>>713906190>Itagaki wanted to honor Virtua Fighter by using the same engine and just adding jiggle physics on top of it.and stagger escape and counter holds lol.
people like to blame sex appeal but really it came down to gameplay why doa wasn't taken seriously.
5 took a major step with offensive dodge to closer match vf5, and adding critical burst and power blows/launchers.
the trying to tone down coomer content at launch while simultaneously adding $900 of costume dlc later was mad silly.
really if you look back at 5 now with all dlc its actually really fucking solid.
it was doa 6 that killed the series. not only did they fuck the coomer appeal, they fucked the gameplay hard by adding meter.
a meter counter hold that can be used on wakeup killed the entire doa community.