Dead or Alive 3

Dead or Alive 3 (2001)

by Team NINJA, Koei Tecmo Games, Microsoft Game Studios, Tecmo
Genres:Arcade, Fighting
Themes:Action
Game modes:Single player, Co-operative, Multiplayer
Story:Dead or Alive 3 is the third installment in the popular fighting series Dead or Alive. Dead or Alive 3 offers a host of new features, including new characters, lighting effects, muscle and clothing movement, interactive environments and more. Players can choose from a variety of new and returning characters to engage in hours upon hours of frenzied fighting. Up to four players can battle it out in multiplayer mode while single-player mode offers many expansive levels to explore.Show more
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user avatar@BeeLy1011user avatar@BeeLy1011
January 31, 2025
This is the only Dead or Alive fighting game that never had any method of online play through official means, a PC port with rollback netcode would be incredible!
user avatar@WAZAAAAA0user avatar@WAZAAAAA0
January 31, 2025
DOA3, the peak of the series and one of the absolute greatest in the genre is: stuck on OG Xbox, the only one with no online functionality, and is hard to emulate. A true injustice that needs to be righted.
Dead or Alive 3, released during the launch period of the first Xbox, impressed the crowds technically. The Xbox needed a good fighting game for its debut to offer gamers a multi-location experience and a demonstration of the console's capabilities, as was almost a tradition at the time, and the result was, to say the least, brilliant.
user avatar@sohaibnkuser avatar@sohaibnk
April 16, 2025
Emulating this is a pain and I personally would really like an official release of this game!!! Please make it happen!! Games such as these gems deserve to be preserved and made playable on modern hardware!
user avatar@osricenuser avatar@osricen
April 28, 2025
This is the ONE game that makes it worth having an original Xbox. It's AMAZING all over. I imagine it could include all costumes from 3 and 2 Ultimate now and have a little facelift to be 100% perfect. Let's say: perfect 16:9 aspect ratio, finely upscaled FMVs, corrected subtitles (with periods where they should be), upscaled UI, full modern controller support, with icons, simpler to unlock costumes (and lots of them, as mentioned), GOG achievements, and not necessarily, but MAYBE: simple online player, ranked, and room matches. My love will forever be GOG's if this happens. This game deserves to be out for PC, finally! (And please, let's keep its OST intact! Aerosmith and everything).
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