P. Jack is an interesting addition to the current line up of TTT2. First off, the story: I don't really care lolz. I have followed Tekken long enough that I know Namco concocts some of the most cliche and corniest storylines around and this will be no exception. Basing on that experience, the story won't even matter because Tag2 may not be even canon with the main storyline, just like the original Tag was. P. Jack is supposed to be dead anyway because in his Tekken 2 ending, It showed him losing a screw as he was flying away from a base with crashing sounds in the background. Go figure. Let's move on to the gameplay as that what we're here for.
Now, don't take my word for it because these are just my personal opinions. Think of these as food for thought while waiting for TTT2 to drop. I based my opinions on the "gameplay" footage that was recently released by IGN so you can deduce by now that most of what I'll be writing is mostly theoretical.
Said video: P. Jack Gameplay Footage
At first glance, you'll immediately notice that he almost has the same moves as Jack 6. No surprise there because that's what clone characters are (the other "new" characters are no exception) albeit a few interesting additions like:
- P. Jack has good sidestep moves. Granting that these moves were already in the original TTT, the move at 0:08 has been significantly improved with a little evasion factor and the one at 0:29 looks like Djin's SS+2 with also good evasion factor.
- P. Jacks u+1+2 recovers faster than Jack 6 so it has more usage in juggles.
- His debugger (b,d,D/F+2) hits twice! Maybe it's the same damage as Jack 6 but it looks better. :D
Add all these with select moves from Jack 6 arsenal and you get a pretty well rounded character. What I'm curious about though is if P. Jack will have the same annoying low poke sets of Jack 6, namely d/b+1 and WC d/f+1. If P. Jack has these low pokes then he'll surely be effective (and competitive.)
-Chady
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