Team Ninja: DoA5 Characters Will Have "Actual Presence"
Dead or Alive 5Dead or Alive has always been an attractive franchise...in more ways than one.
In speaking to NowGamer, Team Ninja director Yohei Shimbori talks about the progression and maturation of the colorful, entertaining fighter. He spoke about the gameplay tweaks and additions, and said that DoA5 will boast a "battle system and balance focused on character individuality and versus play." At the same time, they'll keep the elements that make the games "so fun."
And in addressing the obvious sexuality involved in the franchise, Shimbori had this to say:
"In Dead or Alive 5 we are not only focusing on making the characters stand out, but we are adding more presence to the backgrounds and sound, etc, to add to the overall experience.
In the previous games the more sexual aspects may have been a distraction to the fight and those were the only elements that made characters stand out.
However, in Dead or Alive 5 we are making sure that characters themselves have actual presence and not the sexual bits. The game is still in alpha stage so we are playing around with different parts here and there, but the overall concept will not change."
Unfortunately, the robustness of the fighting mechanic has often been overshadowed by the "bounciness," so hopefully, the gameplay will reign supreme in DoA5.
Related Game(s): Dead or Alive 5
Tags: dead or alive 5, doa5, dead or alive sequel, team ninja
4/27/2012 9:30:52 AM Ben Dutka
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Highlander
Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 10:05:39 AM
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Somehow I find that unlikely, but you never know. Namco removed Sophitia, Taki, Xianghua, Cassandra, Setsuka and others from their game mostly in favor and entirely un-cute male fighters in SC5. So perhaps the Japanese fighter game developers believe that in order to sell in America, you need more macho male fighters and less bouncy female fighters. Are they right? Do western gamers prefer macho men in their games to cute women? If so, what does that say about western gamers?
Hey, I'm just asking the question... ;)
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Temjin001
Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 10:27:29 AM
I don't get why Hayasashi says half the crap he says... "we want to bring the NG franchise back to sleek and sexy and move away from the blood and gore" interview for NGS2.
Then NG3 comes along and it's totally the reverse of what he stated for the series less than a year prior, or so.
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Temjin001
Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 10:30:29 AM
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Now the combatants get dirtier and more scruffed up as they roll around and hit objects. It gives the game a more grittier look, with more neutral tones and less saturated colors. I look forward to this one a lot. I'll have it pre-ordered here soon =)
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Highlander
Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 10:50:35 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 1:35:00 PM
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Temjin001
Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 5:36:43 PM
And yeah, the dirt scuffs just kind of get layered onto the characters as if they've rolled around in the dirt. But it's not using any kind of grain filter like KZ2 or Silent Hill to produce a real gritty look, far from it. It still has a very anime'ish under pinning to it's character design.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 11:55:18 AM
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...the accessible fighting ;)
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Gradon
Sunday, April 29, 2012 @ 2:39:01 PM
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Ultimadream
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Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 9:57:20 AM