Comparing Raging Blast VS Sparking Zero!

In this video, we're comparing two successors to the original Budokai Tenkaichi series: Dragon Ball Raging Blast and Sparking Zero!

[@GriggsHw]

I remembered I wanted to play Raging Blast back in the day, I thought it was just Tenkaichi 3 in HD, but I didn't have a PS3 and it was still relatively expensive. As time went on I became a PC player and never bother to buy another console or emulate the PS3, so Sparking Zero becomes the first Tenkaichi "successor" that I play.

[@thatguyintheconments]

Be damn glad you didn't play ultimate Tenkaichi. That game was beyond hot ass...

[@KnigD_Slain]

Been there brother, but I got to emulate some Dragon Ball Games using PSP Emulator back then before I moved to Xenoverse 1 and 2, it's up until recent years where I got the hang of how to get files and softwares to run BT3 and RB2 on PC.

[@Beamken]

tenkaichi 3 was the last 3d dragon ball game I played on the ps2 until xenoverse 1 came back. It’s been a long wait 😢

[@anon1403]

@@thatguyintheconments It had such a great soundtrack for a game that was mostly rock paper scissors

[@thevoyagerv4499]

Tenkaichi successor? No disrespect, but sparking zero isn't a successor in the way rb series is, its literally the sequel to bt3

[@Dancetothetower]

fun fact: in RB 2 you could set a custom music when you go in rage mode i naturally picked the silliest and most anticlimactic tune that was available called "Dance to the tower" just imagine an epic fight someone is about to go completly bonkers and then the ukulele starts it became for me like the theme song of that game just because of that at the same time i started online gaming and needed a gamertag guess what after all this years its still my tag everywhere and people call me Dance in DC or Twitch crazy how these little things impact your life just wanted to share that :)

[@vegetashairline3060]

this is a feature in sparking zero too, just not very fleshed out imo

[@samTmadeUmad]

@@Dancetothetower tf did i just read..

[@WolfXGamerful]

Honestly that sounds like an OG Dragon Ball moment. Good on you, man. If Sparking Zero ever brings back “Dance to the Tower,” I’ll do the same thing and I’ll think of you while I do it.

[@PatLund]

You can do that in Sparking Zero too.

[@ShaimingLong]

Tenkaichi 2 has been one of those games with music that's just permanently stuck with me as a persistent ear worm. Dance to the Tower being one of the most prominent ones. It warms my heart that you have that silly RB2 connection that you've kept for so long! 😁

[@n8dawg4295]

I think you missed what Raging Blast did best. The hand to hand was unrivaled. You could risk blocking till you broke, time your “sway” to completely miss every punch or try to risk countering at just the right moment. You could mix all three blocking techniques too. It made for much more dynamic exchanges close up. I haven’t played any DBZ game with the depth in Hand to hand like Raging blast.

[@MegaDrain]

5:04 God, the Super Spirit Bomb in Raging Blast 2 is so damn cool. The shot of the spirit bomb hurdling towards you with a bit of shaky cam never fails to be terrifying.

[@tygz705]

@@MegaDrain and how you could change the spirit bombs and add lightning aura

[@trehundobeatz6359]

@@tygz705you have to change it in goku’s move set

[@tygz705]

@@trehundobeatz6359 I know i'm just saying it was cool

[@trehundobeatz6359]

@@tygz705 ohh ok i read it wrong

[@tygz705]

@@trehundobeatz6359 shit happens how you feel about sparking

[@TenkaichiMeister]

2:27 You can also deflect beam attacks in Raging Blast 1

[@mryasko5954]

Especially as the clip on which he relied was taken from the first game

[@TenkaichiMeister]

@@mryasko5954 It wasn't though. The clip shown was Raging Blast 2 (you can see that because of the "flashier" HP and Ki bars)

[@mryasko5954]

@@TenkaichiMeister oh ok. In my memory when i was a kid the graphism remind myself that it came from the first

[@rcole7274]

2:24 Deflecting was in the first game 10:41 There are CPU's in tournament mode. The game tells you to press BACK (on Xbox) to play with computers

[@NeoGames2]

One thing you missed is that in the JP Dub, a lot of the Raging Blast voicelines are re-used in Sparking Zero.

[@samTmadeUmad]

@NeoGames2 it's a good thing no one uses or like the Japanese version. So cringe

[@mechadeka]

@@samTmadeUmad Are you 12?

[@samTmadeUmad]

@@mechadeka no, I'm not. Why do you ask?

[@DragonNM46]

Wdym by JP dub?

