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Tekken 3 psx Game Reviews
Tekken 3
Critic Score
Metascore: 96 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.3 out of 10
based on 15 reviews
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...Four years later, on Jin Kazama's 19th birthday, the curtains rise for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. [Namco]

PUBLISHER: Namco
DEVELOPER: Namco
GENRE(S): Fighting, Action
PLAYERS: 2
ESRB RATING: T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE: February 28, 1998

What The Critics Said

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100
Electric Playground
I'd come off as a huge hypocrite if I didn't put Tekken 3 at the top of the list. "Tekken 2" was a 10, and Tekken 3 is a better game in most respects.
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100
GMR Magazine
An amazing conversion, given the difference between the arcade and PlayStation hardware at the time. Set the standard for bonuses. [Feb 2003, p.97]
100
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
If you want to pick a fight, why not battle with the best of 'em? [Mar 02, p.34]
100
GamePro
In order to outshine Tekken 3, a game will need to have a ton of moves (T3 has over 100 per character), multi-hit combos (all T3 fighters can pull off 10-hitters), outstanding graphics (T3 has no breakup on the fighters, no "blind spots" where clipping occurs, and no slowdown), and seamless gameplay that includes juggles, counters, and linking moves.
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99
GameSpot
The gameplay is identical to the arcade. Every move, combo, and character has been transferred over, and a couple of new characters have been added in as well.
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98
Electronic Gaming Monthly
The spectacular sequel that confirmed the hatred gamers felt for Paul. [Jan 2004, p.189]
97
TotalGames.net
A thoroughbred that out-strikes the opposition as if it were high on steroids. Put bluntly, we're not gonna get a better beat-'em-up. Tekken 3 is a killer app that is close to perfection.
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97
Absolute Playstation
A "better than arcade" overall game translation here that will truly stand the test of time and perhaps be the best fighter we will ever see released on the Playstation.
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93
Gamezilla!
After the first fight you will see how much time was spent on the details of making the characters look and react as realistic as possible.
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93
IGN
The only gripe that we'd have with it is that Namco's set the bar so high that we shudder with anticipation and dread over what the designers'll have to do to top this.
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92
PSX Nation
The sound effects are horrible because they replaced a lot of Arcade sound effects with lower sampled and wimpy sounding effects. This is really the only downfall of this game, aside from the frame dropping.
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91
Game Revolution
With everything that the arcade version has and more, this is one of the few times that a console game outshines its arcade counterpart.
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90
Adrenaline Vault
The best fighter for any console system. What else needs to be said?
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90
All Game Guide
While the backgrounds are 2D, they are rich and diverse and those spot explosions, though pixilated, feature high quality light sourcing.
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90
Games Domain
There is a downside to the improved graphics. In some of the stages there is some slowdown and degradation of frame rate.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Dan B. gave it a10:
I have a PS One, but I don't play it much anymore (now that I have the Wii) But from time to time, I plug in my Tekken game and play it. It's so addicting, and pretty good graphics for the PS One. Despite being old, I would still play it for a long time.

Niveche gave it a10:
A bencmark in the genre - no scratch that - this game REDEFINED the genre - the big daddy of em all. Brilliant game - no need to explain - play it with your head in 1996 and you'll know why.

AB gave it a10:
Tekken 3 is one of the best fighting games ever. That's all you need to know.

Alberto M. gave it a 10:
Brilliant graphics, brilliant music and of course brilliant gameplay. Enough reason to buy a PSX, still with today's standars.

King-Kong Kutch gave it a 10:
I love this game. This is a must have game especially for those gamers than likes arcade types of games.

William M. gave it a 10:
By far the best Tekken on any system. I've played the hell out of this one, and I keep coming back to it when the new games let me down....

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