Dead or Alive 5 - because you can never have enough ninjas!

[Timstuff]

At the Tokyo Gameshow, Tecmo announced that they are in the early development stages of a new entry in the Dead or Alive fighting game franchise, and showed off some early pre-alpha footage of a match being played between Ninja Gaiden cover athlete Ryu Hayabusa and fellow ninja Hayate. The game is in development for both the Xbox 360 and PS3, making this the first Dead or Alive game since DOA2 to be available on a Sony console. You can see the demonstration video below:

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Tecmo also released this rather fetching (and wet) teaser image, showing what is speculated to be either Kasumi or Hitomi. The design seems to suggest a departure from the more pristine, plastic-looking visuals of previous games with more realistic looking skin and facial features.

Some keen-eyed viewers have actually pointed to evidence that this image is actually a composite image of two different characters, which you can see below. It's actually pretty clever.

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I guess the big question is whether or not this game will be the one that restores DOA's reputation within the fighting game community. Dead or Alive 3 was met with some pretty rave reception in the fighting game community once it got patched, but the series has kind of simmered in the last few years, and the ridiculous volleyball spinoffs didn't exactly help its image. If Mortal Kombat can bounce back to glory after several years in the fighting game ghetto though, it's quite possible that Dead or Alive can as well. Team Ninja looks a bit different these days since series producer Tom Itagaki quit on bad terms a few years ago, but perhaps some fresh blood is what the franchise needs.

At any rate, it will be a while before we actually get to play it since the game is still in pre-alpha, and fighters tend to take a while to put out. I'll be keeping my eye on this one.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, that's much more photorealistic, and the face actually looks more Japanese than the earlier "everybody has the same default face" designs.

 

[X Knight]

if they are going for a more photorealistic look for the characters, I wonder if that will mean the females will be more "realistic" in their other.......um......proportions.......lol

kind of like Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider......

she's been given a photorealistic makeover and she's no longer a woman with a giant bust. in fact, she looks better now with a more realistic body.....

 

[terry78]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/25/dead-or-alive-5-review

IGN says DOA is back.

 

[Soapy]

Quick Look: Dead or Alive 5

CERN has yet to check our data, but Jeff and Ryan may have solved the mystery behind DOA's "physics."

 

[Spider-Aziz]

QUICK NOTE: I KNOW I OBVIOUSLY RESURRECTED AN OLD THREAD WITHOUT ANY NEWS OR ANYTHING, NO ONE NEEDS TO POINT THAT OUT TO ME.

I played the Core Fighters, and it's fun, but it reminds me of old arcade fighting games where the computer can perform the cheap moves of using moves you can't perform no matter how hard you try, that's awful and I never missed it with modern fighting games.

Their prices are ridiculous, this game is a 2012 release, and you are required to pay $14.99 for the story mode alone, you'd think that unlocks extra characters beside the default 4, but nope, nothing. Almost $90 for the full package (before they add who knows what extra content).

Every bit they added was expensive, and is still awfully expensive, almost $60 for the cutscenes of female fighters perform their bikini model schtick with their swimsuit, and other swimsuits you buy.

And if you consider purchasing it on PC, be happy this is a 2012 release and not newer, cause the porting sucks, if it was newer it would probably be worse than Arkham Knight (yeah, I went there), and I maybe somewhat exaggerating, but it is a bad port.

So if you wanted it and still haven't got it, save your money.