The returning characters, but the stories for newcomers, Mila & Rig, do at There's little to no significant story development for The majority of story content is nonsensical, awkward, andĬharacter personalities come up pretty dry. Throughout, with characters randomly starting fights It's cutscene after cutscene, spaced out by irksome black loading screens The story's pacing is a choppy ride from the start, jumping around from scene to scene erratically. Such as: 'Land a 7 hit combo' or 'Blow an opponent Individual fight within Story teaches you a 'little something'Ībout the game mechanics or a specific character's moves. Getting there isn't your typical 10-minute arcade ladder.ĭOA5's Story Mode uses the crisp in-game graphics to introduce all of theįighters, and also acts as somewhat of a tutorial as you progress.

Story Mode does feature a boss battle and a boss stage. Unlocking 1 new costume and online title). 'feeling of completion' for playing through Arcade (besides WhatĪs with SC5, there are no character endings either. just the option to restart or return to the main menu. Shockingly, there's no boss orĮven a boss stage. While being entertained by DOA5's shiny new character models and Like I do with every fighting game, I started with a traditional Arcade DOA5's main mode, 'Fight' contains your standard Versus, Arcade, Time Attack, Survival Sleepy, hosting 5 modes: Story, Fight, Online, ExtrasĮnergetic and jam-packed main menu, mind you). The dark and dingy main menu is equally as After waiting 15 seconds, I realized there wasn't going Upon starting up DOA5, after the flashy Team Ninja introduction, I was greeted withĪlive 5' logo. Series, and with a clear mind, I approached DOA5 as a 'new' Hardcore Tekken player, I had to put aside my previous views of the DOA

Release a couple weeks prior, DOA5 surely has something to prove. Is DOA stillĪlive? Or Dead on Arrival? Hot off the heels of Tekken Tag Tournament 2's How does DOA5 stack up against the prequels of the series and the top 3D fighting games of this era?. but one thing's for sure great graphics, multi-tiered stages andīack in all their HD glory.

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