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.

A good FREE way to get started on modern Pokemon TCG since its straightforward and the app gives you decent starter decks. However the Pokemon TCG Live app itself has a lot of annoying issues

-The store system SUCKS, no way to manual search
-The Gem system sucks as well. On one hand no "pay to win" is nice in theory, but the time limit Battle Pass sucks for people who cannot commit to playing at least 1-3 matches a day.
-Due to being forced to Pokemon TCGs very limited formats, can get repetitive very easily. No way to have a "free play" of older cards with friends.
-Occassional days when app just doesnt work for almost a whole day potentially ruining dailies

Otherwise its servicable for an official free to play TCG app, provides all the modern legal cards , pack opening luck is "OK", and at least you can put physical starter decks you got in the app through codes (even if they're not Standard legal)

Surprisingly well built for an official trading card game app.

-Covers a lot of formats
-Pack opening feel relatively fair
-Seems to get into the newer sets for Standard quick enough
-Can play against CPU to test deck out
-Gives FREE good enough starter decks for all 1-2 color variations

Main flaws relate to the repetition. I'm generally not a fan of free to play "daily tasks" and making the tasks of getting cards limit to color decks gets old and feels more like a chore.

Also like others have said, when you play enough you start to see the repeition of decks that do well, especially in ranked.