After loading up the game and being greeted by a bunch of random warning, yes it's ok to autosave no need to make a warning box about it, DOA5 informed me I needed a online pass. I loaded up the marketplace tab to enter the code on the back of my booklet and was greeted by a selection of purchase able costumes. Bikinis and bunny costumes galore. "You might find it hard to keep your head in the fight with this sexy cheerleading uniform", the marketplace proudly states. Errr right.... It was off putting to say the least. Luckily my code from my 2nd hand game worked ( I guess they don't expire), not that it mattered as the online was predictably dead. Ready to hate the game, I started off on the story mode. I was met with some really nice graphics and a very detailed story, which while extremely cheesy, was quite impressive, especially the voice acting. The fights themselves are interspersed among the story scenes and are directly related to the story. The fights themselves act as an excellent tutorial. Each fight teaches you a new move, from simple punches early on, to blocking, countering and combos later on. This is such a nice change from so many fighting games that fail to adequately explain the game mechanics and it really helped me understand and enjoy the fights. The fighting system itself is simple to use but difficult to master. Moves link together well so it is easy to pull of combos. Blocks are simple to execute and really give you a good chance to counter the enemy fighter. The system itself just feels great and is really nice to play. Perhaps I have acieved complete pervert status by enjoying a game famous for it's boob physics, but it's hard not to be impressed by DOA5. As with all fighting games, the death of the online community is a huge drawback nowadays, and there are definitely better fighting games out there, but DOA5 holds its own as a fun game for both perverts and non perverts alike.