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One of if not THE worst fighting game ever made

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 26
Date: September 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have played many many fighting games fom NES(I'll count Kung Fu here) all the way up to the 360 now. And this has to be the worst one I have ever played. When I first bought it and was getting my head handed to me, I thought it just takes some getting used to. Well, after more than 10 hours later the same thing is happening. I have Soul Caliber 3, and though it was hard at first the more you play the more you get used to it. The more you can flow with it and hold your own. This game however, is nowhere near that good. Yes it's a pretty game, but beauty does NOT make a fighting game. I found the controls sloppy at best, the reversals or counters near impossible, and blocking pretty much not there. And anyone who has played through knows the last fight with evil gree jello girl is a gamers nightmare. The developer who made this junk should really stop trying to be a rock star and make a fighting game worth buying. I suggest you buy Soul Caliber 3 for PS2 or wait for a new and better fighting game to come out.

THE WORST 360 game for beginners -- and the worse fighting game for 360

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 21
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is, without a doubt, the absolutely worse fighting game ever made. Tecmo has removed all the enjoyable elements including removing a difficulty level for beginners. If you aren't a DOA pro, you'll be pummled countless times while you just try to learn the controls. The computer will pull off 10x combos on you while you just try to land a punch or kick. What's worse, the game has 45 Achievements, including more than a dozen "secrets" which you must unlock. But you'll be so frustrated by this game that you won't even bother.

The worst part of it is that this is no longer a "party game." Meaning you can't invite over your friends and have fun fighting each other. The few people that master the game's new countering system (which is aptly named, since it's so COUNTER-intuitive) will slaughter the newbies and completely remove the fun of the multiplayer element.

Likewise, when you take your game online (which you must do to earn 10 of the public achievements), you'll get destroyed by users who are far better than you, if you haven't dedicated your life to DOA practice.

So before you waste half of your life trying to become the DOA guru of your social circle or the entire online world, remember that the only things that are new to this game from Dead or Alive Ultimate (which is 1/3 the cost) is a few new characters, the HD graphics (which are, I admit, absolutely amazing) and a set of new features which only make it tougher for those of us who weren't good at playing fighting games in the first place. Thanks, Tecmo, for completely ignoring the entire gaming community to make another game like Ninja Gaiden Black; a game that no one wants to play unless it's the only game they practice at.

DOA4

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 22
Date: January 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It the worst of the series, just because it is for the newest system out doesn't mean it the best.

WOW... what a waste of great graphix

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: February 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game in a bundle with my xbox 360... I will have to say that I would never have bought this off the shelf and for good reason. This is a great example of how a company can throw some of the best graphix out there into a complete pile of crap. The game has less content to it then the first street fighter, online play is a complete joke, and the controls are extremely sloppy. Not only would i recommend not buying this game, I would recommend breaking or burning it if you got it in some package.

good looks is deceiving

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: January 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you want to have fun don not buy this game is just like ninja gaiden, HARD!!!!!!!!!!!! if you want just good looks this is the game

Run away and just say no!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: March 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A tech demo at best. The blocking mechanic is completely broken.
I felt cheated after buying this game.

Don't get this game...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: February 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I wanted to get this game since I first heard about it, but 10 minutes into playing it I realized how boring the series has gotten. Not only that but the AI is VERY poorly done. The game doesn't offer much in the way of content; a few costumes here and there and a laggy and glitchy online mode. The story line is slim to none; they have you fight over a cabbage at a marketplace for instance. My advice to anyone who is on the fence about picking this title up would be to save your money for something better, this game will only frustrate you and become stale very very quickly. Of course if you're a fanboy of the DOA series you will get it and say it's the greatest thing to hit fighters. But if you're a casual gamer I caution you to avoid this title.

What the?!?!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 27
Date: August 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is by far the worst fighting game I have ever played on a platform console. It's frustrating when your perfectly timed grapples just happen to slide off the guy you're fighting like he was coated in butter. Your every strike is countered and blocking??!! HA! don't bother! Anyone who has any appreciation for playing fighting games on the hardest level, might as well scratch this one off the list! To tell you the truth I'm not too impressed with the 360 overall. I've been playing video games since Intellivision and let me tell you.... I would buy Tank, Tank at $45.00-$50.00 before I buy another fighting game from this line. This is the first of the series I've ever played and can't believe that any of the previous ones could be worse than this. It just seems like a cheesy Tekken. Oh yeah, I don't want a game that robs characters from other games, If I wanted to play HALO, I'd play HALO, I'm sure the game writers could be a little more creative. If I could tell you what I actually think about this game, they wouldn't let me post it. But, on the other hand my wife appears to be a pro at this game, and am concerned that maybe it is I who am just retarded with this game.

Do you have a lot of patience and unlimited time?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 13
Date: January 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't know about you, but when I buy a new game, I want to open it, pop it in the console, and start playing. You're welcome to try this with DOA4, if you don't mind being that kid who gets thrown down and pummeled everytime he steps out on the playground.

Most console games provide a tutorial that, in the best cases, is built into the story-mode of the game and eases you into the gameplay by teaching you the abilities of your character. In DOA4, this is particularly important because every attack or defense involves an often complicated sequence of directional-movements (with the joystick or directional pad) combined with pushing the proper sequence of buttons on the controller. You also need a great sense of timing to know when to start each sequence. To compound the difficulty, each character in the game has an extensive series of special attacks that is unique to that character, and involves, you guessed it, a unique sequence of buttons and joystick movements for each special attack.

So lets say you're not intimidated by this complexity, and you actually want to spend the time required to learn how to play one of the game's many characters. DOA4's idea of "getting started" is to drop you into an arena with a computer opponent that has a sixth-degree black-belt in jujutso -- and that's on the lowest "normal" setting. How many times can you see yourself thrown down, your head twisted back, your legs bent in painful-looking directions, and your opponent announced the victor, before you've had enough "fun?"

In desperation, you might also be tempted to turn to that component of the game packaging that most of us would rather never open: the documentation. Tecmo gets points for consistency here by making an already complicated game even more difficult to understand with impossibly confusing descriptions of the game's basic controls. Ostensibly because the game gives you the ability to customize the controller, they decided to create their own button icons for punch, kick, and guard and use those to explain each control. The resulting problem is that the color and letters of the buttons in the documentation doesn't match the colors and letters of the buttons on the Xbox controller! So, for example, the documentation tells us that to execute a "low throw" on your opponent, you should simultaneously push the down directional and the green block button, followed immediately by the yellow punch button. So what does this mean for the default controller configuration? It means you push the down directional and the blue X button, followed by the yellow Y button. Clear as mud, right?

Finally, although the game graphics are beautiful (watching me get my butt kicked has never looked so good as in the high-def, gorgeous arenas of DOA4), Tecmo didn't bother to localize any of the game's dialogue in English. As a result, if you're adept enough to push the appropriate sequence of buttons required to "taunt" your opponent during combat, you'll hear your character say something unintelligible in Japanese. You'll hope that this is a biting, witty jab, but in actuality, it's probably (and more appropriately) a plea for mercy.

Define: Opposite of Fun

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: February 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

DOA single player...

The single player portion of this game is by far the WORST of any fighting game to date - unless of course you enjoy spending hours fighting against an AI that cannot be described in any way other than RIDICULOUS! Even on the 'normal' setting (the easiest available), the AI can counter at will and string together impossible combinations of hits. 45+ minutes on ONE opponent to unlock ONE costume... not my idea of a good time.

The multi-player portion of the game would be a total blast if it wasn's constantly laggy and either booting people or freezing...

With a couple of patches, this game COULD be awesome, but as it stands now - I recommend skipping it...

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