To that effect, it’s not got the next-gen gorgeousness of other full-priced retail beat-em-ups, like Virtua Fighter 5, but that’s not the point. The PS3 release isn’t a port of the PSP game it’s the downloadable version of the arcade release, which came out in Japan in December 2005, and is based on PS2 architecture. You’re getting the latest version of one of the most popular game franchises ever, it looks better on a big screen than on PSP and it’s easier to set up a game against your mate. Two, when you think about it, it’s better. For one, it’s about 20 quid cheaper than the PSP version. The price is particularly important with this release. Now you can add Namco’s 500MB+ downloadable Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection for the PS3 to that illustrious list. You’ve even got enough for Queen’s 1994 Greatest Hits album, if you were so inclined. It’ll stretch to a Sunday roast and a pint down the local too.

It’ll get you a London day travel card and a bottle of Coke, for example. Seven British pounds goes a long way nowadays. Original Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Review. So if you’re a PS3 owner looking for some online beat-em-up action, Tekken 5: DR Online should do a good enough job – if you can tolerate the lag that is. Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online isn’t as good looking as Virtua Fighter 5, but it does have online play, which the PS3 version of VF5 lacks. If you haven’t got the offline version of the game and fancy some Tekken action now you can play it online, the full game will set you back £14.99, which to us is perfectly reasonable. At £3.49 though it’s perhaps not too much of an inconvenience. Of course, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection should have come with online play enabled already. Once you get a game on, it’s standard online fare – with battle points up for grabs and ranked leaderboards to climb. If you can’t be bothered with that you can select opti match so the game automatically searches for an appropriate room for us. You’ve got various options, including searching for a game room or creating one for you and your friends only. When it is your turn, it’s set up just like any multiplayer game. Once you’ve connected to a game room you’ll have to wait your turn, like putting 50p down on the cabinet, and watch the other matches in a spectator mode.

Your skill level determines the skill level of the room and your opponents, so you won’t be pummelled by players miles better than you. The online play works like this – you connect to a game room filled with up to eight players – like winner stays on in an arcade (remember those?).

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