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| Grave
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|  "Re(3):hot chicks"
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Christie is nude in the opening movie, but its too dark to make out anything anyway. She was more nude in her DOA3 ending.
I got this game and really like it. The fan service is over the top, but there's some good gameplay here that's surprisingly addicting. Despite what others may say, the volleyball engine is solid and the gift giving aspects are pretty unique and fun. I gave a gift of a machine gun to Ayame, but she returned it unopened. I gave a pink bathing suit to Kasumi and she gave me some meat buns in return. Next time I saw her, she was wearing the bathing suit I gave her.
A pool hopping game and a casino round it out, so while there isn't a lot to this, what's there remains fun ever after a dozen or so times. Though I feel guilty about it, I'm ignoring Orta right now to collect more swimsuits for Hitomi in DOAX.
No kidding! I was pretty surprised with the amount of things to do in this game. I'm kinda annoyed with the large contingent of gamers and reviewers who choose to pretend that this game "insults" them with lowbrow fanservice and has little else to offer. Come on, takes the sticks out of your asses. It's unhealthy not to appreciate some silly fun now and then. 
A lot of what surprised me is the item trading between girls and maintaining of relationships. Wanna team with someone and have matching accessories as they play together? Gotta work for it! Feels kinda like an interaction/dating sim in that aspect. And that's pretty cool, in my book. Adds a bit of depth.
That, and the girls do play a lot differently! I learned the hard way that I couldn't play Kasumi aggressively, and that she's much better on defense, and setting up hits for stronger girls.
As far as a totally solid volleyball game that delivers what I want... well, I still don't have it. I play high school volleyball and among the whole team, the game we've come to like best is Super Spike V'Ball for NES, hahah! Not exactly realistic either, but it's a blast to play. You have a lot more direct control than you do in DOAX (that is, you don't approach the net automatically on a set), and you can change the scoring mode. Rally point up to 7 is kinda lame. I'd rather you side out after scoring, and you can only receive points when you're in control of the ball. But oh well.
I'm sure most people aren't concerned with the lack of outs and the fact that most of the hits in the game would be called as throws, but I suspect these girls aren't exactly league vball players. 
Regardless, the game's a good deal of fun. I already replaced the pop soundtrack with the musical stylings of Andrew WK, which is certainly in the vein of "mindless fun." I think people need to try harder not to take it so seriously, and they'll find there's a lot of fun to be had.
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| Ammadeau
18th Post
New Customer
| "Re(10):hot chicks" , posted Sat 25 Jan 08:22
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wearing high heals during the floating game increases you winnings
that's a very useful tip!(and works! you got from $2500 to $5000 wearing heals) Have any other useful things been found?
Lots, actually. Check out the gamefaqs board for tips, just ignore the stupid posts.
The best way to make money is the volleyball. If you shut out the other team, you'll get 150,000, significantly less if they score even one point. You get a 'nice' bonus for a good serve, a good spike, and knocking an opponent on her ass, but your partner needs to like you in order to get these bonuses. Tina is a good person to knock people over with. Watch the arc of the ball for the serve to find the sweet spot.
Footwear plays a part in volleyball too. Sneakers will make you move faster, but make you easier to knock over. Sandels are just the opposite. Bare feet is the middle of the road. I'm almost sure sunglasses and hats also effect the game, but not to what degree.
Gift giving is pretty complex. Whether someone will accept your gift depends on their likes and their attitude towards you. For instance, Helena likes the color white so she'll normall accept anything white, except from Christie who she hates. But if you get to be really friendly with her (there are at least 4 levels of friendliness) she'll accept any gift normally. There's a bit of randomness thrown in too.
Make sure you give out as many gifts as possible. Keep giving gifts and you'll start getting them in return, which are usually swimsuits you can't buy with your character. Also helps if your current partner decides to leave you. Each character seems to have different conditions on whether they'll leave you or not. Some need gifts, others need wins, and some seem to need a bit of both.
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| Dr Baghead 1936th Post
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| "Re(2):Re(10):hot chicks" , posted Sat 25 Jan 13:51
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Lots, actually. Check out the gamefaqs board for tips, just ignore the stupid posts.
They aren't all stupid post? (in all seriousness though, I think I will go there and snoop around for these good tip post, thanks)
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The best way to make money is the volleyball. If you shut out the other team, you'll get 150,000, significantly less if they score even one point. You get a 'nice' bonus for a good serve, a good spike, and knocking an opponent on her ass, but your partner needs to like you in order to get these bonuses. Tina is a good person to knock people over with. Watch the arc of the ball for the serve to find the sweet spot.
It also helps to notice who you're playing againist, I tend to play again teams with where the weaker character is confident, and the stronger one is unwilling, makes it easier to get shut-out games going.
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Gift giving is pretty complex. Whether someone will accept your gift depends on their likes and their attitude towards you. For instance, Helena likes the color white so she'll normall accept anything white, except from Christie who she hates. But if you get to be really friendly with her (there are at least 4 levels of friendliness) she'll accept any gift normally. There's a bit of randomness thrown in too. Make sure you give out as many gifts as possible. Keep giving gifts and you'll start getting them in return, which are usually swimsuits you can't buy with your character.
