Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 Review (Xbox 360)

Tell a group of gamers that they must pay full retail for a volleyball title, and they’ll laugh in your stupid face. Now tell the same group of gamers that said game is bursting with busty babes, and they’ll revere you like C-3P0 on Endor.

Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 is a follow-up to the highly successful DOA Xtreme Volleyball, an Xbox title that can be likened to playable version of Perfect 10 magazine. Team Ninja jam-packed more mini-games and more bouncing breasts into Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 in an attempt to increase the franchise’s playability and jiggle factor. Have Itagaki’s fearless band of skin ninjas succeeded in bringing hard-up game geeks the digital love that they expect from the DOA babes?

Gameplay

Tecmo and Team Ninja’s Dead or Alive franchise has been entertaining the fighting-type for over a decade with a solid counter system, gads of combos, and dazzling visuals.

If you’re astute, or simply attentive, you’ve already noticed that the word “volleyball” was omitted from this follow-up's title. The logic here was simple. DOA Xtreme Volleyball contained many activities other than v-ball, and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 contains even more fun n’ frolicking off of the court. Instead of misleading the public into thinking this title is peep and volleyball show, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 now alludes to a peep and who-cares show. Perfect.

Let’s start with the peep, and hold the "who-cares" for if I get around to it…



If you have experience with the DOA series (or were lucky enough to see Tecmo’s E3 2004 stage show), then the playables in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 will come as no surprise. The gals are plucked from Tecmo’s fighter, but they won’t be doing any lethal moves in this party game. The lineup is as follows, with a few funny facts (from their bios) about each lady:

Kasumi - Her favorite food is Strawberry Millefeuille? I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a Miellefeuille before.

Tina - She’s 5’9” and 123 pounds – call the waif police.

Hitomi - She’s listed as 18, but I’d check her ID at the voting booth.

Helena - Her only hobby listed is “walking her dog”. Awesome.

Leifang - A Chinese girl with 34” hips?

Christie - Her favorite food is “tomato juice”. And all along I thought that was a beverage.

Lisa - Favorite food – cherry pie. That’s just not right.

Kokoro - Her age is listed as “not available”, which I believe is Team Ninja’s way of saying “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

Ayane - Her hobbies include “beauty treatment”. From the looks if it, this includes bikini-area waxing.

The women of DOA are, ahem, well-modeled, with a major emphasis on the breastplate. Attention has been paid to the nether-regions as well. Everything else is just kind of… there. It’s obvious with the camera angles and independent mammophysics that Team Ninja wants the focus of Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 to be on each ladies’ “attributes.” With that said, gentleman, I don’t recommend playing Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 in the company of your significant other; no need making your woman jealous of make-believe women too.

Platform:
Xbox 360
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Publisher:
Tecmo, Ltd.
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Developer:
Team Ninja
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Genre:
Extreme Sports
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Release Date:
11/20/2006
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Game Features:
Offline Players: NA
EDTV 480p Support
HDTV 720p Support
HDTV 1080i Support
Widescreen 16:9
Dolby 5.1 In-Game

Ratings :: 9
Average :: 6.5
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