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Downright Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: December 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There are two points which make this the top fighting game for me. The first point is the system. The system is simplicity itself. It's easy to learn, but difficult to master the nuances. One of the things that really sets this apart is the great counter system. Other games also offer a counter system, but it's usually reserved for specific characters which tend to be the most difficult characters to master in those games. In DOA3, all of the characters can do counter moves. This makes defense just as important and exciting as offense. In other games, you just sit back and block until it's your turn. Boring! The idea that any punch you throw could be countered adds a lot of excitement to the game.

The other point that makes this game a winner for me is that it's just beautiful. This is one of those games you can set on automatic display and just watch it. The characters are well designed, and the interactive environments just take your breath away.

Overall, this is the best fighter you can buy. I'll be lining up for the next ne when it comes out.

One of the top fighters that still stands tall even now.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: September 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When the Xbox launched, it wasn't Oddworld or Halo that showed off what it could do graphically. It was this little beauty here- Dead or Alive 3. Even in this day and age with graphic behemoths like Ninja Gaiden and Panzer Dragoon Orta, DoA3 holds up and still looks gorgeous. But the game isn't all graphics as many people have you to believe. And it isn't just pretty women either, though there are pleanty of those included. DoA3 is a solid fighter. While it may not be as deep as say Virtua Fighter 4, it stands its ground, and anyone can go into it with no knowledge of the fighting engine or previous games and have fun.

I was one of the lucky ones to play DoA2 on the Dreamcast a few years ago, so I knew what to expect with the sequel. If you haven't played a DoA before, it's a simple fighter. No weapons, no fireballs, no flashy 93 hit combos, just old fashioned (though I use that term very loosely) fighting. All the combat is very fast. 5 moves can be done in just one second if you know what you're doing. But don't expect to be overwhelemed by endless strings of attacks when playing the main game. The AI isn't very impressive. I breezed through the Story Mode in about 6 minutes when I first started playing, and only had trouble when playing as characters I didn't care for much or the new ones. The last boss confused me at first since you're fighting him at a weird angle, and the movement is altered. Where right = forward and such. Story, of course, is the main game. Pick a fighter and go through their story, though there isn't a whole lot of plot going on here. It's a lot clearer than DoA2 was, what little plot that one had. At least this time they managed to put in longer scenes before plot sensitive fights (Hayate vs Hayabusa, Ayane vs Kasumi, etc.). Then there's the Survival mode, where you fight opponent after opponent until you're defeated. I have no idea how long this can last, as I usually get taken out after 18 fights. In this mode you can get special items that boost your score, and if you make the top 10 list, you could unlock one of, if not the, strongest fighters from DoA2. Simply enter your name as EIN (all capitals) and he'll be selectable in all modes but Arcade since he's an alternate version of Hayate. Time attack is here too, where you go through Story as fast as you can. It's a nice feature but nothing that special. And of course Versus (with Tag Team!) and Training.

What I liked are the few special bonuses. Whenever you go through Story Mode, the ending for each character you go through as becomes viewable at the main menu. Gee, I wonder why so many people like Christie's ending so much. Going through Time Attack, Survival and getting Silver Xbox items or defeating x number of opponents also gives you a few new costumes for Zack, Ayane, Ein and Kasumi. Unfortunately, you need one of the Xbox demo/Exhibition discs in order to get all the extra costumes for the other characters. You can find these on eBay, but you can also wait until Dead or Alive: Ultimate comes out, which comes with the disc. And pressing the Y button when selecting Kasumi lets you fight as her with her hair down. Personally, I hated her with the ponytail, so this option was nice. It always made her head look smaller.

I don't even need to get into the graphics here. You've seen footage in the commercials and pictures in magazines and on sites. Almost every picture you see is of actual game footage. The only things that look better than it are the ending FMV scenes. Animations are fluid, and the abnormal bouncing breasts from the first two games are gone. They still bounce, just not all over the place when the characters aren't active (ie- standing like in DoA). Mouth movements match when the characters speak, another great little detail they touched up on. And backgrounds are as beautiful as ever. And how cool is it when the camera follows your opponent when you knock them out a window from a tall building, following them get electrocuted on a sign on the way to the ground, then watching them thud on the pavement below? There isn't a lot to say about the graphics, as they're perfect. And untouched for the first year of the Xbox. Flawless.

