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What is Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball? It's a volleyball game with very little volleyball. It's a poorly designed casino. It's a virtual pinup calendar that could have used some more variety. It's a shopping simulation. And, perhaps most of all, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is a graphical showcase that makes for a pretty uneventful game. With no real beginning or end to the festivities, you could theoretically play the game forever. But once you've mastered the volleyball, the gameplay portion becomes a nuisance that stands between you and the completion of your item collection, and the virtual peep-show portion of the game isn't done well enough to score solidly in the fan-service department. It's easy to get the impression that someone once had significantly higher hopes and dreams for the game, but the end product feels empty and utterly unfinished, making it best suited for a curious rental than anything else.