DEAD OR ALIVE 6 Last Round Reviews

Not much added here , seems like the game is less optimized? Great game overall especially if you’re 100% new to doa6. Most reviews will be negative due to the fact this is essentially the same game and for anyone who bought it twice will be upset with it. Again if you’re 100% new here it’s worth it. If you already own doa6 you really can skip this one out atm.

This game is only worth the price if you have never played DOA6 and would for some god-forsaken reason like to start playing it in 2026 since you can't get the regular version anymore

so...........this is an...........awkward review so i will divide it up into 3 categories Core fighters free to play New players and returning players Core fighters is an easy recommend, it gives you the full online experience with the 4 most popular fighters for free, Kasumi, Honoka, Marie Rose, and NiCO, all for free. Honestly these characters alone are more than enough to find enjoyment out of the game without having to pay for any extra content (i literally had 100+ hrs on Kasumi alone in DOA6) the only real complaint i have is that it doesnt give you any characters that are above light weight or have command throws now onto new players who never played DOA before it has a wide range of characters with a range of fighting styles honestly for a completety new player i would suggest testing the waters with core fighters and make your decision from that, Dead or Alive is a fun fighting game and its unique hold system which rewards you for reading your opponent and anticipating there attacks to disrupt combos can change the entire flow of a match. the biggest criticism though that you will have to keep in mind, No rollback net code, if your a releatively casual fighting game player this will be slightly annoying, if you are really competitive this will be REALLY annoying , the story mode is...........honestly nonsensical and it requires you to understand what happened in DOA5 and its presentation on how it goes about showing the story is confusing, overall i will say this game has its flaws carried over from the base dead or alive but still is a fun casual fighting game ...............now...................returning DOA6 players.............oh boy...................that mostly negative is pretty well deserved...........there is next to nothing new here, im pretty certain this was a corporate decision from KT board demanding that Team Ninja release SOMETHING for the DOA 30th anniversary year it sucks that mai and kula have to be repurchased but honestly from the sounds of things that was full on a licensing issue and KT had to do it or SNK would not let those characters in the game, which REALLY sucks the ouroboro updated graphics are only on 1 single stage at launch (they said more will be added in patches) and its........ok i guess? the photo mode is there if thats your thing, granted you are restricted entirely to in match combos and actions, its not like some other games where you can pose characters but over all at this time there is no reason to move over from 6 to 6LR, that may change in the future if more dlc fighters are added but as is, if i have to give 1 postive its that the costumes using the in game curriency is MUCH cheaper i think everything is at minimum 1/10 the gold coins from doa 6 so a lot less grinding OH and this is a little tip for anyone who has a Dead or Alive 6 save and accidently misclicked and didnt transfer your data, go to your files and for Dead or alive 6 last round delete the games save file in your pc files this is the ONLY way, there is nothing in the settings of the game that will allow you to intiate the file transfer if you misclicked

i was able to get everything in the game to work on steam deck thru ge-proton10-34. i was never able to get story mode to work on the original release on the deck, at least back when i had tested it, so while it's still displayed as unsupported it seems significantly easier to make it work. i wish i could give a neutral recommendation since overall i'll take whatever objective improvement and what's here is appreciated in a game i do truly enjoy, on top of core fighters still being a nice free entryway, but leaning on a no since this feels more like a general "next-gen" update vs a new version. open to changing my mind over the course of this games release - rollback netcode alone would immediately make me give it a thumbs-up.

The biggest cash grab I've ever seen in my life. I thought there would be some sort of differences to this than base DOA6 like noticeable graphics improvements or better character models with more details , but it's the exact ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ same. No wonder there was basically no info on this before its release. If there are any differences, they're so minor that I can't tell. There is literally no need to currently buy this if you already have base DOA6. So far the only new thing is the better lighting in that one stage and nothing else. Not only that, you have to buy Mai and Kula and all their costumes all over again? Who in their right mind thought that would be a good idea? This could've just been like some sort of update to base DOA6 like DOA5LR supposedly was, why tf would you sell this as a separate game? Because of some ♥♥♥♥ ass engine upgrade? Go ♥♥♥♥ yourself. At least have it be like a discounted price if you already own DOA6 because this is just spitting in our faces and telling us to eat ♥♥♥♥. Or maybe you could’ve bundled in some previous DLC costumes in this like other games like to do with a rerelease. YS X: Proud Nordics did that with their rerelease, but they also added 30 hours of new main story content. Might as well bend over so they can ♥♥♥♥ us in our ass, too. Maybe in a few years this version will be worth it, but definitely not now. That is if they don't kill support for this in a year like they did base DOA6 lmao. I'm refunding this ♥♥♥♥. If you already have base DOA6, do not buy this at all right now. It is not worth it at all.

