Dead or Alive 3
| Dead or Alive 3 | |
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Japanese cover art
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| Developer(s) | Team Ninja |
| Publisher(s) | Tecmo |
| Director(s) |
Tomonobu Itagaki Hiroaki Matsui |
| Producer(s) | Tomonobu Itagaki Yasushi Maeda |
| Designer(s) | Katsunori Ehara |
| Programmer(s) | Mitsuo Osada Takeshi Sawatari |
| Writer(s) | Hiroaki Matsui |
| Composer(s) | Makoto Hosoi Takashi Inamori Ryo Koike |
| Series | Dead or Alive |
| Platform(s) | Xbox |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Fighting game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 86.2% |
| Metacritic | 87/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | 37/40 |
| Game Informer | 9.25/10 9.5/10 |
| GamePro | 5/5 |
| Game Revolution | B |
| GameSpot | 7.9/10 |
| IGN | 9.4/10 |
| OXM (US) | 9.5/10 |
| TeamXbox | 8.2/10 |
| Gamereactor | 9/10 |
| GameShark | 8.9/10 |
| Next Generation |  |
| Xbox World | 9/10 |
Dead or Alive 3 (Japanese: デッドオアアライブ3 Hepburn: Deddo Oa Araibu Surī?, abbreviated as DOA3) is a fighting game in the Dead or Alive series, developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo in 2001 exclusively on the Xbox console as one of its launch titles.
The basic gameplay controls and commands remain essentially unchanged from Dead or Alive 2. Some minor tweaks have been added to the game system in the form of increased counter periods, unrestricted 3D-axis movement, and less emphasis on juggling combos. All these gameplay enhancements make the game more suited for beginners, and makes the artificial intelligence much more forgiving. Finally, the game incorporated less damage percentiles in counter maneuvers, added four new characters to the roster, and game's tag controls were changed to insert Attack Change, a new tag system feature where the fighting character can switch places with his or her tag partner, which can then unleash an attack while a character is jumping in.
As with previous entries in the series, it took advantage of the system's power to push the range of the graphics and stage sizes farther than DOA2. However, it lacked in unlockable content compared to DOA2 Hardcore and controls are more lenient to allow players new to the series to adapt to gameplay.
Dead or Alive 3 features a total of 18 fighters, including 17 playable characters and the boss character Genra. The characters returning from the previous installments are Ayane, Bass Armstrong, Bayman, Ein (unlockable), Gen Fu, Helena Douglas, Jann Lee, Kasumi, Leifang, Leon, Ryu Hayabusa, Tina Armstrong, and Zack. Playable newcomers are Chinese drunken master Brad Wong, British assassin Christie, Japanese ninja Hayate, and German-Japanese karateka Hitomi.
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