Family Man on Tekken Tag

All right, just a quick note. I am rapidly leaving the target age group for gamers. I am...cough...26 and married with children. Yep, just like the show, only not as obscene.

Here's the deal with Tekken Tag. It seems that since the onset, the genre has degenerated to the point where only those with the manual dexterity of a stealth assassian and a two inch callus on thier thumb excell at them. If you need some proof, look for an FAQ on Tekken Tag. It will be thirty pages with more combos and juggles than you can count, let alone understand. Geez, when did we start taking our games so seriously. Alas, I digress...

The point is, that I read as many reviews as I could before making this purchase. After all, I'm not 21 anymore with no responsibility, so I have to make an informed decision about dropping 50 bucks on a game. After all, my daughter's got to eat. Anyway, most of what I read was right on target. Well, with the exception of the fanatical, "#@^* Playstation, Dreamcast Rulz" review (yes, rules with a Z). Most people think that the games graphics could have been better. I agree, but hey, I'm not a programmer. The way I see it, in retrospect, the graphics for the first Ridge Racer could have been better, but that's not to say that it wasn't a grat game for it's time. Not to say that the graphics aren't beautiful. Most people, like myself, will think they're awesome, but I guess we can all agree that the next incarnation will be better graphically. True, this isn't the best game ever made, but then again, who promised that?

The bottom line is..-This game is fun. And that's what really matters anyway, right? It's like a party game. Something for everyone. It dosen't matter whether you're a hardcore gamer ( who knows every characters ten string combo)or your girlfriend just wants to sit down and mash buttons until someone is declared a winner. And even if she's not in to that, just play a little Tekken Bowl. For the veteran fighter, this is a simple diversion, but my daughter thinks that's the whole purpose of the game. Besides, if you are married, your wife will prefer you sit down and fight a few rounds for ten or twenty minutes as opposed to playing a game of Madden 2001 for an hour. Mine does.

Some final advise: Never let the children win. Noone truly appreciates victory until they've tasted defeat. Even if your kid is three, like mine.