Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection patch adds rumble, Pickup Match mode

by Andrew Yoon { Apr 17th 2008 at 5:00PM }

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PSN downloadable Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection is getting another update today, one which Japanese players have enjoyed for weeks now. The most significant additions in this recent patch include DualShock 3 support and Pickup Match mode, which allows players to bypass the waiting room and continue playing one-on-one matches continuously.

Other tweaks include the ability to input and display names for rooms, a "flag" search (to find the best possible connections), new notifications and new casual matches. As expected, bugs have also been squashed.

The patch should be available for all American gamers today.

Gallery: Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online

Tags: dark-resurrection, namco-bandai, tekken, tekken5

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mberkowitz @ Apr 17th 2008 5:09PM

I am a big fan of tekken tag, but I have been on the fence with this one. How is it?

ClarkyCat @ Apr 17th 2008 6:33PM

Currently it's buggy as hell. You might think the only battles you'll have will be during the fight, but nope. It's a struggle to find a room, let alone enter one. Once you do get in you're completely at the mercy of the host - you can be booted without warning whenever.
If you do get a fight, you're then in a match of lag russian roulette. The room could be flagged green right until the match starts, then all of a sudden it drops to black and an ass-kicking ensues. All of this and some horribly underhand tactics lead to an unenjoyable experience.
That said, this update does SOUND like it fixes a lot of these irks, but because I'm not in the US I can't check it out unfortunately. Hopefully the update comes to Europe but I really don't know why we're once again left out in the cold.

ClarkyCat @ Apr 17th 2008 6:19PM

Currently it's buggy as hell. You might think the only battles you'll have will be during the fight, but nope. It's a struggle to find a room, let alone enter one. Once you do get in you're completely at the mercy of the host - you can be booted without warning whenever.
If you do get a fight, you're then in a match of lag russian roulette. The room could be flagged green right until the match starts, then all of a sudden it drops to black and a decimation ensues. All of this and some horribly underhand tactics lead to an unenjoyable experience.
That said, this update does SOUND like it fixes a lot of these irks, but because I'm not in the US I can't check it out unfortunately. Hopefully the update comes to Europe but I really don't know why we're once again left out in the cold.

never$$hort @ Apr 17th 2008 6:56PM

If you liked Tekken Tag then you should definitely like Tekken DR... Online is kinda tricky at first but once I figured out how to actually get into online matches it was a lot of fun! If you have friends in the PSN that play it already then it is much easier to get online then searching for the rooms themselves I noticed though.

dirkmagurk @ Apr 17th 2008 5:11PM

its aight

tomas_sharp @ Apr 17th 2008 5:16PM

Is this patch available in europe? am expecting it not to be but might aswell ask

stawnkald @ Apr 17th 2008 6:04PM

You should probably point out that unless you bought the online add-on, you won't get the prompt. So those of us who don't care about playing online but do care about rumble are SOL unless we pony up the $10.

SSG @ Apr 17th 2008 6:14PM

i am SOL then

SG @ Apr 17th 2008 6:41PM

Thanks for saving me the time of having to post the same comment.

FrankTheCrank @ Apr 18th 2008 9:45AM

That's f*cking lame.

I bought the standard version when it first came out. And, I really don't want to pony up $10 for online...I don't want to play online. Anyways....this is not fair.

I'm a sucker though, I'll probably pay for it now.

Marco Cano Jr @ Apr 17th 2008 9:54PM

Lili laughs at poor people. IMO, rumble not important in a fighting game.

Patrick @ Apr 17th 2008 10:02PM

LAME - rumble's been available since last year in T5:DR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHhedoL_0yc

Kruegmeister @ Apr 18th 2008 9:17AM

Rumble for Offline Version Too Please...

True_Darknight @ Apr 19th 2008 10:35AM

FINALLY!!!! i've been waiting for this damn update!!!!! Ok fun time it is.. got my DS3 and my pick up match mode ready!!!

NOw i can just play when i'm not on CoD4.. oh wait.. that may not be a lot now!!!!
But still glad we got it!!!
Oh Oh I know... DID THEY FIX THE DAMN RANKINGS SO THAT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE MACHINE???
IU've had to send back my PS3 '2' times and it puts me back to fucking beginner ranking everytime... quite annoying!!!