Dead or Alive 6,produced by Koei Tecmo Games,features fast-paced 3D fighting entertainment with multi-tiered stages that are now both dynamic and critical parts of the competitive experience.
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It's unfortunate it seems this game has rather mixed reception and killed the series. As someone who mostly plays 2D fighters, and rarely 3D ones, I think the game is more fun than Tekken 7 and 8, mostly cuz I like the movement in Dead or Alive (don't like Tekken's weirdly stiff movement). I also like the Strike/Hold/Throw triangle.
I'll admit that I hadn't played a Dead or Alive game much before 6 but I think this is a surprisingly good starting point since it has good graphics AND a really well detailed tutorial and generally feels good to play both in beginner friendly mashing sense but also surprising depth and character variety.
Arcade mode is nice and standard but at least it's better than certain other modern fighting games either barely having one or not having one at all.
The story mode was... goofy but at least they have cutscenes even if most of them are like 1 minute long each.
DOA Quest was a fun way to act as a way to practice certain characters and tools AND get more customization costume options.
There are a few unfortunate things about this game I can't defend.
Even though I don't care for customization and the fanservice costumes in general, I thought it was weird how much this game tried too hard to be "esports friendly" in terms of presentation and content.
Speaking of the DLC store prices and availability for all the costumes is pretty dumb and ridiculous. Thankfully I don't care for that stuff.
What I DO care about is how weirdly expensive the DLC characters are. At least the "Core Fighters" free to play idea kinda worked?
Overall this game is fun but admittedly I mostly played single player since I only tried to 'compete' when the game was first released, and now no one plays this game online and the developer is likely not to make a sequel.
I'll admit that I hadn't played a Dead or Alive game much before 6 but I think this is a surprisingly good starting point since it has good graphics AND a really well detailed tutorial and generally feels good to play both in beginner friendly mashing sense but also surprising depth and character variety.
Arcade mode is nice and standard but at least it's better than certain other modern fighting games either barely having one or not having one at all.
The story mode was... goofy but at least they have cutscenes even if most of them are like 1 minute long each.
DOA Quest was a fun way to act as a way to practice certain characters and tools AND get more customization costume options.
There are a few unfortunate things about this game I can't defend.
Even though I don't care for customization and the fanservice costumes in general, I thought it was weird how much this game tried too hard to be "esports friendly" in terms of presentation and content.
Speaking of the DLC store prices and availability for all the costumes is pretty dumb and ridiculous. Thankfully I don't care for that stuff.
What I DO care about is how weirdly expensive the DLC characters are. At least the "Core Fighters" free to play idea kinda worked?
Overall this game is fun but admittedly I mostly played single player since I only tried to 'compete' when the game was first released, and now no one plays this game online and the developer is likely not to make a sequel.
Just go to Rule 34.
Game would be perfect if the DLC wasn't so expensive
I've beaten a good chunk of the story which is mostly just cutscene clips, but also dove into the quest mode quite a bit. I plan on revisiting this when a fighting game itch strikes but I'm confident I have a full grasp of the content.
Judging it solely on what is in the game, it is fun to play by a lot. I always thought I would hate DOA but it's one of a few 3D fighters I can get into. Not too complex, and with my "avid casual fighting game player" status, it's pretty managable for me to play.
It is still pretty disgusting with how Koei Tecmo has chosen to monetize it, but getting it on its lowest possible sale and not buying any DLC, even though it leaves that nagging incomplete feeling, is still a fun fighting game for sure that looks pretty great.
Judging it solely on what is in the game, it is fun to play by a lot. I always thought I would hate DOA but it's one of a few 3D fighters I can get into. Not too complex, and with my "avid casual fighting game player" status, it's pretty managable for me to play.
It is still pretty disgusting with how Koei Tecmo has chosen to monetize it, but getting it on its lowest possible sale and not buying any DLC, even though it leaves that nagging incomplete feeling, is still a fun fighting game for sure that looks pretty great.
This is like if Dead or Alive was made by someone who never touched the franchise and thought it was a porn game with a fighting mode.
Dead or Alice always knew how to use the sexual elements in their fighting games, it was a perfect mix in 5. You want sexy skins? You can have as much as you want. You want to play more normally? You can too. You want just to enjoy how good of a fighting game 5 is? Sure, just go play some rounds in the arcade mode. The story mode was like playing an anime game, the direction was amazing and had so many cool stuff in the chapters and the sexual side never felt as the only selling point. But for some reason, since the beach games are popular people never took Dead or Alive seriously. So how you deal with this? Remove all the personality from the series, try to hide the sexy side (is still crazy how they were thinking Kasumi and Ayane normal outfits were way to much horny), make the simple but complex mechanics of 5 way to much more simple, make a story mode based on Persona Arena Ultimax for some reason and put a lot of bad monetization and try to appeal do EVO folks.
Dead or Alive 6 was a failure because the majors decisions were made with disrespect. Dead or Alive 5 could be easily in EVO alongside Tekken, there's nothing that could make a big problem but they just decided to make 5 without most of the things that makes the series great. Is just sad to see as a fan of the series but at the same time the game being just 5 but weaker is enough to me to like playing for a bit of time. I just hope the reboot don't try to do the same shit.
Dead or Alice always knew how to use the sexual elements in their fighting games, it was a perfect mix in 5. You want sexy skins? You can have as much as you want. You want to play more normally? You can too. You want just to enjoy how good of a fighting game 5 is? Sure, just go play some rounds in the arcade mode. The story mode was like playing an anime game, the direction was amazing and had so many cool stuff in the chapters and the sexual side never felt as the only selling point. But for some reason, since the beach games are popular people never took Dead or Alive seriously. So how you deal with this? Remove all the personality from the series, try to hide the sexy side (is still crazy how they were thinking Kasumi and Ayane normal outfits were way to much horny), make the simple but complex mechanics of 5 way to much more simple, make a story mode based on Persona Arena Ultimax for some reason and put a lot of bad monetization and try to appeal do EVO folks.
Dead or Alive 6 was a failure because the majors decisions were made with disrespect. Dead or Alive 5 could be easily in EVO alongside Tekken, there's nothing that could make a big problem but they just decided to make 5 without most of the things that makes the series great. Is just sad to see as a fan of the series but at the same time the game being just 5 but weaker is enough to me to like playing for a bit of time. I just hope the reboot don't try to do the same shit.
Mai is a thing in this game