Aug 18, 2026 · 7 min · 6 segments
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It's a very rare feat when a fighting game manages to tick virtually every box across the board.
Excellent fighting mechanics, fantastic teaching tools, great netcode, and both hardcore extras like replay takeover alongside more casual treats like a worthwhile story and ancillary modes.
Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls is about as close as a game has gotten to checking all of those boxes since Street Fighter VI.
This is a gorgeous and innovative fighting game that can appeal to players of all skill levels, with characters that are easy and satisfying to just mash some buttons with, but equally fun to dive deep into and tinker with in the lab.
The albatross that used to hang around its neck was the poor performance of the PC version at launch.
But thanks to a recent patch that seems to have fixed most of those issues, Tokon is now a recommendation I can make wholeheartedly without any caveats.
It's a very rare feat when a fighting game manages to tick virtually every box across the board.
Excellent fighting mechanics, fantastic teaching tools, great netcode, and both hardcore extras like replay takeover alongside more casual treats like a worthwhile story and ancillary modes.
Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls is about as close as a game has gotten to checking all of those boxes since Street Fighter VI.
This is a gorgeous and innovative fighting game that can appeal to players of all skill levels, with characters that are easy and satisfying to just mash some buttons with, but equally fun to dive deep into and tinker with in the lab.
The albatross that used to hang around its neck was the poor performance of the PC version at launch.
But thanks to a recent patch that seems to have fixed most of those issues, Tokon is now a recommendation I can make wholeheartedly without any caveats.
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