"Raging Blast 2" Gigantic On-Going Gaming Discussion

[Rostir]

Raging Blast 2, in my opinion, is a disappointment, however I don't really try to dwell on its negatives too much, because it gets nothing accomplished.

[Innagadadavida]

I'm not disappointed because I never had high hopes to begin with. I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed Galaxy mode. Though I never want to go through it again. I'm very happy with the character selection. I'd like to see more henchmen in the future and more costumes.

This is a good step up from Tenkaichi 3. It is what Raging Blast should have been. And as my little brothers' first Dragon Ball game, it has been quite enjoyable among the three of us. One of them only picks Super Saiyan 3s and the other only picks any form of Cooler.

[LeprikanGT]

What is the exact button combo for the pinball attack? I remember seeing it in traing but I can't remember now.

I know it starts out [] [] [] [] [] /\ /\ /\ /\ but after that point I kind of mash all of them at once in hopes of it working.

[Innagadadavida]

To teleport, you start mashing square again after the succession of triangle. You can do it a lot more in Raging Soul mode, I think. To rush in with the super charged dash, instead of mashing square to teleport, you press X. Press it again to do the whole dash behind them deal.

Seriously I've only been in Raging Soul mode once and it was by accident. Its a very pointless mode.

[LeprikanGT]

Thank the lord someone else agrees with me. I assume its for those people who want super long combos for super short battles. In my DBZ fights I want big huge ki blasts and explosions, because that is what the show did.


Does charging ki get in the way for anyone else? Like it takes up a big part of the screen at times and I can't see the the opponent is.

[FanofZgirls]

Thank the lord someone else agrees with me. I assume its for those people who want super long combos for super short battles. In my DBZ fights I want big huge ki blasts and explosions, because that is what the show did.


Does charging ki get in the way for anyone else? Like it takes up a big part of the screen at times and I can't see the the opponent is.

If your so annoyed by it equip unexpected blow. Seriously you and so many others complaining will only make the developers angry and just so you know they don't have to ship it to the USA so we should be happy they do. Stop dwelling on the fact Krillin doesn't have hair, galaxy mode is bad, ect ect. The game is vastly superior to RB and they fixed a lot of things nobody even asked them to ascetically but all I hear is I hate Raging Soul, the Computer is cheap, excuse after excuse. If you took the time to appreciate what they did do instead of harping on what they didn't just maybe you will get it in the next game.

I am sorry but all the anger I have seen towards this game on this board is really upsetting me because it's thoughts like that which cause us to get bad games, the developers think nobody cares about the things they did do and think of the fans like ungrateful kids. Take time to appreciate the game and stop harping on every little thing you do not like.

[Vegeta's Wire]

If your so annoyed by it equip unexpected blow. Seriously you and so many others complaining will only make the developers angry and just so you know they don't have to ship it to the USA so we should be happy they do. Stop dwelling on the fact Krillin doesn't have hair, galaxy mode is bad, ect ect. The game is vastly superior to RB and they fixed a lot of things nobody even asked them to ascetically but all I hear is I hate Raging Soul, the Computer is cheap, excuse after excuse. If you took the time to appreciate what they did do instead of harping on what they didn't just maybe you will get it in the next game.

I am sorry but all the anger I have seen towards this game on this board is really upsetting me because it's thoughts like that which cause us to get bad games, the developers think nobody cares about the things they did do and think of the fans like ungrateful kids. Take time to appreciate the game and stop harping on every little thing you do not like.

Your opinion is legitimate, as is everyone else's here. From what I've played in the demo, Raging Blast 2 reminded me of Sparking! Neo in the sense that it generally looked (Majin Buu looks great, but Dabra looks... akward) and played better than its predecessor (again, just an opinion). If people are complaining, that's a sign that they're playing the game that the developers made!

[FanofZgirls]

If your so annoyed by it equip unexpected blow. Seriously you and so many others complaining will only make the developers angry and just so you know they don't have to ship it to the USA so we should be happy they do. Stop dwelling on the fact Krillin doesn't have hair, galaxy mode is bad, ect ect. The game is vastly superior to RB and they fixed a lot of things nobody even asked them to ascetically but all I hear is I hate Raging Soul, the Computer is cheap, excuse after excuse. If you took the time to appreciate what they did do instead of harping on what they didn't just maybe you will get it in the next game.

I am sorry but all the anger I have seen towards this game on this board is really upsetting me because it's thoughts like that which cause us to get bad games, the developers think nobody cares about the things they did do and think of the fans like ungrateful kids. Take time to appreciate the game and stop harping on every little thing you do not like.

