The Anime’s Speed is Well-Represented
5 Takeaways From The Dragon Ball FighterZ Beta
In Dragon Ball FighterZ, fighters fly around extraordinarily fast, but the player always owns a strong sense of control. About ten seconds into every match, I could tell whether I was outclassed. A mastery of this game’s fighting mechanics manifests itself in flashy, quick, and impressively coordinated combos that rapidly whittle down the opponent’s health. Marquee elements from the anime, like transporting behind opponents and smashing foes into a nearby mountain, are all integrated into the gameplay without feeling shoe-horned like they have in the past. As I continued to play through matches online, I gradually become aware of techniques that I originally had no idea how to perform. The beta’s tutorial was helpful in laying out most of the options available to the player, but it took many rounds to start understanding how they can all seamlessly blend together to ravage your opponent.
The raw “anime” feel of this game surpasses other Dragon Ball fighting games by a mile. While many of the previous DBZ fighting games were meritorious in their own ways, the unadulterated breakneck speed of Dragon Ball FighterZ is unmatched by earlier offerings. As a full package, Dragon Ball FighterZ delivers a fighting game that, if watched, could be mistaken as a scene from the actual show. As a long-time Dragon Ball Z fan, I have spent the last decade asking for nothing more.
