[The Faceless Master]

So if I call Tecmo and say I'm having problems they'll instantly give me a code? ...tempted, but I'm not that dishonest. :')

:lol

[sixteen-bit]

What platform? Are the jaggies more noticeable when there are transparency effects behind the characters? edit: How do I get the demo? :p

I'm playing on 360

[The Take Out Bandit]

Oh, TTOB. He isn't in the demo.

There's a demo?

Lack of Bayman has caused me to stop following this crap.

BAYMAN! BAYMAN! BAYMAN!

[TheSeks]

:lol

Hey, I'd do it as well. Fuck them not giving this to the public.

@TTOB: I'm sure Bayman is in but we haven't seen anything about him and he isn't in the Alpha demo.

[The Faceless Master]

Hey, I'd do it as well. Fuck them not giving this to the public. @TTOB: I'm sure Bayman is in but we haven't seen anything about him and he isn't in the Alpha demo.

who said anything abou... oh, wait, you're on my PSN friends list, what am i saying...

[MjFrancis]

Since I'm finished with NGIII I should play some more DOA5 alpha goodness. I only played for a short bit, surprisingly.

But Ayane is certainly the most visually impressive upgrade of the four alpha demo characters. The real doll look getting kicked to the curb is just what the DOA franchise needed. Not even to speak of all the game mechanic upgrades.

[sleepykyo]

Were any changes to the ground game present in the demo or it's still DOA4´s ground game ?

[TheSeks]

who said anything abou... oh, wait, you're on my PSN friends list, what am i saying...

That's cold. :(

[Sectus]

There's this list of characters in the executable. Might end up being the final character roster. 6 costumes for most characters.

Pai
Sarah
Akira
Mila
Rig
Bayman
Hitomi
Christie
Brad
Lisa
Eliot
Ayane
Leifang
Hayate
Kokoro
Bass
Leon
Helena
Genfu
Kasumi
Hayabusa
Jannlee
Tina
Zack
Alpha152

[TheSeks]

4 VF characters? Or two and two new characters. I don't see any cuts to the previous casts.

[evilchicken]

After NG3 I'm a little skeptical. Being the sucker I am I'll probably buy it at launch anyway.

[MjFrancis]

There's this list of characters in the executable. Might end up being the final character roster. 6 costumes for most characters. Alpha152

Thank you good sir, though this last character is the only one in the entire series I never wanted to see again. Ever.

Maybe if that character is relegated to an unlockable with a much more modest role I can deal with it, but otherwise, that's the first bit of bad news I've heard about DOA5.

[Meccanical]

There's this list of characters in the executable. Might end up being the final character roster. 6 costumes for most characters. Pai Sarah Akira Mila Rig Bayman Hitomi Christie Brad Lisa Eliot Ayane Leifang Hayate Kokoro Bass Leon Helena Genfu Kasumi Hayabusa Jannlee Tina Zack Alpha152

That's a good list. The whole gangs there, plus additions.

[xion4360]

Were any changes to the ground game present in the demo or it's still DOA4´s ground game ?

They put in DOA2's ground punches, aside from that low hits still connect tho the AI tends to get up fast enough to avoid them.

[benzy]

4 VF characters? Or two and two new characters. I don't see any cuts to the previous casts.

Looks like 3 vf characters. Mila and rig sound like new additions to doa.

[xion4360]

4 VF characters? Or two and two new characters. I don't see any cuts to the previous casts.

Ein is missing.

[sixteen-bit]

There's this list of characters in the executable. Might end up being the final character roster. 6 costumes for most characters. Pai Sarah Akira Mila Rig Bayman Hitomi Christie Brad Lisa Eliot Ayane Leifang Hayate Kokoro Bass Leon Helena Genfu Kasumi Hayabusa Jannlee Tina Zack Alpha152

Aw, no Kage? Fair enough. The series already has more Ninjas than Mortal Kombat.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Aw, no Kage? Fair enough.

His costume should be an alt for Ryu.

