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GamesAreSupernice
Jan 3, 2014

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Let's Play DBZ: Sagas

DBZ Sagas was a first for the license. It was the first game developed solely by an American studio, and the first beat 'em up. I mean, the back of the case says it's an adventure game, but let's be real here okay? It's much easier to appreciate as an experiment than as an actual game. That is to say it's got a lot of problems. Hard crashes, audio bugs, game-breaking collision detection, atrocious boss design, and really weird music.

But it's worth playing?

It's worth experiencing, either through an actual playthrough or a series of videos, like these! The game's flaws are obvious, but so are its ambitions. It was a new genre in a license completely absent of a pure-blooded action title, and it had some neat ideas about how exactly to accomplish that feat. Teleporting from enemy to enemy on command and blasting them in the face has its obvious appeals, after all. There are also many upgrades -which I have already purchased- that add a couple (note, a couple) of nuances to the combat, but nothing that pushes it above “kind of a trainwreck”.

I'm really confused how you feel about this game.

I think intrigued is the proper word. I can't appreciate it for what it is -and I doubt many people can- but I can appreciate what it tried to do.

How will this Let's Play go?

I've already pre-purchased all of the upgrades and painstakingly collected all of the collectibles. This ensures you'll see the game in its best light, with all the available moves and far less of the tedium. If we instead opted to play the game normally, we would end up with barely enough time to show everything off. You'll still be sick of everything by the end of the first saga, but at least this way it goes faster and is more fun to watch.

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Jan 3, 2014

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Scalding Coffee posted:

If I was new to the franchise, I would have some understanding of how the story went, unlike every other DB game you showed. Text means nothing when you can just show the action and not show the characters idle animation.

I definitely want to give them game credit for having decent summaries of the story.

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Jan 3, 2014

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Testekill posted:

The only way to win fights is to never finish combos. I mean that says it all about Sagas, what an awful game

I'm aware of the strategy of constantly switching between punches and kicks, but using the longest combo actually takes less time provided one is playing on Normal and has access to it.

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Jan 3, 2014

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Drowning Rabbit posted:

I still remember walking into a Gamestop in the mall, seeing this game on the shelf, and being curious. I never did indulge that curiosity, and now I hope that this thread can sate that finally since I've heard it's just so bad that I never wanted to put myself through that torture.

I am confident I can make the most informative LP of DBZ Sagas.

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Jan 3, 2014

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You're playing with the big boys now.

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Scalding Coffee posted:

It wouldn't be a DB game without skipping Freezer's bodyguards.
Those filter effects have no reason to be there and the narrator shouldn't get drowned out by the sound effects.

In spite of the filter, the editing of the scenes is pretty decent. I do wish we got fights against Zarbon though, especially in this game.

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Jan 3, 2014

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Defying no one's expectations, we are now halfway done.

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Scalding Coffee posted:

It doesn't look like you are taking out that many enemies.

In spite of that, the tally claims I've killed 50 of them.

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Jan 3, 2014

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Pizdec posted:

Pretty weird for a franchise that was allergic to the word 'die' at one point.

Some of the characters still say "I'll send you to the next dimension" in this game.

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Jan 3, 2014

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This video is a combo breaker in the sense that it is mostly glitch-free.

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Scalding Coffee posted:

Can't have emotion in this game.

Yeah, emotional is probably one of the last things I would ever call DBZ Sagas.

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Jan 3, 2014

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Android 19's battle is realistic.

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I love this game.

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