Dead or Alive 4 Spartan shots
22 October 2005 | 25 comments.

by Paul

11 new images of the Spartan character, known as Spartan 458, from Dead or Alive 4.

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by Fat Zombie @ 22 October 21:54
Bah! You wouldn't have known about this if I didn't tell you earlier today :)

It looks pretty impressive for the most part, although screenshot 8 (most right of the middle row of screenshots) has me slightly puzzled - Shouldn't that Covenent shield they are fighting next to be casting a blue hazing light over the characters?

by A**hole @ 22 October 21:56
Tecmo and Bungie just don't match. This is a plan from tecmo, to sell a lot of DOR4 games. I've just lost my respect for tecmo, I mean first they make ninja gaiden so f****** hard to the point where I destroyed my xbox and now this.
In my opinion they don't need halo characters to sell games, this just lowers tecmo and shows that they're weak!

by A**hole @ 22 October 21:59
Sorry about the spelling and comas I meant DOA4 in that second sentence. I guess that makes me a stupid A**hole now huh........hahahahahahahahaha
I still think this is a bad move for tecmo!

by Fat Zombie @ 22 October 22:42
I don't know. I guess it can't hurt. There's never been enough playable characters in the DOA games, so I suppose another can only be good news. Quite how they are going to come up with a story, or explain a Spartan's presence in the game is beyond me. Altho I gues it is just a beat 'em up after all, so no explanation of anything is really needed...

by A**hole @ 22 October 23:01
It's like soul calibur 2 and their extra characters except they did it with pride

by Fat Zombie @ 22 October 23:08
Is anyone else unsure as to how a games developer can add a marketing gimmick "with pride"?

by Wester @ 23 October 03:36
Holy crap, easter egg?

That Master Chief's polynomimal quad patch surface model mesh (and its 512x512+ normal map and reflection map, for that matter [higher res normal maps and reflection map please!) could be tesselated better though.

The Blue Haze dynamic per-pixel dynamic lightsource spotlight thing looks cool as well.

by Wester @ 23 October 06:57
As the low-res 3D Skybox backgrounds look a bit too low-res and blurry as well (due to a post-processing depth-of-field pixel shader v1.x-v3.x+ effect, or just using low res specular/etc maps?)

by Paul @ 23 October 08:46
Wester its not the Master Chief. 8-)

by Erik @ 23 October 12:28
.... I weep....

by Fat Zombie @ 23 October 16:20
The super-polyphonic visual noise de-synthesizers really make the 2.6 million x 3 geographic map of the Master Chief's package stand out! It's good to see as the old dynamically lit, surgically enhanced briefs on the Halo 2 model were nowhere near as good!

by deminess @ 23 October 22:34
lmao fat zombie

by Wester @ 23 October 23:55
Well it's a Spartan II Super Soldier dude then PAUL.

And Fat Zombie - that's not amusing nor humurous, that's just incorrect and disturbing!

by cccp47 @ 24 October 00:27
Guess whos gonna win

by yeah down with wester @ 24 October 23:47
Wester is the only one who shows his email that means he wants all the guys to email him what a fag!

by Hareck @ 25 October 00:14
Nice to see this forum is has been keep on topic, anyways the idea of a spartan in doa4 doesnt excite me, and the fact that its not master chief and some women proto-type makes me even less interested. No offense to the ladies out there!

by subbie @ 25 October 11:52
i like the spartan thingy they should also add a strogg now , or the strogg kane

by wester jr @ 25 October 17:01
say man yall leave wester alone. yall are just complete idiots picking on a news reporter. what a shame so leave him alone he is a cool dude man.

by jon jon @ 25 October 18:38
Sorry A**Hole... sorry you had a hard time with Ninja Gaiden, I did not have a hard time ending the game. I found it to be a fairly good game with a challenge that I thought was perfect. I don't like easy games. Gets really boring after a while. Just keep practicing.

Well, I think it's not a gimic to sell more DOA Games. I think it give respect to the system it's on. Hey, they did the same thing for soul caliber 2. So, its pretty cool to see master chief using his hands for a change. Thats kick ass...

by Hareck @ 26 October 00:12
Not to be rude but again like paul has stated its not master chief, its a women proto-type forgot the number and name they gave though. Im just curious as how punches and kicks to the (helmet) are going to affect a spartan that can turn over warthog's.

by enix @ 26 October 03:14
i wonder how are they gonna hurt a sparten period with just their hands

by weewee @ 02 November 01:32
hahaha... deyve dun a soul caliber

by Sublime04 @ 02 November 16:59
that's f****in' crazy, i guess it'll be cool to use the master cheif but it is just a tactic to sell more games... i guess the girls aren't doing it anuymore lol

by sublime04 @ 02 November 17:00
*anymore :P

by viper @ 07 November 17:46
Those pictures are fake anyone has used photoshop before can tell you that those are pictures that have been edited. this is how I know, look at the pictures all of them some them have blurs in area were u can see that someone used a mask on the images. The shadows that the charicters are casting dont even match or the lighting on there bodys. who ever made these pictures did not do a good job

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