This game is trash, I know you can fill the damn sea with nothing but Dragon Ball shovelware but I seriously loath this game.
I go on a lot about presentation and charm in games sometimes, it can seriously go a long way in making a game a ton more appealing to play despite it maybe being mediocre or above average at the core of it's gameplay. But this thing has absolutely ZERO pizazz, there is NOTHING here. The graphics? Just compressed and shitty stills from the anime, including pictures of the TCG cards themselves which also use screens from the show. The music? I shit you not, a fucking EIGHT SECOND LOOP of one of the tracks from the Bruce Faulconer score that the original Funimation dub used. The only time it stops is during the beginning and end of the match, which also steal music from the Faulconer soundtrack. Christ, the fucking sound effects are the most stock shit you'll ever fucking hear, it even uses one of those stock screams that wouldn't sound out of place in the music for the Hell stage in Earthworm Jim.
I bought this for 20 bucks at a Toys r' Us for my birthday, for some extra oomph my birthday is literally right after Christmas. So as you could imagine, prior to me ever holding a job I only got games once a year maybe. That 20 bucks may as well had been 500 bucks, fuck this goddamn game. What a harsh lesson to learn, never trust a license to carry anything especially something that gets out of control like DBZ.
I go on a lot about presentation and charm in games sometimes, it can seriously go a long way in making a game a ton more appealing to play despite it maybe being mediocre or above average at the core of it's gameplay. But this thing has absolutely ZERO pizazz, there is NOTHING here. The graphics? Just compressed and shitty stills from the anime, including pictures of the TCG cards themselves which also use screens from the show. The music? I shit you not, a fucking EIGHT SECOND LOOP of one of the tracks from the Bruce Faulconer score that the original Funimation dub used. The only time it stops is during the beginning and end of the match, which also steal music from the Faulconer soundtrack. Christ, the fucking sound effects are the most stock shit you'll ever fucking hear, it even uses one of those stock screams that wouldn't sound out of place in the music for the Hell stage in Earthworm Jim.
I bought this for 20 bucks at a Toys r' Us for my birthday, for some extra oomph my birthday is literally right after Christmas. So as you could imagine, prior to me ever holding a job I only got games once a year maybe. That 20 bucks may as well had been 500 bucks, fuck this goddamn game. What a harsh lesson to learn, never trust a license to carry anything especially something that gets out of control like DBZ.