While the game handles the speed well for the most part, a flurry of projectiles from an ultimate move caused slowdown numerous times. I also encountered a number of collision problems with projectiles and dashing, most notably with the World Tournament stage’s ring and walls.
The most glaring weakness I found in the game was the abysmal audio, most particularly in the music and voiceovers. While the original voice actors of the Dragon Ball Z anime reprise their roles for their characters in the game, the samples are in poor quality and not only do the bytes not match the synching of the mouth animations, but half the time they are completely incoherent.
Even during matches, some of the one-liners get insanely repetitive and sometimes do not even sound like the same voice actor. The music is an odd mix (funk music in-between stages?) and just doesn’t seem to fit the mood of the high-speed brawls - it's mostly generic loops and doesn’t fuel the intensity it should.
While Super Dragon Ball Z punches its way into a sub par performance, it could serve as a starting block for a decent side-series to the Tenkaichi franchise. All of the mechanics are in place, but nothing is executed exceptionally well.
While the game looks and moves great, terrible sound and watered-down game play bring Super Dragon Ball Z down to its knees. However, fighting fans and fans of the series won’t be disappointed with a rental or perhaps laying down the money for a fairly satisfying (although repetitive) five hours of game play in the single-player mode.
Super Dragon Ball Z is rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB for Cartoon Violence.
Article comments
1 - Gareth robertson
i think this game is amence its super ultamate moves are top notch just 1 queston tho who all has ultamite moves
2 - goku
hey i love dragon ball z so much..., i tghink i wil;l kill myself if i cant get the complete box setr... please send me the box set or blood will be shed.... help me....