I tried that... I gave Christie every gun, steering wheel, and black item I could find... she seemed very happy so I asked her team with me, she told me to go away and after that has hated me and trashed my gifts -__- SIGH! Not like I didn't need that silver gun to complete my "Dante Cosplay" Christie's look -__-, but oh well!
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| Dr Baghead 1937th Post
Gold Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Executive
| "(this needs a different title)" , posted Sat 25 Jan 14:39
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Hmm, I have a question. How does this game work in terms of characters? Do you get one assigned automatically, or do you choose at the start? It seems I'm heard a lot of people having trouble with a girl they really wanted to use but can't woo her. Couldn't they just select her as the starting character or something?
By default Lisa is your partner (unless you're playing as Lisa then she starts with Tina)
Each girl's personality is carried over from the fighting game (so Lei-Fang is rathr up beat, while Ayane and Christie want you to leave them alone) as do aspects of their storyline(so Ayane hates Kasumi, Helena hates Christie, etc.)
Because of this teaming with Christie or Ayane (or even jut giving them gifts you'd like to use when you play as them) is a bitch and half to pull off... since you need to over come their raw hatred for you, then win them over with your playing skills, lavish them with other gifts they like, and then pray they're in a good mood when you give them something you want to keep.
there's a good thing about gift giving to crappy partner's though. Any suit you buy appears in your collection, which means you'll have a 'duplicate' suit for the giver to wear in VS mode(although once given away can't be used in the main game) so at least Lisa and Kasumi have some fancy clothes from Christie's $5 Billion trashing spree...
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| Dr Baghead 1939th Post
Gold Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Executive
| "Re(3):(this needs a different title)" , posted Sun 26 Jan 15:01
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How do you find out the plot behind DOA? I played through a few of them and the endings and character bios were so cryptic I couldn't understand what was going on at all.
Just watch the little cut scenes in the DoA2 and 3 storymodes... it doesn't explain a lot of real plot (I've still no clue what was up with Raidou, anything about Project Eplison, why there was clone Kasumi, or who or what Omega was, among other things) but you learn enough about the character's personalities that way to know what they're like. (ie-Zack is 'crazy', Ayane hates Kasumi, Helena hates Ayane and Christie, Bayman is after his parents killer, Leon lost his lover and wants to prove himself the strongest in her memory, Tina and Bass more then likely engage in incest, Hayabusa is killing time before the new Ninja Gaiden, etc.)
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She showered me with presents in return, including four different swimsuits from her collection, but not once during the entire 14 days could I choose her to be my partner.
Is there a trick to getting suits as gifts? Because I rarely get them -_- (normally just stuff from Zack of All Trades or returned items I gave out)
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| Radish 817th Post
Red Carpet Regular Member+
| "Re(4):(this needs a different title)" , posted Sun 26 Jan 15:06
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How do you find out the plot behind DOA? I played through a few of them and the endings and character bios were so cryptic I couldn't understand what was going on at all.
Just watch the little cut scenes in the DoA2 and 3 storymodes... it doesn't explain a lot of real plot (I've still no clue what was up with Raidou, anything about Project Eplison, why there was clone Kasumi, or who or what Omega was, among other things) but you learn enough about the character's personalities that way to know what they're like. (ie-Zack is 'crazy', Ayane hates Kasumi, Helena hates Ayane and Christie, Bayman is after his parents killer, Leon lost his lover and wants to prove himself the strongest in her memory, Tina and Bass more then likely engage in incest, Hayabusa is killing time before the new Ninja Gaiden, etc.)
Ok. I remember somebody shot Helena's (my character of choice) mom at that Opera, but they never went into it in DOA2. I find it odd that Ayame would use a gun though.
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| Hungrywolf 1783th Post
Silver Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Executive
| "Re(5):(this needs a different title)" , posted Sun 26 Jan 17:26
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How do you find out the plot behind DOA? I played through a few of them and the endings and character bios were so cryptic I couldn't understand what was going on at all.
Just watch the little cut scenes in the DoA2 and 3 storymodes... it doesn't explain a lot of real plot (I've still no clue what was up with Raidou, anything about Project Eplison, why there was clone Kasumi, or who or what Omega was, among other things) but you learn enough about the character's personalities that way to know what they're like. (ie-Zack is 'crazy', Ayane hates Kasumi, Helena hates Ayane and Christie, Bayman is after his parents killer, Leon lost his lover and wants to prove himself the strongest in her memory, Tina and Bass more then likely engage in incest, Hayabusa is killing time before the new Ninja Gaiden, etc.)
Ok. I remember somebody shot Helena's (my character of choice) mom at that Opera, but they never went into it in DOA2. I find it odd that Ayame would use a gun though.
They do go into it in DoA2, make sure you watch all the cut scenes.
