Dead or Alive Ultimate (2004)
Developer: Tecmo, Inc.
Platform: X-Box
Induction Date: 2004
Things are getting a bit wet and wild at the large aquarium dome.
If you have never played any of the Dead or Alive fighting games before, this release is definitely the best place for you to start and perhaps even stop. As I have explained before in this article involving doppelganger games, this series pretty much stopped its progress after the second game came into the picture. This edition of the game may not have the full roster of the characters found in the entire series but it makes up for it with the amount of content found within. Ultimate was made after the disappointing Dead or Alive 3 that was released for the X-Box in 2001. It is basically a combo-pack that comes with the arcade perfect rendition of the original game and the remade, much graphically improved sequel. The real star here is Dead or Alive 2 of course which has been reworked visually to showcase what the console is capable of. This resulted in a game that is very beautiful to look at even to this day. Some of the stages are really huge and some are spiced up using cool special effects like snow displacements and thunderstorms. The character models pretty much look the same as the ones found in Dead or Alive 4 on the X-Box 360, minus the high resolution clothing details. The game is all about simple to pull off but fancy looking fast combos and counter moves. Though they can be fun to fool around with, the action doesn't feel as rewarding as the more refined Virtua Fighter or the Tekken series. Unlike part 3 and 4, both the original and the sequel presented here offers a lot - and I mean a lot - of costumes for the characters and they range from goofy to super sexy. Some of the characters get up to 20 costumes each! Ultimate makes its successors feel like mere afterthoughts. The only thing that is missing from it now is the online play because of the shut down of the Live service for the original X-Box last year.
LIBRARY STATUS: 4 out of 5
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