[@christopherbrownington]

@@DragonNM46Japanese voice lines or “dub”

[@part2jotaroandpals567]

The raging blast 1&2 demo’s are what introduced me to Dragonball and anime as a whole

[@vegetaprinceofsaiyans7386]

Not a single mention of RB's cancel system, RB had less combos, but it had a cancel system and a signature move that made its characters not clone-like, but anyway, yet another video and comments from people who didn't even try them thoroughly, only graphics and roster for casuals matter.

[@Goku17yen]

just another surface level slop comparison

[@Cruxis_Angel]

Thank you for mentioning this. I love sparking but the combat is a big downgrade from RB2’s cancel

[@PatLund]

Sparking Zero isn't a Budoukai Tenkaichi successor. It is Budoukai Tenkaichi 4. It is the same series. Raging Blast was a spiritual successor.

[@ac04project]

IDK, why they thought reworking a combat system people liked already was the right move.

[@uncletido99]

Raging blast 2 is still my favorite in terms of a 1v1 DBZ fighting game. Had enough cheese/mechanics to make ranked fun.

[@Sparks_350gt]

Still I prefer tenkaichi 3 and sparking zero

[@jesuspernia8031]

I think RB1 was better than 2

[@EternalStorm796]

@@uncletido99 unfortunately, RB2 also had cheese and exploits.

[@Grimreaperedge]

​@@EternalStorm796 yeaaa but lets be honest old game exploits compare to newer games. Newer games when it compes to bs you could exploit is so bad you cant even do much at all

[@LochNessHamster]

Raging Blast was the first game in the series that I played, and it might just be due to my stronger familiarity with it, but I actually feel like some of the the mechanics in that game are smoother and more responsive. Especially movement. With it being an arena fighter, movement is really important, and I always felt like I could confidently move around to retreat or flank my opponent in Raging Blast, whereas in Sparking Zero I often feel like I'm just kind of flailing around. Also, I can understand Raging Blast's pace feeling bad if you're coming from BT3, but I never felt like those games were too slow when I was playing them, and I honestly feel like Sparking Zero is needlessly fast paced. It might just be because I'm not a huge fighting game person, but I prefer the slightly more methodical feel of Raging Blast. I feel like I'm more able to queue up every next input in my head and flow a string of combos, whereas in Sparking Zero I spend so much time just desperately trying to keep up with everything blitzing all over the screen that I'm just happy to land a super attack half the time. I also VASTLY prefer Raging Blast's approach to different versions of characters; where you can customize a character's moveset to reflect different sagas/eras, or create a hybrid of them. You can have four different super attacks at once, which does so much to help with variety. I absolutely hate having like 20 versions of Goku in Sparking Zero. Raging Blast has one, and it covers everything from the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai to the end of the Buu Saga. Having every transformation be an individually selectable character rather than a sub-menu is NIGHTMARISHLY disorganized and inefficient. For a game that puts so much emphasis on its roster, its character select screen feels like an afterthought and is such a chore to use. The additional singleplayer modes in Raging Blast also went a long way for me. I'm not all that interested in competitive online multiplayer. I'd rather just have a big sandbox to use the characters in. If you don't count the Custom Battle mode (which I found incredibly disappointing by not being able to write your own dialogue) then Sparking Zero is very bare bones. I don't care about a story mode. If I wanted to play through the story I'd play Kakarot, or I'd just watch the show. Budokai 1 came out over 20 years ago. I don't need to fight Raditz again. I'd rather have new experiences with all my favorite characters from this huge roster. Galaxy Mode in RB2 wasn't great, but I like the concept of it a lot more than I do another goddamn story mode.

[@Supermariosupervideo]

Sparking Zero isn’t smooth at all, movement and input delay need serious work

[@jHounder]

