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Dead Or Alive 2 for Dreamcast Videos >>
Rating Reviewed By xino (lots) Review Date 07/28/2005 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Value Rating  0 of 5 Visitors rate this review 2.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary this game is still SICK i don;t carem, you can compare this game with soul cailbure 2, and you will see half of sc2 odesn't have what doa2 has this game is great, get ready for Tag teamSound the sound isn't all that but still sounds good, sounds of explostion, knocking of building, things breaking, the music is crap, most of it is good, but still weak, i will compare this game with sc2, soul cailbure 2 sound 8/10 dead or alive 2 sound 6/10Gameplay the game play is nice, but the story is to short, at least this has more fmv than sc2, but sc2 has more gameplay cuz you can unlock lots of stuff, doa2, you can only unlock clothes and character, try the tag team, the tag team is the best cuz you can switch between character at the same time, which makes it really fast, sc2 doesnt have it, which makes it crap. the moves are damn great, you will notices how to perform them even if you don;t have the mauanl, sc2 on gamecube control is too easy, use the c -stick and you are doing lots of big move, that is to easy, it is for people who don't know how to play you can knock people of building, and cliffs, it isn't all that but, makes th game more exciteting, but sc2 you can only knock them inside water or out the ring which makes it to easy easy to jump onlike sc2, you have to hold down block/guard and press the up button (lame), soul cailbure 2 gameplay 9/10 dead or alive gameplay 7/10Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By G30 GFrom Phila. PA Review Date 11/18/2002 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 3.67 of 5, 3 votes Rate this review? Summary I wonder about the odds of anyone ever reading this, but here goes. DOA2: Limited Edition is the game people should play. Don't waste your time (ammo?) on the Metroids, the terrorists, the Covenant. Buy yourself a used DC--- which, for all my experience playing games is THE rare system that got missed--- go online, pay $10 for the Limited Version (henceforth DOA2:LE), and have fun. Because fun is what this game is ABOUT.Can I say this game proves the DC is better hardware than the PS2? Yes. I just did. But enough superlatives and lets get to facts. The player models are lifelike yet acrobatic in movement and fighting, to the point where watching a fight is as fun as playing it. There are 12 fighters, which I'd say is about enough, and if anyone thinks Tekken 4 (yes, 4) is a better game for having more fighters, then that person should go back to SCHOOL. Move depth is where DOA2:LE is a masterpiece----and savvy players are rewarded for reversals, which can be pulled with ease after some experience. This is a fighting game----and I will go out on a limb and declare that fighting games are inherently superior to other video games, or any type of game. Games are about challenge and combat, whether with cards, hidden objects, or government issued machinery. Thus at the basic heart of any game is competition. And a fighting game is the explicit depiction of human combat. DOA2:LE does that, but at a heightened tempo and energy that even surpasses THE XBOX VERSION DOA3 WHICH CAME LATER. Despite the added Xbox effects and razzle-dazzle, the DC DOA2:LE's control system better gratifies the adept player. This is somewhat due to the fact that the DC controller is better hardware than the Xbox's counterpart (which some could argue was modelled after the DC's... do I digress...). Sound The sound is interesting and effective enough. Since this is a fighting game, hits, smacks, and ground impact are the events that get heralded with a crunch (like the one Donovan McNabb must've heard yesterday. It hurt. I'm from Philly remember.) Voices/shouts sound good, they sound like speech, and the spoken Japanese is preferable for American players, because you CAN'T understand the inane dialog. Who cares about dialog in this game? (Who needs story? Story in ANY game? It's ridiculous to take ANY game's story seriously since it is separate from CONTROL INTERFACE, which is integral to gaming interactivity.) The sounds serve all that's needed and more would not benefit the game. The music is entertaining and lively, in some of the tracks, but I prefer to put on some Sister Machine Gun (Revolution 5.0 or Transient 5.2, thanks crandall) and rock the house.Do me a favor: go see the thing I've been typing about for the last 2 hours here. It's as much fun as you need, really. G out. Gameplay Back to where it's at: DOA2:LE is a sophisticated, visual see-saw of paper-scissors-rock. I'll explain that: if a player wants to hit the other, they can punch/kick. However, in DOA2:LE an opponent can reverse the attack with a simple button combo BUT WITH PRECISE TIMIMG (to be fair, other fighting games with weaker graphics *cough*VF4*ahem can excute similar moves). Reversal damage is greater, but an opponent who monopolizes reversals