2. Active Community
For most newcomers, playing at home on a sofa is good enough. For those who seek more out of their fighting game experience, you will have to find an active and vibrant community to engage with. Right now,
DOA has already started gaining a great community following online. Two communities that are already seeing a healthy number of participants are
DOAWorld and
FreeStepDodge. Fighting games thrive on their community. As competitive gaming rises, gaming communities become more important in order for people to interact and talk about the game and its intricacies. The
FreeStepDodge website is an especially impressive website featuring professional (and casual) gamers who are willing, and indeed want, to provide a welcoming online community for people to discuss anything
DOA related. A lot of it will of course be technical, so if you want to improve your
DOA game, that is definitely the place to go. An active community is important as these are the people who will continuously play the game long after the release date. These are also the people who will seek to play the game competitively at various tournaments and these are the people who's voices are likely to be heard by the developers. And, as tends to be the case, playing with others is more fun than playing alone anyway.