Dead or Alive 5
I wish I could say it’s a quantum leap from previous DOA’s, but it isn’t. Though to be quite honest, I don’t think anyone would want that. It’s DOA. It plays like DOA.
It has nice environments. It reminded me more of DOA3 than DOA4, and I guess that’s a good thing. At least it isn’t a Ninja Gaiden 3-stylee travesty.
Lollypop Chainsaw
Not the greatest hacky-slashy game ever, but competent at what it does. I get the feeling that playing it in a loud exhibition room means I missed out on the incredibly repetitive voicework during gameplay which has been reported elsewhere.
May have frame rate problems. Phorenzik will be pleased!
Steel Battalion
Didn’t play it myself, sat next to somebody else I know and watched him. He got incredibly frustrated with the whole thing.
You use a pad to move and fire but any other controls which would originally be on a lovely giant peripheral now require you to “pull out” from the view port and operate them with Kinect. It’s horribly unintuitive.
“We made this game with hardcore players in mind”, said the PR monkey. No you didn’t, if you did it’d have a dedicated controller.
Fat Cosplayers
Look, I’m a big man… But for crying out loud people, 3 words – size appropriate cosplay.
NOBODY wants to see a fat Felicia from Darkstalkers.
Far too many “Free Hugs” Signs
When dressing like Fat Sailor Moon (as a dude) isn’t enough – My attempt at subverting this with a “FREE DISDAIN” sign didn’t work. So I tried “FREE NELSON MANDELA” instead…
IT DIDN’T EVEN RAISE A FUCKING CHUCKLE.
I get the feeling I may have been playing to an audience that was far, FAR too young.
Maybe you should’ve tried offering them a free “coil of doody”? I believe that’s pretty popular with kids and retards lately…
I fully expected Lollipop Chainsaw to have frame rate issues. I expect it from all games these days.
Luckily, I’d already decided not to buy it due to the fact that the Americans got someone with the skills of a 12 year old boy to script it.
It’s interesting that early players have mentioned the repetitive voice work. The trailers I saw that featured any voicing were painfully embarrassing and amateurish and enough to turn me away.
I assume Sir took pictures of said fat cosplayers?
My only concern is that like every other fucking game company at the moment Tecmo will rape DOA fans with overpriced DLC when it comes to costumes thus removing one of the many fun aspects of playing DOA over and again – unlocking costumes.
I totally concur. That was the main/only reason for playing any of the previous games.
I bet we’ll see between 3-6 costumes already available to unlock through gameplay with several more for each combatant as priced DLC.
I’m still going to buy it as I love the series, but should TECMO head down the DLC path I won’t be purchasing any.