"Dragon Ball Z For Kinect" Official On-Going Thread

[mysticboy]

The EU cover of Budokai 1 had a similar problem, the cover featured character that never actually appeared on the game.

lol... Spopovich

[DBZAOTA482]

The EU cover of Budokai 1 had a similar problem, the cover featured character that never actually appeared on the game.

lol... Spopovich

More like Spopo-bitch, amirite?

Also, this game has no potential whatsoever. It seems like pretty much all you do is punch the air (with some Ki blast movements thrown in into the mix). The people who are testing the game look like they're not even enjoying it.

I wanna see it fail, and laugh at the pitiful sales.

[dbboxkaifan]

Majin Buu, Dabura, Spopovich.

The game could have potential as there are great enjoyable Kinect games but $pike in charge? It's just hard to believe they'll make a good game.

[Hellspawn28]

Sometimes they will slap characters on a cover and poster for marketing reason. I remember Coola appear on the Movie 12 poster but he is not even in the movie.

[dbboxkaifan]

Dragon Ball Z For Kinect: Vegeta Vs. Piccolo - TGS 2012 - IGN

There was definitely some lag during the game, and from the mins I've seen (didn't watch all 5mins) he only used hands and no legs to kick or anything.

Looks like they improved the game from before, but still isn't enough.

[mysticboy]

Character renders:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-s ... 6093_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-s ... 5039_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-a ... 7969_n.jpg

They look fresh imo.

[DBZAOTA482]

Character renders:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-s ... 6093_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-s ... 5039_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-a ... 7969_n.jpg

They look fresh imo.

It's the fucking same as Ultimate Blast.

[mysticboy]

It's the fucking same as Ultimate Blast.

[Jord]

This doesn't look good:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/22/ ... -the-point

TGS: How Dragon Ball Z for Kinect Misses the Point

Where's a hyperbolic time chamber when you need one?
by Mitch Dyer SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The entire appeal of motion gaming is immersion -- ideally, Kinect would amplify player agency by more actively involving you in a given experience. Dance Central excels here, in particular. Using your body rather than thumb flicks and trigger pulls to control a character should make you feel as though you've become someone else.

The potential to empower players in Dragon Ball Z for Kinect is enormous, but actually playing it is a constant reminder of how much fun you should be having.


The first-person combat works like you'd expect: Punching the air fires projectiles or smacks your up-close enemy, crouching dodges incoming attacks and powers up your hero, and familiar poses unleash special attacks when you've filled your power meter. That's pretty much the extent of how Dragon Ball Z for Kinect functions, and that simplicity in itself would be a considerable issue, never mind that it doesn't work well.

Gestures are so similar, and player input is so frantic, that Kinect can't actually register the moves properly. I tried to boost my power, but it misread the crouched position as a dodge. In putting my fingers on my forehead to let loose Piccolo's Beam Cannon, the game thought I was trying to punch. Arm movements are sensitive and the speed of the fight is chaotic, which is a disastrous recipe. I watched multiple players fail a fight because their Kamehamehas weren't getting picked up, or their dodges registered as power charging, before becoming a victim of the incompetence myself.

The other problem is that it's just not terribly entertaining to play. Your actions don't really interact with the world or characters, so you spend a lot of time watching. Did you punch the air fast enough to trigger the win or lose animation? Great job, take a break and watch Goku throw Vegeta through a mountain for the next 20 seconds. Repeat. What could possibly be interesting about this as someone putting their entire body into the equation?

It's difficult to get excited, or remain optimistic, about a game in such poor shape as Dragon Ball Z for Kinect. It's a conceptual misfire with the kind of poor execution that's become unfortunately commonplace in Kinect games. And if it's no fun to play in the first 10 minutes, why should you pay $60 to experience it for hours longer?

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

Sounds about right. Based on everything I've read so far, that about what I was expecting.

[DBZAOTA482]

Good.

Whenever I see any reference to this game, it infuriates me.

[dbboxkaifan]

Good.

Whenever I see any reference to this game, it infuriates me.

If it was a NASCAR game I'd understand those feelings.

[Hellspawn28]

What's this the DBZ Kinect game sucks? How I'm not surprise!

[soulnova]

I'll rent it and check it out.

I actually got a Kinect months ago when they announced the game so I kinda feel obligated to play it. 9_9

We will see.

[Avenged]

So who had a chance to play it yet? It released it some areas.

[Raykugen]

If someone buys it, could you tell if the ova of episode of Bardock is in HD?

[VegettoEX]

We'll be reviewing it next week. No worries -- you'll know everything you ever wanted and never wanted to know.

[JeffJarrett]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBDr86eOafE (in French)

The guy enjoyed the game. He gives it a 14 or 15/20

[Raykugen]

We'll be reviewing it next week. No worries -- you'll know everything you ever wanted and never wanted to know.

Thanks!

[dbboxkaifan]

We'll be reviewing it next week. No worries -- you'll know everything you ever wanted and never wanted to know.

I'll take a look when it's available but I'm no fan of biased reviews.