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Kagey K
Banned
I’m liking what I’ve played from it so far, but I didn’t go in expecting much. I thought it would be a high 60s low 70s game. Have to play more before forming a solid opinion though.
I do like that they pay a bunch of homage to the original Dragon Ball series and tell some backstory in the loading screens for newcomers.
I do like that they pay a bunch of homage to the original Dragon Ball series and tell some backstory in the loading screens for newcomers.
VertigoOA
Banned
Last Jedi got reviewed as being daring and original while blatantly ripping off both ESB and RotJ. Reviewers are clueless
My DBZ days are over but I would’ve ate this up a decade ago.
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RiverMan
Neo Member
DBZ games are kinda like Madden at this point. There's a new one out every year, and Story Mode has to retread the same sagas because that's just Z canon. Where else can it go, other than timeline meddling like in Xenoverse?
What intrigues me about this one is that it sounds like a Legacy of Goku trilogy remake in a 3D open world. It has my attention, but I'd like to learn more before I make a decision. What I'm really hoping is that an original Dragon Ball campaign gets introduced as DLC. That would push my purchasing consideration from "maybe" into "most likely yes."
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Codes 208
Member
Madden releases annually (from the same dev team i might add) There definitely times we get an annual set but if i recall we didnt get a dbz game last year, and there was a year or teo grace period between xenoverse 2 and fighterz, and all three of these games are by different dev teams.
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MiguelItUp
Member
Sounds like a great experience for Dragon Ball Z fans! I'll probably nab it when it drops in price a bit more, looks solid!
Javthusiast
Banned
We live in a 9s or 10s and everything under that is trash world.
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PleaseWaitStation4
Banned
Don't know if Kacarrot can fill the shoes of FighterZ.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Game looks like it has layers and could be a contender to my rotation.
Mista
Banned
Since this gen. Anything under 9 is bad
Nobody gave a damn about reviews nor all those tech analysis last gen and everybody had fun
Just the more new shit we get introduced, the more clowns we get to see showing up.
StormCell
Member
Nah, it's that way in just about everything and isn't anything new. Do you remember the Infamous Gerstman 8.8?? Another way to look at this is look at all the surveys you are likely given. If you answer any surveys for service given to you and you provide the person with a 4 out of 5 stars rating, you just made their life worse without knowing it, because anything less than a 5/5 is subpar and needs improvement.
Yet another way to look at it is go onto Amazon. Search for something you're thinking about buying. I bet you basically ignore anything under 4 out of 5 stars and you probably prefer 4.5/5 or better. That's conditioning.
So naturally I look at this very beautiful game, and without playing it I'm noticing people are having fun. The audio sounds terrific. The visuals are very nice and on par. I feel like anything less than an 8 for this game, when it's primarily because the anime story has been told to death, is a disservice to the game when 50% of the stuff coming out right now are remakes and remasters. It's like a sort of bias because the subject matter of the game is a TV show.
Anyway, it's just an opinion I have. If everyone wants to think 7's are fine, that's great. I agree. But in almost all cases of reviews on a 5 or 10 scale, anything below a 4/5 or 8/10 is generally not very good.
Kagey K
Banned
Oof I would have missed a lot of fun games if I had taken that approach to gaming and review scores. That’s an unfortunate way to see gaming and puts too much stock in what other people think.
I’m almost to the end of the Saiyan Saga now and the game has really grown on me, it just oozes Dragon Ball charm and all I want to do is sit down and play more.
The small touches really help immerse you in the world.
My only gripe is one that I have with most modern Dragon Ball stuff, they basically wiped Oolong from existence. I haven’t seen him once yet, I don’t get why he gets written out of everything.
I’m almost to the end of the Saiyan Saga now and the game has really grown on me, it just oozes Dragon Ball charm and all I want to do is sit down and play more.
The small touches really help immerse you in the world.
My only gripe is one that I have with most modern Dragon Ball stuff, they basically wiped Oolong from existence. I haven’t seen him once yet, I don’t get why he gets written out of everything.
SLB1904
Banned
fuck! now i have to get it
Kagey K
Banned
Those that play it all the way through are going to rate it higher or lower? Im not quite understanding your post and I’m only like 5 hours in.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Karak's review was posted, watching now.
Kagey K
Banned
None of CyberConnects games have been on Gamepass that I am aware of. I think the Ultimate Ninja Storm games will show up there before this does,
Karak
Member
Thanks for posting my review. Overall a pretty ok game but its a bit frontloaded, or not as deep as it probably should be and overstayed its welcome by the end. I am not sure how folks will react to the fighting system but in the first hours I thought it was cool then it started wearing thing.
Mista
Banned
Yeah
Piku_Ringo
Banned
Did they copy paste the Xenoverse Gameplay into this one for the most part?
Kagey K
Banned
No it’s more like Ultimate Storm.
I personally prefer the combat in this then Xenoverse, but after I finish this and take a bit of a break I think I’m going to go back and give Xenoverse 2 another shot.
Kagey K
Banned
X seems like a solid 60. Haven’t seen any slowdown or tears. (That doesn’t mean they aren’t there, just my eye isn’t picky to them.)
Soodanim
Member
Just finished watching. I've never actually played a DBZ game, and it doesn't look like I need to be in a rush to change that. As you said, maybe in a sale. Thanks for the review, good work.
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royox
Member
FighterZ?
I absolutely loved Burst Limit tho. Best fighter dbz game since Budokai 3. A shame it ended on cell saga.
cireza
Member
I dislike this game for several reasons, but I don't want to derail the thread. Budokai/Burst Limit were actually the closest to a good 2D gameplay in my opinion, they were not perfect sure, but they were fun and not built around stupid combos.
Larxia
Member
And to this day Burst Limit is still the best looking DBZ game in my opinion (outside of FighterZ, but fighterZ is a specific different case). Burst Limit look cleaner, with a better, more natural color palette. I don't get why so many anime games look so dated and bad these days, with too much contrast, too saturated colors etc... it seems like some devs really can't manage to get a good looking anime style color palette. It's weird because it's CyberConnect2 working on this game and they made the naruto storm games, which are in my opinion the best looking anime games, with KurtzPel too recently.
The grass in DBZ Kakarot almost look like some toxic flashy material, it doesn't feel comfy, doesn't encourage exploring, there's something weird and cold about it.
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cireza
Member
I totally agree with this as well.
PumpkinPie
Banned
I don't care about the reviews, I've bought this and I'm going to love it.
Karak
Member
My thanks glad it gave you some data.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
Good point...but I might wait for a price drop and purchase only because I want them to keep doing this. Or I might just let the kid in me win and buy it tonight.
Either way, I want more games like this so I'll do my part.
Dory16
Banned
I know, I grew up on DBZ too and would love to play through the story with all the great memories but not at full price lol. I guess I'll wait fro a price drop. It's not like my backlog is thin or anything. Children of Morta is a blast.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
Yea I saw that just came out on Gamepass.
SuperGooey
Member
I expected a 7 out of 10 game. I'll probably pick this up before the end of the year.
Fbh
Gold Member
Yeah I think I'll wait for a sale.
I've been wanting a single player DBZ game for a while but this looks rather bland. Having it be single player was the perfect chance to make something interesting with the combat but what I'm seeing here looks fairly similar to the 2 billion 3D fighters they have released over the past few years.
Also what happened to CyberConnect2? Not only have their visuals not advanced at all since last gen, they seem to have gotten worse in some ways
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sid2vicious
Banned
Here goes! Here goes! Here goes! Here goes! Here goes! Here goes! Here goes! Here goes! Here goes...
Gameplay looks like shit, that's my review.