DBZ,,Budokai 3 vs Tenkaichi 3 vs Shin budokai 2 vs Burst limit

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I LOVE Dragon Ball Z but I have to admit most of the home console Dragon Ball Z games were subpar.
I loved the Budokai series but the first two games were subpar and it was only the third one that was average.
I had the same love for the Tenkaichi series but the first one was average at the time and the sequel were outdated by the time they came out and lacked solid gameplay.
Burst Limit am hyped about and have played the demo, which unlike the past series has solid gameplay, but the game only seems average or B- at the most.

The best Dragon Ball Z games were on the DS and PSP. They had solid gameplay and a fair amount of unlockable but it’s the solid gameplay that is important.

Despite how much I love Tenkaichi and Budokai, both series a very poor with the only exception in the series being Budokai 3 and Tenkaichi 1, which are both outdated by now.

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Yea I liked the handheld DBZ action RPG’s. They were fun.

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It does matter. I pwn you with Arale.

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They begin with square and end with one other button or square. That’s not a multi button combo.
Dynasty Warriors is the same exact way and it’s not a fighting game. It’s a brawler/action-srategy game.

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The best Dragon Ball Z games on my list are Shin Budokai Another Road and Super Sonic Warriors 2. Both are two very different kinds of fighting games and both are quite solid.
I was in awe when I played both of them. They were just very well made. Of course, they are not that big of updates compared to the first games in their series but the gameplay is solid and deep enough for them to not get boring too fast. Just very well made.

Too bad they haven’t made games like those for home consoles yet.

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Tenkaichi 4 should be very good when it hits the shelves.

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They should make the four face buttons on the controller generic attack buttons, build a lot of combos off of the those, make a should button an action button to interact with objects, buildings, and whatever else in the environment, and have another shoulder button held down to turn the face buttons into different energy blast moves with one of the face buttons being used to recharge energy and by holding down the shoulder button and pressing the action shoulder button you change forms or go super saiyan. Then change the right analog stick into grapple and grab moves. While holding down the shoulder button the grapple and grab moves are replaced with specials. One of the left shoulder buttons is block and the other one is burst/fly. The flying mechanics need to be updated to use only one shoulder button with smart and context sensitive controls. The only thing that’s need is a camera that’s a bit farther back and smart.

That’s the entire Tenkaichi series' biggest problem solved.
It will finally have solid gameplay.

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Not to mention an impressive storyline, and adventure mode at least.

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That part is that big a deal. They can just start over and follow the whole of Dragon Ball Z and if they can add in all the movies. They either have all the movies or none of them. It should be a complete package.

But if they solve the poor gameplay issue it will be amazing regardless of how poor the storyline is.


I forgot to mention to make 4 players, if possible 8. Then it will the best fighting/brawling hybrid game on the market.

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And that will make it an excellent game, and let’s not forget the graphics.

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The graphics will be great no matter how poor they make the game. If they can add in a more advanced physics engine for the buildings and objects and make them more realistically destructible that would be amazing. I can see an energy blast going through a building followed by someone flying through the whole and instead of the building just crumbling it’s still standing with the damage done to it.
Or a large energy blast takes out half the building and the other half is still standing. And virtually any object, peace of a building, poles, boulders, a chunk of ground, ANYTHING can be used as a weapon to hit or throw with. The objects can be punched and by another player can crumble in their hands and any object can be used to slam someone against or through.

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I pwn you with Raditz

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Arale>Raditz

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Red potara Arale maybe.

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This is without Potara. I still need to fill up my custom character slots. I don’t have enough Red potara characters.

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In all honesty though, Arale didn’t have much going for her as a character in that game, while Raditz had some relitivly fast heavy hitting combos. I still think they should add these features to the next game:

More realistic battleground damage
Some kind of leveling system
Create your a blast(Blast 1,2,or ultimate)
Create a combo

And you could add those blasts and combos you create to a character, like put your moves in place of already existing moves. That way there is more variety.

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That would be nice to see, and as I’ve said before, a great storyline. Imagine if the adventure modes were more GTA like, being able to fly where you wanted, go into a building, etc.

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Also think of it this way, an interactive storyline. Like for instance...You can join Raditz and kill a bunch of people, instead of letting Frieza go on Namek you kill him. Stuff like that.

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Yeah, make your own choices, good or evil. And it should start at the beginning. I mean right before Goku was born and when Bardock was still alive.

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Yes indeed. That would be better.