Dead or Alive 3 Critic Reviews

There's not a lot holding DOA3 back from becoming X-Box Game of the Year: it's that good. Every time you pop this disc in you're instantly amazed by the leaps and bounds that the X-Box engine has achieved.

Minor audio issues aside, DoA3 nails its Xbox debut and firmly establishes itself as the best home console fighting game of 2001.

It's fast, it's deep, and it's so beautiful it almost hurts.

It is gorgeous, full of different modes to play and things to unlock, and most important of all, fun to play and accessible.

Glorious looking, fast moving fighter with all the right moves.

But the team didn't stop setting standards in just the graphics as they combined this level of visual quality with subtle but innovative 3D gameplay mechanics incorporating a new standard of strategy never experienced in a 3D fighting game before.

But it offers a unique, stylish, and realistic experience, and playing... fighting... exhilarates me. For those whose hearts long to battle, this game strikes to the core.

What DoA3 truly excels in is the variety of fighting styles and different moves.

A masterpiece in both form and function.

The true King of Fighters, and it is a perfect showcase for what kind of games the Xbox is able to deliver.

A few secret characters, some more levels and a greater variety of techniques for each character would have made this an A+ title.

Because Dead or Alive 3 utilizes nearly all the controls on the Xbox controller and does it with such ease, that alone is an incredible achievement.

Graphics are great, not many complaints there - except the issue of clipping.

A finely honed beat-'em-up that reveals an exceptional amount of depth after prolonged play. Sadly, however, even the most ardent Xbox fans in the office struggled to argue that this is anything more than "DOA2" with big brass knobs on.

Is it the best fighter ever? No, but hey, it's light years better than "Tekken Tag" and a hell of a lot more fun than "Virtua Fighter 3."

I wish its storylines were more compelling, but since it has beautiful graphics, easy controls and decent sound, I guess three out of four isn't bad.

It won't win any medals for a perfectly balanced cast or an innovative control scheme, and it certainly won't be a tourney fighter, but it's still one of those games that you and your friends can play for hours.

Believe it or not, the water in DoA3 is more realistic than the water in "Wave Race: Blue Storm."

This is a great game to have for people who want to get friends interested in fighting games, and is a fun party game in its own right.

Arguably one of the best fighters to have been created. Its graphics are unparalleled and the character models are detailed and life-like.