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Unlike most fighting games, the DOA combo system doesn’t rely on quarter-circles or Konami Code levels of inputs (not that there’s anything wrong with those options), though some moves do still require complex button sequences. Whatever your feelings on bikini-clad combatants, there’s no doubt in my mind that Dead or Alive 6’s fighting felt as smooth as ever, based on my time with the beta. Not that the sexy outfits aren’t still available to unlock, as it’s as much a part of the series as Forza’s livery creations, they just aren’t quite as “front and centre” as in previous games. The default costumes for each of the fighters appear to be more suited to a good ol’ scrap, rather than a trip to the beach. After the furore surrounding the Asia-only Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, Team Ninja was keen to stress that its new fighter focuses less on the sexualisation and even more on the fighting itself, and it showed in the recent PS Plus exclusive beta. Here we are now, in 2019, and Dead or Alive 6 is right around the corner. It became one of my all-time favourite games in the genre, to the point that I bought it a second time when its Last Round incarnation arrived on current consoles in 2015. Thankfully, Team Ninja’s post-Itagaki Dead or Alive 5 returned to the fast-paced combos of previous games, creating a fighter that felt at once accessible and deep. Its focus shifted almost entirely to parrying and reversals, which ruined the flow of the game for me. Itagaki’s unnecessarily hardcore fourth entry however, again exclusive to Xbox (though this time it was the 360), almost put me off the series.
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Tag-team matches were great fun and really taught me how to play the game, and it helped me find the character that completely suited my play style: Leifang. I loved everything about the way it played, but it was in some friendly (but still competitive) party gaming with friends that things really came to life.
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Where things really clicked for me however, was in the Xbox-exclusive Dead or Alive 3. I’ve enjoyed the Dead or Alive series since the second game, having sunk quite a few hours into it on PS2.