[Meccanical]

Ein is missing.

Ein is Hayate so...

[The Faceless Master]

Ein is Hayate so...

no. just no.

that's like saying Ryu is Evil Ryu. or Jin is Devil Jin.

[Defunkled]

No Ein? Looks like I'm moving to Hitomi.

[sixteen-bit]

no. just no. that's like saying Ryu is Evil Ryu. or Jin is Devil Jin.

Isn't Ein similar to Hitomi?

[TreIII]

Pai Sarah Akira Mila Rig

Should've figured they had at least 1 VF female in the mix. Two's even better!

And I only can wonder what those other two names can be. But no Ein does make me sad. They should've at least given his moveset to perhaps Hitomi's Pops, or what not...

[FHIZ]

Thank you good sir, though this last character is the only one in the entire series I never wanted to see again. Ever.

Agreed! The rage I felt from 4... so much punching of things within an arms reach of me.

I hope there ends up being more than two new DoA specific characters. The Virtua Fighter inclusions are nice though.

[Meccanical]

no. just no. that's like saying Ryu is Evil Ryu. or Jin is Devil Jin.

They're the same goddamn people, I;m not talking about movesets.

And besides, Hitomi is just a girly Ein anyway.

[Skilletor]

They're the same goddamn people, I;m not talking about movesets. And besides, Hitomi is just a girly Ein anyway.

And they've both been in the game since DoA3...so, I don't get what you were trying to say.

:P

That's a really nice roster. Two new characters...I hope one is TKD. PLEASE be TKD.

Also, 6 costumes for each character would be really nice given what we got in DoA4 and DoAD.

[∀ Narayan]

There's this list of characters in the executable. Might end up being the final character roster. 6 costumes for most characters. Sarah

Approved.

[Sectus]

Another name I missed, RTM is mentioned. RTM and RIG sounds tech related, so maybe one of them is just a dummy character used for debugging.

Looking further into the executable, there's also some references to Ein. But then again, there's also references to Spartan. So that might just be data from DOA4 which wasn't changed. The list I posted is based on a list of models, so I think it's the most reliable.

[MjFrancis]

Agreed! The rage I felt from 4... so much punching of things within an arms reach of me. I hope there ends up being more than two new DoA specific characters. The Virtua Fighter inclusions are nice though.

I went through Alpha-152 20 times in Story mode then 20 more times in Time Attack mode just a few weeks ago. There were times when my wife looked at me playing and suggested I take a break. I must have looked as frustrated as I was feeling!

Story mode is no problem, but beating her twice in Time Attack? That's torture. I thought for sure that I would never have to go two out of three with Alpha-152 ever again, but it appears as though I may be wrong.

[ShockingAlberto]

They're the same goddamn people, I;m not talking about movesets. And besides, Hitomi is just a girly Ein anyway.

So your logic is, if they cut Akuma from SFV but kept Oni, and someone complained about Akuma being cut, you'd go "BUT ONI IS RIGHT THERE WHAT ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT GOD"

[Sectus]

So your logic is, if they cut Akuma from SFV but kept Oni, and someone complained about Akuma being cut, you'd go "BUT ONI IS RIGHT THERE WHAT ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT GOD"

Reminds me of what had happened with SC5. They removed a ton of "clone" characters because some people thought they were identical to other characters, even though they were completely different from a gameplay perspective.

I'll never understand why fighting game developers just don't simply keep characters. They usually re-use the exact same engine, they've already got the animations and moveset all ready. There's so little effort they have to do in order to keep characters.

[ShockingAlberto]

Wait, from the character list, who is __RTM__?

[Skilletor]

I don't mind if Ein is removed since they haven't done anything with him since DoA2. His moveset has pretty much been exactly the same.

If they were to keep him, I'd hope they actually give him some attention.

[TreIII]

Reminds me of what had happened with SC5. They removed a ton of "clone" characters because some people thought they were identical to other characters, even though they were completely different from a gameplay perspective. I'll never understand why fighting game developers just don't simply keep characters. They usually re-use the exact same engine, they've already got the animations and moveset all ready. There's so little effort they have to do in order to keep characters.

