28th July 2003, 10:28 AM
Not for a one-on-one fighting game. When that's all a game is about you need to have something that will keep you coming back for more. DOA and Tekken are very shallow games and once you've played them for a few days you've pretty much seen and done everything there is to do; there's no real room for advancement. On the other hand with the Virtua Fighter series (and to a lesser extent, Soul Calibur), you could literally play them on a regular basis for years yet still have a lot to learn because the games are so deep. You can of course still have fun with them if you're completely unexperienced, but there's more than enough depth for someone who wants something more than a mindless button-mash-fest in a fighting game.