This is probably the best explanation for why someone would prefer Raging Blast over Tenkaichi I've heard, so I respect your opinion. But I have to disagree. As someone who started with BT2 & 3, I found personally RB1 & 2 to be a substantial downgrade. The lack of GT and OG DB characters was enough to turn me off when I was younger, but it's more than just that. In my opinion, the speed of the Tenkaichi games was kind of the point. The breakneck pace of everything when it came to movement, offensive, and defensive options gave the game a level of intensity that Raging Blast was never able to match. Tenkaichi felt like a full sprint, whereas Raging Blast was more like a light jog. The reduced movement speed combined with the larger stages makes the game too slow for me. Learning how to cancel my dashes in order to optimize my movement was so rewarding in Tenkaichi because there's a huge difference between a player who's mastered the movement and a player who hasn't. Some of the advanced tech is really hard to pull off. I didn't like how they changed the controls, and since there was no way to remap buttons, you were just stuck with them. This felt awkward after years of playing with the classic controls. Using the stick to use super moves also felt really lame in comparison to the button inputs in Tenkaichi. It was less tactile and satisfying. It was also too easy to have your finger accidentally slip and use the wrong move. I felt like Raging Blast dumbed down the gameplay and removed too many features. Stage destruction was completely removed. Giants were removed. Lock-on was removed. Blast stocks were removed, and everything was now balanced based on Ki, leading to insane super attacks and ultimate spam. The A.I. is noticeably easier compared to BT3, even when using the max computer capsule. The new additions didn't add any real depth and felt undercooked. While Tenkaichi has less polished mechanics on a technical level, the little nuances and glitches that they overlooked allowed the community to develop fun and interesting tech and play the game in ways the developers couldn't have thought of. The combo system was changed to a cancel-based system rather than the old system of characters having different rush chains. Wasn't a fan. The combos were more unique and varied in Tenkaichi. Just look up combo videos from BT3 compared to Raging Blast. It's no comparison, really. Raging Blast combos are boring. The game modes were also lacking. The World Tournament was the biggest offender, with them removing the ring-outs. Completely negated the entire point of the mode. Personally, I MUCH prefer having different versions of each character as needed, as it allows players to learn specifically what they're going up against with each version. To illustrate my point, in BT3 and Sparking Zero, Goku (Early) has Kaioken as a skill, which is extremely dangerous. This means that when I'm fighting this version of Goku, I know from the get-go that I need to watch his Blast Stock gauge and prepare to interrupt him if he attempts to activate it. However, if my opponent is Goku (Mid) I know that he does not have this ability, so I can relax a bit. Another example: SSJ Goku (Mid) has a skill that immediately powers him up to max. Very dangerous, have to watch out for that. SSJ Goku (End) doesn't have it, trading it for a skill that buffs his stats. While having different version of characters may seem like bloat, it allows for extra strategy and rewards game knowledge. In Raging Blast, you can pick whatever moves you want, so that preemptive thought process is just gone. I have to react to everything as it happens in-game instead of being able to strategize and plan around a character's moveset. To you, this is more efficient and refined. To me, it feels like it oversimplifies to the point of reducing complexity. The one saving grace about that system is that it lets you mix and match costumes. Using SSJ3 Goku with the Yardrat outfit is pretty cool. There are things the Raging Blast games did very well, and you're entitled to your opinion. I have a lot of nostalgia for them myself. But I wasn't shocked when RB2 never got a sequel. The skill gap is too small, which hurts the staying power and replayability. There isn't as much to really dig into, less to learn and discover. But if you want a simpler game that you can kick back and relax with, then Raging Blast is great.

[@Kumo-900]

​@@jHounder You said all what i wanted to say 🙏 we can see a true Tenkaichi fan here, i was also disappointed by the combo in raging blast 2 😅.. if you try Square and Triangle (the multiple kick in the head) the opponent will be able to block your next move if you try to continue with Square.., that's why i prefer Tenkaichi 3, when you take Goku mid in Tenkaichi 3 and try Square and Triangle, Goku will give some kick in the head of the opponent and you will be able to continue your combo with Square 😁, that's also why i really love Tenkaichi 3, and hate raging blast 1 & 2.. ( I don't know if we still can do that in Sparking zero? 😢 )

[@PotentialLegend]

As someone who absolutely loved the entire Tenkaichi series and owned all 3 on PS2, I always wondered why I never liked Raging Blast that much, looking back now I just remember not liking the supers being on right stick and the graphical style, but this video helped to remind me of all the other things I forgot I hated about it lol like the gameplay just feeling slower and worse in general, thank you.

[@CosmicIsStoned]

Nobody gives a shit

[@elopezdfo]

Yeah I love the Tenkaichi games and remember playing the raging blast demo on the 360 and not liking it at all

[@tygz705]

It was slightly slower but it was a different fighting style still classics

[@davion4777]

Bro 😭 the art style on the first Raging Blast was amazing. It still looks so clean. And it was also 60fps compared to the Tenkaichi’s 30. 2 on the other hand looked horrible and plasticky. And that’s just me, but I absolutely loved the special moves on the right stick.

[@Shamii]

​@@davion4777 I was a big fan of the first Raging Blast and the RB2 *demo* was the moment I gave up on Dragon Ball games for a long time. Felt like the same thing but so much uglier.

[@ToonGohan]

I wish sparking zero would let you customize super attacks. They made bardock more like his super appearance so I wanted to customize his moves back to z.

[@xShinigamiRyukuux]

Raging Blast 2 was an amazing, underrated title that came out at a bad time, sandwiched between a mediocre RB1 and an abysmal Ultimate Tenkaichi, and during a time when the Dragon Ball renaissance was long past its peak and fans were starting to feel franchise fatigue from all the yearly releases.

