1) You don't already have it.
Seriously. If you don't have it, that should be reason enough.
Eliot and Brad Wong. They hold the title for my favourite cutscene in the game. Dat last rice ball. |
I may be heterosexual, but when there is that much boob bouncing around anybody would be interested. Also for the more pixelosexual individual, it comes with the option to toggle character sweating and also to toggle whether their clothes get dirty during a fight. Ooh la la.
Interestingly, in an earlier demo of DoA5, the female characters had more realistic, ahem, proportions. True to Dead or Alive style though, they scratched this idea and brought back the gargantuan busts. I'm just not sure the game would feel the same without them.
Also - unlockable bikini outfits for Tina, Lisa and Christie. Need I say more?
3) It's tactical
DoA has a large moveset anyway - I have never been able to truly master more than just one character (Kasumi). This is very much expanded on with the inclusion of 3 - yes three - Virtua Fighter characters. The unlockable Akira Yuki, Sarah Bryant and Pai Chan are notorious if used properly. The drawback of this is that when you are doing the training mode for the moves they require precise timing in order to execute them properly. This had me screaming and crying several times. I suggest you do not attempt the training for these characters if there is somebody you don't really like in close proximity to you.
You will hit them.
4) Graphics
The graphics are truly stunning with this game. I can't do them justice with words, you really do have to see them to appreciate just how good they are. Even the most insignificant objects are extremely detailed. The character movements are smooth, edges are crisp, colours are bright and at no point do you experience the annoyance of being in such a dark setting that the only thing you can see is Kasumi's white-stockinged leg fly up into the air as you get tragically beaten up by Zack. If you get the opportunity to play a demo of this, you should really try it out just to see the graphics for yourself.
5) It has a lot of content
New character, Mila. She works part time in a diner and is a huge fan of Bass - and his daughter Tina. |
New character, Rig. A canadian who runs the oil rig in which Bass works. The two are friends to some extent. |
5.5) It is the first main series DoA game released for a Playstation console since DoA 2 back in 2001.
This was exciting enough for me to pay $70 CAD for it and then return to England and pay a further £10 for an online pass. Or rather my boyfriend picked me up the game and some poutine and we eventually reached an agreement that I wouldn't have to pay him back for it. This does only count as half a reason due to the fact it was released on both the Xbox 360 and the PS3, and Xboxers have been able to play all of the DoA games in between 2 and 5.
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