Games - Bayman

	Games - Bayman

Bayman is a fictional character from the Dead or Alive video game series.

History

Before Dead or Alive

Bayman was born and raised in Russia. He aspired to join the military, and became one of Russia's highly-trained commandos. But before he saw any action, the Soviet Union collapsed. Realizing the new regime would have no use for him, Bayman slipped through the cracks of the reformation. He took up the life of a mercenary, putting his skills to good use in all manner of lethal assignments. He found particular pleasure in assassinations, especially challenging or high-profile assignments.

Dead or Alive

Bayman was Hired by Victor Donovan to assasinate the DOATEC leader Fame Douglas. It is almost absolutly certian that he suceeded in doing so.

Dead or Alive 2

When the second DOA tournament was announced, Bayman caught word of one of the entrants; an Italian mercenary named Leon. Bayman risked capture to enter the tournament again, hoping to find and challenge his old acquaintance.

Dead or Alive 3

After surviving a failed attack on his life (by a sniper), Bayman decides to retaliate against his former client Donovan and shows up at the DOA tournament.

Dead or Alive 4

Once again, Bayman has entered the DOA tournament seeking revenge on Donovan. During the tournament, he is confronted by Helena who offers to help him in his quest for revenge. Bayman rejects the offer.

At the end of the tournament, Bayman is held in captivity within the DOATEC Tritower and is being interrogated. However, during the chaos that erupts due to Ayane and Hayate's intervention, he frees himself while his interrogators flee and are killed.

Personality

Bayman is a hardened killer. Worse still, he enjoys his work. He is merciless in combat, thinking nothing of maiming and crippling his opponents. He is something of a showoff, preferring to work high-profile assignments and kill his targets with his martial skill. In battle, he usually talks down the opponent, constantly calling them weak and worthless.

Trivia

Bayman first appeared as a playable character in the original DOA arcade game. Bayman appears again as an unlockable character in DOA2 and then as a main character once more in DOA3 in which he planned to exact revenge upon Donovan for ordering him killed by a sniper.

Bayman is closely associated with Leon because they have extremely similar fighting styles, movement, and body designs. Also they both use the Commando Sambo fighting style. Bayman is a lot different from Leon in Dead or Alive 4, making him an unique character, he is best known for his defensive skills. Leon and Bayman know each other because Bayman was once requisted to kill Leon; he failed and almost lost his life. This is the reason why they are rivals.

During his CG ending in both DoA3 and DoA4 Bayman has flashbacks to a man and a woman being gunned down by a hind helicopter. This could imply he lost his parents to the Soviet military. Why or how he then joined said military is unknown.

Gameplay

Bayman relies on a high damage ratio "strike" strategy. By utilizing such single hitting attacks as the Javelin Kick, he can effectively push back opponents while dealing around hits of 30 - 44 points of damage. His preferred distance in attacking, however is mid to long range, as to take advantage of his revatively slow tiger knees and "wind up" timeframe. He holds an excellent counter defensive game as well, due to his and Leon's holds being the most powerful in the game and (consequently) possessing the easiest timing curve. Finally, his throws are powerful, with his Swing Neck Hold doing over 90 points of damage, and being able to execute ground holds prior to a foe's impact (a feature wrestling characters like Tina and Bass did not receive until the third iteration).

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