Comments on Costume GET!: DOAX2 Get

They pretty much fine-tuned it on gamefaqs, if you...

2006-11-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

They pretty much fine-tuned it on gamefaqs, if you bring out the guide and hit X to sign out of your profile before or during the "no more bets" screen, you're golden.

However, if you're not on the "sign out? Yes No" blade before they switch off of the "No More Bets" screen, you're in danger of having the cash deducted from your account on a reload.

It looks like it just holds your save data static until you decide whether or not you want to sign out as to not corrupt it. If you say yes, it's fine, if you say no, it applies all pending changes to your save file.

Just dont hit Y to go to the dash, you might corrupt your save. Some people have made that mistake.

yeah I saw that first thing this morning. Man, gon...

2006-11-27T12:34:00.000-08:00

yeah I saw that first thing this morning. Man, gonna have to try it as soon as I get home. Might try on a new profile, till I get the timing right.

Hey Wataru --http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMFKvY...

2006-11-27T06:45:00.000-08:00

Hey Wataru --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMFKvYLBPnU

Just a heads up. It works. It'll probably be patched soon, so I don't know if you want to take advantage of this.

It depends on who you play. Some vactions it's not...

2006-11-25T15:47:00.000-08:00

It depends on who you play. Some vactions it's not too bad, and other times it's impossible.

Jet Ski and Poker are the most fun for me.

Just how bad is the volleyball in this version? De...

2006-11-24T23:10:00.000-08:00

Just how bad is the volleyball in this version? Depending on who you ask, the responses range from "okay" to "unplayably hard". I don't really feel like stressing myself out playing a supposedly-relaxing game...

Yeah the series is part dating sim, collect-a-thon...

2006-11-22T12:53:00.000-08:00

Yeah the series is part dating sim, collect-a-thon, mini-games, gambling, and eye candy. It's sort of an odd mix, but the biggest attraction is collecting stuff and trying to get the girls to wear them.

I am actually surprised with the contents of the u...

2006-11-22T04:07:00.000-08:00

I am actually surprised with the contents of the updates to this blog post, only because I haven't played even the Xbox version of DoAX. I thought the game was straight collecting (like Animal Crossing?) but it seems that this game has lots of gambling^H^H^H taking chances, such as casino and gifting. Is there any "sure thing" to this series?

Yeah I've been playing poker a lot to boost my jet...

2006-11-19T20:18:00.000-08:00

Yeah I've been playing poker a lot to boost my jet ski income. I had a bried run of luck with Christie's slot machine, but now it's always bust city going that route.

Well, I finally got this thing, so a few notes:I k...

2006-11-18T22:37:00.000-08:00

Well, I finally got this thing, so a few notes:

I know you were looking towards the Slots with a rubberband to make your money, but it seems that they're only really good for getting the extremely rare Triple Face outcome, which rumor has it triggers a special sequence, possibly the pole dancing. As such, you rarely win (even the small pots), and it's a quick way to go broke.

It looks like Poker is actually the easiest way to make money in this game. Just make sure you go to the table with at the very least, 500,000z if you're going to play 5,000 Poker. The game is somewhat broken because if the bet goes above the amount of money you have, you are forced to fold.

With that caveat, I'm easily making 1-2 million zacks a night playing Poker.

Without Poker, You're talking Rumble Roses XX levels of frustration in playing 10+ matches (volleyball or jetskis) multiple times with each girl for each outfit. What makes matters worse is that While I routinely managed 7-0 matches in the last game, I haven't even won 7-2 yet, let alone a shut-out.

That said, the photography mode is unnecessarily complex and a big mess compared to RRXX. It's horrible when you look fondly back at E3 demo kiosks and wish the game were more like that, with menus for minigames, and selectable gravure scenes. The current system (which hasn't changed from the original game), leaves you limited in terms of activity selection and blind in terms of gravure selection.

It's interesting how the reviews of the first game...

2006-11-18T20:50:00.000-08:00

It's interesting how the reviews of the first game are generally positive, yet the second time around, the reviewing folk aren't so friendly. I've spent about 5 hours with the game so far and I think it's safe to say that if you enjoyed the first DoAX, you'll like the second one, albeit with a possible tinge of frustration throughout.

Same here. Now, if it was a Christie faceplate...

2006-11-16T18:31:00.000-08:00

Same here. Now, if it was a Christie faceplate...

Yeah I saw all the 10th anniversary stuff. I was a...

2006-11-16T09:40:00.000-08:00

Yeah I saw all the 10th anniversary stuff. I was almost tempted by the faceplate, but Kasumi isn't my favorite character. I'm interested in getting the playing cards though. Hopefully, they won't be going for outrageous prices on eBay. Tecmo sold the two previous series on their US site, so maybe they'll do the same. The only drawback was their charge for shipping which was like 5 times the going rate.

Your blog post made me navigate to the official si...

2006-11-16T07:25:00.000-08:00

Your blog post made me navigate to the official site:
http://www.deadoralive.jp/
Wow they are doing cool things with web tech (flash?) nowadays. That "travel brochure" is nifty.

For the Japan market (at least), there is a "Kasumi reclining" face plate for the Xbox 360 going for about 3000 yen (USD 25.00?)
(Official shop site for product)
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/tecmo/512788/776757/
Are you going to get that? I wanna buy that even though I don't have an Xbox 360 yet.

As some one who put about 80 hours into the first ...

2006-11-16T07:00:00.000-08:00

As some one who put about 80 hours into the first one and spent about 4 hours with the new one, I can say that it's still worth getting. The worst thing I can say is that it's more of the same (in some cases, EXACTLY the same). Also, some of the big ways I made money in the first one (like poker) have changed in a way to make it way easier to earn money. Consequently, there are many more expensive suits. What I do like is the additional minigames and the decent payout they are given. Where the first one quickly turned into Dead or Alive Extreme Poker, this one seems to encourage playing more of the side games. This isn't a terrible game at all, but a light, mostly relaxing (jet skiing is actually kind of intense), fun game.

Rob H.

Yeah, mine just shipped from Frys.com. I was origi...

2006-11-15T20:29:00.000-08:00

Yeah, mine just shipped from Frys.com. I was originally annoyed I'd have to wait the extra week to save 10 bucks, but after seeing the reviews, it's not so bad.

Regardless, it's going to be a massive time sink no matter how terrible it is as a game, and that worries me. Oh well, at least I finally got around to finishing 100% costumes in DOA4, so with any luck that affects this game too.