Tekken 8 isn’t quick on curious characters, from karate badass ‘Satan Jin’ Kazama proper by means of to an enormous combating panda. However by no means in one million years did I assume we’d be getting a catch-up trailer offered by none aside from Succession’s Brian Cox.
Regardless of the identify, Tekken 8 is the eleventh combating recreation within the Tekken sequence, and Bandai Namco is rightly involved that individuals gained’t be on top of things with the saga’s occasions. So that they’ve put out a story-so-far trailer to clarify.
That’s not completely sudden – Alan Wake 2 did a lot the identical factor. However whereas Alan Wake 2’s was narrated by the person himself, Tekken 8’s story-so-far trailer is fronted by actor Brian Cox. Sure, the person who performed Succession’s antagonistic patriarch helps would-be gamers make amends for this one-on-one brawler.
And but, whereas it’s solely 5 minutes lengthy, the recap is an oddly compelling watch. Should you’ve watched HBO’s Succession you’ll be nodding to your self each time Cox, who performed Logan Roy within the sequence, talks about somebody hurling their father off a cliff. Or when you’re a Tremendous Troopers fan, you’ll image him hurling Rod Farva into the abyss.
And, as a number of followers level out, Cox completely nails the pronunciation of the Tekken’s Japanese names. He possible had a coach on-hand to assist him, however as one Twitter person put it, “Brian Cox completely saying ‘Mishima Zaibatsu’ is simply ear sweet to me.”
Cox isn’t a daily gaming fixture, however he’s lent his voice to some video games. He performed antagonist Lionel Starkweather within the then-controversial Manhunt, and was the Helgen overlord Scolar Visari within the Killzone video games.
Sadly, Logan Roy is just not a playble Tekken 8 fighter, although on condition that Tekken 7 obtained The Strolling Useless’s Negan as a DLC, you by no means know what the long run will maintain.
Tekken 8 releases this Friday January 26. To ensure you can run it, verify Tekken 8’s system necessities and whether or not Tekken 8 is Steam Deck appropriate.
