IGN E3 Articles: Christie, Bayman, Akira, Gameplay

[DrDogg]

The main IGN DOA page has finally been updated with some articles from E3 (actually, right before E3). Most of this stuff is already known at this point, and some of it is even a bit outdated due to the changes in the E3 build, but they're finally up so I thought I'd share.

Bayman:http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/news/dead-or-alive-5-character-guide-bayman/

Christie: http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/news/dead-or-alive-5-character-guide-christie/

Akira: http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/news/dead-or-alive-5-character-guide-akira/

Gameplay: http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/news/dead-or-alive-5-gameplay-changes/

Main DOA Page: http://doa.ign.com/

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

yes i have heard this before,but these articles do simplify things quite a bit,thanks for posting them

 

[DyByHands]

Nice!

 

[DriftSlave]

awesome sauce

 

[Shinigamimatt]

It's saying that Christie's new snake stance is a con? I think it's better now. Ehh, not bad, though. Well he also says that Akira's Knee is unsafe on block so it won't be used much in competitive play. I don't see how, since most moves in DOA are unsafe.

 

[Doug Nguyen]

It's saying that Christie's new snake stance is a con? I think it's better now. Ehh, not bad, though. Well he also says that Akira's Knee is unsafe on block so it won't be used much in competitive play. I don't see how, since most moves in DOA are unsafe.

Doesnt it say no snake stance under the con list.

 

[PhoenixVFIRE]

Cool info

 

[Shinigamimatt]

Doesnt it say no snake stance under the con list.

Yeah, It's a juke, but I consider it a stance just like everyone else.

 

[DrDogg]

It's saying that Christie's new snake stance is a con? I think it's better now. Ehh, not bad, though. Well he also says that Akira's Knee is unsafe on block so it won't be used much in competitive play. I don't see how, since most moves in DOA are unsafe.

It doesn't discuss if the new "stance" is better or worse, only that the lack of Snake Stance is a con. I don't think many Christie players will pick her up and immediately think the new "stance" is superior to Snake Stance. I do think in the long run they will, but when you first hear Snake Stance is gone you think, "WTF?!"

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

while it does sound like a very useful tool it doesnt sound like a replacement at all.the snake stance wasnt designed to avoid hits it was to set you up so you could do yours.

 

[DrDogg]

Well he also says that Akira's Knee is unsafe on block so it won't be used much in competitive play. I don't see how, since most moves in DOA are unsafe.

In VF, the attack is only jab punishable, so if it's blocked it's not a big deal. In DOA there's no equivalent to that so it's either safe or unsafe. In this instance it's so unsafe you can get pretty much any throw you want, which makes things even worse. And if you mess it up, the attack you'll get is pretty much equally unsafe. There's no real advantage to using it in DOA.

while it does sound like a very useful tool it doesnt sound like a replacement at all.the snake stance wasnt designed to avoid hits it was to set you up so you could do yours.

Snake Stance was designed to evade and strike. It's very similar to Helena's BKO, except that you can't really move in Snake like Helena can during BKO. The new "stance" is similar, but different at the same time.

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

Snake Stance was designed to evade and strike. It's very similar to Helena's BKO, except that you can't really move in Snake like Helena can during BKO. The new "stance" is similar, but different at the same time.

ah,guess im just basing it off of my last experience with her in which it seemed slow.probably just need a refresher course against Awesmic....yeah,fuck that ill just take your word for it

 

[Shinigamimatt]

In VF, the attack is only jab punishable, so if it's blocked it's not a big deal. In DOA there's no equivalent to that so it's either safe or unsafe. In this instance it's so unsafe you can get pretty much any throw you want, which makes things even worse. And if you mess it up, the attack you'll get is pretty much equally unsafe. There's no real advantage to using it in DOA.
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Ah, like Kasumi's 7K. Not enough incentive to use. Well worse, because it's not from a combo.

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

so whats so special about Akira's knee anyhow? i keep hearing it all over the comment pages.i know its hard to do but thats about it.

 

[DrDogg]

so whats so special about Akira's knee anyhow? i keep hearing it all over the comment pages.i know its hard to do but thats about it.

In VF it's a jab-punishable launcher that leads to some of his best juggles.

 

[CFW]

I'm very excited for Christie and what ever future changes they make. Thanks for this!