Dead or Alive 4 is a game that few people take seriously. First of all, the fighting game genre doesn't have the same status as an RTS or FPS game would have when it comes to strategy. Even fans of fighting games such as Virtua Fighter 4 or Soul Calibur II look down upon the Dead or Alive series. They see Dead or Alive as a high-speed button masher with overly powerful holds/counters and more flash than substance.