I darted out from behind the pillar, and the camera swiveled around so that instead of watching my prey, I was staring into Nina's eerily lifeless eyes! Fortunately, holding the R2 button swings the camera back into an over-the-shoulder viewpoint. Motto of the snarky lone wolf tough girl: Everyone else is stupid!Īfter a few seconds of holding the R2 button and tinkering with camera angles to try and see whether the guards' backs were turned. So I just climbed out of the pool and snuck back behind a pillar. Fortunately, none of the guards noticed the big SPLASH or the attractive burst of water spraying into the air. Because of the bad camera, I ended up accidentally diving into the pool. Early on in the game, I was walking by a giant swimming pool, hiding behind pillars to avoid the guards wandering around its perimeter. The ensuing cinema scene shows off Nina's "attitude" and her unfortunate abuse of Botox.Ĭompared to its "snarky lone wolf tough girl" peers Tomb Raider and BloodRayne, this 3D adventure has bigger problems than its anatomy.
Apparently Namco wants us to view Nina only as a pretty porcelain doll, because she spends her first fight in a bikini, which was a great way of reminding me how much better Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball looks. Actually, it's worse than that - Death By Degrees makes this walking piece of plastic's lack of personality even more obvious. So when I heard about Death By Degrees, I was intrigued.
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That's one thing the Tekken series lacks: well-developed characters. I saw this game as an opportunity to give one of Tekken's underdeveloped characters some much-needed relevance. Some would say that makes me biased against Death By Degrees, but it's really just the opposite. Actually, it's worse than that - Death By Degrees makes this walking piece of plastic's lack of personality even more obvious." "When I heard about Death By Degrees, I was intrigued.