Just straight up, even the act of playing Tekken 8 specifically feels exhausting.
Tekken 6, Tag2, Tekken 7 are obviously hard, they're Tekken games. But they don't feel as tiring to play.
Street Fighter 6, for example, is similar. It's obviously got its own issues and not gonna shy away from them at all, but at most SF6 is boring. Throw loops and projectiles can be boring, but otherwise fine.
Tekken 8 is exhausting. It is tiring. It is actively irritating and tiring to play because of just how much bullshit you have to keep up with in this game. Including all the visual effects especially.
In Tekken 7, the most you really had to keep up with was Rage Drive. Even then, Rage Drive - in my honest opinion - I didn't really mind at all.
But Tekken 8 you have to worry about Heat, Heat Engagers, invincible armor Rage Arts, homing moves, homing throws, practically every single character has more than 2 stances now, you have to gamble with movement more than ever because of how well everything tracks.
Tekken 8 actively makes you tired from playing it, even when you win it doesn't exactly feel good.
I'm just gonna take a break from Tekken 8 specifically and gonna try the older Tekkens more as well as things like GG or SF6. I really don't want to give up Tekken 8, but unless another balance change comes around and improves things, I just have better uses for my time.