#Dragon ball z raging blast 2 ps3 galaxy series#

#Dragon ball z raging blast 2 ps3 galaxy series#

In the single-player Galaxy mode, you fight your way through a series of battles associated with the history of each character. Raging Blast 2 has a slew of single-player modes, and a decent assortment of multiplayer options as well. Having a way to make melee strikes a more viable path to victory is a small step in the right direction for the series, but there's still too much emphasis on the slow process of building up ki, and pounding a single button to release strings of melee attacks or holding it down to charge up a strike and send your opponent flying doesn't make for engaging combat.ĭramatic camera angles help make the super attacks look awesome. By charging up your ki to the limit and triggering the raging soul state, you lose the ability to perform super attacks, but your melee strikes become much more powerful. But now, at least there's a way to make melee attacks worthwhile. Building up ki is still a major component of Raging Blast 2, and it's not uncommon for the action to come to a complete halt as both fighters stand in place, charging up their ki for several seconds before unleashing their next barrages of super attacks at each other. In the original Raging Blast, melee attacks did so little damage that they were almost pointless, except as a way of building up the ki needed to perform super attacks. The most significant addition to combat is the raging soul system. There's very little nuance to combat in Raging Blast 2, and battles quickly start to feel repetitious and shallow. There are a few attacks and defensive maneuvers that require precise timing to pull off, but all of your staple moves are so easy to do that none of it is rewarding in the long run. But this simplicity also means that the action quickly starts to wear thin. The simplicity of the control scheme makes it easy for anyone to jump in send their opponents flying through the air, through the nearest building or into the nearest mountainside, and it is a kick to fill the screen with the blazing energy of Goku's kamehameha, Tien's tri-beam, and all the other flashy super and ultimate attacks you can so easily perform. Standard melee combos can be dished out with one button, long-range ki blasts can be fired with another, super attacks are performed by pushing the right stick in one direction, and the even more powerful ultimate attacks are done by clicking the right stick. All the moves are incredibly easy to pull off.

The combatants all soar effortlessly in all directions through large, three-dimensional environments, and the blistering speeds with which they move around make controlling them a pleasure. Little has changed with regard to the fighting mechanics since the first game. The rest are recycled from the original Raging Blast. And of the 14 environments in which you can do battle, only four are new for this sequel. The only real difference is in the super and ultimate attacks they have at their disposal, but these, too, are largely the same for many characters, even if the names and animations associated with them are different. All the characters handle almost identically and have functionally identical melee attacks and combos. But since the differences between one character and the next remain mostly cosmetic, this does nothing to address the shallow gameplay. It adds 20 characters to the roster, bringing the total to 90, which sure sounds like a lot. Raging Blast 2 feels more like a modest expansion of the first game than a full-fledged sequel, which makes its $60 price point pretty tough to swallow.