I love to play with my girlfriend (imagine that, a girl that plays DOA of all games) but she is a major button masher. Sometimes I fear for my controllers

. Anyway, when we fight, she beats me half the time because her random button mashing makes it impossible to counter. I guess the 4-point counter system is fine for equally matched players, but I kinda wish it was a little more lenient. At least give me reduced damage if I miss the counter. When I play the computer on Very Hard while trying to collect costumes, it's a rare occasion that I can pull off a counter. I tend to get really pissed off about this because I'm dead before I know it. Vis versa, I can't land many attacks because the computer has some kind of psychic programming that knows exactly how to counter my combos. I guess I'm just bitching because I suck, but I want a game to be fun and not just get my ass handed to me by the computer.

Or maybe I'm just too distracted by the tittage.
I've been playing DOAU alot lately trying to get my blocking/countering skills down for DOA4, but I hope the countering system is a tad more refined this time around. I absolutely love DOA and DOA4 is the very reason I'm getting the 360 (and GoW, Burnout and Winning Eleven in 2006), but I'd like it to be challenging AND fun. Ok, no more complaining from me.