Your opinion is legitimate, as is everyone else's here. From what I've played in the demo, Raging Blast 2 reminded me of Sparking! Neo in the sense that it generally looked (Majin Buu looks great, but Dabra looks... akward) and played better than its predecessor (again, just an opinion). If people are complaining, that's a sign that they're playing the game that the developers made!

Yea your right about that and I am just trying to say that we are lucky to even get this game there is nothing stopping them from making this a Japan only release and like you said it's better than the old one so it can only get better from here on. Just think of it like this, if you were a developer would you be inspired to make the game as good as it can be if you see nothing but how much the game you worked so hard on sucked or would you want to make it even better if you see people appreciating your work?

[Vegeta's Wire]

Yea your right about that and I am just trying to say that we are lucky to even get this game there is nothing stopping them from making this a Japan only release and like you said it's better than the old one so it can only get better from here on. Just think of it like this, if you were a developer would you be inspired to make the game as good as it can be if you see nothing but how much the game you worked so hard on sucked or would you want to make it even better if you see people appreciating your work?

I do understand your point of view. It's not "inspiring" to see something you probably put an awful amount of effort being underappreciated. However, developers should take that in consideration if they chose that professional career. When you choose a career, you must take EVERYTHING into consideration and to be prepared to hear some criticism. It's definitely easier said than done, but that's how life is. Since the moment I've chosen to be a football/soccer coach, I've been preparing myself for that, and I would like to believe that game developers would be as well.
EDIT: Sorry if I pushed the "off-topic boundaries" everyone, and for my anwer being so "derivative", FanofZgirls.

[FanofZgirls]

I do understand your point of view. It's not "inspiring" to see something you probably put an awful amount of effort being underappreciated. However, developers should take that in consideration if they chose that professional career. When you choose a career, you must take EVERYTHING into consideration and to be prepared to hear some criticism. It's definitely easier said than done, but that's how life is. Since the moment I've chosen to be a football/soccer coach, I've been preparing myself for that, and I would like to believe that game developers would be as well.

Woah if your going to be a coach you will have some rough seas ahead. Has anybody mentioned how the levels have small hills and valleys and how the people stand on them as if they would in real life and laying on the ground when they die opposed to having half your body in mountain despite this being a new thing that has never been in the other games? No they would rather complain Future Gohan doesn't have a no arm battle damage.

[Makaioshin]

If anything the negative reaction to the game should tell them what they need to work on and change in the next installment.

[FanofZgirls]

If anything the negative reaction to the game should tell them what they need to work on and change in the next installment.

Yes but there is a way to say what is wrong without saying "this game sucks."

[LeprikanGT]

Thank the lord someone else agrees with me. I assume its for those people who want super long combos for super short battles. In my DBZ fights I want big huge ki blasts and explosions, because that is what the show did.


Does charging ki get in the way for anyone else? Like it takes up a big part of the screen at times and I can't see the the opponent is.

If your so annoyed by it equip unexpected blow. Seriously you and so many others complaining will only make the developers angry and just so you know they don't have to ship it to the USA so we should be happy they do. Stop dwelling on the fact Krillin doesn't have hair, galaxy mode is bad, ect ect. The game is vastly superior to RB and they fixed a lot of things nobody even asked them to ascetically but all I hear is I hate Raging Soul, the Computer is cheap, excuse after excuse. If you took the time to appreciate what they did do instead of harping on what they didn't just maybe you will get it in the next game.

I am sorry but all the anger I have seen towards this game on this board is really upsetting me because it's thoughts like that which cause us to get bad games, the developers think nobody cares about the things they did do and think of the fans like ungrateful kids. Take time to appreciate the game and stop harping on every little thing you do not like.

1. Galaxy mode is the MAIN mode of the game, thats big enough to 'dwell on'.
2. If you don/t complain//voice your opinoin about something, how will they ever get feedback for further games?
3. And I paid my $60 for the game so I should be able to put out my info just as much as the next person, they maid they money, now it is feedback time.

[FanofZgirls]

I have seen equally as many people say they liked Galaxy mode and you actually get more fights in it than a majority of story modes from any game. The story mode has become fights and talking involved basically anyway they just cut out the middle man.

Most things I have seen you complain about is blocking and raging soul mode. I already have told you and many others have told you how blocking works and you can tailor raging soul to allow you to use ultimates so your complaints about that are kind of pointless when you throw that into the mix.

[Taku128]

Thank the lord someone else agrees with me. I assume its for those people who want super long combos for super short battles. In my DBZ fights I want big huge ki blasts and explosions, because that is what the show did.


Does charging ki get in the way for anyone else? Like it takes up a big part of the screen at times and I can't see the the opponent is.

