Dead or Alive 3 Horror Games Review

Title: Dead or Alive 3
Format: Video Game
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Platform: Xbox
Publisher: Tecmo
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Review of Dead or Alive 3

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Comments for Dead or Alive 3

• Posted on 2009-11-17
  Fantastic graphics, but the game is missing something
  
  This is an arcade style fighting game with 16 playable characters, all with their own unique traits other than appearance. Some fighters are made for speed (Ayane & Jann Lee), others are made for brutality (Bayman), others are meant to throw around the compeition (Tina & Bass) and some are meant to just be unique (Hayabusa & Brad Wong).
  
  I am sure that we can all see that the graphics in this game are some of the best of the X-Box and that is saying alot. There are amazing 17 character models, detailed things like flowing fabrics and whipping hair (yet forgotten things like shadows).
  
  The story takes a back seat and the fighting flows with four major buttons. Punch, kick, throw and block. By "flows" I mean when you attack, strike, kick or punch, your character does not always return to face your opponent, which sets it up for something different, like a roundhouse kick leaves your character with his or her back to the opponent, then you can have a series of other moves, like an elbow, another roundhouse, a different throw or by pressing forward it turns your fighter around. Basically it creates different and interesting dynamics.
  
  There are not just traditional standing fighters, grapplers and submission fighters, but there are fighters like Brad Wong and Hyabusa that have far different techniques. Hayabusa can stand on his hands and fight with his feet, Brad Wong has a drunken sort of fighting that makes him very difficult to grapple and throw.
  
  The game modes are : Story Mode, Time Attack Mode, Versus Mode, Survival Mode, Tag Battle Mode, Team Battle Mode, Sparring Mode and Watch Mode.
  
  Even with the great fighting system and fantastic visuals, it still feels like the game is missing something. Its an arcade fighter, so each fighter has his or her own ending video. Not the most spectacular video, spectacular looking yes, but interesting, no. There are no unlockables except for an extra costume or two for all of the fighters. Everything is already unlocked, except the endings. For a game you play at home, it just feels like, "What's the point?"
  
  The later released Dead Or Alive Ultimate is a far superior game, even if it is a rerelease of Dead or Alive 2.
  
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• Posted on 2009-09-17
  Very fun game!
  
  Came in excellent condition and in a very timely fashion. Played it all night as soon as it came in. Good buy!
  
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• Posted on 2007-12-02
  STILL REALLY AWESOME AFTER SIX YEARS 9.5 OUT OF 10
  
  What's sad about some of today's games is the fact that some are still looking like ugly PS2 games unlike the slick graphics of modern PS2 and Xbox games. One thing that still amazes me about Dead or Alive 3 is the fact it still looks better than a lot games to this day... and it was made six years ago! The fighting mechanics are still awesome and manages to outclass a lot of fighters to this day. The characters are still awesome and the unlockables are still awesome, and the ending videos are still excellent to watch. The only problem with this game are small control issues, other than that there is nothing wrong with this awesome game.
  
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• Posted on 2006-04-14
  Oooh... shiney pretty people....
  
  DOA3 is a great game. One of the best to come out on the Xbox, inmyhonestopinionplzkthx. The graphics are tight, especially for a launch title. Lighting and background graphics are amazing, and while there are a few touchy things(one dimensional clothing), overall this is a gorgeous game.
  Speaking of the graphics, in response to certain people saying the game is too ' trashy', I have this to say in caps to prove my point:
  IT'S CALLED MARKETING.
  How else are you going to get lonely nerds living in their mom's basement to buy your game? Add Kasumi, of course. Gen Fu's not gonna get them. You need some double X chromosomes to spice things up. It helps that they're scantily clad, of course. Besides, if you don't want your [...] kid playing it, DON'T BUY IT FOR HIM. YOU have the power. IT has a teen rating. Look at the reasons for the rating, it says ' mature sexual themes' RIGHT THERE. Don't act like this snuck up on you.
  That being said, I'd like to move on to gameplay.
  Story mode is your classic ' choose a character and go around in their story beating people up until the big boss battle' mode. Simple, but effective. The progressive battles don't get much harder, but the final boss battle does get you off your rear to try to think of how to beat him. It takes a couple tries, but it's worth it. Throughout there are gorgeous cutscenes to pass the time. And then there are the lovely movies you get in reward for beating story mode. Ahh.... beautiful.
  Multiplayer is done well, with a good couple modes for you to play in, what with tag team (versus/normal), one on one(versus/normal), etc etc. It's fun, but I'd like to see more costume choices. Kasumi has the most with five, and that's just not enough. More unlockables in general would make this game even better.
  Overall, this is how it evens out:
  
  Pros: Great graphics
  Interesting characters
  Good multiplayer
  Kasumi's assets
  
  Cons: Not enough unlockables
  Story mode gets repetetive
  Not enough tag team stages
  
  Worth the money, especially now.
  
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• Posted on 2006-02-25
  Great game, but it's missing something...
  
  Dead or Alive 3 is a great game, but overall, it seems to be lacking something. After you've completed the game with every character, unlocked all costumes (which isn't real hard), there isn't much else to do. If you enjoy the DOA series, give this game a try, but know that there isn't much that sets this game apart from all the other fighting games out there.
  
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