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Bandai Namco unveiled the latest game in the Dragon Ball series last month, which is mostly based on fighting, but dragon ball: Fighters of The Boundary has avoided this conventional choice and made a 7v1 asymmetric multiplayer game.
The non-combat characters in the Dragon Ball series will work together to avoid the big villains such as Buou and Saru, and these villains will continue to evolve, which is a new way to play for this IP, but it is not uncommon in the game world, and games such as "Kill by Dawn" and "Friday 13" have already achieved great success through this game.
Many developers tend to shy away from this kind of "immediacy" and try to package their games into some kind of new concept, but Bandai Namco and game producer Ryosuke Hara are not shy about talking about it.
"If these games haven't inspired me, it's a lie." In an interview with Fanbyte, Hara said, "However, the main purpose of the development of this game is to show the huge gap in strength between the super soldiers and ordinary people in this world in the form of Dragon Ball. So I have to say that several scenes in the Dragon Ball series that embody this theme also inspired me a lot, such as the scene where Bulma dodged the enemy on Namco, and the scene where Saru devoured ordinary citizens in Ginger City."
The impact of these pioneering games, while not immediate, was also beneficial.
Hara added, "I do play asymmetric multiplayer games like Kill by Daylight, and I really like them."
According to Hara's description, the basic gameplay of Dragon Ball: Breaking The Boundary Fighter is that a villain with super strength hunts down survivors in the city, and the survivors try to activate the time machine to escape the area. The villains are called invaders in this game, and now there are three people available, Buo, Frieza and Sharu, all three of whom can change their form to become stronger, so it is also suitable for this game. Hara gave another reason why the trio made the starting lineup.
"We think Saru, Buo and Frieza are arguably the most iconic protagonist rivals of Dragon Ball." Hara explained that because of this, these three are the most suitable as the first invaders.
The current characters in this game are far from the most in the series, but just like "Kill by Daylight", we can also expect that this game may be updated to add more characters in the future. I have strongly stated that I like Ranki very much, but unfortunately her appearance in the Dragon Ball game series is really limited, and Hara Ryosuke also feels the same way.
"I agree that Lan Qi is a great character! While I can't guarantee that she will definitely appear in Dragon Ball: Fighters of the Broken Boundaries, I would also love to see more characters from sun's school come to the game." He added.
When I asked if the game would contain anything from the unprinted version, Dragon Ball GT, or Dragon Ball Super, Hara said it was too early to talk about it. However, this game does have some connection to the Dragon Ball: Hyper universe series, which has more time travel elements than the original. While no specifics have been revealed yet, he said that having a game save for the Dragon Ball: Super Universe series will have some kind of impact on Dragon Ball: Fighters.
In the end, it seems that the biggest selling point of Dragon Ball: Breaking Bad seems to be that its gameplay is not the same as previous works, and it looks a little interesting. This game is not a complete departure from the previous gameplay, Hara Yoshisuke added that even weak survivors have the opportunity to use a little special power.
"Players become stronger or evolve in the game, which is a big charm of the Dragon Ball series of games. If survivors can only escape under the eyes of the invaders, it may be fun as an asymmetric game, but it is not very interesting as a Dragon Ball game." He explains, "So we added the Dragon Transformation mechanism, which allows survivors to temporarily borrow the power of the super soldiers."
The "Dragon Transformation" is a temporary sexual life-saving mechanism that allows human survivors to temporarily borrow the power of Sun Wukong or Piccolo to strengthen themselves to fight back the pursuing soldiers. This is the world of Dragon Ball, and it's not unusual for you to get a little power, right?
After last month's Dragon Ball: Fighters of The Boundary beta test, players had mixed reviews, but Bandai Namco still seems to believe that game development, balancing efforts, and the power of this IP have the potential to push the game up.
Dragon Ball: Breaking Boundaries will be released this year on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch, and we'll see if it succeeds.
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