DOA5 in its current state look tournament viable…imo, there still is holds in stuns but Critical Burst really changes things…something I think DOA needed to become a competitive game…
Yes, yes, yes we need more Jann Lee up in here :nunchuck:
I’m guessing and hoping that Team Ninja will distribute a free demo (post-E3 version) in July or August.
There are a lot of gameplay vids floating out there.
Gameplay looks really good. I wonder if all these outfits we see are in the game from the start? Would really be a slap in the face to other gaming companies.
E3 gameplay was looking really tourney viable and even had some hype-matches with Mamba vs Kayane being my favorite. Have not been hyped for this series since DoA 2 ultimate (I have DoA4 but i play it casually with friends occasionally lol).
In that note they Need to add EIN in this game since he is one of the few characters thats not gonna be a shoe-in. EIN was the amnesiac ORIGINAL Karate (He was their before Hitomi) user before he became the playable Hayate ninja character in the later games. However even if the amnesia persona stopped being part of the story, so far he still made appearances in the future games. His gameplay style is WAY different then Hayate so don’t say they are the same person crap. EIN and Hayate are way different when compared to Ryu/E.Ryu, Akuma/Oni, etc. One uses Karate the other exaggerated ninja style. I know Hitomi pretty much replaced EIN as the main Karate fighter as the series progressed and I had no problem with that since Hitomi has a different playing style and EIN was still playable. She is more quick strike base while EIN was **Calm Heavy Strike base **variant. Also you can see personality in some of his moves to make him stand out. I mean if Elliot/ Gen-fu and Akira/ Kokoro can be in despite their similar styles I see no problem With EIN/Hitomi. Hell if he is not gonna be unlocked character like in tradition at least make him as DLC character (don’t mind if its paid as long as its reasonable)with a “what if” story showing what would happen if Hayate got amnesia again (presumably during some battle) and assumed his EIN persona again. Would make a nice touch to bundle with getting the character. EIN was my main since I first picked him in DoA2 and would be sad if he did not make the cut (I know their is a leak list, but hoping thats not final). I would end up using Hitomi in her Karate outfit in worst case scenario.
Seriously scrap Leon (who has NOTHING to do with the story for awhile and got reduced to being the butt to Zack jokes) who was the inferior Bayman character. Fans wanted Bayman back when Leon was his supposed replacement. He had little gameplay strategy difference then Bayman and got turned into a placeholder for the Spartan character in Doa4 who pretty much shared Bayman/Leon. I don’t see the logic of Leon being playable over EIN besides “Leon and Bayman are different people”
Ok done with my little rant 
had this playing while typing up the EIN bit. Vigaku is the EIN theme which i personally consider one of the more memorable character themes in the game.
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Such a hype tune from 0:48-1:22
Vigaku is easily one of the best songs in the series.
I also am a fan of the following:
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ARGH, now you got me itchin’ to play some DOA3.1 again!
DOA2:LE had the best music by far IMO, there were some horrid tunes but overall it was a great soundtrack
These were memorable, not SF2 memorable but it’s the closest a fighting game outside SF2 has come.
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Hayabusa
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character select
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DOA5 looks awesome. And seems like they made the counter system more difficult to pull off. Personally to me I enjoyed the counter system found it different then other fighters I play. Also pretty kool that Virtua Fighter characters are in the game. Been recently playing Virtua Fighter 5 on ps3 pretty kool game. Interested to see how much the stage moving around and environments are incorporated. But DOA was one of my fav 3d fighters(prefer 2d). But does anyone know will they have 4 player tag team offline matches like they did in DOA4. Was pretty kool to have 4 people at a party and each one of us play at the same time. Similar to Street Fighter X Tekken now.
You can be rest assured that it’s in:).
PS: Funny; I could have sworn there were screen shots of DoA 5’s tag mode.
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Vigaku (even the remix) and Solidary Desperation are IMO the best tracks from the series.
Well, as long as the lobbies are good, I don’t care if they’re interactive or not. The online connection is what’s really important anyway.
I will miss the lobbies but if it stops lag I cant complain.
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best win pose.
^Holy shit, finally it’s in HD…!
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No high-definition; no like.
In any case, they didn’t say that they were cutting out lobbies entirely, just the DOA4 style 3D ones.
Anybody got the alpha demo on ps3 that would be willing to gameshare it with me? My psn is illness690. Hit me up if you’d like to share it.
E3 build impressions (from the updated build shown behind closed doors I believe).
http://www.freestepdodge.com/threads/doa5-e3-build-the-good-bad-and-ugly.801/
I’m thinking that I should probably front page these as they are quite interesting. Also, top tier Sarah is FTW, I hope they don’t change her one bit.
If Sarah stays top tier when the game comes out, I may actually play it, lol. Learning her in FS right now
Never played any Doa beyond ps2 version. That said, I’ve never played with Hitomi (but I took an immediate liking to her due to her resemblance to Buffy TVS, which was my favorite tv show at the time). If she wasn’t given Ein’s moveset (which was fuckin’ NICE), it makes no sense for Tecmo to scrap alt-Hayate. He’s a frigging ninja…having an alternate identity and fighting style would be extremely handy for operating in the outside world on away missions from his village, rather than just showing up as some stranger with no connections or past as a virtual unknown.
Never owned an XBox so most of my experience is from DOA2 as well, though I have tried 3 and 4 on some friends consoles. Also, the FSD guys have been telling me to get a modded XBox just to try 3.1.
Dead or Alive 5 AGAINST dlc characters as a practice for fighter games.
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Team Ninja getting things done