Tamaki works as a fashion designer, but until now, we’ve know her as one of the ‘goddesses’ of Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation. Tamaki will join as part of Dead or Alive 6‘s $89.99 Season Pass 4.Ĭheck out Tamaki’s introduction trailer below:
You can find the instructions to download and play Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation in the video description.Koei Tecmo revealed that Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation‘s Tamaki will join Dead or Alive 6 as a DLC fighter. I can’t say that I dislike the game, but reaching rank ‘B’, I’m already fairly bored of the constant need to navigate between gacha-upgrade-play, rinse and repeat until you level up enough to face the next rival team.ĭead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation is an extremely beautiful bore, but not much else. Try Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation if you like the appeal of the previous games, only this time it’s an even bigger grind and without any kind of actual volleyball to be played. There is a lot of clicking and soon you will find yourself skipping the volleyball part altogether, as there is the option to do so – when the teams are balanced you should keep an eye out on the stats, to use a substitute girl (there is the option, but only for a couple of points), or to activate the tension gauge for a significant temporary boost.
You’ll spend more time navigating the menus, spending crystals and various other currencies to upgrade and evolve swimsuits (yes!), either going for a balance between power, technique and stamina, or choosing to focus on one of them for each girl. When all is said and done, DOAX: VV is a ‘game’ where you don’t play that much. That is a good way to take some pictures for a few minutes, but that’s it – no playing with her, so to speak. If you’re lucky, you can see some of the locked girls when you win a rare or super rare costume on Gacha. It’s a painstakingly slow process and I don’t see someone unlocking a girl without spending countless hours grinding in this game, or paying up for precious currency with real money. For example, if you happen to get Ayane’s trademark costume, you can only exchange it to get a few points for Ayane. Unlocking girls isn’t an easy task, as it involves trading specific swimsuits for special points that can then be used for a particular girl. Or collecting all the gravure panels, episodes or bromides, as well. Besides improving your stats and reaching top level, playing a bazillion beach volleyball games along the way, of course. The main goal of the game, at least in my opinion, is to unlock all the girls.
Fans of the series will surely notice how Christie and Tina couldn’t make it they were probably punching the living daylights out of each other. The other girls are Kokoro, Kasumi, Ayane, Marie Rose, Honoka, Nyotengu, Hitomi, Momiji and Helena. She will be your host and partner when you arrive in New Zack Island. Currently there are 10 characters in total, and you should know them from the Dead or Alive series, with the exception of new girl Misaki. If you’re planning on playing this game – or if you’re already playing –, then you should know by now that the main appeal of DOAX: VV lies in its colorful female-only cast. It’s deliberately built around systems that entice you to spend money, or play for a surreal amount of hours to unlock most of its content. Being a free game, Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation falls into the same traps that tend to plague most of these games.