Dead Or Alive Was Worth The Wait

It really is a beautiful game, and one for everyone to play and enjoy. We had a multiplayer session with it on Saturday evening and it was never easy to see who the winner was. That's great! It's still early days yet with us finding the characters we like, unlocking some more and figuring out the complex reversal system.

Now I've been playing through the story modes for each of the characters and I hope to try out the online stuff sometime this week too. But my god does it look awesome. The wrestling ring is a great example of the lovely lighting effects and attention to detail that we've now come to expect from Team Ninja. After watching some of the final cutscenes for the characters I can only dream of how lovely Ninja Gaiden 2 will be, praying it will grace the 360!

Right now I can see a lot of people trading in the game because, much like Ninja Gaiden the game is not easy to pick up, play and win straight away. There is no "easy" setting and it's not going to be easy to get all of those achievement points. But that's the point - of the points. Yes.

It doesn't matter anyway because you have the time to play it now. There's nothing really coming out until March now, unless you count Full Auto which really doesn't impress us. We tried the demo last week when we got the 360 back, and while it looks pretty, it just seems dated. Remember the Interstate series? They did what Full Auto is trying to do, 5-10 years ago and much better.

Spend the time wisely now, play Dead Or Alive 4. If you can get a copy.