Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (2007) Online

This is one of the few games that I bought full price. After playing Dragon Ball Z: Sparking NEO I was hanging out for this one, and for the most part it didn't disappoint. The character roster is incredible... with many characters from Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, the movies and the TV specials, and I don't think you can hope for more than that. Also included are several characters that had only small roles in the series, such as Future Gohan, King Vegeta, King Cold. the movies and TV specials. The 1 player mode is designed to play like the series. The first person view really works for me, and is one of my favourite concepts of the Sparking! series of games.

The 1 player mode is designed to play like the series, with cut scenes in the middle of the fights and and often the choice of whether to change characters, finish the opponent of with an ultimate finishing attack, or defeating them on your own. I enjoy the voice-overs that can be heard during the main fights, even though they are pretty pointless. Although the game is a little shorter than the previous one, A lot more detail has gone into it, with heaps of new characters and battlefields. And in my opinion nothing beats playing 2 player team battle. A small problem I had was the leveling up system, and the inability to increase your health like you were able to in the second game. This often makes the fights a little too short for my taste, and is one of the aspects that I think was better in Sparking! NEO.

The controls take some getting used to, but the basics should become intuitive to you after only a short time. I'm not the best at games, and I was able to get the hang of the main attacks within a few hours (I'm talking about the controls of Sparking! NEO there, as the controls are essentially the same). But even after learning the controls for months, there are many techniques that are still difficult to use, as there are a lot of complex controls. The game is very fast paced, which is one of the things I love about it. I feel it truly captures the spirit of Dragon Ball Z. The fighting environments are great with lots of stuff that you can destroy, and a few great areas that are taken straight from the series, which is really cool. And just wait and see what happens sometimes when you do a really big attack!

The graphics are really nice. I really like the cell shaded style that they use for the character animations. I also love the fact that you can change the language settings to Japanese, making you able to experience it the way it was meant to be. In short, Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! NEO and METEOR are the games I dreamed of when I was a kid. The only reason I'm not recommending the first game in the Sparking! series is that I haven't played it. You'll have to find out about that one on your own. Many times I have found myself fighting in Tenkaichi Budokais and looking for Dragon Balls and such for hours on end. The best part of the game? KAMEHAMEHA!

It is really surprising how good this game is. I have played the Tenkaichi 2 and really loved it but this one surpassed it in every aspect. First of all, these games are innovating the fight genre making it more appealing to everyone. You now have the possibility to play in first player mode unlike most fight games that have the side perspective. But that is not all. You can choose tons of characters from the original series since the creators added almost every small role that made an appearance in the popular world of Dragon Ball.

Sparking Meteor is an excellent game and you might never get bored. There are many modes making it very long thus not making it repetitive (Survivor, Story, 2 Player, Dragon Simulator, 100 Missions and so on). The 2 player mode is the very best (and I think that everyone would agree with me) since you can choose one character and fight your friends or choose five characters each in the Team Battle mode.

The playability might seem a bit complicated at first, but once you get the handle of it you might be able to do every technique that has been seen in the series (teleportation, rapid movements, impressive chases, etc.) making it even more spectacular. Plus every single character is able to do his/her signature/s move/s (you can notice that the creators put attention to every detail taking in to account that there are more than 150). Add this to its incredible scenery (which is almost completely destroyable) extracted directly from the series and you have the most unique fight game.

Overall this game is a set of fast-paced action and an absolute must play for every gamer that claims he/she is into fight games since this one may not disappoint anyone.

As much as I love the Dragonball Z video games and especially the tenkaichi series, I really think that Tenkaichi 3 is the magnum opus of the whole tenkaichi franchise. Seriously, I mean how can it get any better than this? We get to play with all the characters from the complete Dragonball universe, starting with a kid Goku and all the way up to Gogeta SSJ4 with a roster of 150 characters in the middle. We get to fight in the most famous arenas that appear in the show and in the movies, if not all the arenas. Even at The Other World's entrance aka Janemba's Hell. And the multiplayer is all that a fan can ask for. As a Dragonball Z fan, I see this as THE fighting game for the ps2. The challenging and the powerful modes will dare you for more, and there is room for improvement. Fight in a wide arena to really show your power.

Overall, I recommend this masterpiece to:

1) Dragonball Z fans

2) Fighting fans

3) People who are looking for a game to stay with them for a long time.