will get hit often, does not initiate attack, and is susceptible to throws. Thus, the paper-scissors-rock analogy translates to, in DOA2:LE, attack-reverse-throw.Expert players are AS A RESULT DETERMINED BY THEIR ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE AND RESPOND TO THEIR OPPONENTS' BEHAVIOR. This game provides a challenging, competitive, and entertaining pastime. Controls are button/thumbstick presses, not overly complex, but players are rewarded for timing and cunning. Move research is also favorable and give one an edge (and when Kevin is in the known vicinity of Philly then you KNOW G's downloading Hayabusa's move list POST HASTE). Whatever. Hit some buttons and smack each other in the face, what do I know. There's tag (I'll assume you know what that means), and although DC DOA2:LE has one only one tag arena background, this doesn't detract from the fun that tag-fighting inspires. Tags are best executed during an attack, in which the tag-in figther continues the move combo, and extra swaps continue to rack up damage on an opponent (unless successfully reversed). What more do you NEED? The game is a gem and worth your time. Why play other games? Tinkering around a Liberty Vice City holds no long term amusement once you realize it's MEANINGLESS. But playing a friend at DOA2:LE becomes a personal SCORE--- everyone, not just YOU ALONE, remembers the record. Still can't believe I beat Kevin and he'll laugh when I say that, then tell me his Helena will kick my Kasumi and, well, you know how that goes. (By the way, I'm the same G that wrote a GTA:VC review on this site.) Oh but the only thing is: you can't play it online. "Well OF COURSE, G, it's a FIGHTING GAME." ... so why isn't there an online fighting game since X-BAND on the NES?? Did the government do that? Can anyone tell me? Did it happen in Japan? Where's the work on this? How about an ONLINE FIGHTING GAME, O BIG-THREE? ANYONE? BUELLER?? If there's a God out there, it'd pick DC DOA2:LE to go online. Okay, you can throw up now. Jeez. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By CapallappaReview Date 08/20/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary This game basically revolves around the shinobi, powerful warriors who were trained to an inhuman extent, and others who are fighting in the Dead or Alive tournament. The being that started this tournament is a fat, long nosed, annoying santa clause demon known as Tengu. These were creatures created within Japanese myth who played a game that consisted of knocking over huge trees.Sound good sound... thats it... WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY!?!?!Gameplay I like when Hayabusa goes HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! haha. The gameplay is basically pretty well done. The controls are easy to master and the game doesn't frustrate you much... unless you suck. I like Hayabusa's sayings, " If your soul is imperfect life is difficult." Duh! I mean c'mon his sayings are like something from a fortune cookie. I know I haven't discussed gameplay in the recent remarks but I just wanted to get that point through. There are multiple fighting techniques and they are realistic. The physics in the game don't seem that realistic but you also have to consider the story. The shinobi are very powerful and Ein (or Hayate) was an experiment. To sum it all up, the gameplay is great.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary My golly this game is good but still expensive. I expect it to be under $20 like all of other DC game but what can ya gonna do? The game itself is good but nothing innovated. It has kewl story-mode, team attack, and other nifty game modes to keep you busy for couple hours of so. Why did I buy this game? Is it because I can speak Japanese and I love hearing them talk? Or I like the Eye catching Graphics? Or Is it because girls kicks high, really high... Well everybody knows the answer to that.Sound Don't you love hearing Japanese people talking English? It's funny, it cheers me up everytime I hear them talk. And one more thing, the transulation is screwed up. But most of y'all don't speak Japs so who cares right...Gameplay It has really nice gameplay. It has many different modes of play like story-mode, team attack, tag mode, time attack, and such. But there's one thing I really hate about... and I know all of you will agree. Every Modes 'cept story-mode, has only one level. What wuz it? The missle level... Why oh why they could made level selections on other modes!Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Overall the game Rules, It is the best fighter game ive played, the graphics, gameplay are the best ever. even though the sound could be better this game should be rated high for the dreamcast.Sound The sound is the downfall, Not the music i like to hear but when u are kicking the computer or your friend(s) butts, u dont really care about the music anyway.Gameplay The GAme play is not the best but it is alot better then most if not all other games.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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