Dead or Alive 3 Comments by Tom Bramwell

but because the blokes allegedly do about as much to stir the tender hearts of young women as I do.

*hrm*

The bending of bodies and clash of flesh and nature is very powerful.

aaaaaaaaaaaaand this is where we leave Mugs alone with the mattress and a copy of DOA3.

"I suppose this could be compared to Tekken Tag on PS2 both" Tekken Tag PAL version is surely not worth even 3/10? Tekken 3 I would give 8/10.

Anyone tried out the XBox arcade stick yet?

It does have some of the best graphics I've seen on a console... but for me the playability was lacking.

I've got this and it's ok, but I'd rather play SC TBH.

they kept the japanise speech in which is always good for beat-em-ups, and Christie does England proud.

Still..........6/10 is a bit harsh Mugs.

Now I have a choice to make, XBox and bouncing breasts, or GC and monkey balls. Hm.

i played it for a few days, slowly the graphics turned from fantastic to expected and now im just bored of it.

almost got every costume too, you just have to do survival for years and keep collection the silver xbox prototypes they drop once every bluemoon.

Its not as good as DOA2 on the DC. Its a bit prettier but its one of the worst fighters available. Personally I would give it at most 5/10.

"I want bouncing boobs on my PC :( " - there are a variety of sites that will provide for your tastes - Errol can probably list a few hundred.

"Something sure is wrong with the way the purple chick looks in the last screenshot"

You'd look a bit funny if you were trying to dodge a flying kick while balancing a bowl of crisps on your chest as well.

Oh, that's part of the backdrop?

Nothings better than few HOT chicks in a computer game !

"Nothings better than few HOT chicks in a computer game !"

it's posts like this that remind me why i hate all - hang on, haven't we done this before?

We must be caught in a Chronic histerisis.

But then his keen eye spotted the xbox logo, he grinned and decreased the score by two points.

Ah, the true words of lack of wisdom. It might also have something to do with the fact that the game is mostly crusting and not really a fullblown cake.

Yeah yeah, so far every xbox game wasn't a fullblown cake.
Exept for rallysport Challenge.
If you accually visit other gaming sites it makes you wonder...

Yeah yeah, so far every xbox game wasn't a fullblown cake.
Exept for rallysport Challenge.
If you accually visit other gaming sites it makes you wonder...

I'm actually a gameswriter myself (I don't use the word journalist since I don't have the proper education) and I write alot about Xbox games. So far, the only ones I think is worth buying is RSC and PGR. Halo was ok, but the second half was rubbish.

I have yet to play Amped and Tony Hawk 3 though, and I haven't played that much of JSRF though.

A 10, three 8s, two 7s, five 6s and a 4. Yes, we must really hate the Xbox. *sighs*

Xbox Dead or Alive 3 (18-Apr-2002) 6/10
Xbox Genma Onimusha (24-Mar-2002) 6/10
Xbox Halo (13-Mar-2002) 8/10
Xbox Max Payne (23-Mar-2002) 6/10
Xbox NHL 2002 (12-Apr-2002) 7/10
Xbox NHL Hitz 20-02 (05-Apr-2002) 6/10
Xbox Oddworld : Munch's Oddysee (14-Mar-2002) 6/10
Xbox Project Gotham Racing (25-Mar-2002) 8/10
Xbox Rallisport Challenge (28-Mar-2002) 10/10
Xbox Simpsons Road Rage (04-Apr-2002) 7/10
Xbox Star Wars Obi-Wan (09-Apr-2002) 4/10
Xbox Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (27-Mar-2002) 8/10

So in general slightly above average, a couple of 8's and a stand-out 10. Pretty fair and actually accurately represents the consumer demand for these kinds of titles/the Xbox in Europe at launch. I'm sure things will improve, as they did with PS2. We didn't give many high PS2 scores for a good 6 months after launch (other than GT3) iirc.

Congrats. Eurogamer you are the winner for the worst Xbox scores around the world. Maybe you should get reviewers that dont hate the Xbox to make the reviews next time. Why this place is multi-console is beyond me.

If you think that EG is a bad place for Xbox reviews, then fuck off and visit some site that hasn't got the spine to tell the truth. Even if I don't always agree with the scores, I don't bitch about it, I got my own opinion about things and I don't need to have other people's score to feel good about myself and my purchase.

