1. Gryzor

   9

   DOA finally arrived to PS3! And I was not disapointed in this game. It is very enjoyable for casual fighter players like me and I think there are challenges for pro gamers as well. The story mode interesting and funny and not so difficult to win. There are a lot of game modes (offline and online) and training as well. I really like the graphics and the moves of the characters. Recommended!… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.
2. MasterGwaha

   6

   This game gets a "6" because they fighting is still solid, HOWEVER, everything else you expect about quality form this series is totally missing. The super clean and smooth menus are gone and replaced by some TAPOUT moron art designer (and they lag too), the game only runs at 720p and has NO ANTI-ALIASING!! Looks like PS1 style jaggies on the edges everywhere, and even then there are parts where the frame rate (near the walls of the stages) will drop down to 15fps. The faces are better, the sweat is cool, but they are still emotionless and expressionless faces nonetheless. The boob physics are kind of messed up. They have good technical gelatinous properties, but they kid of have to gravity and seems to just float about randomly, colliding with each other and no conforming to their clothes, which is pretty lame, and makes it surprisingly less attractive than previous DOA games. It's not the same with Itagaki gone, but I have hope for the series on the next gen consoles, this game is just not up to par with its predecessors.… Expand

   • Helpful? 4 of 11 users said Yes.
3. TheWinner

   2

   Missing characters, Missing any acknowledgement to the past 7 years of inventive ideas in Fighting Games, Missing any redeeming qualities as a fighter with dozens of bugs, issues, and missing features. Everything about this game defies the previous Dead or Alive games, never mind **** on what is widely regarded as the pinnacle of 3D fighting games, Dead or Alive 4. Dead or Alive 4 paved the way for almost every fighting game release in the past 7 years. Fighting games have adopted one thing or another from Dead or Alive 4 and incorporated them into their own design, be it the "bounce" combo mechanic, Online ranked lobbies and network inspiration, or even Motion Blur as a detail enhancing visual feature. In one way or another, nearly every fighting game made in the past 7 years has taken notes from Dead or Alive 4 in hopes to compete. Dead or Alive 5 doesn't aim to be better than, or even as good as Dead or Alive 4. It lacks features from previous DOA games, it lacks network capabilities from previous DOA games, it lacks balance from previous DOA games, it simplifies combat immensely by **** the **** out of Counter-Holds making them relatively useless, thereby ruining the "Triangle System" brand of combat that DOA is famous for. It's buggy, rushed, highly in favor to the over-sexualization of it's female characters (even more-so than previous DOA games) so much as to be called misandry. Dead or Alive 5 is the biggest fighting game scandal in the history of fighting video games. Please understand that the Team Ninja that made the previous four DOA games no longer exists. In 2008, Tomonobu Itagaki and over 36 key members of Team Ninja quit and sued Tecmo for business malpractice. leaving Tecmo's Team Ninja with a shell of what once was a development studio. The publicized departure of Itagaki and around 40 people caused a stir up that dissuaded prospective engineers, programmers, animators, artists, and designers from choosing to work for Tecmo/TeamNinja, and because of that - they could only end up hiring people who were not entirely capable. This game is as much of a bastardization to the Dead or Alive series and fighting games as a whole as Ninja Gaiden 3 was to the Ninja Gaiden series and action-adventure hack-n-slash games. Anyone who praises this game either doesn't play fighting games or is simply lying through their teeth. This is one of the cheapest Lie Detectors available, while still being the most expensive Fighting Game without content.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 7 users said Yes.

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