lowhighkang_LHK
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Seems like a good fit.
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Mai Shiranui from KOF joins DOA5LR in September
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DR2K
Banned
Well here's the thing, you're asking a developer to cut off their biggest source of revenue because you think youre entitled to every bit of content they produce even after the game has been developed(for years). DOA could have easily gone the way of SC and VF, but has managed to keep itself alive and relevant because of how they've decided to monetize their game.
You don't need 50 costumes per character to get the full enjoyment out of the game.
DOA5 vanilla has more substantially more costumes than any other fighting game offers for free. For what it's worth. DOALR offers about 15 to 20 costumes per character at the base game.
kitschbeam
Member
Game over, man.
Kuksune
Member
I bought almost every pack back in Ultimate but i came to my senses and stopped buying everything. I just buy the ones for my mains and some others that i like now.
I usually buy the halloween packs though, but they're usually pretty good.
I feel like they should reduce the price of some of the older and worst-selling DLC at least. The game has like...$700+ worth of DLC costumes alone. Even with the F2P version the game has, it's still a way to get people into buying DLC.
Is the guy after mai hanzo from overwatch?
Finaika
Member
That's Mitsurugi from SoulCalibur.
Many fans seem open to guests, I just don't think Capcom itself is inclined to give another company in the fighting genre exposure through a SF guest spot unless they get something they find particularly valuable out of it. Whole-game crossovers seem like a very different kind of deal.
Man they look the same! I guess they fit the samurai stereotype.
DR2K
Banned
They put them on sale all the time. Like there's a sale every week on DLC almost.
ShinMaruku
Member
Yup, I also got 300 costumes with a sale for $20 a while back.
Salty Hippo
Member
Has the disgusting PC version ever been fixed?
ShinMaruku
Member
That will never happen. They never wanted to do it.
yep. your technically only supposed to buy the costumes you like specifically. Those season passes and whatnot are just for obsessed people
They have sales? Are these PSN sales or..? I'm just wondering because ive never seen them on sale
Wow I really love the speed of doa having played a good bit of tekken recently I miss the fluidity and speed of doa I'm pretty tempted to buy last round but I know I can't properly enjoy it around my wife smh
Eolz
Member
There's some PSN sales from time to time yeah. Got the Ultimate content set (the 237 costumes released between Ultimate and Last Round that weren't included on disc) for 35$ or so during one, and the season passes are in a more reasonable price during those times (like 45$ or so instead of 90$).
I don't know if Finaika meant it as a joke, but it does look a lot like Mitsurugi. Could even be Soul Calibur artwork. Only...
Well, it's not Mitsurugi. The text says it's supposed to be Miyamoto Musashi.
PaulBizkit
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Man, what a great fit for this game. How many dlc characters has DOA:LR gotten so far?
DAREALGUMMY
Member
Just 1, Naotora. I think Mai may be the last one, cause the random slot is only taking up one character icon. They might recenter the select menu so the characters are further down
The Orz
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I think the hate for the PC version is a little extreme. It's a bit light, but if you can get a good deal on it I'd say go for it. The ability to use custom shaders really boosts the visuals (especially on some of the more drab stages) and their are tons of character mods out there (aside or in addition to the naughty ones, of course).
Eolz
Member
As said before: 1 character already out (Naotara Ii from Samurai Warriors, really accessible), new stages are free apart from the new Attack on Titan one apparently (I guess due to licensing issues).
That is if you own Last Round PS4/X1/PC (no extra stages on PC), it's a bit different on old gen, since it's just an upgrade to Ultimate and you might need to buy more characters.
And then Mai in September obviously.
1 character and stages are all free
ShinMaruku
Member
Yup every quarter they have a sale on some packs so if you wait for certain times you only play $250 for all the costumes.
Lady Naotoara and now Mai.
You can buy Naoatora Ii right now, as stated before stages are all free and they cost almost as much to make as some costumes.
GinoFelino
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Everybody loves her vibrant personality
Cow Mengde
Banned
Nah, the only official endorsements is from SNK right now. Who knows if other game heroes might join.
Finaika
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jediyoshi
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Megawarrior
Member
Okay THAT actually looks like Mai.
The DOA5 cameo characters need their own DOAX expansion
The DOA5 cameo characters need their own DOAX expansion
her render looks fantastic
sixteen-bit
Member
Looking forward to some video footage
He's comparing two different art styles. Lighting is the only real thing that KOF genuinely doesn't do well with.
Is she fighting Kasumi?!
Are those actual KoF costumes or do they come from DoA/previous DLC packs? Because the first one looks like Kasumi Todo's outfit, and the second seems very similar to Yuri Sakazaki's uniform. Can't figure out who's in the third picture, though.
Those are from the upcoming KOF-themed costume pack that will come out with Mai on the home consoles. That third costume is Hinako's outfit.
Oh, cool! I don't follow DoA5 anymore, but I'll definitely check this DLC pack when it comes out.
Honest question for Mai fans, but has there ever been anything more to the character besides her appearance?
There's no shortage of female fighters clearly designed as fap fuel, but at least they usually have some kind of backstory or other material that defines them: Chun-Li is an Interpol officer who wants to avenge her father, Kasumi is on the run from her ninja clan, even Ivy Valentine has this whole thing with Soul Edge and her pirate zombie father or some nonsense.
But over the years the two other big things that seem to define Mai are that she likes to flaunt her sexiness and really, really wants to have sex with Andy.
With Lara Croft rebooted, Mai is like the prime example of a videogame titty monster.
There's no shortage of female fighters clearly designed as fap fuel, but at least they usually have some kind of backstory or other material that defines them: Chun-Li is an Interpol officer who wants to avenge her father, Kasumi is on the run from her ninja clan, even Ivy Valentine has this whole thing with Soul Edge and her pirate zombie father or some nonsense.
But over the years the two other big things that seem to define Mai are that she likes to flaunt her sexiness and really, really wants to have sex with Andy.
With Lara Croft rebooted, Mai is like the prime example of a videogame titty monster.
I think you have a fair perception of her, but I don't think characters like Scorpion or SubZero or Ryu or Ken have an identity particularly relevant to them either.
As some one that plays fighters casually and only plays them every now and then, she's as iconic to me as those characters. She's just part of gaming's legacy for better or worse.
Maybe I'm crazy since I'm old (30) and I've been gaming for so long, but that's how I feel about her.
Subjective quality aside, the three characters you mentioned do have definitive stories attached to them: Scorpion wants revenge for the destruction of his clan (and murder of his family), and has made the MK equivalent of a deal with the devil to do so. The first Sub-Zero is a bit more shallow, but he at least had enough substance to have an entire (terrible) game attached to him. Sub-Zero 2 is much more defined, as his honor makes him strive to make peace with Scorpion
which he does in MKX
From what I've seen in most of her appearances, Mai is mostly concerned with either getting some Andy action or boasting about her beauty (to the point that she fights against other characters like Chun-Li over her insistence that she is the most beautiful). It's not like she necessarily needs a compelling backstory, but coupled with the tiny outfit and the jiggling melons she's barely above the level of most hentai characters.
Edit: And that's not counting the irony that the director of the Fatal Fury movie went on to do hentai.
Fatal Fury anime made me love the cast more than any other KOF characters. Mai, Terry and the others just looked cool.
Alex_Mexico
Member
You mean the director of the anime or the live action film?
Guess.