Description
The arcade conversion adds an improved tag feature, with new stadiums to fight in, new character moves to play with, and plenty of windows, walls and ledges to fall over and crash through. Unlike Tekken Tag Tournament, however, DOA2 also includes a single player mode, a dodge button (allowing you to move left and right away from attacks), and multi-level arenas.
Alternate Titles
- "生或死2" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
- "DOA 2: Hardcore" -- US PS2 title
- "Dead or Alive 2" -- UK/Japanese PS2 title
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User Reviews
There are no reviews for the Dreamcast release of this game. You can use the links below to write your own review or read reviews for the other platforms of this game.
The Press Says
| GamePro (US) |
Nov 24, 2000 |
5 out of 5 |
100 |
| GamesFirst! |
Apr 03, 2000 |
 |
100 |
| Shin Force |
Mar 26, 2000 |
9.8 out of 10 |
98 |
| Thunderbolt Games |
Aug 12, 2004 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Planet Dreamcast |
Mar 17, 2000 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Game Critics |
Apr 01, 2000 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| WomenGamers.com |
Apr 06, 2000 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| The Video Game Critic |
Apr 18, 2000 |
B+ |
83 |
| Super Play |
Aug, 2000 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Joypad |
Sep, 2000 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
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Trivia
Extras
Dreamcast GD-ROM contains Bonus directory with five swimwear pin-up posters featuring the DOA girls. These are standard BMP images which you can read with your computer and use as desktop wallpaper for example.
Hidden intro
The Dreamcast versions of the game include a hidden intro for Kasumi that shows her naked in a cloning vat. Additionally as this is an engine-based cutscene you can hack the console with a Game Shark and use the naked model in-game.
References
Once again, Ryu Hayabusa from Tecmo's
Ninja Gaiden series makes an appearance. This time, one of his bonus costumes is the outfit he wore in the old NES game trilogy.
Sex
This game shamelessly used as marketing a plug it's lineup of female fighters both before and after it's release with a series of..uhm..."suggestive" official swimsuit images released before the game, and the inclusion of, among other things, catwoman suits and schoolgirl uniforms as bonus outfits in the PS2 release.
Shadow Man
The European Dreamcast version has a
Shadow Man costume for the character Zack, since it was released by
Acclaim, the publisher and developer of
Shadow Man.
Interestingly enough, all following versions of
DOA2 (such as Hardcore or the upgraded version on
DOA Ultimate) still feature Zack's
Shadow Man costume, despite the fact that Acclaim wasn't involved in any of them.
Version differences
The only real difference between this version and its others is the lighting effects. In the PS2 version, the lighting was very bright and made it kind of hard to see. In fact, there have been some reports of people having eye problems from the lighting.
There are six versions of
Dead or Alive 2 so far: First came the original Dreamcast port which was pretty much a carbon-copy port of the original arcade release, then the PS2 port which added a few extras but had some graphical issues. The lighting was very bright and made it kind of hard to see. In fact, there have been some reports of people having eye problems from the lighting. An expanded Dreamcast port then followed which included all of the extras from the PS2 version which was then followed with the "Hardcore" release that fixed most of the graphic glitches and added tons of extra material. Finally, even more stuff (such as conceptual galleries and story events) was added for the Japanese "Hardcore" release.
The sixth and final version is the X-box remake
Dead or Alive Ultimate, which uses
Xtreme Beach Volleyball's engine and adds even more stuff as well as online play.
Information also contributed by
karttu,
M4R14N0,
NightKid32 and
Zovni
