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The Daily Click ::. Downloads ::. Review Review: Unknown Game 2470
I thought "DBZ" stood for "Dead Ball Zone" at first, but I was soon to be enlightened. Let me start off by saying that I'm not exactly a Dragonball Z fan - in fact, I've never seen an episode of it in my life. This will probably be apparent in the review. However, the author has provided some GIFs in the archive that are screenshots from the series, which are in fact used in the story sections of the game. I looked through them, and after being immensely disturbed by #3 I decided my DBZ education was complete and to review the game. It starts off with a Japanese "Kamehameha!" voice sample (no idea what it means) and a badly-spelled slogan. The title screen is nice enough, with very "stylised" text used for the menu. The music, while not the author's own, is Anime-style (Japan-rock, as I like to call it) and suited to the game very well. I didn't understand a word of the story - something to do with Raditz arriving on Earth to wipe out the human race, but because he is also "Gokus" he has to make an offer to himself about ruling together. Of course, Goku refuses and joins up with a former rival, Piccolo, to defeat Raditz. Maybe it would make sense if I'd seen the series, but it certainly didn't when I reviewed it. The game certainly doesn't mess about - I was put straight into a fight at the start against somone or other called "Vegeta". The fighting engine is a good one, one of the most impressive I've seen in Click games, although it's slow because of the full-screen 800x600 scrolling, and the novelty wears off soon. It's viewed from the top, and the basic premise of it is that you and your opponent launch Ki balls at each other while the scenery around you explodes in a wonderfully exaggerated Anime style. After fighting for about five minutes and only having taken a fraction of a centimetre off Vegeta's life bar, I realised the Kamehameha wave was a much more powerful attack. This made it relatively easy to defeat him, and maybe the fighting should be made more tactical. There was then more story that I couldn't understand, then another fight, this time against two opponents at a time. Using my Kamehameha of Oblivion soon sorted Jeice out, but I had to walk around trying to find Burter, who'd wandered off during the fight. Incidentally, once your Power Level exceeds 300, you turn into... I don't know... Super-Sonic Goku, or whatever you Anime veterans call him. After another couple of fights, there's a badly done race level, then it's back to the fighting. While impressive at first, the game does get repetitive, and the Kamehameha tactic works most of the time even with the later enemies who go berserk shooting blue bricks at you. It's still decent, and if you want a good Anime-style fight have a go at downloading it.
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