In ‘Versus’ you play 1-on-1 or tag-team matches, Arcade sets you up of a series of eight fights, and lets you choose one of eight difficulty levels, ranging from Rookie to Legend. The game sports a lot of different fighting modes, both online and offline. While at first the Story appears to take the bulk of the game, it’s actually only a small portion of the game. The complete story consists of 71 episodes (or fights), which will take you several hours to complete, especially if you decide to bite the bullet and not skip the scenes. Fortunately, these cut scenes are skippable and even though skipping a scene will void one of the trophies that can be won in the game, this is a small price to pay. Whenever two or more people meet, they always end up arguing and without exception this will lead to a fight. While entertaining, the story won’t win any prizes. In parallel, we follow the chase of an illusive Alpha-152. The bulk follows fighters preparing for and participating in the Dead or Alive tournament. The Storyline of DoA 5 is a long series of fights and cut scenes, that tells two stories. If you master all the Tutorials, you are already on your way to call yourself a DoA Expert. It starts off simple enough, with basic options like moving, punching etc, but complexity quickly escalates to the nearly impossible. While Story Mode is prominently placed as the first option, it is actually advisable to start with the Tutorial, which is extensive.
One would expect the Story mode to be the main focus of the game, but the options ‘Fight’, ‘Online’ and ‘Extras’ hide many sub-choices that are definitely worth checking. Each character has both Japanese and English voices, and of course they all have their own style of play, control scheme, and special moves. There are 19 characters recurring from previous entries in the series, two new characters (Rig and Mila), and three characters have crossed over from Virtua Fighter: Akira Yuki, Sarah Bryant and Pai Chan. The character roster of a fighting game is one of the major points of attention for any serious player, and DoA5 does not disappoint there. DoA 5 Plus is an enhanced version of the base game, especially for PS Vita.
The original game was released in 2012, while DoA 5 Last Round was published in 2015. So, do we REALLY need another fighting game on Vita? When talking about Dead Or Alive 5 Plus, the answer is a definitive ‘YES’.ĭead or Alive (DoA) 5 is the fifth major installment in the DoA series, which until now consists of DoA 5 Plus, Ultimate, Last Round, and the Free to Play Ultimate Core Fighters. There is Street Fighter X Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Arcana Heart 3, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Guilty Gear XX and a number of games from the PSP era, and that list is far from complete. Fighting games are no rarity on the PS Vita.
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