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Post by dbzfan7 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:24 am

So what's the verdict...I may get the demo to find out...but my PS3 hardrive space is practically full from free games
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Post by TheGmGoken » Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:27 am

dbzfan7 wrote:So what's the verdict...I may get the demo to find out...but my PS3 hardrive space is practically full from free games
Delete the ones you don't play often.

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SSJ6Goku wrote:gameplay was garbage. not many will buy this. namco bandai is done for.
From what I've played online. People buying this for online. Not the story or single player. Online is fun!
I agree here, I actually find online more fun than the single player story mode.
I wonder if limitations of the hardware and the "type" of combat system made it harder to incorporate depth into gameplay? The hardware is 8 years old at this point.

I'm starting to wonder if this game was just an tempt to see if we'd like this type of gameplay versus the standard since 2002?
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Post by samuraix123 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:10 am

I'll bet anything when you start to beat someone in it they'll quit out and you won't get the win. every dbz game I ever played allowed people to get away with that crap.
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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:25 am

samuraix123 wrote:I'll bet anything when you start to beat someone in it they'll quit out and you won't get the win. every dbz game I ever played allowed people to get away with that crap.
Looking at the stats on the multiplayer screen, there is a box with what I assume is your disconnect percentage or something. It's possible that those with higher rates of disconnection may be grouped with others who have high percentages as well. I dunno, it will be interesting to see.
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Post by dbzfan7 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:45 am

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dbzfan7 wrote:So what's the verdict...I may get the demo to find out...but my PS3 hardrive space is practically full from free games
Delete the ones you don't play often.
Maybe...I wasn't looking forward to this...besides I just got Borderlands 2 and Shadow of the Colossus.
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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:52 am

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TheGmGoken wrote:
dbzfan7 wrote:So what's the verdict...I may get the demo to find out...but my PS3 hardrive space is practically full from free games
Delete the ones you don't play often.
Maybe...I wasn't looking forward to this...besides I just got Borderlands 2 and Shadow of the Colossus.
It's only 1 gig. It shouldn't be too hard to free up that much.
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Post by dbzfan7 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:16 am

Kamiccolo9 wrote: It's only 1 gig. It shouldn't be too hard to free up that much.
Well I may have room as I deleted a bunch of stuff earlier...but the load time is slow for a game that seems to have barely any depth.
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dbzfan7 wrote:So what's the verdict...I may get the demo to find out...but my PS3 hardrive space is practically full from free games
Delete the ones you don't play often.
Maybe...I wasn't looking forward to this...besides I just got Borderlands 2 and Shadow of the Colossus.

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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:10 am

KentalSSJ6 wrote: Game of The Year Edition?
I imagine he's talking about Playstation Plus. Both Borderlands 2 and Shadow of the Colossus are free right now.
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Post by supersaiyan DbZ fan » Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:30 am

Downloading demo now! Power failure stopped the download overnight, so after work is Dragon Ball Z boz for me.
Btw, is the load times annoyingly long?and how is the european music and number of playable characters so far?
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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:46 am

supersaiyan DbZ fan wrote:Btw, is the load times annoyingly long?and how is the european music and number of playable characters so far?
The only instance that was annoying was waiting for them to match players. I wasn't really bothered by any of the other actual load times, so I'm not really sure they were overly long or anything.

English music is pretty much take it or leave it. Most of it seems to be recycled from previous games, so...

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Post by supersaiyan DbZ fan » Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:26 am

In the demo, are there achievements/trophies that will carry over to main game if we decide to buy it?(I heard that achievements will be awarded in the demo)
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Post by Saiyan Prince Vegeta » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:19 am

I actually quite enjoyed the demo, it could do with more depth but you can still link your attacks with each characters unique moves rather well. I would definitely say it's a fun game to play especially the online. :)

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Post by Rukura » Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:01 pm

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As far as the lack of combo depth (i.e. one combo per character), it totally felt like they were going for an arcade-style experience. Besides, it's not like you often have the luxury of performing multiple combos :lol: . I did find it interesting how you can choose to do the full combo and go for another...but it also leaves you open for someone else to come at you. While, if you link a Strike Impact to the combo, you can use the chase to teleport away from an enemy closing in on you.

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Post by Dan Corson » Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:15 pm

There are a handful of things about the demo that I genuinely enjoy, but they still aren't enough to get me past the atrocious character models. If they were to do some "classic skins DLC" and just import the models from Ultimate Blast, I might be persuaded to pick it up. Since that is highly unlikely, I'm sticking with my gut on the 'pass.' :?

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Post by BobZ » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:14 pm

I'm not sure if this has been posted yet and I apologise if it has:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_QfWn40 ... e=youtu.be

Basically, some guy found the opening in the demo files and decrypted it... in super low quality. Still, it looks cool and I'm glad it uses 2D animation! :mrgreen:

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:18 pm

BobZ wrote:I'm not sure if this has been posted yet and I apologise if it has:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_QfWn40 ... e=youtu.be

Basically, some guy found the opening in the demo files and decrypted it... in super low quality. Still, it looks cool and I'm glad it uses 2D animation! :mrgreen:
That's interesting. I'll copy my DBZ BOZ demo from the 360 to the PC and look up the files, hopefully I'll get better quality than that but nothing for sure as of right now.
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Post by TheGmGoken » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:20 pm

BobZ wrote:I'm not sure if this has been posted yet and I apologise if it has:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_QfWn40 ... e=youtu.be

Basically, some guy found the opening in the demo files and decrypted it... in super low quality. Still, it looks cool and I'm glad it uses 2D animation! :mrgreen:
Honestly. That intro seemed boring. I know there is no music due to copyrights. But still...

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Post by omegalucas » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:45 pm

TheGmGoken wrote:
BobZ wrote:I'm not sure if this has been posted yet and I apologise if it has:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_QfWn40 ... e=youtu.be

Basically, some guy found the opening in the demo files and decrypted it... in super low quality. Still, it looks cool and I'm glad it uses 2D animation! :mrgreen:
Honestly. That intro seemed boring. I know there is no music due to copyrights. But still...
The music according to the comments was FLOW's version of CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA with (fight) effects.
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