My response to Dragon Ball Raging BlastDragon Ball Raging Blast is the latest Dragon Ball game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
For those that already know about the Dragon Ball series, this could be technically called Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4 but Dragon Ball Raging Blast sounds a bit cooler, if the title added the "Z" to it.
Graphics: Comparing the graphics of Raging Blast with that of 2007's Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, they look almost identical, but Raging Blast's getting better graphic quality being a next gen console game. Comparing them to last year's Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit, I'd go with Burst Limit being better in graphic quality. The area fields, while only about nine or ten, look way better than it's predessors and are much wider this time around. As said before by Namco-Bandai, the ground on some of the playable fields can be obliterated, to some extent, and some large walls can stick opponents helpless till they get out some seconds later.
Gameplay: The game play is similar to the Tenkaichi series, but this time instead of getting two Blast 1's, two Blast 2's and one Ultimate Blast, the two formers have been merged into one Blast called Super Attacks, which are used the right analog stick to move in 4 directions, up down left and right for each move to use each move while pressing on it at Hi-Tension mode unleashes the Ultimate Attack. The rush attacks look better from Tenkaichi 3, going from your basic rushes to those where you have to input a button to activate a certain move.
Characters: The character selection screen looks like what you find in a fighting game, which suits this game well. True, the list is smaller than it's Tenkaichi predessors, but it might get larger with any downloadable content added, but we will have to wait to see if that's possible. As of now, there are no Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z movie, or Dragon Ball GT characters. Also certain transformations are missing, like the giant Great Apes for the Saiyans that have tails, though you might consider this a good or bad thing depending if you liked them. I, myself, thought they were too invincible and had to be beaten by a Super Saiyan 2 or 3 or another giant character which in my opinion sucked. I was a lil shocked to see a Super Saiyan 3 form for both Vegeta and Broly, but after unlocking one of them, I was a bit disappointed that it was a seperate character and not a transformation for Vegeta like his others. I mean, Frieza has 4 forms while Goku and Vegeta have 3, not counting Majin Vegeta. Also certain characters were left out, like Hercule, though I didn't like him at all, Mystic Gohan, who I think should be a seperate transformation like Great Saiyaman in the Tenkaichi series (BTW, Gt. Saiyaman too), and Future Gohan. But we will have to wait to see if any of these characters are considered downloadable content.
Customization: For customization on Super Attacks, you get to choose 4 attacks and assign them to one horizintal direction. You only get one Ultimate Attack, with the exception of Goku in his base form since he has three variations of his Spirit Bomb technique. BTW, if anyone knows what Super Attack in the tournament mode has the customization item for Large Spirit Bomb, note me on that. For other stuff in general like increasing attack and ki strength or items to to give you an edge, the customization uses a grid system which is mandatory for battling online. In order to get the grid system to go farther and to get more powerful items, you will need money which is done by completeing certain objectives in all the modes or during the loading screen. For other stuff like costumes, BMGs, and certain battles, you will need star points which are obtained by completing missions in the story mode, the easiest one being to obtain is beating a battle in hard mode.
Modes: Story Mode is the first one, and unlike the other Tenkaichi series, this one has a large number of battles to choose from, going from the Saiyan Saga all the way to the Buu Saga. I think it maybe larger than the battles in BT2. All the modes include cutscenes and dialouge during the actual fight, something that happened in BT3 two years ago. There are also a number of What If Stories, some of which can be bought in the Star Shop, and also two story modes involving Bardock and Broly. The latter two are two - three battles long but they still tell their stories well, minus Bio-Broly which has never been in any game I've known. The tournament mode this time around has two tournaments, the World Tournament and the Cell Games, both which are nessesary to obtain certain Super Attacks and Customization items depending on difficulty and how many participants are present. Character Limits do not count. There is also the live mode, which for me I have Xbox Live. Though I won't get into that since I moved my 360 to my room and has no internet connection so I never used it. Super Battle Trial involves different battles, going from simply beating a nunber of opponents to destroying the city. At times, there is going to be a battle for a Dragon Ball. I only got two of them, but as usual, you get all 7 and get one item of choice. I don't know if Parounga is going to be the other dragon for it to get 3 items. If anyone can tell me if you get both Shenron and Parounga at different times, I'd be able to go further into this. There are other modes, but if you played the other games, you'll know them already.
Personal Note: I do think the game could use more additional stuff, but Namco-Bandai did a good job with this. I can't wait to see if the sequel can do better, and if they're calling it Raging Blast 2, they should add the "Z" between Ball and Raging unless they're putting more characters outside Dragon Ball Z, whether in continuity or not.
8.0/10.0
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