It’s a straightforward, enjoyable fighting system that offers fast-paced, strategic thinking and thrilling moments. Throws can be countered with punches and kicks. Brawling in Dead or Alive 6 is streamlined, and builds upon the series’ rock, paper, scissors-style fighting system: Punches and kicks can be countered using parries known as holds. Those elements tragically overshadow an exciting fighting game. (The most revealing outfits are downloadable content, and the game’s publisher is already selling a season pass that promises 62 costumes and 2 new characters for $92.99.)
There’s still a ridiculous focus on bouncing breast physics - which you can thankfully turn off - and the game is replete with unlockable costumes that are far more revealing than the default outfits. In other words, they’re all dressed like the men of Dead or Alive have always been.īut Dead or Alive 6 still attempts to titillate. Ninja warriors like Kasumi and Ayane now wear full-body suits with leather armor, instead of short silk robes that offer frequent peeks at their underwear, the series’ longstanding tradition. By default, the core cast of female fighters are dressed for a fight. Dead or Alive is notorious for its big-breasted - and more recently, creepily very young - female fighters and the exaggerated physics engine used to make their virtual flesh bounce.ĭead or Alive 6 shifts ever-so-slightly away from the series’ trademark cheesecake presentation, or so it appears on its surface.
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But its focus on flashy moves and presentation also regrettably and irrevocably ties the series to its oversexualized aesthetic. The two-decade-old franchise has been an enjoyable, easy-to-pick-up fighter built around an intuitive fighting system. The Dead or Alive series is its own worst enemy.
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