"DBZ: Battle of Z" (360/PS3/Vita) On-Going Discussion Thread

[DBZGTKOSDH]

So, assuming that the characters are as much as this picture shows us, he is my prediction of the roster (ignoring the 3 green boxes of course, since we have no idea what they are):

Spoiler:

1. Goku
2. Super Saiyan Goku
3. Super Saiyan 2 Goku
4. Super Saiyan 3 Goku
5. Super Saiyan 4 Goku
6. Super Saiyan God Goku
7. Gohan (kid)
8. Super Saiyan Gohan (boy)
9. Super Saiyan 2 Gohan (boy)
10. Ultimate Gohan
11. Goten
12. Super Saiyan Goten
13. Trunks
14. Super Saiyan Trunks
15. Future Trunks
16. Super Saiyan Future Trunks
17. Super Saiyan Grade 3 Future Trunks
18. Vegeta
19. Super Saiyan Vegeta
20. Super Saiyan Grade 2 Vegeta
21. Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta
22. Majin Vegeta
23. Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta
24. Piccolo
25. Kuririn
26. Yamcha
27. Tenshinhan
28. Bardock
29. Super Saiyan Gotenks
30. Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks
31. Super Vegetto
32. Super Saiyan Gogeta
33. Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta
34. Raditz
35. Nappa
36. Saibaman
37. Gurd
38. Reacoom
39. Butta
40. Jheese
41. Ginyu
42. First Form Freeza
43. Second Form Freeza
44. Third Form Freeza
45. Final Form Freeza
46. Full Power Freeza
47. Mecha Freeza
48. Coola
49. Final Form Coola
50. #16
51. #17
52. #18
53. #19
54. #20
55. Cell Jr.
56. First Form Cell
57. Second Form Cell
58. Perfect Form Cell
59. Perfect Cell
60. Boo (innocent)
61. Boo (evil)
62. Boo (Gotenks absorbed)
63. Boo (Gohan absorbed)
64. Boo (pure)
65. Legendary Super Saiyan Broli
66. Super Janenba
67. Beers

Spoiler:

2. Oozaru Vegeta
3. Oozaru Gohan
4. Janenba
5. Hildegarn
6. Oozaru Baby

[Thanos]

70 unique characters and 5 bosses? Fuck, I can live with that.


I wonder if the three green boxes are what-if characters or something.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Maybe they are something like supporting characters? Like Dende (heals the team) or Mr. Satan (helps charge genki?).

[TheMightyOzaru]

I highly doubt we're getting GT characters. It's like the games have this vendetta against GT.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

I highly doubt we're getting GT characters. It's like the games have this vendetta against GT.

When they asked about if GT will be included, they answered with "we want to focus on the popular characters" and "we can't confirm that GT will be in". So, I think we will get a few from GT.

[Hellspawn28]

Things have changed over time. I remember the early footage of Sparking 2 had Adult DBZ Goku able to transform into SSj4 Goku into battle then SSj4 Goku became his own character.

[Sin]

Things have changed over time. I remember the early footage of Sparking 2 had Adult DBZ Goku able to transform into SSj4 Goku into battle then SSj4 Goku became his own character.

I don't know why they'd make that kind of change, I'd much prefer to just have one version of the character with all the forms accessible.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Things have changed over time. I remember the early footage of Sparking 2 had Adult DBZ Goku able to transform into SSj4 Goku into battle then SSj4 Goku became his own character.

Shin Budokai 2 & Budokai 3 have DBZ Goku transforming into Super Saiyan 4, so I can see them doing the same in Battle of Z.

[Hellspawn28]

I guess they want things to be more accurate to the show in order to make fans happy. I don't mind adult Goku becoming SSj4 in Budokai 3 since Budokai 3 had a better GT storyline then the actual GT .

[TheGmGoken]

The Crusher Ball is green in this game.

Are you serious! Time for my angry Asian face

Seriously, this is probably a BETA version or something. In Raging Blast 1 FIRST ever demo (Released to the public of Japan Expo) the characters and transformations were separate.

Did RB take 2 years to make? I also find it weird that normally we'll see in game transformation.

Ah Hell naw. You did not just say Budokai 3 was WORSE than Budokai 1.

Nope. I just said Budokai 1 was better IMO. Better story mode. More fun re-play value Nice costumes. Nice Mr. Satan mode. I like the graphics of the melee clash(When you rotate the analog stick) with the dark atmosphere and the colors. Yes the gameplay was better. But after completing everyone's DU for 77 times the game get annoying. Budokai 1 was more fun for me to play. I also like the stages MUCH better(Old school Tenkaichi Budokai FTW)

No... no it wasn't. It was much faster paced and you had more to do with it. Yeah they removed a few things, but they more than made up for that, then added speed. Sparking Meteor is probably the most "DBZ-ish" game out there in terms of gameplay.

