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Full Release (1996)
Dead or Alive is considered a challenging game that consistently tests players without reaching extreme difficulty.
Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:
Dead or Alive will push beginners and may still frustrate experienced players in certain sections. Players comfortable with similarly demanding games will have the best time here. Players who rated games like Pop'n Music, DJMax Respect V, and Rust at a similar challenge level may find Dead or Alive broadly comparable in difficulty.
Based on 23 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 7.0/10. Most players rated this game between 6 and 9.
Developer(s)
Team Dead or Alive
Publisher(s)
Tecmo
Genre(s)
Fighting, Arcade
Platform(s)
Sega Saturn, Arcade
Keywords
shared screen, martial arts, versus
Dead or Alive is a fighting game and the first entry in Team Ninja's long-running Dead or Alive series. Its most defining features were its speed and countering system. Dead or Alive put an emphasis on speed, and relied more on simplistic commands and reaction time. Furthermore, its countering system was the first in the fighting genre to utilize different commands that corresponded to each type of attack. There are two kinds of holds, an Offensive Hold (OH) and a Defensive Hold (DH). The latter are executed by holding back or forward on the directional pad along with the guard input to either force away or counter-damage an opponent. The Playstation port of the game was later backported for arcade and titled Dead or Alive++.
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