No crossplay or rollback in 2026 is brutal for a fighting game, and some how the netcode is worse than vanilla 6. Delay based never really bothered me too much and it functioned really well in vanilla 6, but they broke something with the netcode in Last Round. Been playing DoA somewhat competitively since the dreamcast days and its one of my all time favorite franchises. Seeing the franchise get treated like this hurts, especially when this game could have just been a patch for vanilla 6. There's no balance changes, no major visual changes, all they did was add a new photo mode and lighting changes. The new character coming is DLC and didn't release with the launch of the game, so who knows if it will be free or not. They still haven't learned their lesson from 2019 with how they handle DLC as well. Day 1 and there's over 400 DLC, most of which is just costumes from vanilla 6 that they should have added into the purchase of Last Round to justify the $40 price tag on a 7 year old game that had no changes from the original. This hurts man. It feels like Team Ninja/Koe Tecmo just don't care about DoA anymore. I honestly don't even dislike DoA6 mechanics outside of the meter system, but Last Round just feels kinda scammy.

These are not review bombs. DOA6 Last Round fails to do what DOA5LR did, or previous LR/Ultimate's. (Normally I play these on consoles. I've shifted from Consoles to PC for years now, but still did Fighters on Xbox. I've tried to shift to PC. Yet here we are. I'll have to stick to other means of play) (0) DOA6 is delisted, and DLC is removed. Not all transferred. You cannot just go "Play that one." (1) DLC Characters are 50% more than DOA6. 100% more in JPN. (They used to be $4 and 8$, not 8$/11$) (2) DOA6LR is nearly 1:1 DOA6, except you don't get all the DLC characters and costumes or new features like you did with DOA5LR. Instead you just get the privilege to buy them all (again if your DLC didn't qualify to transfer.) It looks and feels just like DOA6. It doesn't even feel like there was effort to update Models, UI, or Features. (3) The game UI uses the 2015 UI (i.e. see Steam Controller, they didn't update it.) (4) The "New Engine" is it in the room with us? I see just a splotch of makeup. (5) Last Round adding new Arenas, giving free costumes, updates? Where are they. Why is this just DOA6 re-released as DOA6LR and 400 DLC items. (6) New Character announced Day 01. Guess what? Not included. (7) DLC Characters from DOA6. Have to rebuy them PLUS their Costume. (8) DOA6LR still caters to people who wanted it censored. No there is no DOAVX in some regions for the same reason. (9) Modding is complete shambles. Can't go back to DOA6. That is delisted. (10) Default Controls (KMB) are AWFUL. You best use a controller or like the weird keybinds. This is a MASSIVE rug-pull on what Last Round was suppose to be, and a MASSIVE cash-grab.

Good game but the negative review stays until the game comes with all the 7 year old DLC from the previous edition of the game.

apparently i didnt pay for my game, i did by the way, but apparently im on the free version, if you want to transfer from doa6 and you accidently press no, you cant find the option again, this is a scam and steam should remove this from sale, i have just been robbed, i have just paid for a license i dont have.

this is actually the exact same game. doa5lr gave two new characters and two returning stages, doa6lr only gives you previously released dlc characters, no dlc costumes and no new stages. the costumes you bought for doa6 are honored (bare minimum), except for mai and kula which are not honored and will cost you another $11 EACH. kt were boasting a new engine thats supposed to look different but doesnt change how the game runs or looks. this game is such a copy paste that on the pause menu it still shows a graphic of the 2015 steam controller. im usually pretty resilient to koei tecmo greed but this is too far. update at 7:12pm pst: just as i finished writing that paragraph there has been a new character announced. yes that means we will probably be paying for her. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ridiculous