"Someday we'll find it the rainbow connection..." -Kermit The Muppet Movie
Hungry Like the Wolf
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| Ammadeau
21th Post
New Customer
| "Re(4):(this needs a different title)" , posted Mon 27 Jan 00:56:
The plot as it effects this game can be summed like this:
Helena hates both Christie and Ayane (they will never be teams)
Christie and Ayane are bitches (hard to get them on your team)
Kasumi and Ayane hate each other (but will work as a team with enough effort)
So aside from the first one, everyone else will team up with enough presents, but not all matches make a good volleyball team. For instance, Kasumi and Ayane suck together, so they make good targets. :p
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Is there a trick to getting suits as gifts? Because I rarely get them -_- (normally just stuff from Zack of All Trades or returned items I gave out)
Hmm, I tend to give out lots of gifts when I play. Basically all the other girls get a nightly gift from my character and if I want to be friends with someone specificly, they'll usually get a gift during the day if possible.
It seems a bit random though. For instance, I hadn't given Lei Fang a gift at all for a while, but she suddenly gave me a swimsuit. While I was buttering up Helena a lot and I think she only gave me one swimsuit.
So basically give lots and lots of gifts, especially things that they like. Giving out swimsuits as gifts in the first place might effect it too.
PS. Zack just gave my Lisa a leopard suit, complete with ears and working tail. Very cute. :)
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| Sesq
30th Post
Rare Customer
| "Re(1):More DOAX V at IGN...." , posted Mon 27 Jan 07:53
So, I picked up DOAX. I opened the case, and lo and behold, the DVD was not DOAX, but in fact, Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel. To wit, the hell? Apparantly, someone had swapped out the DVD before I bought it. The original shrinkwrap and security label were still on, so it likely got swapped in the warehouse. The people at the Gamestop told me, in not so many words, "tough shit, go complain to Tecmo". So I am, but I'm sure as hell not going to that Gamestop ever again.
No one has a hope against my dazzling bullwhippery! - Whip
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| Grave
90th Post
Occasional Customer
| "Re(2):More DOAX V at IGN...." , posted Mon 27 Jan 07:56
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So, I picked up DOAX. I opened the case, and lo and behold, the DVD was not DOAX, but in fact, Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel. To wit, the hell? Apparantly, someone had swapped out the DVD before I bought it. The original shrinkwrap and security label were still on, so it likely got swapped in the warehouse. The people at the Gamestop told me, in not so many words, "tough shit, go complain to Tecmo". So I am, but I'm sure as hell not going to that Gamestop ever again.
Congratulations! You got the special limited edition.
Er... damn. That's weird. I can't imagine how something like that would happen, unless somebody at Tecmo has a really weird sense of humor, or... Yeah. That's bizarre. 
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| Hungrywolf 1785th Post
Silver Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Executive
| "Re(3):More DOAX V at IGN...." , posted Mon 27 Jan 08:19
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So, I picked up DOAX. I opened the case, and lo and behold, the DVD was not DOAX, but in fact, Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel. To wit, the hell? Apparantly, someone had swapped out the DVD before I bought it. The original shrinkwrap and security label were still on, so it likely got swapped in the warehouse. The people at the Gamestop told me, in not so many words, "tough shit, go complain to Tecmo". So I am, but I'm sure as hell not going to that Gamestop ever again.
Congratulations! You got the special limited edition.
Er... damn. That's weird. I can't imagine how something like that would happen, unless somebody at Tecmo has a really weird sense of humor, or... Yeah. That's bizarre.
Well, those people at Gamestop suck then. They must not want to make their customers happy.
"Someday we'll find it the rainbow connection..." -Kermit The Muppet Movie
Hungry Like the Wolf
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| sushi bunny
75th Post
Occasional Customer
| "Gamestop's corporate address, and B.B.B." , posted Wed 29 Jan 09:16
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So, I picked up DOAX. I opened the case, and lo and behold, the DVD was not DOAX, but in fact, Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel. To wit, the hell? Apparantly, someone had swapped out the DVD before I bought it. The original shrinkwrap and security label were still on, so it likely got swapped in the warehouse. The people at the Gamestop told me, in not so many words, "tough shit, go complain to Tecmo". So I am, but I'm sure as hell not going to that Gamestop ever again.
-I say If I were you, I'd take it to consumer affairs. Here's one address:
Better Business Bureau
510 16th Street Suite 550
Oakland, CA 94612-1584
Nobody has the right to treat you that way, especially low-lifes like that. That is extremely rude. I'd also call the district manager, and write to gamestop's corporate office, write the time that it happened or call them, and give the district manager a call as well
Gamestop
2250 William D. Tate Avenue,
Grapevine, TX 76051.
"Why should it goes well?"
(Quote from Captain America from the Data East / Marvel Comics Avengers 80's video game.)
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christie. Are you sure that isn't a photoshopped pic?) 
at that HUGE line for DOAX. They want it bad, don't they... 
"Re(1):More DOAX V at IGN...." 
"Re(2):Christie is just a mean person!!!!" 
