DEAD OR ALIVE 6
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
The player's fighter punches, kicks, throws and slams human opponents; landed hits leave visible bruising, scrapes and small blood marks on faces and bodies, with no gore or dismemberment.
Selectable costumes include bikinis, swimwear and low-cut or skin-tight outfits with pronounced cleavage; nothing is exposed.
One fighter's drunken-boxing style shows him drinking alcohol from a jug during his match animations; the player never buys or consumes substances as a resource.
Story-mode dialogue contains occasional mild profanity such as 'damn' and 'hell'.
The story involves a ninja-clan conflict, assassination plots, kidnapping and a villain resurrected as a living weapon; these events drive the plot but are presented without graphic detail.
Story villains carry out kidnapping and illegal human experimentation; the player fights in a sanctioned tournament and does not commit crimes.
Real money buys a very large catalog of DLC costumes, hair colors and character packs that change appearance or roster only, with no randomised purchases.
Female fighters are presented with suggestive posing, camera framing and exaggerated body physics; there is no sexual dialogue and no sexual activity is shown.
All purchases are optional cosmetic and character DLC; no play is time-gated or withheld from players who do not pay.
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What it is
DEAD OR ALIVE 6 is a 3D fighting game where two combatants face off in an invented global martial-arts championship. After choosing a character, the player battles human rivals using strikes, grabs, and counter-hold reversals, in stages that feature environmental dangers such as floors that shatter and explosive hazards. Injuries register visually as dirt, bruising, and small amounts of blood, with no gore shown. The franchise has a reputation for presenting its women in a sexualized way — provocative poses, exaggerated body physics, and skimpy costumes, swimsuits among them — although no nudity ever appears. A brief narrative campaign tells of a feud between ninja clans and of an abduction-and-experimentation scheme run by a corporate antagonist, handled without graphic detail, and one character whose technique is drunken boxing consumes alcohol as part of it. Playing online means ranked matchmaking plus lobby rooms where strangers can communicate by text and voice. The game also offers an exceptionally large lineup of purchasable add-ons — outfits and additional fighters — none of which confer any gameplay edge; they are purely cosmetic or expand the roster.
How it's framed
The violence is presented as organized athletic competition: matches take place within an officially sanctioned tournament, end when a fighter is knocked out, and emphasize technique and counters rather than glorifying harm. In the story, the abduction and the experiments on people are the deeds of antagonists whom the protagonists fight against. The bodies and wardrobes of the female roster function as a marketing draw, with camera angles and costume designs built to highlight sex appeal, and the game's sizable catalog of paid outfits is handled as an ordinary element of the offering.
Details
- Developer
- KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
- Publisher
- KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
- Released
- Feb 28, 2019
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