I'm not saying that itagaki doa games were better in any shape or form... I'm just saying i like rock music, and that doa 5 lacks rock music, which doesn't take from the awesome gameplay it has.
i been saying the same thing since 2012. No aerosmith and the loss of the sleek blue and silver menus plus no character themes and brown box "stages" instead of full environments, and it wound up that vanilla DOA5 really didn't feel like DOA at all.
Again, i didn't say that, all i said, and put in very clear terms: "I like Rock music, and i'm sad doa 5 lacks rock music". That doesn't take from the awesome gameplay it has. But, DOA 5 could use some better stages in general.