Dead Or Alive 6 or Dead Or Alive 5? Which one is better.

[~WiFiEmoPurrletarianNekoGirl~]

Never played a Dead Or Alive game ever, never really played a lot of games alike. Which one is better? A detailed explanation would be nice.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

depend on what you want but I sometime go back playing Dead or Alive 5 because 6 is missing some characters I like , 5 has some virtua fighters character and 6 doesn't have tag team battle.

5 online seem to have been shut-off but I never play online so I personally don't care.

[Altondra]

I like the presentation in DOA6 way better. Brighter graphics and great music. I absolutely love the new looks for characters like Eliot, Rig and La Mariposa. DOA5 has more expressive characters and better lip sync in cut-scenes, but that game makes me feel glum because even on the beach stage the lighting makes it feel like it's cloudy.

DOA6 feels a bit better to play to me.

DOA6 is probably better for learning characters. Better tutorial and there is a quest game mode where you need to win fights by performing certain actions.

I prefer DOA6's story. DOA5 felt like an endless journey of people fighting because they bumped into each other. DOA6 is more postmodern in that you don't have to play each event in order and the events are more self-contained.

DOA5 has way better stages, that is something I really miss in DOA6.

DOA5 has way more costumes in the standard game and it's more straightforward to unlock them.

DOA5 has tag team mode, allowing you to play a team of two characters. DOA6 doesn't.

DOA5 has a few more characters, but DOA6 has some exclusives of its own.

In DOA5 you can see if you've completed an arcade or time trial stage with a certain character. DOA6 doesn't show that clearly, so that might be a bit annoying if you want to complete everything.

In conclusion: I prefer the feeling of playing DOA6 but I miss content from DOA5. I recommend trying out the demo versions to see if you experience the same difference in feeling.

[CLG]

I think 5 is a better game due to overall amount of content and cast but 5 on pc never got lobby modes so there's no reason to play it.

[Danilo.ds]

I've had DOA5 on my PS3, and finally had the chance to buy it again here on Steam.
I'm also testing DOA6.

My opinion about the games:

DOA5
+ It's a complete package. You just need to buy Naotora Ii.
+ Even if you don't buy outfits, the standard game already have some good unlockable outfits.
+ Stages are awesome.
+ It's sexier.
+ Still looks great and have some cool visual effects.

= The gameplay is faster

-You can't buy Mai Shiranui anymore.


DOA6
+ Great Graphics
+ Quest Mode
+ The gameplay is also a lot of fun.

- Even though it was launched in 2019, it's still expensive to have all the characters.
- The girls still look great, but they toned down their outfits.
- They are not updating the game anymore and an "ultimate" version seems very unlikely.


Personally, I liked both.
They feel different from each other, but both are great.

I've missed Dead or Alive and I'm having a lot of fun.

The best thing is to try both games, but I hope it helps you in your final decision.

[CZI]

Both has free version.
So I think it's better to try on your system.
DOA6 requires decent hardware.
DOA5LR is light weight as from PS3 age.

[~WiFiEmoPurrletarianNekoGirl~]

Originally posted by Altondra:

I like the presentation in DOA6 way better. Brighter graphics and great music. I absolutely love the new looks for characters like Eliot, Rig and La Mariposa. DOA5 has more expressive characters and better lip sync in cut-scenes, but that game makes me feel glum because even on the beach stage the lighting makes it feel like it's cloudy.

DOA6 feels a bit better to play to me.

DOA6 is probably better for learning characters. Better tutorial and there is a quest game mode where you need to win fights by performing certain actions.

I prefer DOA6's story. DOA5 felt like an endless journey of people fighting because they bumped into each other. DOA6 is more postmodern in that you don't have to play each event in order and the events are more self-contained.

DOA5 has way better stages, that is something I really miss in DOA6.

DOA5 has way more costumes in the standard game and it's more straightforward to unlock them.

DOA5 has tag team mode, allowing you to play a team of two characters. DOA6 doesn't.

DOA5 has a few more characters, but DOA6 has some exclusives of its own.

In DOA5 you can see if you've completed an arcade or time trial stage with a certain character. DOA6 doesn't show that clearly, so that might be a bit annoying if you want to complete everything.

In conclusion: I prefer the feeling of playing DOA6 but I miss content from DOA5. I recommend trying out the demo versions to see if you experience the same difference in feeling.

Thanks a lot, clears things up.

Originally posted by Danilo.ds:

I've had DOA5 on my PS3, and finally had the chance to buy it again here on Steam.
I'm also testing DOA6.

My opinion about the games:

DOA5
+ It's a complete package. You just need to buy Naotora Ii.
+ Even if you don't buy outfits, the standard game already have some good unlockable outfits.
+ Stages are awesome.
+ It's sexier.
+ Still looks great and have some cool visual effects.

= The gameplay is faster

-You can't buy Mai Shiranui anymore.


DOA6
+ Great Graphics
+ Quest Mode
+ The gameplay is also a lot of fun.

- Even though it was launched in 2019, it's still expensive to have all the characters.
- The girls still look great, but they toned down their outfits.
- They are not updating the game anymore and an "ultimate" version seems very unlikely.


