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17 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
From someone who HAS the game..., 19 Jan 2005
A couple of years on from DOA3, you're probably expecting radical changes since DOA3 was graphically awesome... well, withdraw those expectations.Firstly this is NOT DOA4! This is DOA2 Ultimate. The graphics are not different from DOA3 and characters remain pretty much the same. Some of the characters have also been hidden, requiring you to complete certain levels before they're uncovered. From what I can see, a couple of characters have been completely removed. There are plenty of new backgrounds, and some of them very eye catching. Single mode playability is better/more difficult than DOA3, but still fairly easy to complete. Completing various levels and collecting tokens helps uncover characters and new costumes. The costumes aren't very different, often just different colours. Controls/moves have not really changed, nothing new I could see on Hayabusa, but disappointingly I did loose a small move here and there, but its not a big deal, you soon get used to it. HOWEVER... this game is LIVE! enabled making it a worthy game. It was great to play this over the net, and it was reasonably smooth. The only problem was that there weren't many people on Live! with DOA2 when I played. I'm really surprised that this game has been out in the USA for months, but it has taken ages to come out here. Overall... Don't expect huge changes over DOA3 (I originally had high expectations). The main thing to appreciate is the Live! element. If you're not into playing Live! games, then I don't think this game is worth purchasing.
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