Who would have thought that a bunch of sexy women could make one scream in anger at the top of their lungs?
Dead or Alive 4 is a solid fighting game. It's full of cool levels, great moves, interesting button combos, sexy characters...REALLY sexy characters...and a healthy dose of absolute difficulty and frustration. While the wonders of womanhood and kick-ass fighting is a pleasant and enjoyable experience...getting your butt handed to you time after time will turn you into an incredibly horrid human being. Dead or Alive 4 loves to turn you into this incredibly horrid human being. It does this in a number of ways. First of all, your opponent blocks everything you throw at him, he will smack the hell out of you over and over without giving you any chances to get away, and then he will laugh at you and do it again.
It's insane how hard this game can be. This will make you angry the first 4 or 5 times it happens. Then the next 6 or 10 times it happens you'll start doing things like biting your lower lip, kicking things in your immediate vicinity, and cursing. The next 11 or 15 times it happens you'll start jumping up and down and yelling at the top of your lungs while standing in agony, with your head arched back. You may even just break your controller. And you are bound to say something horrible and regretful to a loved family member. Then, after about 16 times or so you just lose it. You file for divorce. You throw all of your pets outside. You may even go so far as to burn your house down, collect the insurance money, and use it to buy a priceless artifact that you destroy with a hammer.
But despite the fact that it's incredibly hard, Dead or Alive 4 is a great game. It has great graphics, and some killer fighting. Playing online is fun if you are someone who plays these kind of games 20 hours a day and has given up on the whole "job" thing. If you are someone who does something OTHER than play these kinds of games, plan on getting humiliated online.
So there you go. It's a really fun game. It's pseudo-porn. It's frustrating. Everything a great fighting game should be. Go check it out.