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Dead or Alive 4

Team Ninja · Dec 29, 2005

Xbox 360

Mature

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Dead or Alive 4 defines the fighting experience on next generation consoles with the first tournament fighter on Xbox 360. Dead or Alive 4 once again raises the bar in both online and offline fighting, with 3D high definition graphics and sound, online capabilities via Xbox Live (featuring large scale global online tournaments, increased worldwide simultaneous online play, detailed scoreboards, clans and more), new incredible interactive stages, and an all star line-up of old and new favorite characters (with new costumes and storylines). The fighting system has been overhauled, allowing even more mastery and strategy of your favorite character, including the most complex DOA countering system yet!

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Xbox 360

Critic 7.9 (6 critics) · Gamer 8.1

7.8

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  • Games Radar+

    Dan Amrich · Feb 25, 2006

    7.0
    Don't buy Dead or Alive 4 unless you're willing to become its student. It's a great looker, but it's a sourly aggravating game until you learn its ways. However, if you take the time to get some technique wrapped up in those fists, you'll start to enjoy the depth behind the startlingly pretty face.
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  • Game Zone

    jkdmedia · Jan 11, 2006

    9.3
    I love the Dead of Alive series; it is one of my favorite fighting games to play, especially against friends. Like I said earlier, this is one of the games I was purchasing an Xbox 360 for, especially at launch. Even though this game didn’t make it on launch day, this is still one of the best fighting games I have played in a while. With over 45 achievements to collect and never-ending fighting matches online, you will not run out of things to do in this game for a long time.
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  • GameSpot

    Greg Kasavin · Jan 01, 2006

    8.8
    It's simple: If you like fighting games, DOA4 is for you. Between its great selection of powerful fighters, its terrific action, and its addictive online mode, there's an awful lot to sink your teeth into, learn, and master in this latest and greatest installment in the series. That the whole thing looks so good certainly doesn't hurt, either. Any subsequent fighting games for the Xbox 360 now have a very tough contender to beat.
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  • IGN

    Douglass C. Perry · Dec 28, 2005

    9.0
    DOA4 is a move in the right direction for the series in the long run, even if, in the short run, the changes to the counter system, blocks, throws and the ground game are a little annoying at first. The fighting is now deeper and more sophisticated, and while it may not seem so at first, there is a solution to every attack.
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  • Euro Gamer

    Rob Fahey · Jan 26, 2006

    6.0
    If you're planning on playing the single-player much, it's an abomination, and you shouldn't touch it with a bargepole; and on Xbox Live, it's simply so flawed as to be unplayable in anything other than a basic 1v1 lobby, which arguably makes it into a pretty poor investment unless you have a friends list teeming with people who want to play.
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  • jeuxvideo.com

    Killy · Jan 27, 2006

    7.5
    Magnifique, puissant, rythmé, furieux, mais également assez statique dans son évolution, le titre de Tecmo ne parvient pas à surprendre malgré sa bonne volonté. Un très bon jeu qui aurait peut-être mérité plus d'attention. Un petit mot pour finir, pensez bien à régler votre console sur le mode 60 Hz avant de commencer à jouer.
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