Getting your metaphorical butt in online Ranked Matches isn’t the only content option available to players inTekken 8. The game was released with quite a lot of content, including an Arcade Mode for each character, character side-stories, Arcade Quest, the Tekken Lounge, Tekken Ball, and of course the main story mode called The Dark Awakens. The Dark Awakens is a fully fleshed-out story mode forTekken 8, expanding on the plot threads left hanging at the end ofTekken 7, establishing new characters, and continuing the saga of the Mishimas.
And, when you playTekken 8’sStory Mode, you have the option of picking between 3 difficulty options for your opponents, Easy, Medium, and Hard. And, these choices do have a pretty big impact on the CPU difficulty during the story mode, so is it actually worth it to go for the hardest option right off the bat?
The Rewards For Beating The Dark Awakens On Hard
It’s Not Much, Honestly
Anyone who is even more than halfway through Story: The Dark Awakens inTekken 8on Hard is likely wondering if it’s actually worth it, given how much of a pain fighting against True Devil Kazuya seems to be. It would be one thing if this CPU fight was a one-time thing that was difficult, but you end up fighting this exact form (or a slight variation of it) of Kazuya Mishima like 4 other times in the second half of the Dark Awakens, with the final fight having him rely on his ‘crystalline’ ground projectile and command grab even more than before.
So, if it’s not really all that fun fighting this form of Kazuya,is completing the story on Hard Mode worth the rewards at least? Well, that depends on the individual of course, but in our opinion not really.The only extra rewards you’ll get for beating Story: The Dark Awakens on Hard (not including the alternate ending) are:
Devil Plate (Gold)
Player Customization (Title Plate)
So it really only boils down to a bit of player customization that all follows the same gold aesthetic. No cosmetics, no character skins, not even an extra amount of Fight Money are awarded to you for beatingthe whole (surprisingly long) Story ModeofTekken 8on the hardest difficulty. Granted, there are a lot of other rewards to be earned in the other modes ofTekken 8, so it makes sense that the game wouldn’t hand you too much here.
All Other Rewards
At Least There Are A Lot Of Those
However, as for your rewards received beating Story: The Dark Awakens in general, those rewards are pretty sizeable. Outside of the ones mentioned above,when you beat the Story Mode on at least Medium difficulty you’ll receive:
10 Million G
In-Game Currency
Now these are the types of rewards people were probably looking for that include Fight Money and character skins, though it’s a bit of a shame it’s only Jin and Kazuya. So as a whole, playing and completing the Story Mode ofTekken 8is absolutely worth it from both an experience and reward standpoint. But, when it comes to whether you should play it on Hard or not, that choice is a bit more dependent on what you’re looking to get out of it.
If all you’re looking for are rewards, which given how absurd you can make characters look inTekken 8, is understandable, then the Dark Awakens Story Mode probably isn’t for you. However, if you’re using the Story Mode as a way to re-warm up toTekken’scombat for online mode, as a way of challenging yourself in general, or as a way of making the Story Mode feel more fulfilling, than playing on Hard is probably te right choice for you.
