It's not the greatest game in the world, but it IS great.
It's controls aren't 'clumsy', it does take a little getting used too
but it shouldn't be long before your flying all over the battlefield,
hurling explosives blasts of energy all over the place.
The meat of the game is the story mode and theres a lot to play
through, spanning throughout Dragonball Z/GT and also the movies. With
a whole host of characters to unlock. Though I doubt it's as much as
advertised on the packaging '120', being that a lot of them are just
various incarnations of the same character (Vegeta (scouter), Vegeta
form 2, Majin Vegeta probably being the best example) but it doesn't
change the fact that you have a lot to pick from.
Throughout gameplay you'll unlock characters, but some require the
fusion of objects you'll find throughout play in order to unlock
others. Some of the item combinations are obvious, others not so much.
Though I'm sure if you look hard enough online you'll find the
combinations, it's otherwise a case of trial and error, really. I'd
have prefered to unlocked all the characters as I met them and usually
consequently beat the snot out of them. The visuals are true to
Dragonball Z style and look quite fantastic.
As a battle wages a character will get bruised, clothes torn and
slightly bloodied up in areas. It's only a cosmetic touch, but it's a
nice one that earlier games were missing.
The sound and music is tolerable. As are the voice overs.
I know some people will hate the english dub, but you can also pick the Japanese voice acting if your picky.
What else can I say? It's a great game. Throw in another human player and it just gets better.
Probably the best DBZ game yet, if that says much.
