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You can make the prettiest game in the world, but if it doesn\'t have good gameplay, it doesn\'t mean crap. Fortunately, DOAU plays smoothly. It\'s essentially the same terrific fighting engine from DOA3, but with a few added tweaks. Thankfully, Tecmo did not fix what wasn\'t broken. There are a few more counter attack options and a few new moves, but other than that it\'s the same game at it\'s core. The controls are intuitive and fluid.


Quite simply Tecmo makes the prettiest games to grace the Xbox, which is saying something. The environments are spectacular and the character models are some of the best I\'ve ever seen (and I\'m not just talking about the female figures here). I dare say there is not a prettier game to be found on any console.


The sound effects, such as explosions from hitting electrified walls and hits and kicks, are very good. The music on the other hand is very average. It\'s not annoying, but nothing that you\'ll be cranking up your speakers for. As typical with Tecmo\'s fighting games, character voices are all done in Japanese. I love the voices and the voice acting is above average, but some may be annoyed by not having the option to hear the characters speak in English.


Suggestions: Downloadable characters would be great - Lisa, Christie, and Brad Wong would be a terrific place to start.

Overall: 10.0 / 10
Gameplay: 10.0 / 10
Visuals: 10.0 / 10
Sound: 9.0 / 10
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