Holy shit, I've been looking for the name of Unreal World for the past year because all I could remember from that UPF was the dudes in the forest with their fur coats and axes! It was impossible to look for it with just that memory.
@ravelle: DBZ english VO is totally ok! This though... urg, I've always turned on japanes VO for naruto games as the first thing that I do so i've never experienced this but wow is Naruto whiny and annoying in english
Oh yeah, the Dragonball Dub is really good although Japanese Vegeta is amazing and the Japananese Goku and King Kai are really awful.
As somebody who has suffered through the entirety of shippuden this quicklook provided sweet sweet release. Are we still doing choose our own adventure? I kinda want to share my pain with the GB world.
As far as the game is concerned it's mostly alright. The story/adventure stuff is pretty disappointing, it honestly seems like they ran out of budget at certain spots especially those still frame cutscenes.
As the fighting game that me and my friends play when we are stupid fucking drunk it still holds up just as well as the other ones though. They fixed some of the most glaring balance issues (looking at you Minato) and the ability to switch between up to 3 characters and have multi-round battles actually adds a lot imo.
The combination jutsus(even though there aren't that many without any of the DLC) and alternate jutsus/specific secret factors for certain match-ups are a nice touch as well.The fighting system is actually kind of nice. It's ALL about those substitutions(the logs) and the chakra gauge, if both you and your opponent know what they are doing the fights can actually be pretty strategic. It's a lot more like Divekick or Rising Thunder than something like Street Fighter or Tekken.
Is it worth 60 bucks? If you're not a Naruto or anime fan definitely not. If you are you probably already own the previous game in which case the answer still might be no. It's great with friends but really, what isn't?
I've bought every Ninja Storm game but the story was indeed a bit disappointing, content aside which is understandable since there's barely any material to make a game from., the cut scenes if I can actually call it that are scenes from the show but chopped up in frames and it wasn't even in HD too I believe, it was badly compressed. All the previous games had this long and well made in-game CGI scenes. That and you fight Madara A LOT.
But luckily I didn't buy it for the story, the improved framerate and the increased particles and effects are really great.
Other than that though, I agree. I love these games because I can invite a bunch of friends, have some beers and do some Ninja tournaments, everyone can enjoy it too since there's no combo's to learn like Street Fighter and such. And everyone loves the flashyness.
Man I love me some anime bullshit but this is some shitty anime bullshit.
EDIT: I don't know why but I feel like this batshit insane and actually kinda bad dialogue would play better if I was listening to Japanese VO.
Nobody should ever play an anime game with english VO, Naruto in english just makes your ears bleed. Not that the dialogue is any better but at least it doesn't sound super lame.
The english move calling and americans pronouncing japanese names is the worst part of it.
@ravelle: Aside from maybe as many as a dozen beta testers, and a couple youtubers who got it several days early, there was no build of the game out before release.
Shouldn't this be under Unfinished, rather than Quick Look? I know the game is nearly complete, but I think the devs have a roadmap of what is going to be added to the game on their steam page.
It's officially out and not in early access anymore so it's finished, anything after release is additional content.
People who have played a bunch can you specialize in something else instead of just farming? Like can I be a shitty farmer but a fucking Captain Ahab fisherman and make a decent living?
You can just fish a lot and max out your fishing skills but you need specific crops for quests and the community center. But you're not forced to but you'll be locked out of potential unlocks.
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