[@po72644]

It was tough to be a Dragonball fan during that era because there wasn't any new content and the Raging Blast series didn't perform well. Battle of Gods and Xenoverse really turned things around

[@Grimreaperedge]

​@@po72644lol thats wild saying battle of gods and xeno was a fresh air when there both the worse games ive ever played. Raging blast 2 and budokai had alot to offer compared to newgen games only sparking actualy had alot to gameplay. Fighterz is also unbalanced garbage. Lol idk how people can complain about the pacing. Old games and idc who whines cause there taste is usualy horrible if i had to choose between this garbage unbalanced new gen gaming vs old gens id happily go back to thosr happy times

[@greygartm4330]

@@GrimreaperedgeXenoverse 1? pretty bad, xv2 is good though and still has one of the best ongoing support. And.. I'm pretty sure the guy meant the movie BoG, not the game, doubt any person thinks that's good. Despite my hate for FighterZ, it's suprisingly balanced, you just gotta know how to utilize YOUR character's strengths against the enemy's weaknesses. It's funny you say that too, because the BT games have always been unbalanced, so comparing the current 'unbalanced new gen *gaming*' to old games is redundant. And, I'm gonna say this now. They're* Worst* (missed a bunch of commas and/or periods) (again, commas) (another comma) (commas again) Their* Usually* (missed a full stop) Game* (comma) those*(this was honestly a typo, not a grammatical error) You're definetly.. a near adult.. or you are an adult, I can't tell. You've got videos from around 7 years ago. But, god, c'mon dude. What's with the random addition about FighterZ, it wasn't even part of the conversation. 90% of your comment is you adding stuff to complain. They didn't even say Xenoverse and the (possible mention as a game)BoG was good, they just said it turned things back around, sparked DBZ gaming back to life

[@Grimreaperedge]

@@greygartm4330 blocked i have 0 time for new gen idiots keep tryna to similiar 2 eras of gaming oh man there both unbalanced but whats the difference with ignorant responses. Also i do not care what you correct that insult is long over done proving you have nothing to add but stupidity. Dur budokai was unbalanced dur im slow so only thing i can compare is this game is unbalanced and so is this game or old games was unbalanced and so was new gen want to know the difference new gen games are 10x unbalance and easy to take alot more advantage of then older games. Most cases someone does that in a old game is getting stomped get out my comments glue eater

[@Grimreaperedge]

@@greygartm4330 also fighterz aint balanced get out my face. We gonna say sparking balanced when all we see is super characters? Fighterz litterly takes no skill and all it is kods abusing c assist and dlc characters lol there is no get around what playstyle or character strength and weaknesses its meta sheeping. Broly has the easiest combos in the game and can easy tod by just spamming his super in a loop fusion characters are also op. All your garbage is debunked here and its just your preferencr over logic and ik you use dlc in fighterz get out of here bro. I dont wanna hear the same brainrotr repsonse if you cant explain but with a dull both unbalanced whwn theres clearly a giant difference in balances dont respond oh you gen roaches intellect is garbo so all you can say is very mute responses🤒🤡💩

[@animosity2354]

god i loved raging blast 2, playing the split screen with my brother as ssj3 goku vs ssj3 vegeta, to the amazing looking graphics and animations at the time. it felt so smooth to play, i understand the flaws but it’ll always be one of my favorite dragon ball games in my heart

[@bigdoubleu117]

I friggin love Raging Blast 1. The diorama's for the story and what ifs were amazing and is a shame no other game took inspiration from it. Wishing we got a Raging Blast 3, although I suppose, in a way, that is Sparking Zero. Also, character select was leagues better in Raging Blast than Sparking!!

[@AldebaranBaron]

I had so much fun with RB2 back on my old 360, good times.

[@MrLoaf08]

Same here, me and my brother would play it a lot. I remember after using an Ultimate that there would always be a tiny bit of ki left and if you spammed that you could use the ult again right after the first 😅

[@snakeshepard9761]

I found very disappointing the story mode of SZ. It's too short and extremely limited in the amount of characters you can play as and against. Also it doesn't help that a good chunk of the story revolves around Super, I dislike Super but what I hate is having to fight the same 1 or 2 (terribly designed and obnoxious) enemies 600 times before actually killing the bad guy. The "if" scenarios range from good (like the one in which you defeat Raditz alone and Goku doesn't die) to disappointingly limited (here, have a text box for completely changing the story). Also the requirements are complete bullshit, I hate the hidden timers in battles, it's already hard to survive some encounters with some characters, but having to kill hard enemies in 1 minute or slightly more is just unreasonable, plus at times for some reason enemies remain with 1 HP until some conversation trigger and until they've finished talking they're unkillable while the timer goes on making you fail the "if" requirement (it happened at least 2 times to me). Also the World Tournament is very limited, there are too few participants so they end in like 3 rounds. I can understand for the online version or the team ones, but at least increase the number of the ones against the CPUs.

