Overall 8.1 Graphics 5 Sound 6 Addictive 2 Depth 2 Difficulty 6.5
5.3
Dragon Ball Final Bout GT - somehow not the worst DB game claytune
Dragon Ball Final Bout GT is one of three Dragon Ball games on the Play Station one for it's time I here it was considered one of the best Dragon Ball games of it's era but it has not aged too well and It's highly thought of as one of the worst Dragon Ball games ever now.
Graphics 6/10 - This was the first Dragon Ball game to have 3d models if I'm not mistaken and for it's time I think the models look pretty good not the best I have seen on the system but good enough. The stages you fight on however are nothing special with most of them looking pretty bad I have to say. The animations also can be pretty bad at times like when you do one of the games combos and the animation is not that smooth and this is one of those games that thought the kamehameha needed to be yellow for some weird reason.But the fighters all had there own moves and combos so there is that at least.
Sound 4/10 - I was at first going to give this game a 7/10 in sound because some of the tracks in this game rock! But I started playing and I picked my who I wanted to play as and then they started talking and oh my kami is the voice acting capital A awful in this game I feel like they just grabbed some guys off the street and let them voice act. I really don't understand why they did not use the cast from Dragon Ball Z on this game's voice acting it ruined sound for me in this game. Also during fights the fighters use there Japanese voices which is a plus this time.
Addictiveness 3/10 - I wanted to play this game a lot when I first got the PS1 item however it's not fun too play at all I just can't play it longer than 20 minutes at a time with out forcing myself like I did for this review I really was hoping it would be fun to play in some way that I could play it a lot but that's just not the case.
Story N/A there is not a story mode in this game which I'm okay with it means I don't have to hear more of that awful voice acting but I would of expected one seeing how this game was suppose to be about Dragon Ball GT.
Depth 2/10 - there's some fighters to unlock but most of them are Goku no I'm not kidding there's 6 and 1/2 Goku's in this game which if there was over 100 fighters I'd be okay with but since there's only 17 this is not okay I mean did we really need this many gosh darn goku's who on earth asked for this?
Difficulty 8/10 - I gave this game a high difficulty rating because of how hard it is too learn the controls I had to look up how to do any kinda combo in the game because if you don't know what you are doing you will get destroyed by the cpu.
Overall 5.3/10 - I really wanted to like this game I just couldn't no matter how hard I tried it's no fun to play the controls are awful and the voice acting sucks. I hope I did okay for my first review.
Graphics 6 Sound 4 Addictive 3 Depth 2 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 04-17-16
Review Replies: 0
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Now, why does this game have a rating of 8 again? vaderzlk11
Introduction
While many Dragon Ball games were looking forward to cash in on the popularity of the anime/manga at the time (with little to no success), Dragon Ball GT is the most notorious of them all. Very little is known about its history of development, but it had a localization for the European and U.S. versions. Apparently the localization ended up even worse than the original itself. Common complaints include laggy controls, massive lag input, and a lot more. Why? This review will explain the truth behind all this.
Graphics
Well, since 3D graphics were a new thing at the time of the PS1, and was rarely used with the exception of some games including Battle Arena Toshinden, Metal Gear Solid, Crash Bandicoot (Which all done it perfectly except the fourth installment of Toshinden), it was expected that Final Bout, due to its rushed quality, has very awkward graphics. Because of this, i'm rating this part 4 out of 10, which is comparable to the graphics of Battle Arena Toshinden 4 (Subaru in Japan), as in that it was awkward 3D graphics, but nice anime artwork.
Sound
Basically, the music sounds as swell as the anime sounds. My most favorite music track of all is "The Biggest Fight", which is the Japanese only music for the intro. Unfortunately, that got removed in the European and U.S. localizations, being
replaced with generic rock. Also, while the voice actors and seiyuu choices were very good, I disliked it for being compressed into the game. Because of this, i'm rating this part a 8 out of 10, which is comparable to the Mega Man X4 and Mega Man 8 sounds, while it has a awesome anime intro theme which got
replaced by generic style music, it has irritating voice acting (at least in the English version).
Addictiveness
*Sigh* Do i really need to explain this part? 1 out of 10, comparable to every bad game in the planet.
Story
U_U (I give up on this part, it's pretty explainable once you get to play it)
Depth
Nothing much to offer, really. Just unlock Super Saiyan 4 Goku and you're all set. Nothing else to offer, although it does include a Bulid Up mode which levels up your character and battle with other players. I give this part a 2 out of 10, which is comparable to every classic Mega Man from 1-6, as while they did have some collectables, there's pretty much nothing to offer.
Difficulty
Due to the sluggish controls, it can be hard at times. However the game can be easily beaten if just mash one button. Yes, it's that terrible when it comes to these. My rating for this part is a 5 out of 10, which is comparable to every button-mashing fighting game ever.
Additional Notes
The localization of this game is pretty much considered one of the worst localizations of all time. Changed music (with the original being available in a sound test), altered voice acting, changed title, etc... so much problems.
Conclusion
My final rating for this game is a 4 out of 10, which is comparable to every poorly made licensed game in the world. Like those, they were made to cash in the popularity of a series, with negative results. Unlike those, however, this game serves as a reminder on how not to make a Dragon Ball game... Until Dragon Ball Z Kinect came out.
Graphics 4 Sound 8 Addictive 1 Depth 2 Difficulty 5
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 04-16-16
Updated: 04-16-16
Review Replies: 1