Beach volleyball game featuring Dead or Alive characters in revealing outfits. The volleyball gameplay is surprisingly enjoyable and mini-games add variety. Unapologetically what it is.
Your verdict
Category
Sports1 player12+
Description
Dead or Alive beach volleyball game on Xbox.
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾5,9 GB📅17/04/2003
Published by Tecmo
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Xbox) price, value & rarity
Japanese pressing of the seaside Dead or Alive spin-off, the source version of a title turned emblematic of the Xbox in Japan, where it was one of the console's few successes on that difficult territory. Keeping the original Japanese voices and dressing makes it the preferred version of Tecmo-series purists. Desirability rests on that flagship-piece status of the thin Japanese Xbox catalog and on the game's particular aura on its home market.
A questionable morality
Officially a beach volleyball game among fighters on holiday, the experience is mostly about gifting swimsuits, adjusting the camera and collecting flattering poses of your partners. The sport acts as a shop window for a cheerful, unabashed voyeurism, one you indulge while convincing yourself, for the length of a set, that you came for the ball.
