PS2

Death by Degrees

Tekken's Nina Williams in: Death by Degrees, known in Japan as Death by Degrees Tekken: Nina Williams (デスバイディグリーズ鉄拳：ニーナウィリアムズ, Desu bai Digurīzu Tekken: Nīna Wiriamuzu), is a 2005 action-adventure video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. It is a spin-off of Namco's Tekken series of fighting games.

FightingAdventure

Time to beat: about 12 hours
Plays offline: Yes

Overview

Tekken's Nina Williams in: Death by Degrees, known in Japan as Death by Degrees Tekken: Nina Williams, is a 2005 action-adventure video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. It is a spin-off of Namco's Tekken series of fighting games. It was originally announced with the title Nina.

The game is fully controlled by the analog sticks. The left analog stick is touch-sensitive; through various degrees of holding, tapping or pressing along with other buttons allows the player character Nina Williams to walk, run or evade. The right analog stick is used for offensive moves.

Nina Williams, world-renowned assassin, has been hired by the CIA and MI6 to join a team that is attempting to infiltrate "Kometa," a notorious criminal organization. The team's strategy involves gaining access to the target through a fighting tournament being held on the "Amphitrite," a luxury cruise ship owned and operated by Kometa. A leaked video on the Internet showed a Kometa ship exploding within the Bermuda Triangle, and it is feared that they are working on some kind of superweapon in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union. Nina's official cover involves infiltration as a competitor in the tournament. However, Nina is also the team's "sweeper"; should her partners fail, she must finish the job.

Death by Degrees received mixed reviews from critics. While the cutscenes and depth of story were praised, critics generally found fault with camera controls, extensive loading times, and fighting controls, which limited all fighting sequences to use of the analog stick, which in many games, is used instead to control the camera. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40.