Dead or Alive 5 (Xbox 360) review"The petite Leifang no longer looks like she might easily win an arm wrestling contest against the hulking behemoth that is Bass, for instance, which lends encounters between certain characters some of the impact that they lacked previously. Even among the girls, newcomer Mila (a sexy and confident MMA boxer) appears much taller and lankier than diminutive scrappers such as Ayane and Pai. The female characters in particular seem to have received more detailed texture work, particularly where their arms are concerned, so that the models in Dead or Alive 4 seem almost like animated Barbie dolls in comparison." |
Don’t hate them ‘cuz they’re beautiful. The ladies (and gents) from Dead or Alive 4 are back, most of seven years after their last console outing, and very little has changed. That means more bouncing boobs, more rippling muscles, more gratuitous panty shots and all of the usual tension between the various members of the ninja clan. If you’ve always loved that stuff, odds are good you’ll like it once more, while gamers who feel that they’re above the whole affair will have no reason to see things any differently the fifth time around.
Dead or Alive 5 definitely isn’t the sort of sequel that you buy if you’re looking for drastic changes. The name of the game here is “iteration.” The visuals are more impressive, the arenas more interactive. There’s more content available early on—in terms of the quantity of fighters and unlockable costumes and such—and the online mode is pleasingly robust. Still, a lot of the changes don’t really call attention to themselves. Dead or Alive 5 is better than its predecessor, but not to the extent that you should buy it at full price if you’re already sick of Dead or Alive 4.
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Staff review by Jason Venter (September 27, 2012)
Jason Venter has been playing games for 30 years, since discovering the Apple IIe version of Mario Bros. in his elementary school days. Now he writes about them, here at HonestGamers and also at other sites that agree to pay him for his words. |
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