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Developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo, done exclusively for the Xbox, Dead or Alive 3 is the best fighting game so far on the Xbox.

There are 9 different game mode to play. In the Story mode you will follow the story of the character that you have selected and you must defeat all of the enemies in order to unlock a clip. After unlocking the movie clip it can be review as often as you want in the Theater section.

In the Time attack mode your score will depend on how fast you defeat all of your enemies. There are 8 opponent to defeat in the single match and 5 in Tag team match.

In the versus mode you fight against someone else in a Single or Tag match.

In the Survival mode you fight against a succession of computer enemies until your health is depleted.

In the Tag Team mode you choose your team of fighters and conduct a 2 on 2 tag battle.

In Team Battle mode you can select up to 5 characters in order to form a team where you battle against the computer or a friend.

In the Sparring mode you can practice your skill with your favorite character there is even specific exercises that you can do on a variation of your characters moves so that you can learn how to do it properly.

The Watch mode is quite fun because you can select either a single or a Tag team match with your favorite character and sit down and watch them fight each others at maximum strength in an unlimited time.

Here are the characters that you can play with Hitomi, Kasumi, Ryu Hayabusa, Zack, Gen Fu, Brad Wong, Tina Armstrong, Bass Armstrong, Leon, Bayman, Jann Lee, LeifangChristie, Helena, Hayate and Ayane.

At the end of the booklet you will be able to see a pictures of each fighter plus a description on who they are with the command list for their special attack and Throws.

Fans of Aerosmith will be please to know that the soundtrack feature songs like Home Tonit, Nine Lives and Amazing.

Like you can see this is a high quality game with a very deep Gameplay.

The place to be improve would be the control. Although it is very good it would be better if you could move your fighter back and fourth and all around for that matter in a faster pace, it would had more spice to the game.

Not only the game provides you with constant fast pace action but the graphics are outstanding. Like when you fight in the aquarium you can actually see alive marine live in the back like fish and and an impressive blue whale swimming in the aquarium while you are fighting. Plus it feature destructive scenery like when you fight in an ice cave ice will break has you throw a fighter against it.

Dead or Alive 3 is definitely a game that you want to add to your collection specially if you are a fans of fighting games.

Companies

Developer
Team Ninja

Publisher
Tecmo

Category
Fighting

Notes

Originality:95 %
Gameplay: 96 %
Graphic: 66%
Interest: 95%
Control: 94%
Sound: 95%

TOTAL: 95 %

Requirements

Console
Xbox

Multiplayer
1 - 4 Players

Rated by ESRB
"T" Teen

Jennifer Morgan