Tekken 6 is a fun fighting game. However, it subscribes to the old "the final boss needs to be ludicrously cheap" mindset that's been in place as long as the genre has existed. From Shao Kahn to Street Fighter IV's Seth, the overpowered boss with almost impossible-to-block attacks has been a staple that even hardcore fighting fans can have trouble with.
After being bested by Tekken 6's Azazel a downright silly amount of times, I thought I'd pull some other GI staffers in to see how they fared against the spiky beast's lasers, somersaults, and spikes. Here are some choice words they had to say during their experience.
TIM TURI:"It's like some kind of ****ing crystal dragon jackal"
"This is not a fair fight."
ANNETTE GONZALEZ:
"What the **** is that? I can't shoot ****ing lasers. This is stupid."
"What the **** is...wait...go to hell...oh, **** this."
JEFF MARCHIAFAVA:
"Weird...my little Japanese schoolgirl isn't beating this giant demon."
"I think I hit him once."
JEFF CORK:
"This guy is the worst..."
"**** that."
NICK AHRENS:
"I'll try Bob so I can see his butt physics."
"Oh, so he can cheat. That's great."
"He's summoning like a Final Fantasy character. This is bull****."
SEAN LOWERY:
"I hit him one time. I'm really proud of that."
ANDREW REINER:
"I just realized I forgot how to fight as Law." (quit after Round 1)
BEN REEVES:
"Why does the panda have beads? I want the grizzly bear."
JOE JUBA:
"What button does what?" (Joe lost)
After exhausting every strategy, I was finally able to take Azazel down with an incredibly cheap flurry of Hwoarang kicks. Tekken 6 just hit the shelves, so feel free to post your Azazel horror stories in the comments section below. Prepare yourself for seeing this screen an awful lot, however:
That's weird, I don't remember this being so funny at the time...
I think Dr. Wily hexed me.
@Sean Or maybe it was that goomba. He's shifty-looking. Goombas always are.
This article is fun, by the way. :D Do more of these!
Lol, that is why I stopped playing fighting games. I usually have patience but for bosses like them I can't stand it.
Glad to here you beat it though. Congrats! And do more of these. They are really funny!
And now it's confirmed, Tekken 6 will not be appearing in my library.
I think I could live without playing tekken 6, so ill pass
And now it's confirmed, Tekken 6 is a fighting game.
@WITA he IS shifty, hiding back there... I'm keeping an eye on him...
@Brad
I wouldn't make a purchasing decision based on whether the boss is hard or not. Sure, he was difficult, but it's still a really fun game.
Haha, sounds like a good final boss to me. You mention the final boss for SFIV; my friends and I had some similar words about Seth. Though, from the sound of things, this is worse. I will have to hunt someone, with a copy, down.
I really don't see why everyone had so much trouble with Seth... I mastered him in one night, and I normally suck at fighters.
i dont realy like fighting games but i have soul caliber IV and i had the same thing happen to me when i had darth vader and i had to fight the apprentice i lost for about 2 hours before finaly beating him and getting the apprentice and i never could do any of the cool moves he did
this is why i don't play fighting games. my house would have fist sized holes everywhere.
Haha. Jeff Marchiafava's comment about the schoolgirl made me laugh the most.
You guy's should do more thing's like this.
Sound's like an awesome game.
I'm going to perfect him on my first try. Then I'll make a blog post about how awesome I am.
The Tekken 5 boss wasn't impossible but I'm disappointed they've gone back to this.
i did just lose to the last boss but that dam machine beat me as well, i have lost three time wit my best man (heihachi), i think tekken 5 last boss for the ps2 was wrost these then two i mention
Please tell me that you guys weren't doing anything easier than normal... O_O
Reminds me of my battle with Motaro. Man, that guy made me mad. It took me at least half an hour to beat him with Scorpion, when I moved on to SHAO KAHN, who's even worse!!!!! After swearing obscenely and getting ready to break my controller after an entire hour of trying, I finally killed that MFer!!!