System: X360
Dev: Team Ninja
Pub: Tecmo
Release: Nov 2006
Players: 1 - 4
Review by Colin

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Review Rating Legend
1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
2.5 - 2.9 = Average
3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
3.5 - 3.9 = Good
4.0 - 4.4 = Great
4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
5.0 = The Best

It’s crucial to keep these women satisfied since you must have a partner to enter into any of these events. There really is no way to tell what your present partner thinks of you but if you start doing poorly in games she will definitely be questioning the relationship. You’ll know you’re doing well when she, in return, starts lavishing gifts on you. There are a number of stores where you can buy accessories such as sunglasses, jewelry and hats but there are even more eclectic shops where you can get things like a toaster oven and fried chicken. The inventory continually rotates so you’ll want to stop by often to spend your hard-earned cash and see what else you can buy. There is a sport shop where you can buy different bikinis to outfit your gal with. I wonder how much they want for that invisible one at the back?

The game of volleyball involves serving, setting, spiking, bumping and jumping. It’s not a very deep game and is sometimes plagued by poor camera angles. The ball physics is good and the controls are laid out intuitively. There is an online Xbox Live mode in which only two-players can go head-to-head. Other games such as the jet ski racing do include up to four players. The jet ski races involve various watercraft navigating a solemn of buoys in choppy waters. You’ll be able to do quick turns, jumps and dives. It’s a fun game but it doesn’t have any lasting power. The other games such as tug-of-war, pool hop and butt battle are nothing more than mini-games. In pool hop you attempt to run across a pool by jumping on the different colored platforms that sit atop of the surface. The colors correspond to the face buttons on the controller. It takes a while to get the proper hand-eye-coordination synched to the rhythm. Butt battle features a face off, I mean “ass off” between two gals that turn the other cheek. They attack each other with their butts while standing on a platform in the middle of the pool in an attempt to make the competitor lose her balance and fall into the water. So cute.

The music is the epitome of cheese. It would even sound out of place in an elevator in Vegas. It’s light-hearted Japanese pop that is so sweet and syrupy that it makes the game seem even more sleazy than it already is. Xtreme 2 may be tacky but it can be fun the first time through if you play it with the right attitude. You’ll even get some replay value with the multi-player modes but if you just want to ogle women you’ll save yourself a lot of money buying the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition.

Features

The word "Volleyball" is inexplicably absent from the sequel's title. Hmm... by Cass Andrusiak

Those virtual girls-gone-wild are back - and their fronts and sides as well.

Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 features a bevy of semi-naked girls frolicking around in a beach resort paradise playing volleyball and a host of other mini-games. These aren't just any ordinary girls, they are the uber violent femmes from DOA. Gone from the series title is "Volleyball," simply because the game includes so many other games and features. And speaking of features, how about independent breast physics for extra realism and maximum titillation? Yes boys, who needs a girlfriend with games like this?

To tell you the truth, what I've seen of this game has crossed the line. What used to be a cute novelty now seems to have degenerated into the realm of sleazy softcore porn. Although we know that these girls are capable of snapping our spinal cords, in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 they act like most immature high-school drama queens you've ever encountered - with prominent sapphic overtones. I'm almost ashamed to be a gamer when I see what the developers think of us by releasing something tacky like this which I think is more degrading to men than it is to women. But whatever floats your boats, guys.

Activities other than volleyball and vicarious voyeurism include gambling in the casino, watercraft racing, wrestling, sunbathing, swimsuit collecting, modeling and of course jiggling. Remember the independent suspension systems.

By Cass Andrusiak
CCC Freelance Writer

The views expressed by Cass Andrusiak in regards to DOAX2 are her own and do not reflect the opinions of the staff, owners or other game journalists at Cheatcc.com. We're almost positive that her opinions also do not reflect the beliefs of every male in the known universe, because when we transmitted a message to Rygel 5, in the Andromeda Quadrant of the galaxy, that another DOA Xtreme game was in development, their response was "Hell Yeah! We're on our way!! We'll see you dudes in 3 trillion light years! Wo0t!" It's unfortunate for Cass that DOAX2 is clearly NOT going to be the video game equivalent of Citizen Kane, but what are you gonna do? It's the DOA babes in bikinis...what's the freakin' problem?