Death by Degrees

Publisher: Sony

Platform: PS2

Category: Fighting

Rating Info

Release Date: 15/04/2005

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Number of Players: 1

Death by Degrees Description

Tekken fans will recognise the name of Nina Williams, the beautiful and deadly assassin who features in Namco's long-running 3D beat-'em-up. Now Nina stars in her own spin-off game, an all-action single player beat-'em-up adventure, Death by Degrees. Nina is commissioned to investigate the whereabouts of a stolen high-tech weapon. With a 360 degree fighting system and an acrobatic hand-to-hand combat engine at her disposal, Nina must infiltrate a shadowy underworld and reveal conspiracy on a global scale. Use any means necessary?including stealth, espionage, ferocious gunplay and brutal weapon attacks?to recover the stolen goods and uncover the truth. The innovative 360 degree fighting system makes use of both analogue sticks to allow Nina to unleash combination flurries at enemies attacking from any direction. The 'X-ray vision' mode allows players to target the vital organs of enemies, and attack them without further ado using one of many weapons featured in the game. Firearms and martial arts blades like the tonfa and katana are available, though Nina is equally deadly with her bare feet and fists. All Nina's moves from Tekken can be used in the fast-paced adventure, including her speciality the Evil Mist. Not mindless action all the way, the game features stealth sections where you'll need to kill silently and undetected, and there's no shortage of eye candy with more than 100 hours of cinematic cut scenes, both pre-rendered and using in game graphics. Fighting game characters often have outlandish professions and background stories, but these characterisations are rarely expanded on. It's nice to see Namco utilising some already popular intellectual property and using it to give fans a treat.

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Reviewed by: mongoose	Date: 05/06/2005	Rating:
unfortunately, Death by Degrees give off the pungent stench of rush the graphics are ok, pretty standard really the camera, to put it politely, is frustrating and the controls, well, the less said the better one small, but infuriating detail is that there is a load time between poolside and in pool - with the advent of free roamers like the gta series and its counterparts, I simply can't accept that this is necessary overall, an interesting idea, but praps could only be passable as part of a standard Tekken release no good - avoid

Features

360-DEGREE COMBAT. Surrounded? An intuitive control system offers hundreds of possible attacks in all directions using both analog sticks.

EXCLUSIVE TARGETING SYSTEM. Use an on-screen "X-ray vision" to target vital areas, like bones and internal organs, to inflict an accurate one-hit deathblow.

EMPLOY STEALTH AND ESPIONAGE. Sneak up behind enemies and put them out with sleeper holds. Use a fingerprint scanner to obtain fingerprints from bodies and gain access to secure areas.

SPECIAL TEKKEN MOVES. Fans will recognize Nina's Tekken moves including Evil Mist, throws and submission moves.

INCREDIBLE GAMEPLAY VARIETY. Master an incredible combination of acrobatics, weapons (including katanas and tonfa) and firearms.

A CINEMATIC ADVENTURE. A richly detailed story unfolds with an hour of real-time and pre-rendered movies.

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