What Tekken 3 had going for it visually was stylistic unity and consistency, and a sort of "vibe" with its visual style that felt closer to Capcom/SNK 2D fighters than the stuff Sega or Tecmo were known for at the time (even accounting for their crazier stuff like Fighting Vipers and Megamix). of DOA looked noticeably better too on a technical level. Its level/character polygon geometry is still a bit lower than, say, VF2's, and that game came out three years prior, let alone noticeably behind VF3's visual complexity and that came out a year before Tekken 3. TBF, and as good as Tekken 3 looked was never really pushing the pinnacle of arcade graphics.
Other fighters might beat it in specific areas (as I provided a few opinions of my own earlier), but something about the PS1 version of Tekken 3 just hits all the right notes, and it still hasn't been replicated to quite that degree imo (a few have come close though: VF4: Evo, Tekken 5, SF3: 2I and (somewhat less so) 3S, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special and MOTW, Last Blade 2, GG X and Accent Core, Xrd and, recently, DBFZ probably being the best candidates). In fact I still feel it's the best wholly consistent (in terms of theme/atmosphere) fighting game of all time, like a well-made film, packed with lots of style and just enough solid substance to stand the test of time. For example, Virtua Fighter 2 and 3 having better balance in game mechanics and graphics on a technical level, or 3S having better specific implementation of things like parries, etc.). in a way that gels together that no other fighter of that gen quite fully captures (altho I also contest that certain games do specific things better. What I mean by that is: the game just mixes together its game mechanics, graphics, soundtrack, sound effects, character designs, stage designs, CG films, move sets etc. To me, Tekken 3 on PS1 is the best "full-package" fighter of its generation.
#Tekken 3 psx series
My first experience w/ the series was through PS1 first Tekken 2 at a friend's house, then later Tekken 3 on my own PS1 back around '05 or so.
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