Leading into a mission players are able to equip up their heroes with loot gained through previous victories, and then some other abilities bought with an in-game currency, also earned through combat. The problems begin before the combat is even joined. Because theses are super heroes they’re able to take the battle to air, too, allowing for a complete three dimensional battle arena. In concept it’s a 3D fighting game, where small teams of heroes take on one another. Of course, now you’re going to argue “but this game was made for the fans, and you know nothing, so stop writing this review and go educate yourself.” Unfortunately, while I was able to tune out to the narrative nonsense easily enough, the gameplay is truly terrible, and if I was a fan of the anime I would be insulted that this game was made. I was bewildered at the start of the game, and nothing lessened my confusion by the time I had reached its conclusion. I’m sure there’s some kind of value in the narrative for fans, but all I saw was random people standing around, having a short conversation about random anime philosophy concepts, and then deciding to beat up on one another. The Battle For Z assumes too much knowledge going in, and this is a weakness in the writing that is going to be difficult to overcome for any but the most committed Dragon Ball fan. I’m not especially familiar with either franchise, but both games went out of their way to at least explain what was going on with the narrative. Take for instance a game like Fist of the North Star 2, or even the otherwise terrible One Piece: Romance Dawn. While I can appreciate that there’s an awful lot to Dragon Ball by now, and it must be difficult for the developers to come up with a narrative that makes sense to a layman, I’ve also seen plenty of examples of narratives that do make sense for non-fans of the anime and manga. I’m not the world’s biggest Dragon Ball fan, and the narrative itself was clearly made for fans of the show. I don’t think there was a single point in time where Dragon Ball Z: The Battle For Z made any kind of sense to me.

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