The Official Dragonball Evolution Game Thread

darkhawk5 · Post by **darkhawk5** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:49 am

Big Momma wrote:So, I'm guessing I'm the only person who thinks this game LOOKS like Tekken?

I think the title of this game should changed to Tekken Ball Z :p

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:52 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:God of War: Chains of Prometheus

It's Olympus. Chains of Olympus.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:55 am

Rocketman wrote:
SSj Kaboom wrote:God of War: Chains of Prometheus
It's Olympus. Chains of Olympus.

Oops, of course it is. What the frigg was I thinking of?

I actually owned and played through the game... I'm so ashamed...

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:07 am

Big Momma wrote:
Bussani wrote:
Tanooki Kuribo wrote:To me this looks like something that would be on PS1. I don't know... it just seems all very wired to me. What would you think if this wasn't a DragonBall game? Would you still think it looked OK?
Isn't a PSP about as advanced as a PS1 in terms of graphics and such? So it's not really surprising. They get away with it because it's on a PSP screen.
Actually, the PSP can get some nice graphics. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep looks amazing.

*Originally read this as "Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sheep"*. XD
I've had a long evening.

I wonder if this game will have selectable Japanese audio...

Scarz · Post by **Scarz** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:58 am

Hmm, this game looks terrible. I'm not dumping on it because it's DBE video game, I just don't really expect much from games based on movies (i.e. shovelware)

btw This isn't screen shot from the game. It is in fact a still image from the second DB movie, when Bulma eventually leaves Yamcha for Vegeta.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:01 am

Scarz wrote:Hmm, this game looks terrible. I'm not dumping on it because it's DBE video game, I just don't really expect much from games based on movies (i.e. shovelware)

Well, like I've been saying, if the fighting mechanics are based on the Shin Budokai games like they appear to be, that's pretty promising. Better than if they had to design a gameplay system from scratch, I'd wager.

shotkeeper · Post by **shotkeeper** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:53 am

IMO this game sucks hard. It's not even Dragonball. It's a game with actors for the new live movie. Only the name and half of the story is the same.

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:18 am

shotkeeper wrote:IMO this game sucks hard. It's not even Dragonball. It's a game with actors for the new live movie. Only the name and half of the story is the same.

You're right. This game that none of us have played, which we've only seen screen shots from so far, obviously sucks hard.

Sarcasm aside, I never have high expectations from games based on movies.

shotkeeper · Post by **shotkeeper** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:02 am

Bussani wrote:
shotkeeper wrote:IMO this game sucks hard. It's not even Dragonball. It's a game with actors for the new live movie. Only the name and half of the story is the same.
You're right. This game that none of us have played, which we've only seen screen shots from so far, obviously sucks hard.

Sarcasm aside, I never have high expectations from games based on movies.

It was not about the gameplay, it was about the fact that it has/little to do with dragonball.

Also if none of has played and we should not give an opinion, what's the of the thread then?

xzero · Post by **xzero** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:43 am

The above screenshot (and the others on Kotaku) reveal the truest fundamental problem with this whole thing. I had to look at the top of the screen to figure out who was fighting who. Dragonball is an instantly recognizable franchise around the world. Take a screenshot of any of the Budokai games and (with a few exceptions) you can instantly tell who is fighting whom. I had absolutely no idea what was going on in these screens. In one of the others, Chi Chi looks like Videl with longer hair, and my immediate reaction was "Why is Videl in... oh..."

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:16 pm

Chuquita wrote:I wonder if this game will have selectable Japanese audio

Why would it have Japanese audio, it's an American movie.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:58 pm

You can't expect 'em all to look like God of War: Chains of Olympus, guys. These graphics are above-average for a PSP game.

I do think the PSP can produce some really awesome graphics for a portable. I just don't think this game looks that great.

If you think it looks nice, I'am not saying you're wrong, I just don't like it.

I'm not dumping on it because it's DBE video game

Yea, same here. I'am actually for the movie. That is, untill I actually see it.

Son Wukong · Post by **Son Wukong** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:58 pm

Let me correct you on this one.

Bussani wrote: Isn't a PSP about as advanced as a PS2 in terms of graphics and such?

Yes, yes it is.

Observe PSP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MSLceiyaMQ

Observe PS2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqyFJ3Bd ... re=related

They clearly didn't put too much effort in this game. But I might get it anyway just for the lulz.

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NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:00 pm

Chuquita wrote:I wonder if this game will have selectable Japanese audio

...erm....why would it?

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:09 pm

IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A RE-SKIN OF SHIN BUDOKAI.

This is going to suck.

Bussani wrote:
shotkeeper wrote:IMO this game sucks hard. It's not even Dragonball. It's a game with actors for the new live movie. Only the name and half of the story is the same.
You're right. This game that none of us have played, which we've only seen screen shots from so far, obviously sucks hard.

Sarcasm aside, I never have high expectations from games based on movies.

It doesn't take a genius to know this game is going to be a failure, and if you don't have high expectations for movie-based games, then is obviously going to suck hard!

Pain · Post by **Pain** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:11 pm

DominatorLost wrote:IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A RE-SKIN OF SHIN BUDOKAI.

This is going to suck.

And so is every other fighting game, right?

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:12 pm

DominatorLost wrote:IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A RE-SKIN OF SHIN BUDOKAI.

This is going to suck.

I'm starting to sympathize a little more with the DB Evolution fans here.
How can you tell that based off of 5 screenshots? At least wait until a gameplay trailer comes out. It looks similar sure, but how the hell can you tell what the gameplay is like? Budokai 3 looked like Budokai 2 but they weren't the exact same thing.

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:17 pm

Pain wrote:
DominatorLost wrote:IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A RE-SKIN OF SHIN BUDOKAI.

This is going to suck.
And so is every other fighting game, right?

Uh, no. Jesus Christ people, can you not tell those bodily movements and even special effects are pulled straight from Shin Budokai? Hell, if not those, the ki bars!

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:20 pm

DominatorLost wrote:
Pain wrote:
DominatorLost wrote:IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A RE-SKIN OF SHIN BUDOKAI.

This is going to suck.
And so is every other fighting game, right?
Uh, no. Jesus Christ people, can you not tell those bodily movements and even special effects are pulled straight from Shin Budokai? Hell, if not those, the ki bars!

How dare a Dragonball game use similar movements and auras based off another Dragonball game!? They also share KI bars you say!?

It's 5 screenshots, just because Goku had a Dragonpunch like Ryu did in Super DBZ and they shared a similar special bar I didn't dismiss it as a "rip-off". It was based off of the Street Fighter engine but it was its own game.

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:23 pm

Oh my god...

You know how the Budokai games follow that pattern of similarity? That's forgivable because they're a series meant to be like that. This is lazy, it should be a totally new game, instead, it's just going to be a re-skin of Shin Budokai, except possibly worse. I didn't even bring up Super DBZ, no one did, I don't see why you should because it has nothing to do with this.