{"id":182075,"date":"2016-03-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/review-dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-fortune\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T14:16:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T19:16:07","slug":"review-dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-fortune","status":"publish","type":"eg_reviews","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/reviews\/review-dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-fortune\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"
Boobies. Tits. Knockers. Funbags. Dirty pillows. Cans. Jugs. Bewbz. Tatas. The Olsen Twins. Chi-chis. Chesticles. Jubblies. Honkers. Tittays. Puppies. Melons. Captain and Tennille. Twin Peaks. Mosquito bites. Shoulder boulders. I mean that is what you’re here for, right?<\/p>
Somehow Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune<\/em>\u00a0manages to have even less gameplay than previous titles, and even more focus on sexualization — one cast member that doesn’t look quite legal — but maybe you’re into that? Hope you’re also into grinding put in place to tempt you to buy microtransactions because that is a hot new feature you can only find in this Asia exclusive title.<\/p> <\/p> Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune<\/em>\u00a0(PlayStation 4 [reviewed])<\/strong> I’ve played most every game in the Dead or Alive<\/em>\u00a0series including both Xtreme Beach Volleyball<\/em>\u00a0and Xtreme 2.<\/em>\u00a0Xtreme 3<\/em>\u00a0easily has the least content of any entry in the series.\u00a0Xtreme 2<\/em>\u00a0was missing content from the original game, and Xtreme\u00a03<\/em>\u00a0continues that trend.<\/p> Multiplayer? Gone. Jetskis? Missing. Slot machines? Nope. Licensed music? None here. CG cutscenes? As if. Multi-cultural characters? MIA.<\/p> That isn’t to say that there aren’t new features on offer such as\u00a0swimsuit malfunctions, meaning sometimes a bikini strap will fall causing a girl to have to hold onto her top. You’d think this would end up making the game more revealing, but you’d be wrong. Instead bathing suit tops cling to girls even when their hands move away, somehow defying gravity. Oh, that’s right, nothing in this game is realistic.<\/p> A majority of your time in Xtreme 3<\/em>\u00a0is spent split between three different activities: mini-games, gambling, and creeping on girls.<\/p> With six mini-games on offer you’d think at least one of them would be entertaining, but that isn’t the case. Butt battles, where girls thrust their asses towards each other in hopes of knocking the other into the pool in what feels like a fucked-up version of American Gladiators<\/em>, requires almost no thought. I was able to close my eyes and simply mash the O button over and over and pull off a win, even when playing against harder opponents. The same can be said for tug-of-war, that can be won by simply mashing the stick in either direction. Flag races play like the 100-meter dash in Track & Field:<\/em>\u00a0Mash X when the game says go and you win.<\/p> The pool hopping mini-game is back and essentially unchanged. You’ll be mindlessly pressing buttons as displayed on top of ugly floating platforms that look lower-resolution than anything else on screen at the time. The button presses are just as sensitive as before, meaning you’ll end up in the pool more often than not. Even after nine hours with the game, I found myself ending up in the pool occasionally no matter how careful I was.<\/p> <\/iframe><\/p> Another new addition is the rock climbing mini-game, which boils down to a glorified quick time event where you quickly mash buttons to force your chosen object to scale an ugly brown texture. Once your object reaches the top, you’ll be treated to a clip of their unrealistically perfect tits clipping through the rocks as they struggle to pull themselves up. I don’t know about all of you, but I’m certainly not turned on by danger or clipping graphics.<\/p> Volleyball, the mainstay of the series, is the same as it has always been, that is to say, it’s very basic. While it is the most engaging gameplay in the game, it isn’t much more advanced than volleyball games from the NES era. It seems like the movement animations from Xtreme 2<\/em>\u00a0are reused here, as the girls stiffly run around with their arms held at 90-degree angles.<\/p> The reuse of assets from Xteme\u00a02<\/em>\u00a0seems to be a common occurrence, as the backgrounds in the casino are essentially identical. The poker table’s text is low resolution with visible jaggies; the same can be said for the background. I’m not sure if I’m imagining things, but Poker didn’t seem all that random, as I was able to start predicting the cards I’d get pairs of by the time I finished playing. Blackjack is still the easiest way to earn money quickly, and roulette is still a chore, taking far too long per turn. What’s worse is that at times there are missions given to players to play ten rounds of roulette, which I can only assume is almost as bad as waterboarding, or at the very least watching paint dry.<\/p> The reason most people buy this game, to creep on virtual girls, is called “Owner” mode. Zack, owner of the island the girls are vacationing on, has gone off somewhere (read: Team Ninja couldn’t be bothered to create new assets to include him in the game) and you’re tasked with being the owner of the island the game takes place on. You can seamlessly swap between owner mode and girl mode in the location selection menu between activities. Owner mode tasks players with taking photos of girls doing various activities while also trying to seduce them by buying them gifts, making sure to use their favorite colored wrapping paper.<\/p> <\/p>
Developer:\u00a0<\/strong>Team Ninja<\/b>
Publisher:\u00a0<\/strong>Koei Tecmo<\/b>
MSRP: $59.99<\/strong>
Released: March 24, 2016<\/strong><\/p>