God of War 2 or Dead or Alive 4

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#1 dante1972
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Help me out here.

I own a 360, Wii and PS2. I am kind of caught up in the current gen games but hooking up the old ps2 for God of War 2 seems worth it. I am a Virtua Fighter fanboy and never played Dead or Alive.

Which one would you get.

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#2 useLOGIC
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uhh.. god of war 2.
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#3 dante1972
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uhh.. god of war 2.useLOGIC


Like to get a couple more responses.
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#4 tegovoltio
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I heard GOW II has chicks too.... j/k
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#5 KeyWii
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God of War 2... definitely.
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#6 majadamus
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You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though.
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#7 echelon
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If you are a Virtua Fighter fanboy then you may be dissapointed in DOA4. Its a much more simple counter based fighting game. I would go with God of War 2.
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#8 Dreams-Visions
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GoW2
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#9 Brown52
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uhh, why are you trying to compare these games?  They are 2 different genres.  If you are going by review scores then, god of war scored higher.
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#10 Sir_Graham
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Rent them and figure out which one you want the most.
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.............................................. Gow2......
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#12 waynehead895
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I'm a huge Dead or Alive 4 fan. But I'd say GoW2.
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Trust me, you'll be a lot happier with GOW2.
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gow 2

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Personally I'd go with DOA4. My friends and I have played the game since DOA2 on Dreamcast and have engaged in some hardcore fights online in DOAU. Nothing is better then when we all get in the same room and start playing against eachother to see who has done what to improve or change their game each week. Its just competition among friends. But I am the exception to the rule unless you are in my situation or something similar definately go with GOWII.
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Fakeboy alert.

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You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though. majadamus
Perhaps he wants to play a bona fide next gen fast fighting game with vast interactive stages, spectacular moves and online play, in which case GOW2 and VF5 are useless.
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#18 LordoverFeind
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If you like fighters then go with vf5 but a game like gow2 is a very rare treat so personally I would grab that. As for doa4 unless you are on live with a arcade stick then it's dead last imo.
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[QUOTE="majadamus"]You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though. CarlosPontinas
Perhaps he wants to play a bona fide next gen fast fighting game with vast interactive stages, spectacular moves and online play, in which case GOW2 and VF5 are useless.

or a counter fest

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If you like OLD STYLE fighters then go with vf5 but a game like gow2 is a very rare treat so personally I would grab that.LordoverFeind
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#21 wiistation360
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for multiplayer, both offline and online,DOA4 for single player,GOW2
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[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="majadamus"]You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though. SupraGT

Perhaps he wants to play a bona fide next gen fast fighting game with vast interactive stages, spectacular moves and online play, in which case GOW2 and VF5 are useless.

or a counter fest



Sucks you get countered a lot. Maybe you should mix in grabs with your combo's.
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[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="majadamus"]You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though. SupraGT

Perhaps he wants to play a bona fide next gen fast fighting game with vast interactive stages, spectacular moves and online play, in which case GOW2 and VF5 are useless.

or a counter fest

DOA is better than any PS fighter imo, but I think it's not for cows. They should stick with  their limited fighters and leave the next gen stuff for next gen console owners.
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[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="majadamus"]You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though. SupraGT

Perhaps he wants to play a bona fide next gen fast fighting game with vast interactive stages, spectacular moves and online play, in which case GOW2 and VF5 are useless.

or a counter fest

DoA series is the Marvel vs. Capcom series of 3D fighters. If you're into fighters you know what I'm talking about.
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[QUOTE="LordoverFeind"]If you like OLD STYLE fighters then go with vf5 but a game like gow2 is a very rare treat so personally I would grab that.CarlosPontinas
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O'rly vf5 is the best 3d fighter only sc3 comes close imo doa4 is just a place holder till the champ arrived. VF5 is the deepest fighter hands down it takes real skill to play. I am not hating on doa4 if it was not for the online it would have tanked. Heads are still playing vf5 in the arcades (asian guys gang up to get me off the controller) and the doa4 even loses to sfa a 2d game. Do I wish vf5 was online of course but I can still play my friends the old fashion way up close and personal on the ps3. If the 360 gets a online version I will bag it.
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[QUOTE="SupraGT"]

[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="majadamus"]You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though. majadamus

Perhaps he wants to play a bona fide next gen fast fighting game with vast interactive stages, spectacular moves and online play, in which case GOW2 and VF5 are useless.

or a counter fest

DoA series is the Marvel vs. Capcom series of 3D fighters. If you're into fighters you know what I'm talking about.

You need to redefine the term "fighters". last I heard Marvel vs Capcom was a 90s title.  That's the trouble with most "fighter" lovers. They live in the past.

DOA series is a new style of fighting game and imo it's a better style.

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#28 the-very-best
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I'd easily pick GOW2 but that's just my choice.
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#29 CarlosPontinas
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That's your opinion. In  mine even DOA2 outclassses VF5

[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="LordoverFeind"]If you like OLD STYLE fighters then go with vf5 but a game like gow2 is a very rare treat so personally I would grab that.LordoverFeind
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O'rly vf5 is the best 3d fighter only sc3 comes close imo doa4 is just a place holder till the champ arrived. VF5 is the deepest fighter hands down it takes real skill to play. I am not hating on doa4 ---


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[QUOTE="majadamus"][QUOTE="SupraGT"]

[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="majadamus"]You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though. CarlosPontinas

Perhaps he wants to play a bona fide next gen fast fighting game with vast interactive stages, spectacular moves and online play, in which case GOW2 and VF5 are useless.

or a counter fest

DoA series is the Marvel vs. Capcom series of 3D fighters. If you're into fighters you know what I'm talking about.