Personally, I liked both.
They feel different from each other, but both are great.

I've missed Dead or Alive and I'm having a lot of fun.

The best thing is to try both games, but I hope it helps you in your final decision.

Helpful but what do you mean DOA5 is a complete package?
Is DOA6 not a complete package? Or missing previous gamemodes/characters from previous ones?

[Danilo.ds]

Originally posted by Mr.Doggy:

Helpful but what do you mean DOA5 is a complete package?
Is DOA6 not a complete package? Or missing previous gamemodes/characters from previous ones?

In this package of DOA5LR, you gain access to almost every character, you just need to buy Naotora Ii.
Also, you only need to buy DLC if you want even more outfits.

In DOA 6 you need to buy 5 or 6 (can't remember right now) characters as DLC.
There's a good number of stages and outfits, but (in my opinion) not even close to DOA5 in quantity and quality.

That's because "Last Round" is already an upgraded version of DOA5.
It was something similar to "ultra Street Fighter", when a big package expands the game in every way.

So I got this feeling that DOA5 is a bigger and more complete package.

[~WiFiEmoPurrletarianNekoGirl~]

Originally posted by Danilo.ds:

Originally posted by Mr.Doggy:

Helpful but what do you mean DOA5 is a complete package?
Is DOA6 not a complete package? Or missing previous gamemodes/characters from previous ones?

In this package of DOA5LR, you gain access to almost every character, you just need to buy Naotora Ii.
Also, you only need to buy DLC if you want even more outfits.

In DOA 6 you need to buy 5 or 6 (can't remember right now) characters as DLC.
There's a good number of stages and outfits, but (in my opinion) not even close to DOA5 in quantity and quality.

That's because "Last Round" is already an upgraded version of DOA5.
It was something similar to "ultra Street Fighter", when a big package expands the game in every way.

So I got this feeling that DOA5 is a bigger and more complete package.

Well since DOA5 has not multiplayer would it even be that fun/good when you're done with whatever story it has?

[Altondra]

There's Arcade Mode, Time Attack and Survival. In DOA5 you can play those with one characters or with a tag team of two. And yeah, I forgot that in DOA5 you get almost all the characters in the standard package. For DOA6 there are still a few that you need to buy, so it's actually a pretty big difference. If you want to complete those game modes on every difficulty with every character, you will spend way more time in DOA5 due to the extra characters and the tag team option.

It's also a more complete package due to the care put into it. More victory poses per character. Story and victory poses have better lip sync, the characters have more emotion than in DOA6. It might be up to preference which story mode you like better.

But yeah, you are more likely to have the option to play online in DOA6 than in DOA5. Again, I recommend playing the free versions to see if you like them. I think DOA6's Core Fighters even let's you play online.

[Agent X ™]

5. It has the Sega Virtua Fighter characters in it. And..... tag battles. 5 to me feels like a true DOA game. 6 was like they wanted to do something new but missed the mark. Tekken stole 6's thunder.

[Seibzehn]

I take both games with all game related DLC content.

That should work for a while.. ;)

[~WiFiEmoPurrletarianNekoGirl~]

Originally posted by Big Starslayer Energy ?!:

5. It has the Sega Virtua Fighter characters in it. And..... tag battles. 5 to me feels like a true DOA game. 6 was like they wanted to do something new but missed the mark. Tekken stole 6's thunder.

"Tekken stole 6's thunder." What do you mean?

[Agent X ™]

Originally posted by Mr.Doggy:

Originally posted by Big Starslayer Energy ?!:

5. It has the Sega Virtua Fighter characters in it. And..... tag battles. 5 to me feels like a true DOA game. 6 was like they wanted to do something new but missed the mark. Tekken stole 6's thunder.

"Tekken stole 6's thunder." What do you mean?

DOA 6 never gained traction and sort of flopped after release. Tekken 7 got updates/characters/balancing/Quality DLC while DOA 6 had no news on updates and crazy pricing (2k USD for all DLC at launch. A season pass was like 93 bucks). The game felt abandoned. The model reminds me of GranBlue Fantasy VS (Somehow GBF is in EVO).

To me DOA 2/ULtimate and DOA5LR (on sale) are the best ones to play/get as a DOA fan.

[CLG]

The pc port for 5 never had lobby matches so it's basically worthless. The only way to play online is ranked matchmaking. 5 is still technically the better game but there's no convenient way to play it online with pc. Lobbies alone are enough reason for me to recommend 6 over 5 at this point unless you only care about offline modes.

[~WiFiEmoPurrletarianNekoGirl~]

Originally posted by Big Starslayer Energy ?!:

Originally posted by Mr.Doggy:

"Tekken stole 6's thunder." What do you mean?

DOA 6 never gained traction and sort of flopped after release. Tekken 7 got updates/characters/balancing/Quality DLC while DOA 6 had no news on updates and crazy pricing (2k USD for all DLC at launch. A season pass was like 93 bucks). The game felt abandoned. The model reminds me of GranBlue Fantasy VS (Somehow GBF is in EVO).

To me DOA 2/ULtimate and DOA5LR (on sale) are the best ones to play/get as a DOA fan.

Okay thanks alot, clears thngs up.