Your thoughts on the DOA5 Hold System

I just want hear your opinions on this matter. Here are the following counter notations...

(Based on Standing on the left hand side)

High Hold:
Middle Hold :
Low Hold :
Expert Middle Punch Hold :
Expert Middle Kick Hold :

For me, I kinda wanted to see some sort of parrying system just like the one from DOA1 in number 5. I believe that it didn't take off a lot of damage and it also kept the flow of the match running. But seeing how the parrying system is unlikely to come back, All I just want is the countering system not to take off alot of damage just for a counter and not make the counter spamable in the new game.

LavanderGirl wrote:

Hurricane Rev wrote:

All I just want is the countering system not to take off alot of damage just for a counter and not make the counter spamable in the new game.

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Well if the opponent was to spam with a move all the time, you'd most obviously counter them until they use a different move. Spamming a move again and again just makes the opponent very predictable. LOL. But the question here is, would the opponent actually be able to win just by spamming? Hope not in DOA5, as it would obviously be easy, and to me not that enjoyable at all.

I would get tired of seeing a move again repeatably. Oh yeah and about the counter system, their keeping the "hit effects" on the characters just so you know if the attack is low, middle or high. But I guess alot of you must have already known. But for the newbies hearing this, I'm sure it's useful.

PS: Rev, where did you get thous command icons? Would be nice if we could all use it.

It all depends on the player certain times player knows what to do when people spam a move like Ryu's fireball attack. As for the hold system i like to see DOA3.1 system the counter it's self was not that high like it was in 4 and DOAD.

For you not to counter while in critical stun is good but I think you should get atleast 1 chance to counter that person's move, if you missed that 1 chance and you are still in critical stun, then you shouldn't be allowed to counter anymore. The Critical stuns should become shorter and health system should be like the DOA3 one or DOA2U one.

And we do want DOA5 to be Tournament viable and we really do want the best for it. I think the last thing that we want is the game not to do that well. I love the series and I will push as far as I can go with it.

o Arnell Long 0 wrote:

I also said that option on another DOA Forum so I definitely agree with that as well, actually, that would be more fair to the player in general, it's like they get 1 more chance to fix their mistake before getting punished.

However it turns out, I also hope DOA5 does well before I don't want to go another 8 yrs without a DOA.

Lol, I know I'm jumping the gun here but judging from the early quality of DOA5's characters, I can't wait to see DOAX3...!

Yeah, I believe that it would be fairer and I've been thinking that a while ago. I really do hope they do something like that in DOA5. Whether DOA5 will turn out good or bad, I will definitely be sticking to it and supporting. That is how much I love the series!!

lool Now If DOAX3 has got the same graphics as DOA5, then I may have to think about buying the game if the game does actually come out lool

hello people what u think of the missing mid kick fward counter?i thought it was easy to spam the mid counter in doa3

i think the counter system is okay,



doubt many people will use the expert holds,

but hey-ho

To be honest I thought that there was absolutely nothing wrong with having the four-point holds. Nonetheless it's nice to see that Team Ninja are reintroducing the 3 point holds again, since it was much easier to input.

I only think the four point holds should apply to Lei Fang, Bayman, and Kasumi who in DOA3 seemed to be the only characters to have extra holds, where button inputs were the same as the expert holds in DOA5.

Apart from that, expert holds seem fairly unnecessary, and they do not look as if they had much damage.

From my perspective, players are better off doing normal holds.

agreed with jester here actually,

if you know someone will spam counters,

THEn THROW THEM

Honestly, I personally find that the risk for doing an advanced hold isn't worth the reward. That said I'm sure at high level play, where that little bit of damage could be the deciding factor, advanced holds will be used.

DOA5 has reverted back to the 4 point counter system.

My response?

i dont mind, give some character better chance to launch,

@AngryWorm: Yeah that alone has doubled my excitement for this game. I really disliked the 3-point system in DOAD and in the DOA5 alpha demo... Too bad we can't get a copy of the E3 build =(

that does suck, would have been good to see the difference for yourself