Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Game: Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Developer / Publisher: Arc System Works/Bandai Namco
- Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
- Release date: January 26, 2018
Plot
- Goku and his friends must fight a new battle against a revived Android 16 and an army of super androids designed to resemble and fight just like them led by the villainous Android 21. The story is split into three chapters: the Super Warriors Arc, the Super Villain Arc, and the Android 21 Arc, each of which follows the story from the perspectives of Goku, Frieza, and Android 18 respectively. In the timeline, the game takes place sometime between the "Future Trunks" and "Universe Survival" arcs of Dragon Ball Super.
Gameplay
- The gameplay borrows concepts from several other fighting games, primarily the Marvel vs Capcom series control scheme and team mechanics. Players each select three characters to form a team. One character is controlled, and can be switched with one of the other characters at any time. Players can also call one of their other characters to perform an "Assist" move, allowing simultaneous attacks and combos with the entire team. All three of the opponent's characters must be defeated to win the game.
- The universal "Vanish" and "Dragon Rush" moves resemble the Roman Cancel system commonly found in Arc System Work game and Guilty gear XRDs Dust attacks respectively, while the "Super Dash" move resembles the Homing system of Arcana Heart. Players can also "Ki Charge" to manually increase their super meter, similar to previous Dragon Ball fighting games.
- The game also includes other features, such as "Come on Shenron!", that allows players to gather the Dragon Balls one by one as the fight progresses by special moves and combos. Once all seven are assembled by a player, Shenron appears to grant a wish, and allows players to choose one among the following benefits: increasing their fighter's strength, revive a fallen ally, recover a fighter's health or increase resistance to damage. Another feature is the "Dramatic Finish" mode, in which if some characters win the fight against specific enemies, special cutscenes are triggered related to events from the Dragon Ball series.
- Dragon Ball FighterZ features a ranking system in both its arcade mode 5 as well as in online multiplayer, where players increase their rank with subsequent wins. Source
Review Roundup
- Gamespot 9/10 Full Review
- IGN 8.5/10 Full Review
- EGM 9/10 Full Review
- Trusted Reviews 4.5/5 Full Review
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