As I think I mentioned in a previous post, I recently picked up a xbox360. I bought a few games, including two "hey look at those boobies" games: Rumble Roses XX and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. The type of games they are is fairly evident just from their packaging.
DoAX2 defies gravity and physics. RRXX lets me kick girls in the head. Oh, yeah. I'm all about these games.
My beef with them is that the game play is highly affected by how the girls feel about each other. You have to build up relationships and make sure you're friends with someone before you can partner with them, and if you aren't BFF with your partner, then your game will be lacking.
What the fuck.
You know, I don't remember having to build up relationships before kicking some ass in Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. These games are 100% female, yes - but they are clearly designed (bouncing boobies!) with a male player in mind. What male player in his right mind is going to want to bother building up a relationship with some chick just so they can play volleyball together? The hell? All pretense of realism was completely thrown out the window in DoAX2 - if you don't believe me, watch the trailer. It's like boobs in space. Gravity does not exist. If you're going to ignore physics, then why bother observing the belief that women have to be friends to work well together?
I don't want to be friends. I just want to see your boobs defy nature as I kick you in the head, or lob a volleyball at you. Gaming industry, please stop bringing this women are from venus shit to the table. My life is complicated enough. Now some chick in DoAX2 is pissed at me and won't be my partner anymore because I bought her some suntan lotion. You have to buy gifts for your friends and they have to like the gifts, or they get all snarky and drop you like a hot potato. This is a bunch of bullshit.
If you were a 12 year old boy, you wouldn't notice the obvious flaws in the game. You'd be too busy watching the animated Barbies with big boobs bouncing with one hand on your joystick and the other hand on the other joystick and trying to figure out how to satisfy your fantasy girl. I would think that after age 13 the the attraction to this game would fade. Sorry that you spent money on this (if the trailer and your description is any indication of the game quality).
Oh, I'm not sorry I bought them at all. They were hella cheap, and well, boobies. The vollyball game is kind of fun, and like I said, i like kicking girls in the head.
Did you notice the hair? I mean if they can't get the hair right in the cinematic, how do you expect the game to be even half decent? I mean, the models aren't bad, but the hair goes right through their body, even the very basic 3d modeling that I've done hasn't been that bad...
The graphics in the cinematic are very similar to actual gameplay as far as the hair rendering goes. It kind of looks like cut strips of paper, but eh, I don't think anyone is really paying attention to the hair.
Now if I said "i like kicking girls in the head", I'll bet you'd have some bad comments about me....
I have both games and I have had hours of entertainment with both of them. Got Rumble Roses XX when it first came out for about $45 at Outpost. Have put over 100 hours into it. I am a fan of wrestling videogames and Rumble Roses is a good game. DOAX2 I bought more recently because it was hella cheap, at Circuit City. On clearance for $16.96 if you can still find it in store. It was well worth it. To get all the outfits I used the casino sign out glitch and I'm not worried about giving all the girls all the costumes. Using an online FAQ I know exactly what each girls like for you to give them.
Good points. Who needs Playboy when you can get it in a video game? I agree that there may be a dual purpose to the games. One, to attract young boys, and Two to provide a gaming experience. At least you're honest about it.