Dragon Ball Fighter Z: The DBZ fighting game to end all DBZ fighting games.

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

And lets just say I am impressed. This looks EVO worthy.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

It's nice to see DBZ fans get a viable tournament fighter, maybe now everyone that was dying for it can stop moaning about Xenoverse. Love the art style, probably won't be playing it though because I suck at fighters. At the very least it might give me something to watch at Evo in the future.

 

[CritialGaming]

This looks like a tighter and better fighter than any of the previous DBZ games. It will be interesting to see. I just hope it isn't a pure competitive game and has a single player mode to it.

God can you imagine a DBZ game with a story done in the Injustice style? They could have all of my money for that.

 

[sageoftruth]

I genuinely feel bad for the guys behind Hyper DBZ. I'm sure their game will still have it's niche among the DBZ fandom, but it's just sad to see all the hype for their passion project get sucked away into this beautiful juggernaut.

Pity aside, this looks pretty promising, provided Arc Systems can handle the 3v3. Have they ever made a tagteam-assist fighter before? Those kinds of games always struck me as having systems that were easy to exploit or even break, so I hope they pull it off with care and aptitude.

Everything else about it looks and sounds like a match made in heaven.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

This thread was already made 3 days ago!
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.960576-Dragonball-Fighters-arc-system-works-are-making-a-dbz-fighter-for-non-handheld-consoles-pc
Got 4 gameplay vids if you scroll down as well.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

This looks so sick - when I saw it was a Budokai-esque 2D fighter I was a bit tentative about it because when it comes to Dragon Ball Z fighting games I'm personally a huge fan of the Budokai Tenkaichi games and the way they play but after watching some demo footage I am very impressed. I absolutely love the mix between the super crisp cell-shaded 3D models and the way that some of the effects look like they were hand-drawn - the whole thing looks superb, not to mention that it also looks like it's going to be a great fighting game mechanically.

One thing I am wondering though is whether or not it's going to have proper transformations. I've seen footage where Frieza goes Golden and where Goku goes Super Saiyan 3 but I'm not sure if they're just part of super moves or if the game will let you move up and down freely between transformations.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

One thing I am wondering though is whether or not it's going to have proper transformations. I've seen footage where Frieza goes Golden and where Goku goes Super Saiyan 3 but I'm not sure if they're just part of super moves or if the game will let you move up and down freely between transformations.

Already covered this in the original topic bout the game. Here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.960576.24000290

 

[sageoftruth]

One thing I am wondering though is whether or not it's going to have proper transformations. I've seen footage where Frieza goes Golden and where Goku goes Super Saiyan 3 but I'm not sure if they're just part of super moves or if the game will let you move up and down freely between transformations.

Already covered this in the original topic bout the game. Here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.960576.24000290

As always, you've got us covered when it comes to Arc Systems fighting games. Thanks for the link.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

One thing I am wondering though is whether or not it's going to have proper transformations. I've seen footage where Frieza goes Golden and where Goku goes Super Saiyan 3 but I'm not sure if they're just part of super moves or if the game will let you move up and down freely between transformations.

Already covered this in the original topic bout the game. Here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.960576.24000290

As always, you've got us covered when it comes to Arc Systems fighting games. Thanks for the link.

Haha, my pleasure. The sheer level of hype in this game is enough to make sharing the word fun in itself somehow. This is legit about as close to my dream game as one can get. Now I just need them to put fuurinkazan Bang in as a guest char! XD

 

[PurplePonyArcade]

This looks like a tighter and better fighter than any of the previous DBZ games. It will be interesting to see. I just hope it isn't a pure competitive game and has a single player mode to it.

God can you imagine a DBZ game with a story done in the Injustice style? They could have all of my money for that.

Well speaking as someone who dislike Dragon Ball Z I think it would be an ideal property to be done without a story because the writing in actual Dragon Ball Z is atrocious(much like the Injustice games). However even then I think it should have a story mode. It's something else they can do that will make people happy no matter how bare bones and awful it is and regardless of it's overall quality people that want story modes can play it and people like me who do not can just skip it and everyone is happy. Looking forward to it either way.

 

[sageoftruth]

One thing I am wondering though is whether or not it's going to have proper transformations. I've seen footage where Frieza goes Golden and where Goku goes Super Saiyan 3 but I'm not sure if they're just part of super moves or if the game will let you move up and down freely between transformations.

