Dead or Alive 6: Last Round exposes a glaring rift between critics and the fighting game community. Critics acknowledge both strengths and weaknesses in
their assessments. Users, however, offer no such balance—their verdict
is overwhelmingly negative.
6.4
Average Score (adjusted)
Confidence: Low
Strong consensus
Reviews: 2
Top Review: GamingBolt (7.0)
Spread: 1.0
â 6 / 10
IGN's verdict is that Dead or Alive 6 Last Round is a great fighting game wrapped in a very bad package. The main pros are its mechanically rich and satisfying Triangle System combat, excellent teaching tools, engaging single-player modes like DOA Quest and story mode, and solid visual updates. The main cons are the lack of meaningful new content for a re-release, the absence of rollback netcode, cross-platform play, and Tag Battle, the exclusion of guest characters Mai and Kula Diamond from the base package, and the fact that hundreds of DLC costumes are not included.
â 7 / 10
GamingBolt concludes that Dead or Alive 6 Last Round delivers excellent fighting mechanics with an accessible learning curve and elaborate tutorials, plus a great variety of offline modes and smooth visual performance on current consoles. However, the main cons are the lackluster story, poor netcode, and long wait times for online play, and paywalled DLC characters like Mai and Kula Diamond. The final verdict is that it is a good game that struggles to fully justify itself as a re-release, best recommended for newcomers on sale or via the free-to-play Core Fighters version, while existing owners should skip the full price.