[@AljoschaW1993]

When you play Classic you have Classic Beam Clashes, I think Buttons are better for the Controller longevity

[@Kat-fu6gn]

There's an option to change that

[@norysmo]

The beam clashes don’t change on classic- The only thing that changes is the impact clash.

[@Rohgamu]

​@norysmo you can use the analog sticks for beam struggles

[@Kumo-900]

​@@Rohgamu How ??

[@ademturan7137]

After playing the BT gamea, Raginf Blast was welcoming for me. Raging Blast 2 was alot of fun! Still have it on my PS3 and play it now and than. The near infinite combo chains that you can do are insane. But still Sparking Zero is the true successor to the BT games.

[@gianlukk]

Honestly, i prefer Goku's Super Saiyan hair in Raging Blast rather than his bananas on Sparking Zero xD, other than that Sparking Zero is great

[@ser777XD]

Ah yes back in the day we played the shit out of Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and one day we found out there was a 3 and we wanted Dbz Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for our ps2 but never found it because we found out like 2 or 3 years after the game came out. But when we got a ps3 we got Raging Blast 2 and was so fucking fun (like 2 years before the end of that gen and the games where dirt cheap, it was great).

[@05jake5]

I really liked the Raging Blast games, I preferred its combat to the other games, really got the hang of it, and I liked ssj3 vegeta. It's good that Sparking Zero is just as good as the previous games.

[@issacsven3709]

The lack of GT characters hurt me the most in Raging Blast. I know it didn't have the name Tenkaichi on it but damn i missed Gogeta SS4

[@ChaosXOtaku]

i liked the ability to choose your specials & the fact they were mapped to the right analog stick

[@Hogan231]

Do a video of the Batman Arkham Games!

[@samTmadeUmad]

Nah.

[@mrfatmancory]

I wish sparking zero took the signature skills system from RB. I don't think RB is to great of a game, but that one mechanic is a good idea that should've stuck around.

[@FieryAnubis]

Sparking Zero is the actual successor. All Budokai Tenkaichi games were a part of the Sparking series. They just decided to keep the original name now. RB was pretty ambitious, though. It tried to evolve the Sparking formula in its own way, and I respect it for that.

[@samTmadeUmad]

@FieryAnubis I wish dbs weren't a thing 😩

[@lorddarkmaster9061]

@@samTmadeUmad Just enjoy the game and stop complaining!

[@Goku17yen]

@@lorddarkmaster9061yes we must CONSOOM! devoid of original thought or criticism, we must fall into place, bootlicking every piece of slop that gets put out.

[@lorddarkmaster9061]

@@Goku17yen I don‘t see the problem adding dbs content in a dragonball game

[@Goku17yen]

⁠@@lorddarkmaster9061I couldn’t care less for dbs, I’m commenting on your “stop complaining” remark as if anything is above criticism. Childish to act like it’s a perfect game and to overlook myriad flaws

[@entityuntombed]

I really wish we could customize super and ultimate moves in Sparking Zero. That was by far my favorite part of playing Raging Blast.

[@WolfXGamerful]

3:10 This was actually used in Budokai 2 and 3 before being brought back for Sparking Zero. The game expecting you to know how it works as if you’ve played B3 before, though, is odd. 7:04 To be fair, he was still pretty new when this game came out. “Yo Son Goku and his Friends Return!”, or Tarble’s debut, was only a few years before this game released.

[@bigmeowster99]

The main theme in RB2 was amazing though, so nostalgic.

[@dbzfanexwarbrady]

I enjoyed Raging Blast 1 online , Raging blast 2 had a significant issue of having the super armour item but not the pairing of the Amour break item so item mode was unfun super spam, so item MP was a no go, and i found the visuals of RB1 to just be more fitting than the oiled RB2 looks, Sparking Zero crushes both of them tho

[@turbotrup96]

Raging Blast games allowed you to customize Super Attacks, which resulted in a possibility of having 4 full-fledged Supers, not just 2 + 2 skills. Also, a lot of Supers were activated as a countes or a QTE combos, which were a great addition to the actual combos.

