Yes! I agree, but more than fighting games Racing games need to have all the track available from the start they're just as bad. I don't mind like 1 or 2 unlockable ones, but when it's most of the content it's definately not what everyone wants.

Outdated? So is the graphic of Tekken 6.

...I think this guy is talking out his ass! If it wasn't for having to unlock characters in past Tekken's, there would be MANY characters I wouldn't be able to play with today! Having to learn a character you wouldn't normally use to unlock another character is what made me get good at the game. The other, and most important reason, is that it also teaches you how to defend against that particular character as you need to know some of his attacks to go through the game with.

To be honest, fighting games are always best when played locally as there is no lag and your opponent can't quit halfway through.....unless he wants to get punched in the head in real life :)

The main reason why I'm not buying Marvel vs Capcom 2 is for this very thing. Everything is already unlocked so there's really only online to play through (as there's also no individual endings either)

I've been a fan of fighters for ages. I can't believe how out of it some dev's are with what fans want. This will definitely cut down on replay value in T6. Though I guess I'll still beat the game with each character to see their individual endings. That is if endings aren't "outdated".

What some of you guys calls a reason to play the story is just a chore for many of us .
The ones among you who enjoy doing story/arcade modes would do so on their own anyway . trophies/achievement would be your reason enough to inflict yourself hours of bad attempt of storylines in what is basically a multiplayer game .

The rest of us would just put the game on easy mode with one round , and basically cheat .

i've yet to hear a good reason why i should be playing characters like rose to finally be able to unlock gouken , after unlocking her and others ...

There is also always the trivial issue or morons calling characters unlockables/bosses "overpowered" . people that feel that playing with a gouken is "cheating coz its a secret char" , and yet would get torn appart easily with it in their hands , given his glaring flaws and weaknesses .

Oh and finally , there is always the fun , this particular generation , to play a fighting game , unlock everything , and not always be able to copy saves . So here you go at friends house , at people without the game , for a session of fun , and instead you're stuck with a limited range of characters , unless you waste time unlocking them again ...

PS : And wtf with bringing up dlcs ? How are both issues related or mutually exclusives anyway ? Capcom released a street fighter 4 with unlockables colors and instead dlc costumes for christ sakes ...

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Unlocking things like weapons and costumes is more of a logical direction. This way the player can try out each character, see which they like and use them to unlock items and such.

I think that weapons/abilities in competitive fps games and characters in fighting games should all be unlocked from the start.

I also think that all difficulty modes should be available from the start.

The only stuff that should be unlockable is skins, levels, hidden endings/movies and trophies/achievements.

Unlocking characters is fun. I rather have something to do than just have them all there.

I don't think having the characters already unlocked will make the game any less fun. Chances are you'd probably want to complete the game with every character to get all the endings, and you usual unlock different characters by completing the game with another character. Therefore there's no difference whether or not the characters are already unlocked if your still planning to complete the game with every character.

The worst thing you can do is unlockable characters on a fighting game. I play Baek and I don't like the rest of the cast. I would hate to have to put it on 1 round 30 seconds and mash my way with characters I don't care about just so I can unlock my character of choice.

On top of that I have to unlock ALL the characters in case I throw a tournament and someone uses a locked characters. Bosses should never be unlocked unless they are balanced or tested.

Example KLIFF in GGXX and old ROBO KY

kinda torn, on one hand i never really liked having to unlock certain ppl cuz sometimes u jump in to vs mode and u cant use ppl that you like. On the other hand it made single player mode that more enjoyable because u knew u was getting something out of it besides the crap endings at the end. And why are ppl talking about DLC? What does that have to do with having all characters unlock.

personally tekken has not been the same since t4 and tag. the tekken series gets dumbed down with every new iteration of the series. we all know about the debacle that is t5dr(psn-southpaw79 if there are any challengers) and namco continues to make tekken more scrub friendly. t4 looked the best character wise and stage wise. the wall shove was ahead of its' time and the tag (in t.t.)system was solid. i will purchase tekken because i have always been a fan of the series but now tekken is almost....trash...

without having to unlock additional charicters wares the replay value? even soul calibur 4 made use of the gold you colect to purchase certain charicters, and personaly i was disapointed that all the charitcters on teken 5 darck resurection wher alredy available, it makes me wonder wher these game devolepers get there information most likely from the damn trophy hores wat the hell do i want trophys and useless gamer points for it mite make sence if you could use them, anyway its certanly not from there long standing fans of course im still going to buy it its tekken 6 for goodness sake, but im just going to be compleating it with all the charicters just to see there endings and playing online because god knows we all love doing that people, (just incase u wernt sure that was sarcasm) oh and please let us mute people easily that way i wouldnt have to quit from listening to a bunch of idiots herling abuse (sigh) well iv rambled on long enough cant wait to play it though looks awesome!.

It would be nice to give you the option to Lock/Unlock them if you wanted. (at the beginning of a new game, or something to that effect)

It could be linked to a Gold Trophy/Achievement equivalent, to choose the option which would lock all the necessary characters, so that you can start using those that are not locked to start unlocking!

Mandatory normal/hard play would ensure it's somewhat of a challenge.

I'm assuming alot of you guys that like single players are not hard core fighting game fanatics. The replay value is the game itself. Playing with others, challenging yourself to be better, money matches and winning.

Fighting games strive because of the ability to play with others, just like shooters. Look at warhawk online only no single player great game. You concentrate on what the game was made for.

A story mode is nice if you care about character backgrounds and endings. But to play the game to unlock characters is boring. I'm the type of guy that just wants to play the game not unlock sh!t.

dont mind me but.. i love to see some unlocking items /characters after i finish teh game, hope they still make clothes unlockeable =/

Bullsh**.

Id love that stuff to come back. Offer it as dlc for lazy hacks. They have no love for their work if they dont want people playing it for hours on end to get all the goodies.