What ever happened to Pac-Man? (Dead or Alive 2 (PS2))

Member Name: thehulk

Product:	Dead or Alive 2 (PS2)
Date:	16/11/01 (127 review reads)
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Dead Or Alive 2's graphics look quite good although not as detailed as Tekken's. Then you notice just how much is going on and get more impressed as you play. The major difference between the two games is that in DOA2 you are also able to damage part of the background scenery, jump down floors, etc. The inclusion of this in Tekken TT would have further still improved upon this excellent game.

DOA2 wins hands down when it comes to the environments you fight in. If you prefer to have some limited interaction with the levels and even multistage levels, then DOA2 is the place. Particularly good moves can result in your opponent being smashed into a wall that may collapse to reveal another section of the level, with great explosions with the impact.

The combat flows as well as most movies and most of the moves will leave you cringing. When critical hits and all the other combat factors start to come into the fight it goes to a whole new level that the likes of Street Fighter can only dream about. It takes an hour or so to realise that there are dozens more moves to each character than you first thought. This game is perhaps much harder to pick up on than TTT. If you?re a novice with beat em ups, then be warned.

It's only when you've mastered these moves that you can think about trying out the game's other modes. The Time Attack mode lets you battle through all the characters in the game and then try and do it again, only faster. Tag Battle is a straight two-finger salute waved in the direction of Tekken by allowing you to fight two on two, rather than just single-fighter action. This allows four players to get into the game. Survival mode gets you in the arena while the other fighters take it in turns to try and give you a total shoeing, and clever moves or counters result in various power-ups being dropped into the arena - just make sure you have time to get to them as the onslaught continues. The Sparring mode is a prac
tice section and it's all rounded off with a Team Battle section.

Dead Or Alive 2 injects the skill back into a slugfest. The last game to need skill to win was Street Fighter on the SNES, and DOA2 is in that same form.
It will be good new to some to hear that the sequel to this will be on the Xbox, while others will be crying.
After playing on a friend?s copy I decided not to splash my hard earned pocket money on this game.

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