[@Jackadelicka]

raging blast still has some good features that i hope we'll get in sparking zero some day the wall slam the circle specials and team up finishers are awesome bruh

[@ChaosXOtaku]

Raging blast 2 was the first dragonball game i played & it's what got me to watch the entire dragonball series as i knew about dragonball Z but only got to watching at my grandparents house as they had all the kids channels on a sky box but i only got to visited them during the summer

[@o-shawnspecific80]

RB 2 is still the best Dragonball game.

[@_Sage967_]

you forgot one of the most important parts, along with customizing your character in Raging Blast you could also give them various aura which ment you could give character Broly's aura, SSj4 aura, evil aura, ect really giving a level of personalization to you customs for the character

[@Kumo-900]

You also forget the most important parts, raging poop don't have giant form, don't have DBGT, But raging poop have ooone thing: a really bad gameplay 😂😂😂

[@BooboosANDBloodshed_95]

I love the Raging Blast games as a teenager. For some reason, when I was younger, I loved Burst Limit as well 😅😅😅😅 probably because it was the closest thing to a new Budokai game.

[@GuiOmania]

I hope you review all the odd DBZ game we got on the 360-ps3 era between Raging Blast 2 and Xenoverse 1 !!!

[@VeryPteri]

As much as I love Sparking Zero, I'm begging for a PC release of Raging Blast 2

[@tailowswellowwin]

I miss the fully customizable movesets from raging blast, as well as the different super types. Ex: The command supers, grab supers, and counter supers

[@Viperspider1]

Can't wait to watch this tomorrow. Hope you touch on the fact that Raging Blast 1's customisation was leaps and bounds ahead of Sparking Zero's. As much as I prefer the combat in 0, Raging Blast was a tonne of fun.

[@tacoman736]

Good video, but the roster comparison is somewhat unfair. If you don’t count all the transformations in sparking zero (which were not counted for raging blasts) it’s not a very big difference. Also no mention of the sparking zero episode mode containing relatively little content compared to raging blast games. Far fewer total battles, and many many more fights against the same characters, often using the same character. Like Goku Black episodes are all battles against the same couple opponents

[@andrewmills2679]

I also seem to remember there were options for a more pale yellow supersayian hair color vs the more saturated gold. Nice touch and call to the later designs of the sayians hair

[@mega_ferret6359]

It had problem but I loved the RB series so much. The ranked was miserable at times though. I remember people on ranked wouldn't even bother doing character change clashes. After cutting my palms on analog sticks I don't miss the spinning.

[@ToastedBread68]

One thing I liked better about raging blast was how they handled ultimate finishers. If you killed an opponent with a beam ultimate, like a kamehameha or final flash, the opponent would just vanish like they were disintegrated. In sparking zero, the character just flies away like every other dragon ball game. Raging blast made ultimates feel super powerful like they are in the show.

[@helicopterk3n708]

Sparking! Zero Is Exactly What I Wanted BT & RB Got Together & Made A Badass Baby🤣 Rip Akira Toriyama & Evb Who Couldn’t Make It To This🖤🤝

[@Kid_Buu魔]

Rb2 is my favourite Db Game. But some things are really bad. Like Ginyus Body Switch. In other games you switch the bodys with your opponent and you can use his attacks, but in Rb2 you can switch bodys with goku and you still have your own special attacks (Ginyu doesn't have much special attacks). The Galaxy Mode is weird, I mean every DB Game (idk if every db game has story) a story but Rb2 not. The variant of Characters are not that cool. Variants in Budokai 1 has own costume, like Goku and Vegeta have jackets and in Rb2 they just have recoulers (most of the Characters)

[@Mark-w2y2x]

Tbh, I prefer raging blast to sparking zero. Raging blast is way more of a casual experience. I don't want to be an esport player, I just want to relax.

[@KakarotOwns]

Raging blast online servers are still up, of course you'll struggle to find people unless you boost.

[@ns6438]

One thing that I don't like about Sparking Zero is the camera movement for the mini cut scenes, like with the super attacks. It's that quick, jittery, ADHD filled movement. Like it was made for some braindead tween that has been consumed by tick-tock. The camera can't just take a step back and let the animations play out, which is a shame, because they look really good and I'd like to see them in full.

[@samTmadeUmad]

@ns6438 Finally, some sense has been made.

[@Goku17yen]

stop, you’re gonna trigger the bootlickers who think this is the best game of all time with no faults

[@NaiveChicken]

Sparking zero's what if branching paths are similar to supersonic warriors 2 on ds. In that game if you meet certain conditions then that allowed your character to power up.

[@amadeusagripino6862]

That Vegeta Flintstone bit is hilarious lmao

[@pragmat1k]

One thing I haven't heard talked about enough yet is that the signature moves in Raging Blast combined with the different combo routes allowed for a more robust combat system. While SZ's feels a lot less engaging.