A prize to skalmanxl for having the most unpronounceable nick and the most pronounced (and agreed with) views! DING!

(dang. Edit buttons maketh my spelling sloppy).

A prize to skalmanxl for having the most unpronounceable nick and the most pronounced (and agreed with) views! DING!

And it goes a little something like this.

Are they your dulcet tones skal? There was me always thinking of you as skal-manx-el ;)

What does it mean then?

Yup that was your truly. I recorded it a few minutes ago, just to let you guys know how to pronunce my nick. Skalman is a Swedish comic-magazine character, an inventing turtle with a "food and sleep watch", whenever it rings, he must eat or sleep, regardless what he's doing at the moment.

I chose Skalman as my nick when I started playing Doom 2 at my schools local LAN. I added the XL when I started playing on the internet, since I now was bigger and badder, and I was on a bigger turf... and it should always be written in small letters. There you have it, my life's story.

And just for notice, skal is a perfect short for my nick, alot of english-speaking peoples use that, in Swedish, it's normally skalis or skalle.

If one was to convert my name to English from Swedish, it would be shellmanxl, as shell=skal. More Skalman goodies (he is in the comic magazine Bamse och hans vänner) can be found here

Maybe I should rename myself lilleskuttxs, in keeping with the theme?

That'd be an idea.

Be all you can be I say. But who takes Brummelisa and Farmor?

One thing people have failed to mention is that you can rename the "name" of your xbox by completing various parts of DOA3. Unfortunately, my flat mate bestowed it upon himself to complete DOA3 on my console with his profile, so I now have it labelled "Steve", which is tres annoying.

Does anyone know of the other games which allow you to change its name?

There is alot to a game then just the combos...a little innovation isn't wrong for instance, or some actual playability.

at least they're pretty...

I'm with Mugs, kinda, on this one I'd give it a 7/10 it's above average great graphics but the gameplay ain't spectacular. SC on the DC is a much better game.

"I'm with Mugs, kinda"

Barton - you alright m8?

otto - must be the senility or something :)
Nah just getting soft in my old age..

Barton do you reckon DOA3 is better than DOA2 on the DC? Just seems to have lost some playability and gained better graphics.

ssuellid - Never got DOA2 for the DC played it and didn't like it much and was too busy playing Soul Calibur.

ssuellid - Loss of playability may be down to the bloody D-pad on the controller swithching to the analogue stick is pointless (they should have included an option to make the stick 'stickier' i.e. act more like a D-pad) I'll wait and see what the S-controller is like with it. Saying that the gameplay doesn't come near SC. Roll on SC2 I say when is the release date for that one?

FYI: having used the S-controllers DPAD. i can say that it feels excellent for this sort of game!!

the blob of a dpad on the normal controller is a complete waste of plastic ! what the hell is that all about !?!

EB UK say that Soul Calibur 2 for PS2 is due September. I cannot find it for any other platform.

Any comments on other XBox controllers? Such as Arcade pads, third party controllers...

hmm?

I now have it labelled "Steve"

:D

"I'm just having a night in with Steve"
"I know how to press Steve's buttons"
"Steve has a dodgy joystick"

lots of mileage there...

add an 'x' please...

Apart from the graphics, this is DOA2!

DOA 2 was a 8/10 for eurogamer in 2000 (same reviewer).
I own DOA2 and played DOA3 recently.

It's not a 6/10 game. If you want to be fair it's another 8/10 or maybe if you hate, let me emphasize that, HATE beat'em ups a 7/10.

As I said, for the most part, I agree with eurogamer reviews but this one is just too biased.

Just my opinion though.

Obviously he got lost on the way to the Halo flame fest love-in.

"skalmanx is a fat hick that stays on his computer all day"

Well for a start skalmanxl is *thin* - I'm not even going to start on the rest of it :)

I bought myself a Gamester Arcade Stick at the weekend and it transforms DOA3. Much better game with the Arcade Stick but still not a very good game.

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enter Hitomi

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enter Hitomi

Nip to shops

Purchase life.

Hitomi, and the always wonderful Kasumi. I don't know about you people, but fighting birds might have seen better days.

Yes, I actually stood as a model for Hitomi.