The Coming of the Quantum Cats can - given different social conditions - develop completely different character traits (timid or assertive, benevolent or predatory, etc.) The title refers to the famous thought-experiment known as "Schrödinger's Cat", where the outcome of a real-world event depends on a quantum event. By some interpretations, the real-world object, in this case a cat, must be in two states simultaneously until it is observed. However, the story is more closely related to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics where all possible outcomes of an event occur, each in its own parallel universe. The same concept was treated, somewhat more pessimistically, in
Dead or Alive 5 series and the other new games in the genre. "Famitsu" was the first publication to review the game, giving it a very high score of 36/40 (rated 9/10 by all four reviewers). IGN's Vincent Ingenito described "Dead or Alive 5" as a "formidable, enormously entertaining fighter" and the deepest game in the "Dead or Alive" series, praising the new gameplay mechanics, "gorgeous" and "stunning" visuals, "memorable and lovingly crafted" interactive stages, "insanely deep" practice mode as well as online features, and calling it "without any question, the best entry in the series." According to GamesRadar's Giancarlo Saldana, "Dead or Alive