 2025
I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified.
I recognize that it is a natural occurrence and we have no choice but to respond by continuing to update. https://t.co/h9DATYkSQz— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 15, 2025
The battle team is already developing day and night for the next update.
There will be more updates in the future, including parameter adjustments for each character and arts, so please wait for more information. https://t.co/p8AH1fydQL— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 15, 2025
Source: Event Hubs
