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Pretty good.

Published July 23, 2008
3 out of 5 starsScore: 60/100

Instead of a proper review, i'll just list pros, cons, and then my final thoughts.

Pros

-Enjoyable, fast fighting

-Characters are pretty diverse

-Great cell-shaded graphics and animation

-Some excellent cutscenes

Cons

-Some of the cutscenes in story mode are recycled

-Alot of content from anime is missing in the game (E.g: characters, costumes, and especially cutscenes)

-The drama pieces and "burst" mode sequences slow down the pace of the game and get quite annoying after a while

-Not alot of replay value in offline

I left out online multiplayer on the lists as that experience depends on your connection and the person you are playing.

Overall, not a bad game, but not amazing. I would have much prefered them to do what CyberConnect2 are doing with Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm; keep the same combat mechanics as the previous games, but move them into a 3D open arena. But my score may also be due to my wavering interest in DBZ...and wavering is putting it lightly. I used to buy DBZ games on launch...except for Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and 3...man were those bad. So this will probably be the last DBZ game i'll get, ever. I finally realised with this game that DBZ games don't interest me as much as they used to...it's been a nice run, but i think it's over for me.

EDIT [DEC 2015]: SO HEY I BOUGHT THE LATEST DBZ GAME, IT'S PRETTY GOOD. ALSO DBZ IS PRETTY GREAT.

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