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Tekken 2 (Playstation)

Heihachi, Paul Phoenix, King are back, taking on new challengers Jun Kazama, Bruce Irvin, Lei Wu-Long. 25 of the greatest fighters on earth competing in the Tournament of the Iron Fist.

Namco
Fighting, Action
Players: 2
T (Teen)
Developer: Namco
Released September 15, 1996

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

89 / 100

Critic Reviews

94 Gamezilla!
The fighting engine is awesome. The graphics are awesome. The characters' moves are awesome. This game just plain kicks ass.
92 GameSpot
Wickedly sick action, amazingly fast gameplay, mother of all.... What more is there to say? Tekken 2 rules! The undeniable king of fighting games is here, and it's time to break bones and necks.
91 Game Revolution
Another twist unique (I think) to Tekken 2 is the infinite fighting area. If you hate the cheap 'Ring Outs' in "VF2" or "Battle Arena Toshinden" or if your irritating friend keeps pinning you against the wall when playing X-Men, you'll love the unlimited fighting area.
91 Absolute Playstation
This game take the PlayStation to a new level of excellence. The graphics are the most fluid and detailed yet seen. The gameplay is even hotter than the original.
90 IGN
The backgrounds are definitely more involved this time around, replacing the barren Virtua Fighter I-style backdrops with detailed, and occasionally moving, fighting arenas. And the light sourcing! It has to be seen to be believed.
85 Electronic Gaming Monthly
Blocky 3D brawler borrowed from "Virtua Fighter" to bring grade-A whoop ass to Sony's console. [Jan 2004, p.189]
82 TotalGames.net
Good in the sense that it means anyone can instantly pick it up and perform miraculous feats of head-cleaving prowess. But bad because it means you can effortlessly plough straight through it without having to work very hard.
80 All Game Guide
Characters are more varied and numerous, the moves possible with each of these characters is multiplied many fold, and the environments which they interact are certainly more detailed.