As the official games of the London sporting awards get off to a flying start (trust us to piss off the Koreans before the Olympics even started), this week's gaming news has ground to a halt - a bit like London's transport links.
Trevor Walker said: Fighting games have always been able to simultaneously experiment and innovate while staying true to their roots in the best of ways. Mechanics change, crossovers take place, and evolution occurs. One of the best examples of all three can be seen in the coveted guest character.
Dead or Alive 5 debuted 10 years ago today, ushering in a new era of AAA free-to-play gaming which has since become commonplace.
I really wish "free-to-play" got a different name. Because, yeah, you can play (part of) the game for free, but then they hypercharge you for DLC. Nearly 1000 credits to get all the DLC? Damn.
Worse decision ever for the gamer. Over emphasis on fan service nonsense and micro transactions than making a great fighting game.
Use to love the game as a Virtual Fighter offshoot and competitor to VF and Tekken. Won't touch this current incarnation with a 10 foot pole. You know there was something wrong when they tried to charge for hair color.
I wish it wouldn't be called "fan service" anymore. It's of service to no one, it's just exploiting our perverted nature blatantly, but then again people who fall for it can't really complain.
Exactly.
People complain about the dlc, but you get the actual game.
You're paying to look at their bodies.
I have no problem whatsoever with the fanservice. My problem was the endless, expensive packs of pointless costumes that people loved to buy apparently.
Don't be a cry baby. Go play another game if you don't like fan service. Not every game needs to be woke trash.
DOA only fell because of overpriced dlc
Not every comment needs to bring up woke when there is no wokeness going on. I wish they would ban the word woke from the face of the planet.
You sound "woke" yourself, crying and wanting more cancel culture. That's the problem with you people, you don't like something and just want to cancel it.
Woke is now a day a synonym for social justice Warrior. It's people who cry that something is offensive and use cancel culture to destroy something they don't like...... Sorry but it applies when people complain about boobs
Do people really not realize there was a full release of this game? I've seen this pop up a few times and it always baffles me that people talk as if DOA5 was only F2P. I still have the Last Round disc that includes all characters, maps and most outfits
Truly the best in the series. If you only want one DOA this is the one to get right here.
The acquisition of Zynga by Take-Two Interactive might become the video game industry's version of the AOL Time Warner merger.
I have to give props for the use of Electric Boogaloo reference. I don't think many young folk will even know what that is.
On topic... wasn't that where Don Mattrick went after leaving XB?
It's pretty shocking to investors how deep the Zynga stock crashed. From $4.95/share to $3.01! It looks like it happened during after hours which sucks on the grandest level, because most investors can't sell during those hours. They pretty much took the entire hit without any signs or warnings.
I've personally went through a similar crash, and it's horrifying. I lost thousands. Nearly a year later, and I still haven't recovered half of my losses yet.
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