Dead Or Alive 5: Ultimate Trailer Offers Breasts Aplenty

[SageRuffin]

If I want to see boobs I just bang your mother watch porn. I don't really see why this game needs to be.

Uh... it's a fighting game. More fighting games are inherently designed for fans of fighting games. Dead or Alive just happens to be a fair bit more shameless, and gives a fair bit less fucks, about the character designs.

You don't have to like it; it's pretty obvious you don't. But is its existence really hurting you in any way, shape, or form?

Query: And while we're talking about extremes, why does anything in existence need to be, be it video games or otherwise?

 

[IamLEAM1983]

So it seems 14 year old girls in bikinis is what makes it the 'Ultimate' version. Because videogames.

Jesus Christ, this industry...

It's more a case of "Jesus Christ, the Hikkikomori and NEET segments of the Japanese populace, along with most of its male culture for repressing sexuality to such an extent that those rare few instances where they let their hair down end up so egregious in their form and function..."

Whee, run-on sentence!

 

[bjj hero]

I suppose its not too far from real life. Some of those Brazilian MMA fighters wear some very small pants in the cage.

 

[AidoZonkey]

To be honest this is just sad. I can understand designing characters with big breasts and trying to give a game sex appeal, but you can't sell a game on a "D" cup. I use to love this game for the combat but at the moment all I can see is boobs, boobs and ass.
I don't think they are trying to be sexist because it just seems so childish. Everything is emphasized to the point of meaninglessness and its more akin to a teenager drawing women in a notepad, rather then an attempt to be demeaning to women, but even still, we use to play DOA for the fighting as well as the characters, now its like they don't want us to play it and would prefer us to look at whats attached to the characters rather then the charters themselves.

 

[JudgeGame]

OK. I don't really know why I bothered watching the video but I actually think this particular video wasn't that bad. I mean it is bad, but it's quite mild by Team Ninja standards. The breast physics have been cranked down a few notches and the women don't make obscene poses with gross camera angles when they win. I don't like being an optimist but this is a big step in a very different direction to what Team Ninja has been doing the last decade.

So gross and unpleasant to watch? Quite. Puke inducing? Not quite.

 

[Flatfrog]

OT: I remember the good 'ol days when people could see a game like this, or Dragon's Crown (its really sad they're even compared) and you could simply not like it, and not buy it. Then that was that, and you moved on. These days, it seems every single game with a female that isn't wrapped up in a burka needs to be censored, or boycotted, or attacked.

Isn't a boycott just lots of people deciding they don't like something and choosing not to buy it?

 

[Piorn]

Building a game entirely on breast physics might sound appealing to teens, but it's actually not.
It ultimately always end up disappointing, because it distracts your raging hormones, and you just end up running to the bathroom and not actually playing the game.
I'm glad it's over, and I never actually bought any of those.

 

[Piorn]

Isn't a boycott just lots of people deciding they don't like something and choosing not to buy it?

According to Steam, it's just lots of people joining a whine-group, and then buying the game anyways.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Mechanically I quite like DOA, it's the only fighting game I could be bothered to play, but aesthetically it's pretty unappealing to me, the anime styling is a real turn off and if I don't like the way a game looks then it's just not happening.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I like jiggle physics as much as the next man, but DoA's kinda ruins the illusion.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I think this is the first time I have seen the male characters in shorts then to have all the girl fightings in bikinis.

 

[5mj7R7yf4Dwr3gdZyyu9PeGNwYjlNrjzuh3iTXQG]

According to that trailer, BOOBS ARE AWESOME!. Did you see that! None of the men could even get off a single attack. They just sat there and got their (taught) posteriors handed to them.

I want boobs! Then I will be INVINCIBLE.

238U

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Team Ninja probably has some... questionable views toward how it portrays women, BUT DoA is still a fun game to play, so I'm not gonna rag on them that much.

Sometimes there's just sexploitation. If the game is good, I think we should just try to ignore and denounce the elements we don't like and like the game on the merits that outweigh that.

 

[MoeMints]

At this point, I truly don't understand what most of you even want anymore besides DOA losing its image altogether.
The breasts sizes while still exaggerated are now within human limits.
The anime stylings are given a more realistic tone, with their proportions having variety.
Tina even has a proper athletic build and subtle abs and they added Mila, who's casual outfit is jeans, a checkered shirt, and her ringer tee.
The game has less skimpy main outfits for the female cast across the board.
While the Virtua Fighter guests aren't hit by the fanservice bat at all.

The jiggle is really subdued in comparison to the first 4 games and not even comparable to Xtreme 2.
Unless you're intentionally shaking them up and down, you won't even notice in the vast majority of matches.
Any less and they might as well not even bother and make them rocks attached to their chests.

I get the point about Dragon's Crown since it does make the game polarizing for those who would be interested in the gorgeous art and seek a new online game that isn't just another FPS/MMO/RTS/MOBA.

But when a development team straight up implies this is a game for straight men who like fighting games, and the game has made an effort to tastefully compromise, I get tired of these faux-progressive "critiques".

If people did actually play the game, I would hear more about the girls panting and staring desperately and lovingly at the player to continue the fight in story mode which I'd definitely agree it could do without.

now its like they don't want us to play it and would prefer us to look at whats attached to the characters rather then the charters themselves.

It had a beta with fan input applied to the retail version.
They gave many exhibitions for test builds.
It did many improvements like trying to balance the counter system and making consistent offense more rewarding.
There was a major balance patch within this year.
This new version is free to play and only makes you pay if you want everything at a retail price, or want only your favorites at a discount.

Where are people getting this stuff?

 

[Paragon Fury]

I still love DoA. Going to get this when it comes out.

Also, I hate to break it to the "men-in-swimsuits for equality" crowd; but as a man, who knows other men, who in turn know OTHER men, I'm fairly certain we, as well as all other men, can ALL confirm something for of all of you.

If the swimsuit/undergarment we're wearing is loose enough for our piece to move around, its going to be too loose for you to see anything. If it is tight enough for you to see anything, it will be too tight for any noticeable movement to occur. Sorry ladies. Its just how that bit down there works.

Also, the full trailer does show some of the men's suits too.

You're wrong. You've never seen male strippers I guess. Groovy, oh behave!

I suppose I should have qualified it with a "unless the piece of clothing is specifically designed to allow it to happen[/i]".

The kinds of cloths the men in DoA (and most other games) wear? Not gonna happen. Nor in the clothes most ordinary men would wear.

 

[Foolery]

I'm buying this just to spite prudes. Really now, these games have been around for years.
It's not a big deal. Don't like it? Don't play it.