You need to redefine the term "fighters". last I heard Marvel vs Capcom was a 90s title. That's the trouble with most "fighter" lovers. They live in the past.

DOA series is a new style of fighting game and imo it's a better style.

I don't see how DoA is a "new style of fighting" when both MvC and DoA series are both button smashing fun. Not saying it's bad. But, it hardly requires any skill. I play my cousin in MvC 2, I get beat...sometimes... Play my friends in Street Fighter 3: Third Strike and almost never get beaten. It's almost vice versa when it comes to 3d fighters. Me and my cousin go at it in and we're evenly skilled in DoA because it's an easy to pick up fighter and requires hardly any skill. Virtua Fighter, it's different. He pwns my ass because he's been playing since the Playstation days.


DoA 2 outforbidden>
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That's your opinion. In mine even DOA2 outclassses VF5

[QUOTE="LordoverFeind"][QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="LordoverFeind"]If you like OLD STYLE fighters then go with vf5 but a game like gow2 is a very rare treat so personally I would grab that.CarlosPontinas

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O'rly vf5 is the best 3d fighter only sc3 comes close imo doa4 is just a place holder till the champ arrived. VF5 is the deepest fighter hands down it takes real skill to play. I am not hating on doa4 ---



Are you a professional comedian I had to lol at that one. If you put  as much time into vf5 as you do in you verbal repartee you would be decent challenge lmao.

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#32 CarlosPontinas
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I'd easily pick GOW2 but that's just my choice.
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I'd bet good money GOW2 is a waste of time. Why? Well ridiculous threads like this is why. If the game was is so good why try to compare it to something contentious? It wouldn't need to be coupled with a real game for the promotion purposes. The hype around it is forced. It's a fake hype for fakeboys.

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#34 CarlosPontinas
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[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="majadamus"][QUOTE="SupraGT"]

[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="majadamus"]You really don't want to play a Dead or Alive game after playing a Virtua Fighter. UNLESS, you're bad at fighters and need a buttons smasher, Dead or Alive would be a good choice. I'd go with God of War 2. Never played the first one though. majadamus

Perhaps he wants to play a bona fide next gen fast fighting game with vast interactive stages, spectacular moves and online play, in which case GOW2 and VF5 are useless.

or a counter fest

DoA series is the Marvel vs. Capcom series of 3D fighters. If you're into fighters you know what I'm talking about.

You need to redefine the term "fighters". last I heard Marvel vs Capcom was a 90s title. That's the trouble with most "fighter" lovers. They live in the past.

DOA series is a new style of fighting game and imo it's a better style.

I don't see how DoA is a "new style of fighting" when both MvC and DoA series are both button smashing fun. Not saying it's bad. But, it hardly requires any skill. I play my cousin in MvC 2, I get beat...sometimes... Play my friends in Street Fighter 3: Third Strike and almost never get beaten. It's almost vice versa when it comes to 3d fighters. Me and my cousin go at it in and we're evenly skilled in DoA because it's an easy to pick up fighter and requires hardly any skill.

You haven't played DOA. Anyone who has played it enough would never talk the way you do.

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[QUOTE="the-very-best"]I'd easily pick GOW2 but that's just my choice.
CarlosPontinas

I'd bet good money GOW2 is a waste of time. Why? Well ridiculous threads like this is why. If the game was is so good why try to compare it to something contentious? It wouldn't need to be coupled with a real game for the promotion purposes. The hype around it is forced. It's a fake hype for fakeboys.


The game has gotten excellent reviews from many sources. IGN gave it 9.7/10 and GT gave it 9.5/10. Many others have given it over 9/10 too.

GOW2 is quite clearly not a waste of time for someone that enjoys a strong action/adventure game.
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#36 CarlosPontinas
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[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"]

That's your opinion. In mine even DOA2 outclassses VF5

[QUOTE="LordoverFeind"][QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"][QUOTE="LordoverFeind"]If you like OLD STYLE fighters then go with vf5 but a game like gow2 is a very rare treat so personally I would grab that.LordoverFeind

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O'rly vf5 is the best 3d fighter only sc3 comes close imo doa4 is just a place holder till the champ arrived. VF5 is the deepest fighter hands down it takes real skill to play. I am not hating on doa4 ---



Are you a professional comedian I had to lol at that one. If you put  as much time into vf5 as you do in you verbal repartee you would be decent challenge lmao.

I moved past old school fighters quite a while ago now. It's just my opinion that DOA is better. That's it.

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#37 CarlosPontinas
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[QUOTE="CarlosPontinas"]

[QUOTE="the-very-best"]I'd easily pick GOW2 but that's just my choice.
the-very-best

I'd bet good money GOW2 is a waste of time. Why? Well ridiculous threads like this is why. If the game was is so good why try to compare it to something contentious? It wouldn't need to be coupled with a real game for the promotion purposes. The hype around it is forced. It's a fake hype for fakeboys.


The game has gotten excellent reviews from many sources. IGN gave it 9.7/10 and GT gave it 9.5/10. Many others have given it over 9/10 too.

GOW2 is quite clearly not a waste of time for someone that enjoys a strong action/adventure game.

Hype. Nothing more. Like I said this silly thread proves that. I mean how cvan you be so desperate as to compare GOW2 to DOA?

lol

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I have played DoA and it's a fighting game newbie's wet dream. In the words of Naruto, "Believe it!" It's a PoS fighter.
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#39 CarlosPontinas
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I have played DoA and it's a fighting game newbie's wet dream. In the words of Naruto, "Believe it!" It's a PoS fighter. majadamus

You don't even have a console.