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Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate free version info
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Let's be honest. They won't. Because Ayane, Kasumi, Hayabusa are brain-dead-easy-damage characters that will steamroll the non-F2P characters like Hitomi unless TN finally nerfed the Ninja's into the ground to where people will actually play the other 90% of the cast.
Jawmuncher
Member
Woah Woah Woah Hold Up.
In probably late to the party on this but they're adding momiji to DOA?! That's news enough for me!
As for this system. Seems interesting enough.
So long as the complete price is still that of a normal game.
In probably late to the party on this but they're adding momiji to DOA?! That's news enough for me!
As for this system. Seems interesting enough.
So long as the complete price is still that of a normal game.
Wow, I'm liking the sound of this more & more. Really hoping they bring this to the US now.
They SHOULD put it on steam!
MikeE21286
Member
New trend arising most likely.
Online for all games will be F2P while the single player will be locked behind a pay-wall.
makes sense honestly.
Online for all games will be F2P while the single player will be locked behind a pay-wall.
makes sense honestly.
That's really only kind of true for casual players. My Brad Wrong will destroy 99% of ninja users online.
And that's the problem. 99% of players online are the Ninja's. They're the "flowchart Ken" of DOA and it needs to be fixed for me to even consider the online again.
It will be released worldwide, this version will be called DOA5:U Core Fighters:
http://teamninja-studio.com/doa5/ultimate/us/home.html#ftp
Characters for 3.99$, story mode 14.99$
Team battle is back.
http://teamninja-studio.com/doa5/ultimate/us/home.html#ftp
Characters for 3.99$, story mode 14.99$
Team battle is back.
TheOctagon
Member
I'm sure this has been said before but PUT IT ON THE FARKING PC, YOU TOOLBAGS.
Well, that's the point. If you want it piecemeal, the option is there, but otherwise you'd just buy the whole game up front for cheaper. If you know you're never going to use certain characters or do the story mode, then I can see why some people might opt to go the Core Edition + DLC route.
Yeah but it is good to have a choice.
I will get the free version and maybe pick up a character or two down the line, that's more than enough for me.
Hope this works out well for them and more follow.
Yeah, I can see why it's good for the people that only play 1-3 characters. I'd probably end up buying only the girls if I did this since I like to play most of them, but buying just them all will be $52 ($56, assuming there's still one not revealed) still so I'll just stick with the disc. Interesting idea, just not for me in this case. It would be perfect for me if Street Fighter or KoF did it though lol.
Yeah, the model is very clearly angled towards a particular type of player. I'll be buying the disc as well.
What I actually find more interesting is that DOA5Core could potentially keep the online scene alive more for everyone. Free to play means more people are going to be willing to try it out, especially if they get to face off against a multitude of different characters online. It promotes a healthy online community, especially if they come through with certain "Free Weekends" with other characters.
Personally I would've made all characters free along with standard online, standard local, and training with all other modes, stages, and cosmetics as microtransactions. That's more of an approach for recreational players though.
Hopefully this comes overseas. If so, I might check this out and just buy Jan Lee and Lei Fang.
I think F2P is really gonna make a big entrance onto consoles next gen. It's just a matter of actual good games being applied to the model.
Yeah, I'm hoping that's the case too. It was kinda hard finding games on the console version for a while. Finding games on the Vita were pretty good too for the first few weeks because of the demo being able to play against people with the full version. (matchmaking problems aside)
Eh, I'll admit I haven't watched too many tourneys, but those 3 haven't shown up very often. Jann Lee, Helena, Alpha and even the VF characters (Sarah/Akira) have more wins. I guess it is possible there is the SF Ryu (easy as hell in low-mid level play while unbelievably difficult in highly competitive play).
ihearthawthats
Banned
i'm shallow and play charas based on looks.
i mean movesets and fighting style looks. i'm not -that- shallow.