If your so annoyed by it equip unexpected blow. Seriously you and so many others complaining will only make the developers angry and just so you know they don't have to ship it to the USA so we should be happy they do. Stop dwelling on the fact Krillin doesn't have hair, galaxy mode is bad, ect ect. The game is vastly superior to RB and they fixed a lot of things nobody even asked them to ascetically but all I hear is I hate Raging Soul, the Computer is cheap, excuse after excuse. If you took the time to appreciate what they did do instead of harping on what they didn't just maybe you will get it in the next game.

I am sorry but all the anger I have seen towards this game on this board is really upsetting me because it's thoughts like that which cause us to get bad games, the developers think nobody cares about the things they did do and think of the fans like ungrateful kids. Take time to appreciate the game and stop harping on every little thing you do not like.

Are you serious? This game costs money. As a consumer LeprikanGT has the right to complain if he isn't satisfied with the product he was sold. This isn't kindergarten, you don't have to worry about hurting little Billy's feelings by telling him you don't like his finger-painting. Most game companies would actually read fans' criticism and take it into consideration when making their next game, but the worst that would happen would be Spike doesn't listen to criticism and continues to make the same mistakes. They aren't going to stop selling the games in America because some people hurt their feelings, video games are a business. As long as the games sell they'll get released here, regardless of people's feelings on the quality.

[LeprikanGT]

That statement was in defense of I can say whetevr I want about the game because I own and have played it.

Anyone on the forum here NOT a spammer? I'm on the way to getting my 50 online battles underway but I can't seem to find someone who isn't using instant transmission like it's a game of Pong.

[ThunderPX]

How's the custom soundtrack feature in this game? Is it one of those games where you just start playing music in the Dashboard and it continues when you load the game, or is it actually configured to just play during fights?

[LeprikanGT]

Is this not the 3rd online DBZ game? And they have yet to figure a way to cut out spamming? I dislike how to complete a game you are FORCED to repeatedly play online. I don't buy DBZ games to battle random strangers.

...And why exactly do they not use music from the show?

[TheDevilsCorpse]

So if Mecha Freeza makes sense then shouldn't No. 17 and 18 have that same type of attribute? I don't care what the dub says they are artificial humans and they are not androids so they should be able to charge if Freeza can, the actual androids yea let them be, that is fine. Cooler was so out of the blue I am still shocked and I think he also has the regenerating ki as well so that makes him like a hybrid or something.

I know I'm late to the reply here, but oh well.

17 and 18 aren't like Freeza though. Freeza was capable of using ki before he was augmented with mechanical components, and nothing says that his power in the Mecha form isn't his own organic ki. He does say he's gotten stronger since his defeat on Namek, but perhaps he finally realized he needed to train on the way to Earth, because the Super Saiyan whipped his ass the last time they fought. =P It is possible the mechanical parts are generating some of the power, or maybe it just allows him to store more power, I dunno, but most of his ki is his own. 17 and 18 on the other hand use energy that is produced artificially by some sort of generator or reactor and can't be sensed by the Z Senshi, they just aren't the same things.

Wow can you please get out of my head? jk. Lol I swear I was just reading this and thinking did I type this because me and you are completely in sync with our wants. I agree 100% lets not have GT especially if there will only be like 5 or so they actually put in. If I had one plea I would ask the developers to go back watch every episode, special, and movie and really take notice on the outfits. I believe every character even the lesser ones should have something new I really don't like to use "well they didn't do anything in the show" as an excuse to use generic supers for them. How about a little something called creativity be used? Think about what they would of done heck even Zangya has a cool move from the movie they haven't put in and that was right there for them to copy and just put into her moveset.

I hope they bring back Uub from Z and since Tarble has been introduced lets teach the American fans a little more about Japan's characters and bring the Neko Majin cast in! Heck they would probably not even fill up 10 slots to have all of them and their forms into the game, speaking of Tarble I hope they recall his moveset and use some of that creativity I was talking about earlier. I am grateful for Cooler's Armored Squad and I have wanted the androids 14 and 15 in for a long time but if you want to show us new characters make them somebody we can use. Currently the new guys have movesets you would see in the Tenkaichi series except Dore who has one close range smash attack, they have 2 supers, 2 stat boosters and an ultimate. Where is the fun in being 14 or 15 who have 2 moves to use aside from the ultimate as where you can use Bojack or Vegeta who have a butt load of stuff to choose from? The only new character that is actually worthy of the title "new" is Hatchyaack and rightfully so too. Why didn't they treat the new characters like they treated him? BTW since they removed the robot from PtEtS's in the new special I guess we will never get him. Too bad he looked cool.