Already covered this in the original topic bout the game. Here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.960576.24000290

As always, you've got us covered when it comes to Arc Systems fighting games. Thanks for the link.

Haha, my pleasure. The sheer level of hype in this game is enough to make sharing the word fun in itself somehow. This is legit about as close to my dream game as one can get. Now I just need them to put fuurinkazan Bang in as a guest char! XD

By the way, how do you feel about character variety? I know it's too soon to really judge them on the roster, but I'm worried that the game's roots in the DBZ franchise will make every fighter too similar with their ki-based fighting styles.
With Arc Systems being the pioneer for extremely unique characters with their own special traits, I felt a hint of disappointment when I saw some footage and noticed everyone was firing off giant ki waves. Do you think Arc Systems will be able to keep its roster of DBZ characters from blending together too much?

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

One thing I am wondering though is whether or not it's going to have proper transformations. I've seen footage where Frieza goes Golden and where Goku goes Super Saiyan 3 but I'm not sure if they're just part of super moves or if the game will let you move up and down freely between transformations.

Already covered this in the original topic bout the game. Here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.960576.24000290

As always, you've got us covered when it comes to Arc Systems fighting games. Thanks for the link.

Haha, my pleasure. The sheer level of hype in this game is enough to make sharing the word fun in itself somehow. This is legit about as close to my dream game as one can get. Now I just need them to put fuurinkazan Bang in as a guest char! XD

By the way, how do you feel about character variety? I know it's too soon to really judge them on the roster, but I'm worried that the game's roots in the DBZ franchise will make every fighter too similar with their ki-based fighting styles.
With Arc Systems being the pioneer for extremely unique characters with their own special traits, I felt a hint of disappointment when I saw some footage and noticed everyone was firing off giant ki waves. Do you think Arc Systems will be able to keep its roster of DBZ characters from blending together too much?

This is an interesting topic. In interviews they mentioned that they picked "standard" chars to showcase and that not everyone will play in that way. Buu was the only exception and he had weird projectile-grab attacks and so on. I wouldn't worry too much here, as it is arcsys.


That being said, this being a 3v3 game means that a lot of the depth will indeed come from team composition, so you will benefit by thinking in teams and not in chars, thinking as though all of the tools of all 3 chars is actually contained within one body. If you think of it that way, then the sheer combination of teams will avail you of the real depth of the game and provide enough variety to rival their other games.

 

[sageoftruth]

One thing I am wondering though is whether or not it's going to have proper transformations. I've seen footage where Frieza goes Golden and where Goku goes Super Saiyan 3 but I'm not sure if they're just part of super moves or if the game will let you move up and down freely between transformations.

Already covered this in the original topic bout the game. Here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.960576.24000290

As always, you've got us covered when it comes to Arc Systems fighting games. Thanks for the link.

Haha, my pleasure. The sheer level of hype in this game is enough to make sharing the word fun in itself somehow. This is legit about as close to my dream game as one can get. Now I just need them to put fuurinkazan Bang in as a guest char! XD

By the way, how do you feel about character variety? I know it's too soon to really judge them on the roster, but I'm worried that the game's roots in the DBZ franchise will make every fighter too similar with their ki-based fighting styles.
With Arc Systems being the pioneer for extremely unique characters with their own special traits, I felt a hint of disappointment when I saw some footage and noticed everyone was firing off giant ki waves. Do you think Arc Systems will be able to keep its roster of DBZ characters from blending together too much?

This is an interesting topic. In interviews they mentioned that they picked "standard" chars to showcase and that not everyone will play in that way. Buu was the only exception and he had weird projectile-grab attacks and so on. I wouldn't worry too much here, as it is arcsys.


That being said, this being a 3v3 game means that a lot of the depth will indeed come from team composition, so you will benefit by thinking in teams and not in chars, thinking as though all of the tools of all 3 chars is actually contained within one body. If you think of it that way, then the sheer combination of teams will avail you of the real depth of the game and provide enough variety to rival their other games.

That's good to hear. I'm not too familiar with 3v3, since it's often hard to tell what's going on when watching those games on Youtube. Still, it will be an interesting new direction for Arc Systems. If they can put their special touch on 3v3, I'll look forward to seeing how it comes out.

 

[DarklordKyo]

I know it's unimportant in the grand scheme, but I wonder how it'd handle a story mode. Would it be a Xenoverse-esque time travel plot?, or would it just follow the series? (basically be Budokai 2.0, except it extends past Cell).