According to FSD, the current tiers look something like this:
Based on the current in progress match-up chart, here are the current tiers:
May 26, 2013 12:36 PM (GMT - 5)
S: Ayane, Leifang, Kasumi, Christie, Sarah
A: Jann Lee, Akira, ALPHA-152
B: Brad Wong, Lisa, Pai, Hayabusa, Gen Fu, Mila, Helena, Hitomi, Kokoro, Bayman, Hayate, Tina
C: Zack, Rig, Bass, Eliot?
So not too bad, and Ayane and Kasumi at low/mid levels are more annoying than anything.
Seems like an interesting test but I imagine lots of hardcore players would just buy their main character for on line and that is all maybe leading to even less sales.
Then again maybe those players will be willing to shell out money for DLC costumes for those characters since they got the game for so cheap.
Then again maybe those players will be willing to shell out money for DLC costumes for those characters since they got the game for so cheap.
shaowebb
Member
This. Its a much more appealing setup than a normal demo would be and it lets folks who play the free version who were only really curious about one other character buy them without investing the rest of the bank on the whole game. Plus it insures online opponents for the "demo" is possible because technically its just a heavily locked down version of the full game.
Very nice.
That is way waaay too much free stuff. There would be far too many people that would simply opt to not purchase the game or DLC. For a good portion of fighting game players, what you listed is literally all you need in a fighter, so why buy anything else? They're trying to incentivize purchases, not give stuff away.
Thought just occurred to me. Will be able to get trophies (& if 360 gets it, achievements) in this version? Obviously, there's some that couldn't be obtained without getting more characters & Story Mode, but I'm sure there's some that could be done with the modes and characters you're given.
Orpheus Telos
Member
I doubt you would be allowed to get trophies by playing the free version. It's a pretty bad comparison, but you can't get trophies in the free version of games like DC universe online so I doubt you could get trophies from something like this. It works as another incentive to buy the full version as well.
I'm glad that there will be exciting online modes.
So then would they be unlocked if you bought just a single character? I imagine they'd be part of the same list, then after getting a few from trying the game, it could convince people to either get the retail version or buy more DLC. Granted, the list could be different from DoA5 & 5+, but at the very least, getting the XX online matches ones could still be earned. Guess we'll have to wait & see.
Wouldn't this mean they'll have a serious financial incentive to balance the characters as much as possible?
Wow, this execution of the F2P concept is perfect for the fighting game genre. Typically the only things that matter in a fighting game are online and offline versus, training mode, and the roster itself. Story/Arcade mode is worthless filler in this genre, and most people stick to just one or two characters. Locking the unimportant aspects of the game behind a paywall and adopting an a la carte approach makes sense. I can see them tracking which characters are more popular this way, too.
Ultimately, fighting games will probably become F2P online-only affairs due to the nature of the gameplay experience. Nice to see Team Ninja at the forefront here.
Ultimately, fighting games will probably become F2P online-only affairs due to the nature of the gameplay experience. Nice to see Team Ninja at the forefront here.
They added tag throws for more characters, in the last trailer Christie and Rig were givin a tag throw.
I'm pretty sure the game is very balanced. People like ninjas. DoA has a lot of ninjas. They're not overpowered or anything. It's like complaining about people using shotos in SF. Yeah, they're good, but aside from top tier Akuma or top tier Ken in SF3, they're not amazing characters. People just bitch because they see the character a lot.
Bring on the easy wins, I say.
Interesting decision, basically turning it into a free-2-play fighting game. I bet this does well for them. Nice to see that saves will transfer. I still want a PC release for this. The aliasing and image quality are so bad for a game with such amazing character models and animations.
Just went through the DOA5 Ultimate homepage, http://teamninja-studio.com/doa5/ultimate/uk/home.html#ftp
Four Ninja characters available for free means that everyone is seriously gonna have to brush up on their online anti-Ninja tactics.
Four Ninja characters available for free means that everyone is seriously gonna have to brush up on their online anti-Ninja tactics.
Emperor Bohe
Member
I hope the free version comes out on the 360 also, I want that community to thrive as well =/ I have a PS3 also, but everyone I know that plays DOA only has a 360.