Pretty much. SC5 is THE poster child now of what can happen when a dev takes all those complaints about "Story" for a fighting game too seriously. Now, you see a number of those same people joining others with complaints because their favorite characters are gone.

I don't mind if Ein is removed since they haven't done anything with him since DoA2. His moveset has pretty much been exactly the same. If they were to keep him, I'd hope they actually give him some attention.

What could they do with him, though? His "storyline" effectively wrapped up in 2, and the main reason he stayed around was to keep his moveset alive. Again, that's why I was hoping they'd just do something like introduce Hitomi's Dad and give him the moveset instead.

[Galdelico]

Very nice roster, and the rumour about costumes - if true - would make me extremely happy.

From the very last bit of Dimensions' ending I would have expected
Donovan
to pop out somewhere, but nevermind.

Damn, this game is getting me so incredibly hyped.

[Skilletor]

What could they do with him, though? His "storyline" effectively wrapped up in 2, and the main reason he stayed around was to keep his moveset alive. Again, that's why I was hoping they'd just do something like introduce Hitomi's Dad and give him the moveset instead.

I meant with his moveset. I could probably count the number of new moves from DoA2 on one hand. If they're going to ignore him and evolve other characters, just cut him. If they keep him, give him some attention.

[raven777]

yea roster looks good, and 6 costumes, if they are not DLC, would be great as well.

My only wish is that they take care of the AA, and have a good story mode.

[DR2K]

Well Hayashi did say that there would be more than just Akira for VF.

[raven777]

I am not 100% sure about DOA rosters, so is Mila, Rig new characters?
Also, I am curious howSarah and Pai will look like in the game. Akira looked somewhat similar to VF5 model, and if those 2 characters will look similar to VF5 or completely redesigned to fit DOA females.

[TreIII]

I meant with his moveset. I could probably count the number of new moves from DoA2 on one hand. If they're going to ignore him and evolve other characters, just cut him. If they keep him, give him some attention.

Ah, I see.

Well, if worse comes to worse, they may make him an actual downloadable character. Maybe a freebie, like the Claws in NG3?

[Master Thespian]

Had a feeling Ein would be out. *sniff* Hopefully Rig is a manly man character, geez. I'd also like to see TKD and boxing make the cut

[Dany M]

Where is Tengu!?!?!

RAGE

[ViewtifulJC]

VF characters? YEAAAAAAAA-- *sees no Jacky Bryant*

.....

:(

[grap3fruitman]

There's this list of characters in the executable. Might end up being the final character roster. 6 costumes for most characters.

I was browsing through the executable, even going as far as disassembling it, and I didn't see any of this. Where specifically did you see it? There's an index file that lists a fair amount of actual data contained in the game but no other characters are mentioned besides the four in the demo. It does list out the level files available in the demo; Sibuya, Battlefield, and Dorou. If I'm remembering correctly, RTM, at least in DOA4, referred to story mode only models like Murumasa, the shop owner from Ninja Gaiden, and even the monkeys on that one stage. I would assume that the same applies here. I'm also going to be very sad if Tengu doesn't make the cut this time around.

[The Faceless Master]

yeah, Ein and Hitomi... not really alike when it comes to BnB moves.

[TreIII]

Welcome back, grap3! 8D

[Leona Lewis]

That character roster...

[Skilletor]

That character roster...

This is mesmerizing.

[Sky_Blue]

Sorry for asking this as I've been a bit out of the loop recently but is buying the NG3 special edition the only way to get the DOA5 demo at the moment? I'm on PS3 and am eager to give it a shot but to be honest I really don't want to buy NG3. Does anyone know if it will be released for everyone to download on PSN at some point?

[CcrooK]

VF characters? YEAAAAAAAA-- *sees no Jacky Bryant* ..... :(

Yeah. Fail list.................still Day 1 if it turns out the way it's been looking :D