The aforementioned outfits do actually make contextual sense, as does the steadily-increasing battle damage (which is honestly a nice detail), and the game doesnвЂ™t ever become all about NinaвЂ™s figure. It should be pointed out, however, that the sexy stuff isnвЂ™t intrusive or pushed as any sort of focus. Much bad-assery DOES ensue, but this is still a game largely directed towards a male audience as far as I can tell. But I thought it deserved mentioning in case there were any misconceptions of this being a game where a bad-ass woman kicks some bad asses about in the name of strong, independent bad-ass women. Nina has always been a favourite of mine in the Tekken series, and sheвЂ™s pretty damn aesthetically appealing in DbD.

Yes, Nina starts the game with a James Bond moment, but it all makes contextual sense. It also seems as though Namco crow-barred their way into rival fighting-game developer TecmoвЂ™s office filing cabinets, specifically the folder labelled вЂњboob physicsвЂќ. Racy outfits become even more revealing when they rip and tear open as a result of battle damage, and IвЂ™m fairly certain that I donвЂ™t remember NinaвЂ™s hips being so child-bearing, or her arse being so in-your-face in the Tekken games. Williams flips between a battle suit, bikini, and cocktail dress before dumping the latter for a skin-tight infiltration suit. And вЂ“ letвЂ™s not delude ourselves вЂ“ it was a chance to make use of NinaвЂ™s other talents. It was the perfect opportunity for Namco to give Nina a break from the endless Iron Fist tournaments and let her be the secret agent/assassin that weвЂ™re always told she is.

There are loads of things about Death by Degrees that piss me off and were rightly criticised in period, but I feel that the good outweighs the crappy to enough of a degree (get it?) that I feel motivated to defend NamcoвЂ™s Tekken spin-off.Д¬anonically, Death by Degrees takes place before the very first Tekken game, and sees Nina Williams working for the CIA and MI6 to infiltrate the shady Kometa organisation. I disagreed with these scores vehemently back in the day and, after revisiting the game in 2020, I can honestly say that I still enjoy this game. Unfortunately, NinaвЂ™s solo adventure received poor to (at best) lukewarm review scores on release, and I even recall seeing Death by Degrees in a countdown of worst games for the PS2. And why not? Nina Williams was/is one of TekkenвЂs most popular mainstays, and there was no reason why an action-based spin-off shouldnвЂ™t work when the Tekken team had previously ventured outside of the standard 1-v-1 fighting with the Tekken Force modes. THE LEGEND OF TEKKENвЂ™S FIRST LADY BEGINS HERE, the back of Death by DegreesвЂ box proudly claims. Year: 2005 // Developer: Namco // Publisher: Namco // Also On: N/A

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