DOAX2 is basically the same game as its predecessor with a few improvements.
To sum it up: DOAX2 is the same game as DOAX with a few new ladies, improved graphics, and some additional mini games.
Graphics (9/10) ~ The graphics is basically the same as DOAX for the xbox. It is extremely beautiful and the girls look gorgeous. You can add new swimsuits, accessory, nail polish, and various other things to customize your favorite character. Also, there is a pretty cool addition to where you can see tan lines on the girls after a while, which is always cool.
Aside from the girls looking great, there are some great locales you can play in. From exotic beaches to a cool jungle setting.
To be honest, after a while you’ll realize that there isn’t all that much the environments can offer.
Sounds (7/10) ~ The biggest change between DOAX1 and DOAX2 is that the girls now speak English as opposed to Japanese with English subtitles. You can call it a blessing or curse, but I feel that the English voice is a good improvement.
Another thing about the game is that you can select all types of music to play on your “radio” that’s in the game. It’s pretty cool to listen to music while playing volleyball or race. You can also pick music you want and music you don’t want at the “radio” station in the game.
Gameplay (8/10) ~ I’m going to talk about each type of mini-game you can play throughout the game.
Volleyball ~ The main piece of the game. You really don’t get much out of volleyball except for the fact that you can win some money in which you can use to buy stuff available throughout the island. The controls in the game are very simple. You just either pass the ball, or you can hit it. You can do some cools things like spike, or do a special serve. All in all, the game is extremely simple and very easy to get used to. Pool games ~ You can play various pool games from skipping to something weird where you have to bump the girl off of a pad by pushing her off with your butt. Kinda weird, but it’s kinda fun when you play it. The skipping game is free to play and you can win money, however, the other mini-games you have to buy at the shop with money you made from playing volleyball or something.
Jet Ski ~ This is a pretty cool game. Rather easy but it is very good to play with. Personally, I see this as the biggest improvement between DOAX1 and DOAX2. You start the game with one ski, but you can buy other jet ski later in the game once you earned the money. The mini-game consists of you riding the jet ski against other girls. The controls are very basic and it can be somewhat fun to play with.
Casino Game ~ The main game consists of a morning, day, and night system. During the morning and day, you can play volleyball, jet ski, or pool games, but at nights, you can either go to sleep, give gifts, or go to the casino. The casino consists of the standard games you see at the casino. You can earn money and it’s very fun to play with.
Bikini Game ~ Well this isn’t really a game, but it is something that you can play around with. You can buy various swimsuits, accessory, and gifts to earn the trust of other girls. You start the game off with Lisa, but you can buy gifts to win the trust of other girls to replace Lisa with someone more better at volleyball. Overall, the amount of swimsuits you get can be described in itself as a minigame because you can go into various relax scenes where you can then take pictures of the girls. Sounds a little perverted, but the camera can be something to get used to with all the fine tuning and not to mention you can get the “perfect” shot of your favorite girl.
Overall Game play (8/10) ~ The overall game is awesome. However, you can’t really play it all day and the game isn’t really challenging enough to where you can safely say that it is the best of the year. It looks good and playing around with the game can be somewhat fun if you want to kill some hours.