[@tootyrnt5533]

The one thing I enjoyed about the raging blast series is that they only had one version of Goku (adult) and you can just change the moveset depending what saga he’s in. I wish new games did that

[@po72644]

3:02 - If you choose classic controls in Sparking Zero, beam struggles would change to the analogue sticks

[@darkmari4164]

I really liked the long rush attack animations in raging blast 2 its the first game to introduce me to dragon ball it look so sick to me, especially ultimate Gohan's ultimate

[@yorandebeir4974]

Raging blast 1 did have tournament CPUs tho

[@sebqstjan]

Raging Blast was a damn good game, I Remember how hard was for the 10 year old me to get Vegeta and Broly SSJ3

[@scotthuber6734]

1:30 Vegeta holding his arm signifying he was hurt was a hilarious little detail

[@kensekiamv678]

RB2 was more unbalanced than SZ will ever be. Super Vegito was a menace online since for whatever reason they kept Afterimage Strike in the game, but instead of stocks it used some ki per-dodge (not a lot of ki either.) You could pretty much always have it active as long as you managed your ki well. It also dodged EVERYTHING! I do miss those combos that had special cutscenes though.

[@adrenaliner91]

Sparking Zero feels not right and not responsive at all while too fast in 60fps at the same time, only playable in 30. Also, just my personal opinion, Raging Blast 1 looks much much better. And sounds better. They took BT3 and RB and took the worse things and made them even worse and SZ ist the first Tenkaichi where I get under the map over and over again. And nothing triggers where it should or bugs out. The game is a bit fun, it's a Tenkaichi after all, but unbelievably frustrating at the same time because so much things feels so wrong and it is flawed with bugs that I have never experienced in this series.. The RB1 story mode is just better than in SZ, period. The animation got better and worse at the same time, the what ifs are okay, but you are totally in the dark, you are forced to play one difficulty mode that feels sometimes like Z3 and sometimes like normal and the structure is absolutely bullsh*t and to unlock the What Ifs everything is in the dark but mostly just be fast, if it triggers at all. And the map to choose a battle is so clunky, it's a mess and slow, it's stupid as hell. It's certainly a Tenkaichi, no Ultimate Tenkaichi either, but it's not as good as BT or RB.

[@JesusDiaz-du4hp]

yeah you’re tweaking sparking zero is the better than bt3

[@CHATNOCEDA]

I love raging blast but I never cared for the second

[@DAngelProductions]

Same! It was basically the same game but, subjectively, with a much worse shader.

[@Cruxis_Angel]

The combo system was greatly expanded upon in RB2. RB1 was more for single player while RB2 was like super smash bros melee for dragon ball games. Lots of unintended depth that still has a fan base playing. I thought sparking would finally make me stop playing it but nope. Nothing beats those combos and cancels

[@regd8202]

Yeah i wasn't feeling rb2, played the hell out of rb1 tho

[@paulilando2296]

i bought both of these games at the same time and i prefered the first too. i thought it looked better all around the menu, the character selection, and the hair color is more accurate than even sparking zero for super sayian. i did see they added a mod though to make them look more accurate to the anime counterpart. i didnt play much of the second one but it was the last one they came out with that looked and played to my liking. my favorite db games are Raging blast and budoki 3.

[@AG30]

I purchased RB2 for Christmas and said this isn’t better than what they had to offer in RB1. Very sad also because I truly loved RB1 and then didn’t like 2

[@MrDarksol]

Now I'm gonna be imagining Fred flintstone as a super Saiyan and I hope you're happy because that is way too funny now lol.

[@zachbigfella2531]

I played split screen on my friends Xbox s and I’m pretty sure all the Maps were there

[@danielmedjedovic7068]

I still have my Raging Blast 2, the game is amazing and I really wish we got Raging Blast 3 :/ what's also good about raing blast 2, it had all the members of cooler's armored squad, Hatchiyack and Tarble as characters. I hope they are added to sparking zero

[@lolcreloux]

Say what you want Raging blast solo experience was less annoying than sparking zero and its awful episode mode.

[@Jakaland]

Funny he says that and shows footage of goku hugging goten still a funny joke 10:03

[@Finfection]

Man, looking at games like Raging blast or Burst Limit really puts in perspective the things I didn't like about that console generation. Video game franchises up to that point were always giving more and more with each new installment while improving on what came before. When we got to ps3 and 360, it felt like we were being given less while everything took 3 steps back. Going from BT3 to RB felt jarring and so did going from Budokai 3 to BL. The crazy thing is that had they released today there would be no Tenkaichi 2 and 3 or Raging Blast 2. The content from those sequels would have just been DLC for those first respective games.

