Wow, someone is already starting to try to rev up animosity between DOA and Tekken fans here, nice. As a very long-time fan of both series, and a fan of Tekken long before I was a fan of DOA even (since Tekken 2 released), like I've said, I've played them all and I'm gonna play this one too. If any actual "Tekken fanboys" are really around here reading this, then you're lucky if us supposed Tekken haters or "bitter DOA fans" are even interested in and talking about the next Tekken game. There's plenty of DOA fans who also love Tekken, even just as much. Tekken 2 is still one of my favorite games of all time (along with T5DR, TTT, and T4). But I'm gonna say how I honestly and personally feel about the next game so far, and it's not like we're all conspiring on here to sound as bad as we possibly can about it. Not everyone I've seen outside of this site is 100% hyped for it, as we supposedly should be, but most are... so I don't see why it's any issue if some of us here aren't following suit. And taking any negativity to be "hey look! evidence!" of us being bitter over DOA is ridiculous. You'd be saying the same thing about us if we were being just as negative even if DOA was thriving right now, c'mon. For the record, I actually want the next Tekken to be awesome.
We're a small, niche of a niche group over here on FSD... just a handful of DOA fans who even know about this site and still care to use message boards over other, new, more populated social media platforms... we don't represent all of DOA's fanbase, and most of us are FG enthusiast in general who tend to have a more critical eye on FGs in general, including when it comes to DOA.. But even the few of us here are being generalized - if not the whole of our little FSD community, then as us being representative of all DOA fans... what? And that too, right after the reveal of the "Karen" redesign of Paul Phoenix (not my words, but from Tekken fans outside of this site who are otherwise hyped for this game). Forgive me for not sounding hyped after seeing Paul. Not that I cared much for him to begin with, I'm waiting to see Bryan and Asuka (my mains since 5).
The flipside can also be applied here. Fans of FG juggernauts like Tekken and SF (btw, a lot more positive feelings about SF here, so why doesn't the bitterness apply there?) can be blinded by the collective bias of their much more huge fanbases. There's plenty of Tekken fans critical about T8 for various reasons, but they're drowned out by the majority of fans who will be hyped for the next game just because it's a new Tekken. I'm not saying there aren't "bitter DOA fans taking out their frustrations on Tekken", but don't generalize all of us. Not good or helpful to leap to heated assumptions like that about individuals either, tbh.
C'mon man, we don't even have Itagaki to spar off with Harada anymore in the media, whither in jest or actually perceived seriousness, to fuel Tekken vs DOA hate anymore like in the old days. Don't need to start that shit again.
