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Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
There's so much pre-rendered content in Dead Or Alive X2 that it's filled up an entire DVD, according to Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki.
Speaking in Famitsu Xbox 360, in an article partially translated by IGN, Itagaki also said that the game was now 80 percent complete, with start and end sequences finalised.
The preview also revealed for the first time that the game will feature multiple hotels, with your choice of character sending you to a particular location based on their personality. Elena, for example, prefers the five-star Gemstone Suite, but there's also the Seabreeze Cottage hotel near the beach and Moonlight Reef, which appeared in Kasumi's Dead Or Alive 4 end sequence.
DOAX2, which features jet-ski sections as well as volleyball and a host of mini-games, is very much about the characters and their interaction with you and one another, and Itagaki revealed that if they really get to like you, they may even get changed into new bikinis in front of you. Calm down though, because you're unlikely to see anything.
With the game nearing completion, ahead of its US and Japanese launch dates of 15th and 22nd November respectively, Itagaki confirms that they're down to bug-testing, with approximately half the work done there, along with translation of the huge volumes of text that make up item descriptions, which need to be rewritten in nine languages.
Expect more on the game around the time of its US launch.
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sickpuppysoftware
04/10/06 @ 09:03
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There's so much pre-rendered content in Dead Or Alive X2 that it's filled up an entire DVD, according to Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki.
If ony there was a larger format disk available |
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Salubrious_K
04/10/06 @ 09:22
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DOAX2? That's far too lame for my testosterone fueled adoslescent self!
I'm going to hold out for a port of Sexual Battle Raper II: http://www.illusion.jp/preview/br2/ PS Check out the trailer here, it's ridiculously funny, and definitely not work safe: http://www.illusion.jp/download/br2_psp.... (it's a self-extracting zip) |
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Mr_Whacker
04/10/06 @ 09:49
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Same old tripe about it being sad. If I posted on a FIFA thread about how football games are sad because you could go to the park and actually play a real game I'd rightly get told off for flaming.
@wired_protocol - you've got a point there. There should be a Men of DOA edition. What I'm saying is that a) We all like different stuff. None of it is sad. b) Maturity in games isn't about whether or not people make niche games with scantily clad women. Its whether EVERYBODY can find something to entertain them in games. Does anyone really think that a macho lone gunman with rippling muscles is less sad or more mature? |
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absolutezero
04/10/06 @ 09:49
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml7TiVCdMFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jbCq7Th57M Sexy Beach 3 just came out. Its pretty much a DOA porn game. Also from Illusion which has already been linked too in this thread.
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Odd that it only seems to be Japanese developers complaining about the lack of storage space on DVDs for pretty but pretty useless pre-rendered movies... first Tecmo moaned about it then FromSoftware (developers of Enchanted Arms). I understand that the Japanese public adore pre-rendered FMV hence the need to include it in Japanese developed games but really it's pretty pointless for DOA Xtreme 2 when you have a gorgeous engine that is easily capable of rendering them in real-time allowing for a consistent look visually.
How are they going to get round the fact that your character is wearing a $500,000 diamond studded bikini that you worked hard to buy ingame and is wearing a totally different one in the cut-scenes? Pre-rendered FMV might look lush but any developer can include it in a game with no real effort (they just outsource it) but it takes a really skilled developer to create awesome ingame cinematics, like those of the Metal Gear Solid games for example, which are at least interactive. |
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kangarootoo
04/10/06 @ 11:17
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@oerhört
I have to disagree. It wasn't really my cup of tea but I thought it was a very well turned out game. One of my housemates is a girl and she LOVED it, which is an exception to what I would assume many believe the target audience to be. She had no interest in watching animated women dance about in their pants (I should mention that she had no real objection either), but the whole present buying and friendship winning aspects were totally her thing. As were the various mini games like the pool float balancing thing. So all I am saying is that DOAXBV (or whatever it is called) shouldn't be dismissed as just some computer softcore title. Titillation is part of its sales pitch, no doubt. But that doesn't mean the game mechanics aren't well implemented also. |
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"Same old tripe about it being sad. If I posted on a FIFA thread about how football games are sad because you could go to the park and actually play a real game I'd rightly get told off for flaming."
Playing computer games in general is sad, but a game that's about looking at scantily clad digital women... Don't know, just feels more sad than playing PES or FIFA. Wouldn't happily admit playing thisto a co-worker in any case. But I'm probably just weird. |
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kangarootoo: You're not alone with your "chicks dig DOAX" experience. The three gaming women I know all liked the first game. If the relationship stuff had been any deeper, my wife probably would've insisted on buying the game. As it is, she played it for a week.
The prospect of a "vacation game" really isn't overused yet. Sometimes you just want to relax. It was impossible to get mad at the game. |
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asphaltcowboy
04/10/06 @ 17:05
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I like the fact that they're expanding it to more game. If the volleyball and jetskiing is solid, the scantily clad girls with big breasts are just a bonus!
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Lex_Luthor
04/10/06 @ 21:28
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I'll buy it when it's cheap(Shouldn't take long for this one I think :)).
Enjoyed the original more than I should, though the way parts of it worked left a lot to be desired. Whichever way you slice it though, those of us buying this game are probably sad bastards :( |
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kangarootoo
05/10/06 @ 22:15
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@AdamofEternia
"kanga for once I actually think you're about spot on" I'll take that as a compliment :) @Les Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much ;) Give it a try, you don't have to tell anyone if you like it :) |
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