The soundtrack for 3 isn't anywhere near as cool as 2's. It's missing a lot of the more techno tracks that helped make 2 so memorable. But it has its gems here and there. And then there's Aerosmith. They play the opening theme and 2 other tracks. I've never liked Aerosmith. They've overrated and need to stop coming back with albums, expecting people to worship them for coming back for the first time in...2 years. I skip the opening movie as fast as I can whenever I start up DoA3 as to not hear that horrid Aerosmith song. It doesn't fit in the game. Luckily, all the voices are the same as they were in the previous installment, and fit the characters perfectly. The girls don't have the usual annoying high pitched voices that you hear in ungodly numbers of anime and other Japanese games, and all the men sound strong. Plus they all have great delivery and don't get over dramatic on lines. Sadly, the subtitles are off as usual. "Ni-san!" somehow translates to "Hayate!" and other lines are mistranslated as well. This won't bug you if you don't know the language, but it's noticable and lazy.

I still play DoA3 from time to time as it's a great fighting game. I'll even say that this is the second game that helped out the Xbox when it launched 3 years ago. For a modern fighting game, it isn't too violent, with no blood during gameplay. Just a few painful sounds here and there (Tina and Bass' wrestling moves. Ouch). Suggestive themes, well that's kind of a given when you see some of the outfits in here. But what surprises me is that this got a Teen rating, yet DoA Volleyball got an M. They have the same exact content aside from the fact that Volleyball has the girls in swimsuits. DoA3 right here has slitght nudity in one of the ending FMVs, and so does Volleyball...but they get different ratings. Stupid. But if you're looking for a good fighting game to add to your library, or have been wanting to get back in the genre, DoA3's a great start and you could do a lot worse (like Tao Feng. Ugh).

One of the best fighting games ever to come out on Xbox!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: April 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I think that Dead or Alive 3 is one of the best fighting games that has every come out on any console period. The smooth animations, the crisp and clear graphics, and the many single player modes equals to one great game!

Graphics- The graphics in DOA 3 are probobly the best graphics i have ever seen on the Xbox Console, and i'm serious. When a character gets thrown into the glass, the glass clearly shatters as little bits fall all over the place, its almost like watching a movie its so good!

The character models are also extremely well done and accurate as every feature is clearly shown on the body:)

The background design is also great, as the water is probobly the best i've seen in in console game history! When a character gets thrown into water it clearly splashes and once again looks realistic.

So all in all, the graphics are obviousely great in this game like i made clear above!

Gameplay- You can seriousely not complain about any aspect of the gameplay feature in this game. It is probobly the best fighting game ever to come out on any console besides the Mortal Kombat series. (In my opinion.) There are a few single player modes which i will describe below.

Story mode- Pretty simple, basically there is a story to it, you get to choose which character you want to live a story though. You go through quite a few rounds killing enemies (every so often there is a cutscene) and at the end you fight a fairly hard boss. Once you kill the boss, you unlock the ending for the character.

Tag Battle Mode- You basically choose two characters and while you are battling anytime you can tag your partner battler, and they will come in. You can do a double grapple which involves both fighters which is very cool. You go through five rounds of enemies.

Team battle mode- You basically create a team and fight enemies. When your fighter gets K.O'd, your next fighter comes into battle. When all the players in one team are eliminated the other team wins. Once again, there are five rounds.

Then of course there is multiplayer where you can battle in either 1 on 1, tag battle mode or team battle mode.

You can also watch the CPU fight against each other, or watch the endings for each character.

Audio- There is nothing special about the audio portion of the game. Pretty hardcore rock music is in the game, if you like rock, you will love the music, if you don't, you will hate it.

Unfortunetely, there is no online play for this game but there is for Dead Or Alive Ultimate which is out in stores now.

