Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is a beach volleyball game. The game is a departure from the rest of the Dead or Alive series which otherwise consists of fighting games. It also marks the first game in…
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is a simulator developed by Team NINJA, released 22 January 2003 on Xbox.
What Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is a simulator game developed by Team NINJA and released in 2003. It was published by Tecmo. It is available on Xbox only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Zack gambles his winnings from the Dead or Alive 3 tournament at a casino. In the process, he hits the jackpot, earning a ridiculously large sum of money. The money is used to purchase a private island, which he promptly turns into a resort named after himself ("Zack Island"). He then invites the women from the previous tournament (along with one newcomer — his girlfriend, Niki) to his island under the pretense that the next Dead or Alive tournament will be held there. The women arrive and after discovering the truth, (namely that it was merely a hoax) decide to make the best of the situation by spending two weeks vacationing on the island.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Dead or Alive series
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is the eighth of 39 entries we hold in the Dead or Alive series. It arrived a year after Dead or Alive 3. The next entry was Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate in 2004. Its critic score of 30 is 36 points below the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dead or Alive: Dimensions at 90.
How it was received
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 39 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball launched on 22 January 2003, within three weeks of SimCity 4, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Unreal 2: The Awakening and American Conquest. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: SimCity 4, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Unreal 2: The Awakening, American Conquest.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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