I Played it Once and That’s It! , the Dragonball Evolution [PSP] Review

Dragonball Evolution

When I first looked at the screenshot, I thought maybe this is the game that may fulfill my thirst for the ultimate fighting games for PSP after Tekken and Def Jam. Due to my undying search for it, I searched the scattered information for the probability that the ‘perfect’ fighting games will arise from somewhere. When I first tested this game for the first 2 minute, the overall score was 8.0 (because of the smooth movement of the character; punch, kick, run). :p

But then, the catastrophe occurred. Why so simple? Why the movement is easily mastered by triggering only punch plus up arrow to make Kame Hame Ha?

I don’t watch the movie because I know exactly how it will end up. Since that is true, I thought the game would be more interesting than the movie. Damn! I ended playing it for not more than 1 hour (forgot to calculate and jot down the time I played, sorry). After I finished playing the game, I don’t feel any emotion of happiness bursting out as usual (where celebration party will be held upon my success of finishing the game by my roommate). The only thing that makes me mesmerized is the Kame Hame Ha animation sequence.

What I found out about the game:

• Combos can be done by pressing KICK button or PUNCH button simultaneously.
• You can finish the opponents by recharging and using ONLY Kame Hame Ha, seriously!
• Super Combos can be done by pressing UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT plus KICK or PUNCH.
• The character design is so simple.
• Shallow and simple storytelling.

When I hastily ran towards the bed crying for the imperfection of the Dragonball Evolution, my mailbox rang for something that I’m surely be dumbfounded in coming months. Soulcalibur Broken Destiny will be released for PSP. Can the game quench my thirst for the fighting games? We’ll see.

~ by mistawes on June 6, 2009.