Alpha-152 is the most idiotic and pathetic attempt at a boss I've ever seen in a fighting game. Period.

Here's the start of my long rant;

For a start, for some reason she hops around like a magically teleporting pixie, in a manner that's scientifically designed to get on my tits. She'll do this randomly, usually as you're about to land a successful hit on her (god forbid). She'll then proceed to reappear behind you and belt the living shit out of you, or reappear next to you and hit you with a throw faster than you can blink, while you roll your eyes in disgust and boredom.

Secondly, she'll hit you with a flurry of attacks that can reduce you to 20% of your health. In one combo. You can rarely parry these combos, so you've just got to sit and watch the living shit get beaten out of you in a dragged out combo while you yawn and wait for it to finish.

Don't get me started on her throws. They are so dragged out that it's just boring and ridiculous, I find myself mashing my start button trying to skip them. This takes me away from the game, breaks the flow, and just plain pisses me off. I don't need to sit there for 15 seconds waiting for a throw to finish before I get back into the game. Especially when that throw is obviously going to KO, but it sits there and DRAGS on anyway.

Now, don't get me wrong. A boss should be challenging. A boss should make you think and force you to strategise. Alpha-152 is the perfect example of what a boss SHOULDN'T be. There's no strategy in fighting her. Sure, some people will give tips like "hit her before she hits you". No shit, right? Past that, there's no strategy. There's no intelligent design. The only effective strategy is "keep fighting her until luck happens and you win".

This wouldn't annoy me if DoA4 wasn't such a great series, but that one boss just puts a sour spin on the entire game. I can't believe they came up with something so moronic and stupid.

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Now, flame me.
-Amit.

Yes

*agrees*

It's not so bad in Story Mode, because you only have to beat her once, but her presence at the end of Time Attack mode is really stupid. You can have an awesome run up to her, and then it'll take five minutes of playing before you get lucky enough to beat her twice out of three times -_-

Are you serious? She's cheap and that makes her idiotic and stupid? It was an experiment...at least she has some backstory. Tell me what fighting game bosses have that? SoulCalibur? No, they usually just throw in some random being. Virtua Fighter? Not so much. Tekken? If I have to deal with Heihaichi or a family member one more time...

There's more strategy to defeating her. The only real issue is her grabs once you get used to her tactics. It's really a matter of giving her you most powerful attacks.

You often find yourself spending ages trying to beat her.

errm.. i dont really think so.. i find her quite fun to mess with hahas.. especially in time attack mode where the music is set to the music of your character of which i love ayane's one so sometimes i just relax and purposely lose after beating abit =)

what i realised.. is that if u go very close to her when she gets up.. she will teleport behind you.. thats what i observed although i havent played for a long time :S

and hihi everyone =)