#DRAGON BALL Z RAGING BLAST 2 STORY MODE SERIES#

Granted, with Raging Blast 2, it's taken baby steps in the right direction, with pursuit attacks keeping the action lightning-quick and relentless while Raging Soul and High Tension (both results of powering up) provide new avenues to ultra-powerful super attacks. Problem is, the combat's nowhere near deep or varied enough to support a fighting game all by its lonesome.

It definitely captures the madcap pace and bone-shattering feel of a Dragon Ball Z battle, and it's even pretty fun вЂ“ at first, anyway. Now, that's not to say the fighting's all bad. I'm totally not that guy who was just here a second ago.вЂќ Again, it's nothing that will hold your attention beyond the point where you realize pretty much every single one of the game's 90 or so characters plays more or less the same way вЂ“ with even flashy special attacks essentially putting on different nametags and then saying, вЂњNo, no. You know, mop the floor with one character, then put your fistic janitorial prowess to the test against a slightly tougher fighter, and so on and so on. The only other single-player mode вЂ“ aside from tutorial and training вЂ“ is a long-form take on an arcade mode. In theory, it sounds like a perfect blend of fan-pandering and addictive character-tweaking, but sadly, the museum's stock of still images is about as exciting as a convenience store postcard rack, and customizing your character doesn't alter the underlying combat enough to prevent it from quickly devolving into rote repetition.

#DRAGON BALL Z RAGING BLAST 2 STORY MODE SERIES#

In the end, Galaxy Mode boils down to a series of challenges вЂ“ for instance, smash this guy until his body is composed of over 9000 bone fragments in under 60 seconds вЂ“ with rewards that range from new attacks and stat boosts to images and things of the like for perusal in the game's museum. Instead of an actual plot, all Raging Blast 2 gives us is pre and post-fight trash talk, much of which doesn't even make any sense (Super Saiyan Trunks: вЂњHah! I didn't even need to go super saiyan to beat you!вЂќ). Punching ensues.вЂќ And no, we're not asking for a tear-jerking, thought-provoking masterwork from friggin' Dragon Ball, but the series has always thrived as much on build up as it has face-smashing, and without that, fights lose the epic, climactic feel that inspired so much rabid fandom in the first place. This time around, the game's single-player story вЂ“ known as Galaxy Mode вЂ“ cuts out cutscenes altogether, essentially reducing the plot down to вЂњMan/robot/alien 1 is angry. However вЂ“ probably in response to the super saiyan beating the first Raging Blast took from critics вЂ“ Raging Blast 2 has opted to tone down its cutscene-heavy fan service, resulting in a game that's neither a perfume-scented love letter to fans nor a balanced, responsive option for fighting game nuts.ДЄbove: A tale of souls and hair that's sharper than swords, eternally retold You've got big men, bigger hair, and high-flying fisticuffs that make wire-fu films look downright plausible. On one hand, it's undeniably Dragon Ball. And Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, well, it's having an identity crisis if we've ever seen one.

We've been doing this videogame reviewer racket for quite some time now, so we figure that makes us pretty qualifiedвЂ¦ as psychologists.

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