Hey everyone. I'm a somewhat-regular on VFDC (virtuafighter.com) and I've been playing VF games since 2002, my first one being VF4. However, DOA5 is the first Dead or Alive game I've ever played. I bought it two days ago and I'm still struggling with this system, but it's very fun so far. I'm using Rig and, more lightly, Tina. I'm digging the look of this game; it's very smooth and intense.
As of now, no offense, but I still like VF more. However, I think this is an awesome game to pick up and learn, especially for a VF fan. Where VF is more realistic with its style, DOA adds that nice sense of fantasy and movie-style action that VF lacks (for better or worse, in my opinion for better but again I am a long-time VF fan). The fact that this game welcomed the addition of Akira, Sarah, and Pai helped me make my decision on either DOA5 or TTT2 as a "new game" to learn while I'm not playing VF, which has an online mode right now that's pretty much dead... :\