Tekken 8 has had its wins here in its first year, but Bandai Namco have also spent the last 11 months putting out seemingly constant fires. All that Heat has come from various places, but the game’s first season of DLC has proven to be a fount of controversy (when are they not?).
Now that we know all four characters in Tekken 8’s premier season, YouTuber Boogard is taking a look back at Eddy, Lidia, Heihachi, and Clive to highlight why fans had issues with each. Are they all mistakes? Surely not, but developers could definitely be more strategic in their approach to season 2.
Given its recency, the biggest controversy in Tekken 8 right now is the release of DLC character number 4: Final Fantasy XVI protagonist Clive Rosfield.
While Clive does represent the latest from Final Fantasy and has emerged as Tekken’s flashiest character to date, as Boogard puts it, he also has haters thanks to his wielding both a sword and magic, as well as being a decent bit down the list of fan favorite Final Fantasy characters.
While Clive may have the most controversy surrounding him (for reasons mentioned and others) things have been turbulent in this department since even before Tekken 8’s launch. Eddy Gordo, the game’s first DLC character, was announced before the base game had even dropped, instantly hitting fans the wrong way.
As a mainstay since Tekken 3, Eddy is an example of a character fans might expect to be on a base roster and therefore not come with an additional price tag. On top of this, the fact that he was being developed alongside the base game only adds to fuel to this particular flame.
Tekken 8 has experienced issues beyond just DLC characters, which definitely darkened the skies and made for less than happy audiences when these DLC characters were revealed and released. Tune into Boogard’s full video below to hear why all he feels each character carried controversy (Heihachi is admittedly least controversial of the bunch) and let us know what you think in the comments afterwards.