• January 15, 2007    Home > Game Reviews > Verdict

    Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2

    Is New Zack Island one of fantasy or torture?
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     Xbox 360    		Developer
    Team Ninja    		Publisher
    Microsoft    		Genre
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    "Most games take longer to load than they do to play through."

    Each day has four parts; morning, afternoon and evening before you return to your hotel for the night. Each activity you participate in, be it a minigame, a game of beach volleyball, the jetski races, giving a present or talking to one of the other girls uses up one of your 3 activities for the day. As you only have 14 days on the island your time is limited before the game ends. At the end of the night when you return to your hotel room, you can then move on to the casino to gamble your winnings.

    Unfortunately, most of the games on DOAX2 are far too simple. The beach volley ball, still a main focus, is a two button affair. It does take a few attempts to get used to the timing of the game, however once you have the hang of passing and spiking the ball you'll be on a winning streak raking the money in. Most of the side games are one or two button bashing affairs, and hardly worth using up one of your daily events for as if you do win you get little money in return.

    It also takes longer to load these games than most of them take to play. Why you aren't allowed a Retry on the water slide is beyond me, although I suspect it's to make you feel like there is more to DOAX2 than there actually is.

    "As for the achievements - based on the collection and making friends - I simply couldn't bring myself to care."

    This leaves us with the newest addition, the jetski racing. Racing round the sea which has had a glitter factory explode into it is surprisingly quite good fun, and a great way to spend time if you don't have a partner for the beach volley ball. Unfortunately the computer isn't much good at it, and there are not enough courses to keep you interested for very long. The good news is that if you play the game enough you save up enough money to buy better jetskis. Be warned though, these are not cheap and you will have to finish the game a couple of times to save up the cash for one.

    At night, you'll receive gifts from Zack and the other girls, and you can reciprocate their generosity without having to waste part of your day giving a gift. You can also head off to the casino, where Blackjack, coin machines, roulette and poker are good ways to gamble your winnings. The poker is the only real way to win any money here, although the AI of your opponents can be very dubious. I've raised by $50,000 to be called by a player who has no hand.

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