Unlocking Costumes

[Combine]

I haven't touched DOA since 4 on the 360. How do you unlock costumes, if you can't choose one specific character in storymode?
How is it handled in DOA5?

[Scrub McGrub]

For the really slutty costumes you have to beat the various modes on Legendary difficulty without continuing.... no joke.

[Ponton]

Joke.

In Ultimate all you have to do is complete a difficulty in Arcade, Trial, or Survival mode. You can also use Tag mode to unlock the next costume for both of your tag team members at the same time. You don't unlock a new costume if the character has already completed that mode's difficult before.

[Scrub McGrub]

He asked in DOA5... not Ultimate ;)

[Combine]

Ok, then let me rephrase it as "in the latest DOA5".
Thanks for the heads up.

[Scrub McGrub]

You can also choose exhibition mode in options if you just want instant access to everything (that's isn't paid DLC of course).

[CommanderBeanie]

You don't even have to play single player. You can unlock costumes playing online multiplayer after every so many matches.

[Mojo The Rising]

In DOA5U, you unock the best costumes by clicking on them in the DLC shop and buying them with real money. No joke.

[Doktor Mandrake]

Originally posted by MrMojoRisin:

In DOA5U, you unock the best costumes by clicking on them in the DLC shop and buying them with real money. No joke.

But you can still unlock them in-game for free?

I recall some racing games doing stuff like that, charging DLC to unlock cars already in the game for people who don't wanna unlock them all by playing the game LOL

[Scrub McGrub]

Originally posted by Doktor Mandrake:

Originally posted by MrMojoRisin:

In DOA5U, you unock the best costumes by clicking on them in the DLC shop and buying them with real money. No joke.

But you can still unlock them in-game for free?

I recall some racing games doing stuff like that, charging DLC to unlock cars already in the game for people who don't wanna unlock them all by playing the game LOL

No... none of the DLC can be unlocked in game. Cash only.

[Ponton]

Originally posted by Doktor Mandrake:

Originally posted by MrMojoRisin:

In DOA5U, you unock the best costumes by clicking on them in the DLC shop and buying them with real money. No joke.

But you can still unlock them in-game for free?

I recall some racing games doing stuff like that, charging DLC to unlock cars already in the game for people who don't wanna unlock them all by playing the game LOL

You have costumes that comes with the game that are unlockable through playing the game.

You have separate costumes that you can purchase as DLC, but you can see other players using them. The only way to play with those costumes is to purchase the DLC.

[Mojo The Rising]

Originally posted by Scrub McGrub:

Originally posted by Doktor Mandrake:

But you can still unlock them in-game for free?

I recall some racing games doing stuff like that, charging DLC to unlock cars already in the game for people who don't wanna unlock them all by playing the game LOL

No... none of the DLC can be unlocked in game. Cash only.

And I've spent quite a few dollars on some DOA5U DLC, I tell ya.

[AGA | prinnyuber]

The DLC costumes would be available to wear right away after purchase. Ingame costumes unlocks when you play on the tag team arcade mode.Rookie difficulty is recommended that way its faster. Time to roll up them sleeves cuz its gonna be a grind.

[DedZedNub]

This is an interesting old thread. Everybody is presuming that the original poster means DOA5 or DOA5U, neither of which was ever released on the PC.

But since he is posting in the DOA5LR PC thread, and since he wasn't very clear which one he meant until someone told him one of those names, it is very likely he was actually asking about this PC game, which is DOA5LR.

DOA5LR for PC unlocks most easily by playing Tag Team in Arcade Mode versus the AI and you can unlock most of the costumes that way, and use the Rookie difficulty level the whole time. You don't even have to change the members of the tag team to get costumes for other players, although either way, you'll earn 2 costumes per victory until those unlockable that way are complete. Each Rookie Arcade session is 4 matches, which is not hard at all.

<<EDIT IN: I've just been trying this today and it seems that you do have to have the actual character you want the clothes for to be part of the tag team that wins in Arcade Mode, in the latest Steam version of 7-27-2016 >>

Once again you have the old PS4 and XBone answers given as gospel to a likely PC question.

Now, you also can simply copy a complete save and get all unlocked supposedly. As to whether some costumes actually require Legendary in various modes, so say some. I haven't gotten that far, if so I may never unlock those.

But unlock procedures vary per DOA game and per DOA platform. This is also true with GTA and so on. Beware the pat answer given early in a PC game's lifetime. The console crowd loves to tell you its solutions without having tested them fully in the actual PC game. There is a guide on Steam that claims the methods required.