Dead or Alive 5

[Silanda]

The Dead or Alive series in a nutshell

Good one.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-08-new-dead-or-alive-5-screenshots-screenshot-gallery

New screens

[nakamura]

Looks interesting. Best 3D fighter bar VF for me. Bit bored of the genre by DoA4 though but fighters seem to be coming back.

[dvdx2]

graphics get prettier - gameplay stays the same accelerated mash fest

[Neon Ignition]

It won't be deep but at least with DOA they seem to be trying to change up the gameplay

[Sane]

I've always liked DOA. I remember buying the first one for my Saturn at a redicilous price at my local import shop, then part 2 on the DC, part 3 and Ultimate on the xbox and part 4 on the 360. I played them all a lot. Sure it's not as deep as VF but it's good fun when playing with friends.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.the-magicbox.com/1201/game120113d.shtml

New screens for DOA5

[Team Andromeda]

Looks great I have high hopes for this .

[monel]

The best thing about the DOA games for me is the environments, bits like kicking the opponent off a bridge and leaping after them is just brilliant. It's one of the few instances where I wish someone ripped them off completely, just to see where other firms would take the idea.

[saturn-gamer]

The best thing about the DOA games for me is the environments, bits like kicking the opponent off a bridge and leaping after them is just brilliant. It's one of the few instances where I wish someone ripped them off completely, just to see where other firms would take the idea.

They won't copy it. Such a thing completely messes with the balance. I think DoA is a rather boring fighter if you play it on a stage where you can't kick eachother off. There are not all that many options during a fight and the response is a bit random.

Tekken only incorporated it to some extent, so that nothing really changed or messed up the balance (the ground break was just a normal bounce procedure).

[monel]

Yeah, I would agree with that. Other series tried to use the environments a bit but ditched the idea, although they never took it as far as DOA. That (and the quality of the graphics) was always the only reason I played DOA, I think they started it with DOA2. Besides that feature it gets boring quickly, but it's the only reason I play the games from time to time... The moves aren't interesting enough for me, I think. It can be great fun in 2 player mode, sometimes.

[Flabio]

Yeah, the environment stuff makes it more fun, but it's too random a factor for tournament play. By all means have it, but let it be disabled.

[EvilBoris]

I wonder if it will be less perverse since the director got sacked for sexual harassment (or something)

[Flabio]

The character design already does seem a little reined in...

http://t.co/VZqVQdMr

(facebook link, might not work for you)

[monel]

I wonder if it will be less perverse since the director got sacked for sexual harassment (or something)

Did he? I thought he just left. Or was that a joke, I guess it was.