An interview with Dead or Alive 6‘s director Yohei Shimbori has revealed that the upcoming and widely despised fighting game will no longer use the revered Soft Engine, meaning that any and all breasts physics and jiggliness will not be present.
Used for Dead or Alive 5 and Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, the Soft Engine allowed for highly advanced jiggling of butts, thighs and bosom, though Shimbori explained that the engine is being cast aside because he wanted to “transition to a new lighting engine” capable of allowing more realistic expressions and lighting (which was supposedly not possible with the Soft Engine).
Shimbori claims part of the decision to deviate away from the engine stems from discussions with fans at EVO 2017 (a fighting game tournament) who were ashamed of playing such a sexy game like Dead or Alive:
“The images of the characters will focus on ‘cool’ as the team heard from the fans at EVO 2017 the opinion that the girls were a bit too sexy and it was embarrassing to play, the request was to make a game that look cooler. Team Ninja wants everyone to be proud of playing Dead or Alive.”
Having made the mistake of confusing what fans say they want with what they actually want, Shimbori also explained that the influence of the changes originate from American comics and film:
“The reference we used for the imagery [in Dead or Alive 6] comes from American comics and films. In the old days I loved American comics. In the old days the female characters in American comics emphasized and highlighted the sexy lines of their body. Nowadays, there’s a change in the works to present [the female characters] with a sharp and cool design. In this way, I thought about [Dead or Alive 6] and the character appearances, and how to depict them with variety.”
The irony however may be the fact that such “new” SJW comics are being cancelled due to poor sales as actual comic fans hate them and the audience they virtue signal to does not buy comics.
Fans will no doubt agree that Team Ninja are officially abandoning their audience in favor of adopting the toxic perspectives of SJWs, something many thought was not possible outside of the US with a sensible Japanese developer…
Wait, someone actually said he was embarrassed to play a game featuring sexy girls!? That transcends the realm of virginity and gayness…
lol my gay friend loves DOA … i remember playing this game with him on ps2. and DOA volleyball … at first i was like NO cause it looked all girly then i saw ayane … after playing this game i was open in a new avenue of lewdness and games that i wouldn’t even touch before… like rumble roses. playing NAGI in bloody roar. i was more open to playing female characters.
Bro, that s♥♥t was flopping around all over the place. When you see their three sizes and it says B86 yet the things hang down to her belly button or wrap around her back, something is clearly wrong.
No my friend, thats SJW style wamyns. They will have 36 nipple-less boobs in layers that flap around on their stomachs and thighs and under arms [See Triggly Puff for Ex.] and these land whale characters will have a 1 shot mechanic, because f♥♥k able-ism and all it will require is for them to sit on you.
Dead On Arrival
DOA will never be Tekken or Street Fighter, it should stays as it is and focus od pleasing its fans instead of alienating them in pursuit of a phantom audience
sexiness aside, i prefer playing DOA rather than any other fighting games. for me there is a satisfactory aspect in the combat mechanic and animations.
gameplay wise it’s good , it’s flashy but still lacking.
DOA 5 was a good game but couple rounds it gets boring. it’s the same combo over and over again since DOA 1 , and the addition of executions were cool but kinda unsatisfactory.
if this new DOA can have a new and fresh gameplay i’m in even if they tone down the sexiness , like tekken with it’s game changing mechanic critical and rage.
and please please for the love of god give the characters new moves and add more possible combos.
THIS. Dead or Alive games are sexy AND have great combat mechanics, and there is nothing wrong with that. This push to “more cool than sexy” will just backfire.
The SJWs caused them to not use the engine.
DoA will be back to how it use to be for the next game, this one is going to flop.
You mean that they’ll backpedal and promise DLC just like with Last Round and X3. They’re already doing it.
Or they’ll try and salvage it through DLCs.
They would probably take the Marvel Infinity route. When they don’t get any preorders, they’ll announce a patch to make it look great again!
this is just sad, this doa will be lost hopefully they be smart with the next game
Didn’t they do that with DOA 5 and they just added it in later
They wanted to do this already for DoA5, but fans cried bloody murder, so they reconsidered. Looks like they won’t be swayed this time, though. Or they will go DLC route again.