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Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

The free camera in Dead or Alive 5's CPU vs CPU battle mode is a great way to show off the game. No timeouts, no health bars; just an interminable battle between two beautifully-rendered fighters, gradually getting more and more grubby. But did you know you can pause the action by pushing left on the d-pad? While frozen, all the camera controls still work, allowing us to capture these priceless moments of discomfort etched onto the faces of the assembled cast.

We're sure we can't think of any better use for a free-moving freeze-frame camera in a Dead or Alive game. Can you?

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