Those games, which blended 2D Street Fighter-style combat with interspersed 3D animations, made the strongest case for why a DBZ video game should exist outside the show’s core fandom. Image: Bandai Namcoīut in the early 2000s, with the Budokai trilogy, the series really hit its stride.
This typically meant only diehard fans cared about DBZ titles, and quality tended to take a backseat to the obvious fan service. (The first one came out back in 1986 on the ancient Cassette Vision.) And while the series has evolved in step with the fighter genre, the point has always been to let you “play” through the show, so to speak, to unlock characters, special cutscenes, and other collectibles. Of course, there have been Dragon Ball Z games for as long as the anime and manga have existed, which is to say decades. Responsible for the renown Guilty Gear fighting game series, Arc has a reputation for making some of the most polished, best-looking fight games around - and FighterZ only reaffirms the developer’s talents. But the star of the show is developer Arc System Works’ art style, attention to detail, and superb capturing of the DBZ spirit. There are a number of thoughtful touches in FighterZ, like an open-world menu layout with chibi avatars and a progression system that, unlike most modern games, doesn’t seem too weighted toward real-money purchases.
On top of that, it’s one of the most approachable fighting games I’ve played in ages, giving both genre newcomers and diehard fans a path to get well acquainted with the characters, move set, and DBZ backstory.įighterZ is without a doubt the most visually stunning DBZ game in years After spending some time with the full version of the game this week, I can say that it’s without a doubt the most visually stunning DBZ games in years. I haven’t kept up with the new Dragon Ball Super TV show, and I haven’t earnestly played one of the games in full since the PlayStation 2 era.ĭragon Ball FighterZ, the new console and PC title out today, is drawing me back in, reinvigorating my love of the franchise. Yet while I do have a soft spot for DBZ and the myriad media that orbits it, I fell off the bandwagon years ago. Dragon Ball Z was my first exposure to anime, and it became a franchise I stuck with for more years than I can even remember. As a kid, I remember faithfully waking up on Saturday mornings to tune into the trials of Goku and his cohort of energy-wielding superheroes.
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