1. hamzanama

   9

   The game brings in the classic style of fighting from the original Dead or alive games and performs very well. Graphics are great and the stage effects are nice. Old and new comes will enjoy… Expand

   • Helpful? 6 of 6 users said Yes.
2. Bowzachi

   8

   The DoA series may never have been known for it's depth or "tournament-worthiness." They finally embraced their identity and ran with it as "fighting entertainment," and that's what it is; flashy, glamorous, over-the-top action. Might never show up at EVO or similar tournaments but it's good, stupid fun and there's no crime in that.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.
3. jonatastrafa

   7

   The game is very good in game play depth, graphics and characters host. My concerns are:
   
   - No arcade / time attack / survival ending cut scenes. The ending is your punctuation and ranking;
   - Short story mode that covers all characters. About only 2:30 hours;
   - Story mode with meaningless fights and scenes that do not add anything to the plot. If not all the characters contribute to the main story is preferable that each character has their own related or unrelated story mode with equivalent duration;
   - Few scenarios and some of them are boring (some of then are awesome);
   - REALLY BAD replays and screen shots management.… Expand

   • Helpful? 0 of 0 users said Yes.
4. TheWinner

   2

   Missing characters, Missing any acknowledgement to the past 7 years of inventive ideas in Fighting Games, Missing any redeeming qualities as a fighter with dozens of bugs, issues, and missing features. Everything about this game defies the previous Dead or Alive games, never mind **** on what is widely regarded as the pinnacle of 3D fighting games, Dead or Alive 4. Dead or Alive 4 paved the way for almost every fighting game release in the past 7 years. Fighting games have adopted one thing or another from Dead or Alive 4 and incorporated them into their own design, be it the "bounce" combo mechanic, Online ranked lobbies and network inspiration, or even Motion Blur as a detail enhancing visual feature. In one way or another, nearly every fighting game made in the past 7 years has taken notes from Dead or Alive 4 in hopes to compete. Dead or Alive 5 doesn't aim to be better than, or even as good as Dead or Alive 4. It lacks features from previous DOA games, it lacks network capabilities from previous DOA games, it lacks balance from previous DOA games, it simplifies combat immensely by **** the **** out of Counter-Holds making them relatively useless, thereby ruining the "Triangle System" brand of combat that DOA is famous for. It's buggy, rushed, highly in favor to the over-sexualization of it's female characters (even more-so than previous DOA games) so much as to be called misandry. Dead or Alive 5 is the biggest fighting game scandal in the history of fighting video games. Please understand that the Team Ninja that made the previous four DOA games no longer exists. In 2008, Tomonobu Itagaki and over 36 key members of Team Ninja quit and sued Tecmo for business malpractice. leaving Tecmo's Team Ninja with a shell of what once was a development studio. The publicized departure of Itagaki and around 40 people caused a stir up that dissuaded prospective engineers, programmers, animators, artists, and designers from choosing to work for Tecmo/TeamNinja, and because of that - they could only end up hiring people who were not entirely capable. This game is as much of a bastardization to the Dead or Alive series and fighting games as a whole as Ninja Gaiden 3 was to the Ninja Gaiden series and action-adventure hack-n-slash games. Anyone who praises this game either doesn't play fighting games or is simply lying through their teeth. This is one of the cheapest Lie Detectors available, while still being the most expensive Fighting Game without content.… Expand

   • Helpful? 8 of 25 users said Yes.

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