Not happy with DOA4

Hi everyone.

I opened this topic to know if there is anyone that thinks the same as me about DOA4.

I own DOA3 and DOA Ultimate for Xbox, since they were released. I like them both.The gameplay is awesome, and somewhat easy to master.

Then I bought DOA4 for Xbox 360. The graphics are great, sound is good, plenty of options, etc. It seemed that it was another game that I was going to love. But soon I realized that the gameplay was much more hard. I tried to master it, but with no results at all. The AI even in normal difficulty gives me headaches... But the worst is the final Boss, Kasumi´s clone. Sometimes I have to try more than 20/30 times to beat her. Its almost impossible, and I just want to throw the gamepad way...

Thanks for reading.

The previous DOA were much more easy to master, and didn´t have such ridiculous difficulty.

Ok, maybe I'm being a crybaby, but this was the first game that made me throw the controller away.
In my opinion DOA4 is the first game in the series that I dislike.

(double checks topic date... Cool, not an old topic)

I also don't think its right for you to not like the game simply for the fact that you aren't very good at it.

Its actually a good thing that its harder to be good at it, its more reason for you to put more practice time on it.

If you're not going to enjoy the challenge, you might want to stay away from other Team Ninja games, i.e. Ninja Gaiden 2

The previous DOA were much more easy to master, and didn´t have such ridiculous difficulty.

Ok, maybe I'm being a crybaby, but this was the first game that made me throw the controller away.
In my opinion DOA4 is the first game in the series that I dislike.

menmau

Do you really dislike it or is it that losing pisses you off... but you still play the game alot?

I mean, if it was genuine hate I don't think you'd stick around for 20-30 matches against the same person.

I have played Ninja Gaiden Black. But from what I heard I should really avoid Ninja Gaiden 2.

Maybe you are right! The fact is that I am not very good at it, and I should practice a BIT more.

Do you really dislike it or is it that losing pisses you off... but you still play the game alot?

I mean, if it was genuine hate I don't think you'd stick around for 20-30 matches against the same person.

Senor_Kami

Thats a good point.

I don´t hate it, I just don´t like it like the previous iterations.

The most plausible reason for that is because I keep losing a lot, and that pisses me off.

I try that amount of times to get unlockables, to the characters that I like.

I agree a lot with you menmau. I liked gameplay in DOA3 over DOA4. I used to breeze through the DOA3 story mode. However, in DOA4 I had problems adjusting to the 'normal' difficulty (and still do). If I wanted this game to be insanely difficult, I would have adjusted the settings as such, but it shouldn't be THAT hard on Normal.

The end boss, Alpha-152, is one of the cheapest final bosses ever in a fighting game. It took me over 35 minutes just to beat her with Bayman (Bayman isn't a guy I use at all. I only used him because I was going for the achievements to collect all outfits). Even so, her moves are cheap and do way too much damage. I won't even get started on her multiple teleports she does.

It seemed like countering was a little easier in DOA3 than in DOA4. DOA4 was a launch title though really. It's an older game. Obviously, I like SC4 over DOA4, but I still enjoy DOA4. It's not the best fighting game out, but it's still a good one.

Hi everyone.

I opened this topic to know if there is anyone that thinks the same as me about DOA4.

I own DOA3 and DOA Ultimate for Xbox, since they were released. I like them both.The gameplay is awesome, and somewhat easy to master.

Then I bought DOA4 for Xbox 360. The graphics are great, sound is good, plenty of options, etc. It seemed that it was another game that I was going to love. But soon I realized that the gameplay was much more hard. I tried to master it, but with no results at all. The AI even in normal difficulty gives me headaches... But the worst is the final Boss, Kasumi´s clone. Sometimes I have to try more than 20/30 times to beat her. Its almost impossible, and I just want to throw the gamepad way...

Thanks for reading.

menmau