I've picked up Tekken with the mindset that I would become proficient. Fighting games are stimulating things to engage in. You have to consider startup frames, spacing, movement, axis, is your opponent + or - after you block, and by how much? Sometimes you'll have games where you can't get as much as a jab in edgewise, but you hit rematch anyway, cus you're not a baby. Probably still lose, but Tekken 8 provides an extensive list of replays and attached features that make learning entirely up to yourself. You can be a one-trick joe and hit a wall then get mad and quit when you get checked.
Or you can learn and overcome that barrier and experience serotonin of rare potency when you perfectly execute a step and duck into a punish that takes away half a health bar or more.

Tekken has never been more accessible, nor has the skill ceiling been in any way capped. This game is deep as the abyss, and it's up to you how you'll handle that fact. You're gonna lose a lot. In fact, make that your default expecation. You're gonna learn to love it or quit in the process.

Fantastic game for self flaggelation, Cat'o 9 tails/10

I've picked up Tekken with the mindset that I would become proficient. Fighting games are stimulating things to engage in. You have to consider startup frames, spacing, movement, axis, is your opponent + or - after you block, and by how much? Sometimes you'll have games where you can't get as much as a jab in edgewise, but you hit rematch anyway, cus you're not a baby. Probably still lose, but Tekken 8 provides an extensive list of replays and attached features that make learning entirely up to yourself. You can be a one-trick joe and hit a wall then get mad and quit when you get checked. Or you can learn and overcome that barrier and experience serotonin of rare potency when you perfectly execute a step and duck into a punish that takes away half a health bar or more. Tekken has never been more accessible, nor has the skill ceiling been in any way capped. This game is deep as the abyss, and it's up to you how you'll handle that fact. You're gonna lose a lot. In fact, make that your default expecation. You're gonna learn to love it or quit in the process. Fantastic game for self flaggelation, Cat'o 9 tails/10