Dead or Alive 6 review – Polygon

Polygon: The Dead or Alive series is its own worst enemy. The two-decade-old franchise has been an enjoyable, easy-to-pick-up fighter built around an intuitive fighting system. But its focus on flashy moves and presentation also regrettably and irrevocably ties the series to its oversexualized aesthetic. Dead or Alive is notorious for its big-breasted — and more recently, creepily very young — female fighters and the exaggerated physics engine used to make their virtual flesh bounce.