Is Dead or Alive 4 Hard? Difficulty Rating 7.6/10

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Dead or Alive 4

Full Release (2005)

DIFFICULTY

7.6/10

Quite Difficult

(23 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Dead or Alive 4 is considered a challenging game that consistently tests players without reaching extreme difficulty.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:

Tight movement and timing requirements throughout
Small execution mistakes can quickly cause failure
Success depends on consistency across long sequences
Players are punished for poor decisions more than poor reflexes

Who Will Find It Difficult

Dead or Alive 4 will push beginners and may still frustrate experienced players in certain sections. Players comfortable with similarly demanding games will have the best time here. Players who rated games like Elden Ring, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, and EZ2on Reboot: R at a similar challenge level may find Dead or Alive 4 broadly comparable in difficulty.

23 ratings

avg: 7.6

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Based on 23 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 7.6/10. Most players rated this game between 8 and 9.

Developer(s)

Team NINJA

Publisher(s)

Koei Tecmo Games, Tecmo

Genre(s)

Fighting, Arcade

Platform(s)

Xbox 360

Keywords

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About Dead or Alive 4

Dead or Alive 4 is a fighting game and the fourth major title in the Dead or Alive video game series, its plot following the events of the 2001 title Dead or Alive 3. Dead or Alive 4 features 22 playable characters and many multi-tiered and interactive fighting arenas. DOA4 has a number of updates in reference to previous titles. Characters' move lists have been vastly updated and four new characters have been added to the fighting roster, with returns from a couple of past characters as well. The counter system has been tightened, making the window for counters shorter and more difficult to execute, and the amount of damage that counters inflict has been changed.

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Players who rated Dead or Alive 4 also rated the games shown below, with Elden Ring (7.6), Super Street Fighter II Turbo (7.6), and EZ2on Reboot: R (7.6) being most similar in difficulty!

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