10 Best Fight Scenes In Gaming History
1. Tekken 8 - Jin Vs. Kazuya
It's no surprise that one-half of fighting game royalty would ultimately take the top spot this time around. The eighth installment in Bandai Namco and Akira's long-running Tekken series is utterly unhinged in the best way possible, primarily due to how the climax of its central conflict is depicted. Jin and Kazuya's father-and-son feud finally, finally comes to a head following a decades-long power struggle, in a no-holds-barred battle of attrition between two angry, sweaty, Devil-powered men.
How did a franchise primarily about unremarkable global martial arts tournaments evolve into the ultimate face-off between good and evil, you might ask? Well the seven predecessors to this crowning cinematic achievement can fill you in there, but suffice it to say that escalation is real; Jin and Kazuya are more or less gods at this point, thanks to the Devil Gene.
The final battle, which sees the pair attempt to resolve their family squabbles in literal outer space atop a meteorite slowly descending to Earth, eventually comes full circle back to the series' roots by stripping them of their paranormal abilities and reaching a resolution with humble fists. The entire mini-saga is a splicing of cinematic sorcery and actual gameplay deserving of whatever the gaming equivalent of a Michelin Star is.