"What was so bad about SF x Tekken? I remember a lot of gaming sites praising it." 

The game is not as aweful as people make it to be, but it is clearly not a good one. 

The game is almost as slow paced as SFIV + combo are far too long, wich extend the "slow paced" feeling + the tag system . Quite killers elements for a game that shoudn't be take seriousely and meant to be 100% fun. Throw sucks, even in the 2013 vers ( lacks of range + character walk slowly, wich is bad for tick throw ). The gem system is ass without any discussion possible. Pandora mode is ugly and useless, the game would have been better without it. The stages elements move way too much, wich is distracting and annoying. Net code is rumoured to be "almost decent tiers" wich is not something you want in a 2D fighter. 

On the graphic side, their too much effect on the screen in my opinion. The characters feel "wet" wich is pretty weird to me. And of course the game inerhited SFIV main artistic direction.

All in all, they're too much useless mecanic, the game is quite ugly, it is slow paced, not that funny and the features are average at best. 

The game also suffered from the decision about the whole "dlc character that are already on the disc". But even without this bad reputation, the game is clearly not a good fighter. You can have some fun with it, and it is worth 10$ ( no more ).  

Oh, and Jin and Steeve have a fireball.. 

The game has some good points too : Tekken character are perfectly well rended in 2D gameplay. It's obvious the guys who made them were not lazy. A single quarter forward for super is something almost everyone were asking for a long time now. They're a lot of characters ( I do not think it's good for a fighter, but people seem to like large cast ). The game is "easy" for a fighter since they're less strategy and combo are magic chain.

Even with those fair points, the flop is well decerved in my opinion.  Frankly speaking, they're too much good to very good fighting game to bother with this one. SFIV, TTT2, KOFXIII, Tekken DR online... Without taking in account past games who are still heavily played today on ggpo/supercade ( SF2turbo, SF3.3, Tekken 3... ).

This pretty much sums it up.

Capcom not only rushed this out the door before it was ready, but threw a bunch of random mechanics into a game without making sure they all stuck. Also, the gem system itself was clearly set-up as a pay-to-win scheme despite the game itself being $60. I was super excited for the game; Tekken and Street Fighter have been two of my favorite gaming series for years. It also could've done a lot to help bring new players in while making it competetive at a high level if it had panned out.

But Ono and the rest of the team fucked it up. Even with the 2013 patch, as you said, the game is still only semi-decent now instead of being out-and-out bullshit.

I'm more interested in Tekken x Street Fighter now, mainly because it'll be a lot harder to integrate Street Fighter characters into the Tekken system while keeping everything balanced. I want to see whether or not they'll pull it off.

Well, after Street Fighter x Tekken......... i have.

This would be sad if it were true.

However what is Tekken Revolution then? Gone are crappy bounce mechanics and juggling and back to more traditional Tekken. Was it just a quick F2P game between generations to make money? (with crap choice of characters I might add, no Lee, no play).

No Tekken Tag DLC (or at least it all being free in the end) is good signs from the team that they care about their customers and don't want to screw them over.

Things will get balance as many special moves that SF character have would have to be slowed down, only 2/3 character in Tekken have projectiles, SF loads have but all projectiles can be easily dodged with a side step. That said they are also unblockable and take time to 'prep', while SF projectiles are easily blockable. 

I'd just love to see SF character in Tekken form as their move database would have to be extended a fair bit, yes?

That's quite some insight. Very profound thought. I could not have said it better on the matter myself.

hahaha na I wrote comment but found the answer myself and dont know how to delete the post.

My thoughts, exactly.

I'm big on SF and wasn't a fan of their chunky look this gen, and was hoping to see a different take on the design from a diff dev.

Well, doing street fighter in 3D is a challenge to begin with. If its not coming out, its fine with me, but be honest with your fans about it.

I see alot of fighting fans here are forgetting about Guilg Gear X3 though. :) Thats gonna be good.

Completely this. No one asked for tekken. We want CvS3. Stupid capcom. -.-