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Last night I beat the second game on my Summer Gaming list,
Dead Or Alive. Of course the series is rather infamous for its shapely fighters, but I really didn't have much experience with them. However the wonderful article about the series on
http://HardCoreGaming101.net had always made me curious. And it being an infamous game only made me want to give it a try even more.
I should say that I'm most interested in 2D fighting games. However I've dabbled in some 3D and borderliners:
Tekken,
Soul Calibur II,
Battle Arena Toshinden, etc. Upon firing
DOA up I was immediately reminded of
Virtua Fighter 2 which I had played -- and hated -- in the past.
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I decided to go with Kasumi, as she was the one I recognized from reading about the series. Of course I knew Ryu from
Ninja Gaiden, but let's be honest. If you're going to play a game known for its bounciness, then why pick a dude? That would take away some of the campiness of being exposed to it for the first time.
Usually when I play a 2D fighter for the first time, it really doesn't take me long to complete the arcade mode. Generally speaking, it's a one or two session deal for me to get used to the controls and make it through. But
Dead Or Alive turned out to be something totally different to me. I expected long matches with lots of special moves. Instead I realized that matches could be over in a matter of seconds if the AI unleashed a particularly brutal combo. So instead it took me a good four or five sittings of getting used to controls, and learning some strategy to get through the Tournament Mode. Indeed
DOA turned out to be a far deeper fighter than I expected. I had to learn patience for one. This wasn't the sort of game where you could always just rush at an opponent. No, I actually had to play quite defensively at times. But after enough practice -- and admittedly some frustrated button mashing -- I came out victorious.
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All in all, I thought it was a pretty fun game. Certainly it was a bit rough around its edges. But I liked it way more than
Virtua Fighter 2. And I liked enough that I plan on playing some of the sequels as well. Who knows, maybe I'll even subject myself to the movie as an added element of camp?
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Chrono Trigger
Dead Or AliveDuke Nukem: Total Meltdown
Mega Man X4
Metal Gear Solid
Mr. DrillerMyst
Ridge Racer
R-Type Delta
Silent Hill
As for the rest of my list, I'm about nine hours into
Chrono Trigger, I still need to figure out how to kill the third Sigma in
Mega Man X4 and I've bean the Beginner track on
Ridge Racer.
