Summary
Despite a stellar start, bothcriticallyandcommercially,Dragon Ball: Sparking Zerohas had its fair share of player complaints. The characters have been accused of havinga lack of drip, some of the early fights were called “borderline impossible”, andcheaters have started to appear.
As the game’s tenure extends and the meta starts to shape out, however, player frustrations have gotten bigger and bigger, with the community accused of “abusing broken mechanics.”
“I’m Starting To Feel No One Even Playtested It”
Over the last few hours, anew threadover on theSparking Zero Subreddithas begun to gain major traction, gaining over 500 upvotes and 750 comments.
The thread lists a myriad of complaints about the game, including:
Dozens of players echoed these issues in the comments, withone A Ranker declaringthat “There’s no fun to be had playing against the same characters and same playstyle. I’m just playing casual matches and having fun with people who actually play other characters than Gogeta and Vegito.” The issues were blamed on the game’s story sections, which trainsplayers to “do nothing but sparking-knockback-ult.”
Sparking Zero’s online modes were called “a mess” and “so boring”, with “a lot of glaring issues”. One player shared they are worrying, “It’s going to get worse and worse. Honestly, those strategies are so good, it’s dumb to use anything else.”
The thread is an interesting read, and highlights thatBandai Namcohas a lot of work ahead if it plans to maintain ahealthy player basein Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero long-term.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
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Considered part to the Budokai Tenkachi series, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is an in-development arena fighter developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Namco Bandai.