Also here is an idea you will probably all find stupid but if they brought back Freeza's Soldier what if they made a character called Namekian and Saiyan? Just like Freeza's solder the Namekians have alts as different people seen in the anime/movies and the saiyan's it works as you see saiyans like the ones shown in the Bardock Special and even separate the Saiyans as male and female saiyans. I think it would be cool anyway.

Spike could always add new moves, as we've barely scratched the surface of techniques displayed by fighters in the series. But as for outfits, IMO, 2/3 of the roster is already finished with their outfits, because they either have all that they wore, have all that they wore that looked cool, or they had no alts to begin with. The other 1/3 are mostly characters that never seem to get real alternate costumes (like Fighting Trunks), so while I hope this changes, I'm more than willing to bet it won't for the most part.

I don't really want Spike to bring back the Freeza Soldier and then create more nameless versions of warriors, but I wouldn't mind them creating a single "Warrior" fighter and give him like 6 costumes; 2 Saiyans, 2 Namekians, 2 Freeza Soldiers. They could use generic quotes for them so it wouldn't seem weird when using the Namekian costume against Freeza, something like:
"Freeza!?" - Warrior
"Why do you try to defy me? It shall only result in your death..." -Freeza
This would probably mean no female Saiyans though, as the model would be suited for males and would have a male voice, Spike doesn't seem like they would go out of their way to change the voice clips for a single costume.

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

Thank the lord someone else agrees with me. I assume its for those people who want super long combos for super short battles. In my DBZ fights I want big huge ki blasts and explosions, because that is what the show did.


Does charging ki get in the way for anyone else? Like it takes up a big part of the screen at times and I can't see the the opponent is.

If your so annoyed by it equip unexpected blow. Seriously you and so many others complaining will only make the developers angry and just so you know they don't have to ship it to the USA so we should be happy they do. Stop dwelling on the fact Krillin doesn't have hair, galaxy mode is bad, ect ect. The game is vastly superior to RB and they fixed a lot of things nobody even asked them to ascetically but all I hear is I hate Raging Soul, the Computer is cheap, excuse after excuse. If you took the time to appreciate what they did do instead of harping on what they didn't just maybe you will get it in the next game.

I am sorry but all the anger I have seen towards this game on this board is really upsetting me because it's thoughts like that which cause us to get bad games, the developers think nobody cares about the things they did do and think of the fans like ungrateful kids. Take time to appreciate the game and stop harping on every little thing you do not like.

Are you serious? This game costs money. As a consumer LeprikanGT has the right to complain if he isn't satisfied with the product he was sold. This isn't kindergarten, you don't have to worry about hurting little Billy's feelings by telling him you don't like his finger-painting. Most game companies would actually read fans' criticism and take it into consideration when making their next game, but the worst that would happen would be Spike doesn't listen to criticism and continues to make the same mistakes. They aren't going to stop selling the games in America because some people hurt their feelings, video games are a business. As long as the games sell they'll get released here, regardless of people's feelings on the quality.

You took the words right out of my mouth. Today's games cost $60 dollars here in the US. This means that if I'm going to spend $60 dollars I want it to be worth every penny. If a game sucks, LeprikanGT(and I) as a consumer should have the right to complain and say: "hey this sucks, fix it!" You can really tell the difference between a quality title than a cash in, and this game is definitely a cash in. Go to Gamestop(or anywhere that sells games and look at the game wall) Fallout New Vegas, Castlevainia, Enslaved...etc.(see other posts) and compare it to Dragonball. This game put forth little effort. Hell, if you feel this is comparing apples to oranges, look at Ninja Storm 2 a anime fighting game made by Namco Bandai. The difference of effort between both games is insulting to me as a Dragonball fan. It's hard to look at NS2 and then read "has the look and feel of the anime" on the back of the Raging Blast 2 box.

As an aspiring game developer myself, I understand what the developers have to go through to produce this game. I'm sure there were people who wanted to make it better, and I'm sure the team did the best they did with the time they had. I don't blame them, I blame Namco-Bandai who probably rushed this project to hell just to get it out this year. I feel bad for the developers but I'm not going to spend $60 on a game just because I love Dragonball and feel bad. If they really want my money, if they really want some praise, they should spend two to three years reworking these games from the ground up. I'm sick of these minor improvements(and in some cases step backs) and I'm disgusted by the fact they try to sell off old characters as "new additions to Raging Blast 2." Plan to Eradicate the Super Sayians was a nice inclusion, and a step in the right direction but it's hard to justify spending sixty dollars for a broken game and an animated short when I could easily put that money towards Kai or the Dragonboxes.