You know, assuming you are playing on PC and the game isn't server-side (haven't bothered playing since DoA5 was shit so lost interest in the series completely), you can always just use Cheat Engine to unlock some stuff to make it more tolerable... It's what I do when a game is stingy AF with rewards so I can make it rewarding enough for me to be enticed to play...
Ah, yes, portrait mode, surely the best way to film a row of people. If only there were some way to fit a wider shot, at the expense of height... if only...