Dragon Ball FighterZ

Dragon Ball FighterZ is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Based on the Dragon Ball franchise, it was released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows in most regions in January 2018, and in Japan the following month.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The English and Japanese voice actors reprise their roles and they do a perfect job voicing them.
 * 2) Impressive cel-shaded graphics which look a lot like the original anime.
 * 3) Fun fighting mechanics.
 * 4) A large roster of famous Dragon Ball characters including Goku, Frieza, Vegeta and Cell.
 * 5) introduces a new character named Android 21
 * 6) The art style is nicely detailed and designed.
 * 7) Excellent fighting mechanics.
 * 8) Very powerful special abilities.
 * 9) Accessible towards newcomers to the series
 * 10) The story mode feels just like an episode of Dragon Ball Z.
 * 11) The animation is well made.
 * 12) The combat is fast paced and exciting.
 * 13) The loot boxes here are completely free with no paywalls! As seen here
 * 14) The PC version has mod support. And there are plenty of mods available here, such as characters (playing as Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants), sound effects (from Ed, Edd, & Eddy, inspired by the popular meme), and music (from Cowboy Bebop and/or My Hero Academia).
 * 15) It introduced Dragon Ball as a new 3v3 tag-team with assists fighting game series, opening the door for more games in the franchise.
 * 16) This game is a breath of fresh air because most other Dragon Ball fighting games and other fighters based on other anime are mostly arena fighters that mostly appeal to casual audiences and re-use the same storyline that was originally in the anime they're based on, while this one, due to its completely different style of gameplay, appeals to a more hardcore audience to the point that it can be taken seriously as a fighting game qualified enough for EVO, and it has its own story which isn't originally part of the anime.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Poor online connectivity due to using delay based netcode.
 * 2) This game uses the infamous Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.
 * 3) Lacks cross play, meaning that it can be hard to find matches on certain platforms.
 * 4) The accessibility caused a slight hit in the combo freedom. While not nearly as bad as some other games by the company, combo potential can be very limiting. Especially midscreen.
 * 5) The story can be weak in certain parts, especially when the story just repeats the same info over and over.
 * 6) The PC version is terribly optimized, as it suffers from short freezes and lag, thankfully the optimization was fixed in Kakarot.
 * 7) The playable characters have special after-match quotes to one of their own teammates instead of their opponents they defeated in the results screen, which is odd, considering that most other fighting games have characters often saying unique quotes to their defeated opponents during the results.
 * 8) Tagging can be tedious and unresponsive, as you have to hold two buttons instead of just simply tapping them at the same time. This can be pretty frustrating when you're losing to your enemy.
 * 9) The 1v1 matches in Vs. Mode and Online are too short due to the lack of an amount of rounds in them.
 * 10) The game's balance is atrocious, as the game is constantly running into issues where three specific characters are a requirement to use or else you will likely lose. The most recent DLC character, Android 21 (Lab Coat), has no character flaws at all , which makes her completely OP, and technically a P2W character.
 * 11) *Adding to this, the game's patches were questionable at best, as they would alter or change things that didn't need changing instead of going after things that needed changing. Even when they were on the right track, they would still underbuff or undernerf characters
 * 12) Questionable design decisions, especially to have autocombos continue on whiff and auto-turnaround. Multiple autocombos even have homing properties.

Reception
The game was well received by both critics and fans of the Dragon Ball series. It is often considered to be one of the best fighting games in years, and certainly one of the best Dragon Ball games as well.

Angry Joe gave this game a 8 out of 10 with a badass seal of approval.