DOA 4 is back on the 360 with solid fast paced action, great online, nice addition of new characters, and amazing FMVs.
Storyline: For a fighting game, this game has a surprisingly good storyline. Nearly all of the characters have beautiful FMVs and gives each character their own personality. Helena is the main character and her ending is probally the best because it combines everything together to let you understand. I won't ruin it more for you though.
Gameplay: I have played nearly every fighting game released and consider myself an expert at the genre. As I stated before, many Tekken, Soul Calibur, and Street fighter fans may consider that this game takes little to no skill to play because of the button mashing. DOA 4 kills that idea and it caters both to to the casual and hardcore. Every character has their own unique fighting style and some with a hundred moves. I would say that you can master one or two characters but it's really difficult to master more because of the depth of every character. The game's counter system is changed because it was too easy to pull off in previous DOA. The countering system no longer lets the counter hang there and waits for the attack because it was too long. DOA 4 fighting system is very fluid as every character fights smoothly because of the amount of animation added.
Graphics: It's no surprsie that Team Ninja does a great job with the graphics in their game. DOA 4 offers one of the best looking game on the Xbox 360. The background of every stage is detailed with amazing objects and mostly everything is interactive. From the cars whizzing through the streets in Vegas, to the cheetah that kills you by running into you in the Saffari. This game is 3d fighting at its finest. Team Ninja's approach to the characters are still influenced by the anime type look instead of being realistic. The characters are still beautiful, but the costumes are gorgeous. Every costume has at least 4 costumes with their own charm. It's still nice to see Gen Fu's cloth filled with amazing fur particles. Also the Sparatan is in this game, she isn't as good as the other characters but its still nice to see a 7 foot babe fighting.
Sound: The sound in this game is still good as you can hear every punch, kick, and every slam when you hit the ground. Also it sounds great with 5.1 surround sound. Every stage has their own thing going on such as the Las Vegas street filled with honking as cars passed by you.
Value: This game offers so many things to do for a fighting game. There are several modes such as the Tag Team, Time attack, Survival, Sparring, Watch, DOA online, and more. While most of them are self explainatory, the online is definately the reason to get the game. DOA online is a great way to match up with other people in the world and challenge your skills in the game. No other game has made me nervous before playing a higher ranked person. This is mainly partly due to the game's arcade like feeling. After entering a game, you can queue yourself up like in the Arcades and wait for your turn. The game's online mode still has lag but it's definately worth it. You can easily avoid the lag though by joining games with 4 people or less(which is still alot imo), but joining with more people than that will cause the game to have lag. It mostly depends on the people you play and their connection. There is a ranking mode so you can avoid those who are more highly skilled than you. Also there are several achievements that are fun and worth going for such as winning 20 in a row. Team Ninja also does a great job at making fun of players who do horriable, such as getting an achievement for losing 5 or 10 in a row. Still get 0 gamerscore from them though hehe.
Overall, as a fighting fan, this game is easily one of the best I have played. The game is highly tuned compared to the other in the series, several modes that will offer you a challenge and compare yourself to others in the World rankings, and possible 100s of hours of fighting online. If your new to the fighting genre or an expert looking for a good challenge, DOA 4 is easily the most have game when getting a Xbox 360.