History YMMV / DeadOrAlive

* Kasumi's DOA6 theme ''([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0gwfWIGyM Purity]])'' is her best one yet, a fast-paced track that seamlessly blends techno music with Eastern flute chords.

* CameraScrew: You fight Omega from a completely weird camera angle that is low and behind your fighter, as opposed to in profile as the rest of the matches are conducted. This camera view is necessary for you to see Omega's ranged attacks, so that you can dodge them and get close enough to engage him hand-to-hand.

*** Another quote of hers that qualifies is "''Gomen nasai! Tatemasu ka?''". [[EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingAboutBananas It can be translated as "I'm so sorry! Can you stand up?" as well as "I'm so sorry! Are you having an erection?"]]

** Same thing with all the NSFW animations made with the games’ 3D models. There are so many of them and usually of ''extremely'' high-quality than people enjoy them without knowing a thing about the series (the appealing character designs for the girls certainly help).

* FanworkOnlyFans: There's a surprisingly large amount of H-art dedicated to pairing Kasumi ''with Ayane''. Fans of the series know it would never happen, for obvious reasons. But those whose only exposure to DOA is through Rule34 would likely be [[SurpriseIncest shocked to learn]] that those two hot looking girls they've been shipping together are actually half-sisters/cousins!

** Marie Rose’s ''DOA5'' theme, “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuAL4Ro1YsA Bloody Nocturne]],” sounds pretty hardcore for such a cute small girl like her, which is probably intentional.
** Speaking of ''DOA5'', Honoka’s theme, “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M39k8GqYr8 Our Little Secret]]” sounds a lot like an idol anime intro.
** Christie’s ''DOA4'' theme, “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rBYN892alo Serpent Dance]]” is appropriately intimidating for a coldblooded assassin.
** Tina’s theme “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4iv2syNVg I Feel For You]]” from ''DOA4'' is perfect for a bombshell of a wrestler like her.

** DOA physics [[labelnote:note]] Being the first 3D videogame series to incorporate jiggle physics in its female characters’ breasts, it’s very common for gamers to compare jiggle physics in 3D videogames to those of DOA, especially if they’re particularly ridiculous. So much so that Tecmo themselves acknowledged it in the 5th game where the highest level of jiggle physics is just called “DOA.”

** CORE VALUES [[labelnote:note]] After the fiasco of EVO 2019 where an official stream of the 6th game was cut short because of the fanservicy nature of the presentation, with the official explanation that “it didn’t reflect the core values of EVO,” people started using the term “Core Values” to refer to any kind of fanservice shown in videogames and also to mock the double standards of violence vs. sex in videogames.[[/labelnote]]

** CORE VALUES [[labelnote:note]] After the fiasco of EVO 2019 where an official stream of the 6th game was cut short because of the fanservicy nature of the presentation, with the official explanation that “it didn’t reflect the core values of EVO,” people started using the term “Core Values” to refer to any kind of fanservice shown in videogames and also to mock the double standards of violence vs. sex in videogames. [[/labelnote]]

** CommonKnowledge: With how infamously fanservice-heavy the series is, a lot of people assume that it’s filled to the brim with common ecchi clichés derided by a lot of people as cringeworthy, like gratuitous pantyshots, accidental groping and the like, on par with series like ''Videogame/SenranKagura''. In reality, there’s only '''ONE''' instance of that sort of thing happening and it’s in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO3IJokYrg8 Lei Fang’s ending from the 4th game]] where and old man accidentally gropes her breasts and she kicks him in retaliation. Aside from that, the series is surprisingly lax in that regard, at least in its story modes and cinematics, save for the occasional boob joke here and there.

** CORE VALUES [[labelnote:note]] After the fiasco of EVO 2019 where an official stream of the 6th game was cut short because of the fanservicy nature of the presentation, with the official explanation that “it didn’t reflect the core values of EVO,” people started using the term “Core Values” to refer to any kind of fanservice shown in videogames and also to mock the double standards of violence vs. sex in videogames.

*** However, there are also plenty of folks who state that the series is so tongue-in-cheek about its fanservice that it's not as harmful as the detractors claim, if at all. They also argue it's really not that much worse than any other series like ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''. In fact some even argue that the series is actually a bit too tame to be M-Rated as the M-rated ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' games are barely anymore explicit than the earlier T-Rated games. So in other words it does raise the question on whether if Tecmo can actually play up the Fanservice more and still maintain an M Rating or would it be for the best if they did not.

** Marie Rose is hated by some for looking underage in the cast full of busty ladies, and that her design is a very standard ElegantGothicLolita + {{Tsundere}} Twintails combo seen in Japanese games. Others love her because she is adorable and the idea of a little girl taking on opponents twice her size is both awesome and hilarious.

* PolishedPort: The UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita port of ''[=DOA5=]''. It actually got better reviews than the console versions because it was able to run at a steady 60fps while maintaining good visuals within the handheld's limited hardware. This has been compared to other (ported) fighting games like ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.

** The fanbase itself requested that the 5th game retain all the series' familiar fanservice elements (specifically, the characters' [[BuxomIsBetter breast sizes of all things]]), after the devs had shown that they had planned to tone it down (so that the game would be taken more seriously by critics and non-fans). Not only did this ''not'' help sway the popular opinion that the series is nothing but [[SexSells baseless pandering]], but it also caused the fanbase to break even further.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Updating the console versions of ''[=DOA5=]: Ultimate'' to ''[=DOA5=]: Last Round'' from the in-game menu at launch [[GameBreakingBug would erase the game's save file]]. To make up for the loss, Team Ninja updated the game with a patch that prevented the game from being updated through the menu and included a cheat code that unlocked most of the game's locked content, with the exception of DLC. Some appreciated that something was done while others felt it was not enough.
** Fans were initially worried the next ''Xtreme'' game, ''Scarlet'' not only will suffer from NoExportForYou, but there will be no English translation, especially on the Switch. Surprisingly, the ''Japanese version'' of the game includes an English language option for those fearing a lack of such feature, allowing fans to play the game in English and not having to rebuy an Asia version, which has multiple language options.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Compared to the negative reception of ''The Teeth of The Tiger'', compared to ''Dead Or Alive'''s 3.86 rating on Goodreads whereas the former received a 3.72, the lowest of the mainline Literature/JackRyan books.