Review HPLWonder 4/5 · May 14, 2022
Good fighting game, bizarre and creepy fanservice fest
DoA 5, last round is the last doa game before it decided to focus less on giant bouncy teenage hormone weed and a lot more on it's mechanically deep and engaging gameplay with doa 6 (that still had fanservice mind you). I originally got this game because it was free, yes, it was strange to me that this kind of …
Read moreDoA 5, last round is the last doa game before it decided to focus less on giant bouncy teenage hormone weed and a lot more on it's mechanically deep and engaging gameplay with doa 6 (that still had fanservice mind you). I originally got this game because it was free, yes, it was strange to me that this kind of game was straight up free on steam... until I got to the fun "twist villain" of the game industries... DLCs. I mean it's fair that you have the choice to get the other characters and all of that (and I did get every piece of dlc... what have I done with my life), but other than getting the other characters, the rest of the dlc boils down to seeing how naked the girls can be before the game is rated M for nudity. But enough about the moneysink trip I had to go through, is the game any good? Yes, it's deep, fun, engaging, and the characters are all a lot of fun to play and give your investments' worth (not the costumes). I main old man Gen Fu and definitely not underaged highschool girl Honoka the Honking Honkers Monster, she's really good (not the costumes). The gameplay is difficult, requiring you to be fast and agressive while also blocking and dodging, because, yes, of course, this is a 3D fighter, and a good one at that, my personal favorite out of this, tekken and soul calibur. It manages to have what makes 2D fighters so fun while keeping what makes 3D so unique, blending in the simple combos while having big stages that you can roam to avoid being bombarded by ayane's stupid kicks. The game looks gorgeous, everything is so nicely done and the characters have incredible animation (no jiggle physics (not the costumes)), and it helps the game's combat to flow, seamlessly from a punch to a kick to a block to a grab, it's great (one last time, not the costume). It's a good game heavily bogged by a mediocre story, forgettable soundtrack, good but uncomfortable character designs, and the costumes, seriously, some of these are wild, there's no way this game would have ever been a T rated game, except it could seeing as there isn't anything more than partial nudity, but I guess esrb did the right choice here. Best moment: juggling opponents with Gen Fu the switching to Honoka and using her kick stance to continue the juggle. Worst moment: The paradise island option makes me feel so uncomfortable that I nearly went to demand a refund and then remembered that I played the game for more than enough time and that I actually like it
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