![]() ![]() Ironically, of these three, it probably feels like Tekken the least, since Death By Degrees sports an analog stick-based attack system that feels more like Ape Escape than Tekken. There are many times when Death By Degrees jumps back and forth between feeling like a Resident Evil game, a Tomb Raider game and a Tekken game. You'll want to perfect your martial arts moves and use weapons when they offer some advantage.ĭeath By Degrees is the adventure game that you get when you cross a fighting game with a survival horror game. ![]() You'll have a variety of weapons and attacks at your disposal, but you'll need to use them wisely weapons run out of ammo and swords and other mêlée weapons wear out. You'll need to salvage what you can of the mission and take out the teeming masses of baddies (nearly) all on your own. When you're in a fight, listen for the music to stop before you assume that the enemies are all gone.Īs I mentioned above, you're a covert CIA "sweeper" called into play on a mission gone horribly awry. Specifically, if you can hear music playing, someone knows you're there. The music in Death By Degrees plays a helpful, if not vital, role the music plays when bad stuff is about to happen. It's a nice touch of realism and and interesting bit of gratuitous eye-candy at the same time. Poor Nina tends to work her way through her outfits first totally ruining her beautiful evening gown in her on-deck fights, then when she finds a replacement, slowly wearing that down. The camera changes to an X-ray view and you can target your enemy's vital organs build up this critical strike skill and you'll be able to make multiple attacks in the same critical strike attack. ![]() This occurs in some cut scenes, but is also an attack type that can be performed when your focus is built up. One very interesting aspect of Death By Degrees is the X-ray attack view mode that the game slips in to when a critical strike is being made. Mind you, a lot of the area is free roaming with a controllable camera, but the camera controls take a bit of getting used to. The aesthetics of the ship are quite pleasing, but the camera angles are, at times, a bit too "Resident Evil" for my tastes you're in a bad angle and that's the only angle you get. The decoration and design seems to be equally inspired by classic Greek and modern Umbrella Corp. Long story made short, you're going to have to do most of the work yourself and you can expect to be up to your neck in baddies and puzzles to solve.Īs the story begins, the scene is set on a lovely, albeit eccentric cruise ship. She's not even to be directly involved in the mission unless everything goes to hell - which of course, it does. She's a covert CIA operative assigned on a "sweeper" mission. The graphics in Death by Degrees are nicely detailed and give us a peek into Nina Williams' life outside of the ring. ![]()
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