So in conclusion, for all of you fighting game lovers out there, this is definetely one of the best games out there for you, although Dead or Alive Ultimate might be a better deal considering that you can dual it out online aginst opponents which is very fun.

Dead or Alive 3 Rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Basically, take DOA2 (which was kickass), throw in jaw-dropping, crap-your-pants-it's-so-good graphics, awesome XBOX controls, and you have a winner. Wait until October - DOA Ultimate will blow you away!

Alive, not Dead!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is REAL, no japanese fake trash, this is a real game. The fighting is great, the graphics are FABULOUS and the story is great. I would preffer this game for a begginer-mediocre player because it's fun and hardly difficult because this game lets you flow with it.

Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. It is very fun. I think it is much better then tekken (which I also liked). It is much better thenDragon ball z budaki (which was terrible). It was also a major improvment from the last DOA. the graphics are amazing, and I really dont like X-Box.

I've Always Loved....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

....the DOA series. I've played all of them and I own two of them. The game never gets old to me. I am the master of fighting games (I suck at everything else) and this is one that I definitely love. This game is not a "trashy" as some people like to blatantly put it. It is a really good game and it has some of the fastest gameplay out there. The speed at which the two ninja girls can move is amazing. The tag battle mode is also a great feature. The sparring exercise feature is also great for getting to know the moves. The graphics are perfect and there are minimal glitches. I encourage you to buy this game if you are into these types of games.

DOA3 The Ultimate fighting Experience!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game has it all.Great moves,a variety of characters,and beautiful,visually appealing atmosphere to battle in.But out of all these features, my favorite has to be the intense,defined graphics.The characters are so beatifully animated that when my XBox broke, I cried and cried for that game...And if you are looking at this now, you must be thinking about buying this game,which means you have enough money! I'm so jealous...You wont be dissapointed.Trust me.

Oooh... shiney pretty people....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

DOA3 is a great game. One of the best to come out on the Xbox, inmyhonestopinionplzkthx. The graphics are tight, especially for a launch title. Lighting and background graphics are amazing, and while there are a few touchy things(one dimensional clothing), overall this is a gorgeous game.
Speaking of the graphics, in response to certain people saying the game is too ' trashy', I have this to say in caps to prove my point:
IT'S CALLED MARKETING.
How else are you going to get lonely nerds living in their mom's basement to buy your game? Add Kasumi, of course. Gen Fu's not gonna get them. You need some double X chromosomes to spice things up. It helps that they're scantily clad, of course. Besides, if you don't want your [...] kid playing it, DON'T BUY IT FOR HIM. YOU have the power. IT has a teen rating. Look at the reasons for the rating, it says ' mature sexual themes' RIGHT THERE. Don't act like this snuck up on you.
That being said, I'd like to move on to gameplay.
Story mode is your classic ' choose a character and go around in their story beating people up until the big boss battle' mode. Simple, but effective. The progressive battles don't get much harder, but the final boss battle does get you off your rear to try to think of how to beat him. It takes a couple tries, but it's worth it. Throughout there are gorgeous cutscenes to pass the time. And then there are the lovely movies you get in reward for beating story mode. Ahh.... beautiful.
Multiplayer is done well, with a good couple modes for you to play in, what with tag team (versus/normal), one on one(versus/normal), etc etc. It's fun, but I'd like to see more costume choices. Kasumi has the most with five, and that's just not enough. More unlockables in general would make this game even better.
Overall, this is how it evens out:

Pros: Great graphics
Interesting characters
Good multiplayer
Kasumi's assets

Cons: Not enough unlockables
Story mode gets repetetive
Not enough tag team stages

Worth the money, especially now.

Great game not trashy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: December 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ok first of all who eva said this game is trash is a retard why are u gonna buy this game if ya kid is how old like 11 u of all people should know this game is called DOA not Barney. Overall this game is crazy fun and has no limit its the best DOA ive played beside DOA ultimate. Overll this game get s a 5 out of 5 for fighting and for the character desgin.

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