[@ac04project]

It felt jarring for me with the pretty much removal of the step-in mechanic for much shorter combos, it felt slow, unresponsive and janky

[@JCREDFANG]

I played the hell out of both of these games, I know they aren’t the most beloved but visually and stylistically they were far above tenkaichi. I liked how they had some of the more obscure characters too like Android 14 and 15 And coolers lackeys.

[@samvaldez7199]

Raging Blasts 2 also let you customize the Aura effects around each characters like you could brolys aura on freeza or dabuaras arua effect on goku

[@JoshTBM]

"Heigh"D

[@Jim-pq9pm]

RB is a better combat system. You're incorrect about stringing together longer combos. RB has a cancelling feature that allows to you theoretically combo them to death. The combat itself is much deeper and more skill based, though I'm not saying Sparking isn't skill based, but it's nowhere near as deep.

[@dtay8913]

I love you! I had just commented requesting you make this comparison.

[@qwerty-dm8gr]

You can tell someone is a fake fan when they call Goku a deadbeat dad.

[@ConnorJG76]

Still waiting for that third age video

[@samTmadeUmad]

What?

[@ConnorJG76]

@@samTmadeUmad lord of the rings

[@samTmadeUmad]

@@ConnorJG76 ahhh okay.

[@VuongTrantrade]

Sparking zero is the peak. Is so close to the anime. And I love it. Visually this game looks on point with anime’

[@harrisoncora4259]

No. It’s not.

[@bt6322]

​@@harrisoncora4259 get your eyes checked

[@Goku17yen]

rushed ass game

[@harrisoncora4259]

@@Goku17yen yes! Someone said it! SZ is just terrible!

[@bazzjedimaster]

You can chose the spin stick beam clashes in Sparking zero, but Imo that's asking for drift on your controllers.

[@YonakaKurai]

i like the colors and shading more in RB1

[@Eichro]

vegeta rocking the corpsegrinder neck

[@duranted6120]

The best tenkaichi game to me is tenkaichi tag team. It was the first game to allow 4 players to fight against each other at the same time. The tag aspect of it was soo immersive because of how much unfair fights happened in the anime. I wish they created a game with the graphics/character models of fighter z with the system mechanics and overall gameplay of tag team/bt3. Sparking zero just doesn't do it for me.

[@MajinStrach]

Rb had sidetep/guard and jump cancels. It was much deeper.

[@daequancage1714]

Sometimes I accidentally press down on the d pad to charge my energy in sparking 0 and it’s because I’ve played so much raging blast 2

[@chadafiy]

Smashing people into walls and unique moves should come back

[@sectionzerox75]

All sparking zero need is more game modes and Tenkaichi 3 soundtracks and fix button inputs

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

I remember being so disappointed with Rating Blast. My brother and I used to play Tenkaichi 2 and 3 RELIGIOUSLY, and by the time we tried RB it felt SO slow and unresponsive....

[@2SunLeeWuKong]

Raging Blast 1 & 2 are HEAT!

[@rksygrr]

Flandrew are you in any way related to Dax Flame

[@norysmo]

You can play raging blast 1 tournament mode with just cpu-

[@Goku-zu3rk]

The story really sucks compared to the old titles. Not being able to use a fucking ps4 controller on ps5 is a fucking joke. You can "only" play on the time chamber locally, because of "restrictions". Many cool characters are missing like Super17.

[@thefinalsmvp420]

Hey my guy do u think u can do a video on dbz burst limit it's still an ok dbz game imo

[@samTmadeUmad]

@@thefinalsmvp420 burst limit was hot garbage. He does mention it in a few of his vids

[@thefinalsmvp420]

@samTmadeUmad well tht mite be true to sum we all can't deny it's potential it had especially competitively

[@enegmatixerebro]

I miss the old Voices tho Not a fan of the new ones But im biased on things I grew up with

[@tjay3k]

Dragon ball sparking zero graphics does remind me of Raging blast 1 graphics if DB:RB1 was remastered 😂

[@randomgamer625]

10:15 To be fair they’d have to remove the first person mode for that

[@kemurinokami5899]

Im Glad they stopped using the spin the analog stick for the clashes. That destroys controllers.

[@therandomgamer8107]

Song at start of the video?

[@preethammuppala9482]

A lot of things are better in sp zero, but goku ssj is a million times better in raging blast than in sp zero. He looks amazing in raging blast, his hair is on point there.

[@jiraiya0698]

Wow, so we lost split screen because of series S? Who owns a series S?

[@Stormtrooper-oc4vn]

No super 17????? Why not ??