Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Game started with three players, but then George lagged out on round 121. That was pretty disappointing, and when combined with the fact that Rios had to tend to some unforeseen business on the second day, we decided to just boost. On certain arenas we both played together, such as on rounds 181-184 (Dogs), which we beat without stealing lives. Then there were some other rounds where I just let Rios play by himself, so I could take a break.

We paced the game pretty slowly, as we took three sleep breaks. We were in the game for about 75 total hours, with about 40 of those accounting for actual gameplay (Played 6/26/17-6/29/17). If we took it a little more seriously from the get-go, we definitely would have played faster in an attempt to delay the reset that occurs later in the game. But I honestly don't care about 256 or anything like that.

This is the highest round for the current patch of the game, which was implemented on July 20, 2016. The leaderboards were then reset a month later in August. The game got more difficult in some aspects with the update, as rounds 225-228 (Chinatown) stumped anyone who tried it. On my first try there, I beat it with 10 lives. Cripes!

I don't like making definitive statements like "I won't play this game again," but I will say that I don't intend on playing another lengthy DOA 2 game for a long while. If I do play it, it would probably be a four-player match, but I'd rather play a four-player on DOA 1 to be honest.

✪ Fates:
x RaMb0 4 L1F3 (Host Fortitude)
DownwardPlane0 aka xRios (4 Bar Feet)

✪ Full gameplay available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLix-JSyimksBNr3XgOvkfBR5yOO-fLVbM