You want fast to equal more dbzish? Get Ultimate Tenkaichi. If people like it or not. Ultimate Tenkaichi was a great for being dbzish. A bad game but a good simulations. Great for fanfics and watching the CPU Fight. Yes Tenkaichi 3 was faster but overall it lacked some DBZ elements as I listed above. Plus overall everything was better in BT2.

Spoiler:

Lock on system
Attacks being able to blow up planets even if they miss
Story Mode
Damage body being damaged regardless if they lost a clash or not. Even not getting hit with the Ultimate can give you damage
The OST
Intro
Non pointless characters
Better Charge up ki blast system
Super Wave being able to destroy a planet even though it's not an ultimate.

It's just to show some of the characters that will be featured in the game. Not the in-game character selection.

Make sense. Or does it O.o.

This menu is not even in a PS3/XB360/PSV... it's from a PC. Relax guys.

Aren't most games presented like that?

[TheMightyOzaru]

Speed is very integral part of DBZ. BT3s follow up system makes for a more accurate representation of DBZ fighting. Almost everything you stated has nothing to do with being like DBZ. These are your personal preferences.

[Thanos]

Maybe they are something like supporting characters? Like Dende (heals the team) or Mr. Satan (helps charge genki?).

I'd really like that. The green could definitely mean some kind of support/healing aspect.

I think that now that there's a focus on 4v4, the Genki Dama should take longer. That way, it could add an interesting element where the other three players have to fend off the other team while their Goku charges up.

[TheGmGoken]

Speed is very integral part of DBZ. BT3s follow up system makes for a more accurate representation of DBZ fighting. Almost everything you stated has nothing to do with being like DBZ. These are your personal preferences.

I said it lacked SOME and OVERALL BT2 was better. As I said. If you want speed go buy Ultimate Tenkaichi.

Lock on system
Attacks being able to blow up planets even if they miss
Super Wave being able to destroy a planet even though it's not an ultimate.
Better Charge up ki blast system
(Being ample to amp your attack BEFORE a clash. BT3 have you do it during a clash)
Damage body being damaged regardless if they lost a clash or not. Even not getting hit with the Ultimate can give you damage

^ All of this is more DBzish. All of this was not presented the same way in Bt3. Locking on way easier in Bt3. Attacks can miss but it will not blow up the planet. Super Wave doing great damage. Charging up amp attacks BEFORE clash(don't say the boast thing in BT3) was removed. The only way you gained battle damage in BT3 is from Ultimate and losing clashes. Only thing BT3 has is speed. THat's sooo much more feats than all the things I listed.

That way, it could add an interesting element where the other three players have to fend off the other team while their Goku charges up.

My idea was the team gives Goku the energy. Yes they might be defenseless but if we mix our ideas we can have 1 person fighting the other team while the other 2 give Goku the energy(Like Piccolo in Freeza Arc). But that one person will indeed get his ass kick.

[Big Momma]

New Freeza battle gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l504eaakg5Q

[TheMightyOzaru]

The planet busting is better, sure, but other than that, these small things don't make up for the exponentially superior combat system. BT2 is sloooooooooooooow and lacks follow ups. Because of this, it lacks a DBZ feel. I don't care if you think BT2 is superior, that's fine, but it's not more "DBZ-ish".

[SSJ6Goku]

thanks for the vid!!!

i gotta say i'm not impressed with what i just saw. the story mode battle here looks sorta boring. hoping online is better but hype = lowered.

[TheMightyOzaru]

It looks slow and very shallow. This is a co-op sorta match though. A free for all should be more entertaining.

[TheGmGoken]

Freeza' final form look smoother than his FUCKING HEAD! Got damn that's a good model. To bad they didn't show Goku becoming SSJ. Also have to say they improved 100% Freeza by A LOT. He used to be all fugly. Now he's sooomther than his fucking TAIL! The gameplay looks fun and less stiff. Great making up for the no in game transformation(SO far. We don't know if true yet) The turtle desturction wave looks AWESOME and YES! You can fly backwards! But the game does look like it's all over the place.

The planet busting is better, sure, but other than that, these small things don't make up for the exponentially superior combat system. BT2 is sloooooooooooooow and lacks follow ups. Because of this, it lacks a DBZ feel. I don't care if you think BT2 is superior, that's fine, but it's not more "DBZ-ish".

It kinda is. With exception of speed. You can do follow ups on BT2. Not that hard. So it doesn't lack follow ups. Also those things aren't small.

Amp your ki > Boast system in BT3. Meaning much more damage than boast.
Charging up the Genki Dama is waaay more DBZ-ish than BT3 version
Lock on is needed to fight and BT2 makes it more unique than BT3.
The damage is MUCH MORE DBZ like than BT3. YOu can't argue that.

[Thanos]

I noticed in the screenshot of SSJG Goku vs. Birus, Goku looks noticeably skinnier. I'm happy about this.

[theoriginalbilis]

This 4-minute gameplay video features all-new music instead of the music from the TV series. Wonder what that means...