Dragon Ball Sparking Zero (An Honest Look At The Game...)

[@SeeReax]

im back. November hiatus usually happens following October's month of mayhem. but we back, let's get it. - What are your thoughts on the state of Dragon Ball Sparking Zero?

[@JamarionJohnson-s5w]

My trouble is everytime I freaking go in ranked i see vegito and broly and whis that's all i see

[@theelmozusflame3015]

I pretty much agree with the Ole pros who made a feedback document. BUT till the December update, ILL BE SWITCHING BODIES WITH GINYU!!!!

[@DynoCrusaders]

bro your video with the SQUAD was absolutely hilarious also i like sparking zero its fun to watch since i dont have it

[@SpecialGradeHunter3]

​@@JamarionJohnson-s5w Rarely ever see Whis

[@JayceCH.]

Skill Point generation and some skills are too crazy 😅 Also why do 19 and Gero have INFINITE DASHING????

[@rhymestyle]

you know the game done changed when we went from the fun rex intros to "we back to sparking zero, lets talk about it" as an intro LMAO

[@preethammuppala9482]

It's quite sad

[@PMKru]

😂 Thats Why You Dont Hype A Game That Xenoverse Has Already Surpassed Lmao They Was Fake Hype For The Nostalgia Just To Realize Xenoverse Is This Game But Better 🤷🏾‍♂️ & Im A OG Budokai Player But This Game Wasn’t It. Rather Stay On Xenoverse & Wait For Part 3 Then Buy This Nostalgia Money Grab

[@HabitualThinker]

@@PMKrumy brother in Christ you do not have to capitalize every word in your comment

[@ssa_saiyan7368]

​@@PMKru xenoverse ain't no better they both dead

[@JamarionJohnson-s5w]

​@@PMKrubuddy xenoverse isn't better

[@Ghostofcalmaity]

Issues I have are The whole locking off feature Unblockable moves that do heavy damage and are hard to evade Vanish wars being hella long Z broly The fact that some moves just don’t work depending on the direction your going Ki blast spam in sparking mode being the best strategy Grab window tech being absolutely massive Rage quitting How easy it is to evade Afterimage strike The fact that you just hold perception forever or keep spamming it (I’d rather it work like a counter and if you time it perfectly it sonic sways)

[@meganinacool0661]

One issue that I want to point out is the super counter because such a powerful tool to get you out of combos but it costs nothing to do it I literally lost to someone who only won only using super counter

[@mrwuang8638]

Finally I see someone acknowledging the whole lock off feature! That thing is boring and annoying as hell and I don't see its point. Why lose your lock when the character switches out?

[@MegaMachiOnline]

In bt3 you could cancel a vanish war by reappearing further away on purpose among other things among many mechanic changes, switches, and damage scaling just being crazy on ki blasts

[@ihateeveryone8510]

​. See I thought that too. I don't know why they wouldn't add that to this. I do not want to vanish war someone 345 times a game

[@luisfilipe2747]

​@@meganinacool0661exactly. I also lost to someone only using z counters and perceptions. He literally didn't throw a single 10 hit combo. This game actively punish you from trying to do any sort of combo and it's insane

[@Real_Gron]

I 100% believe the people who say "just play around it" are the people who play vegito and broly lmao

[@V1Variant]

Yea sounds about right lol

[@onetakejake5978]

I'm just a guy who plays around it

[@TheAustin101]

Nahhh I wouldn’t say that, but you definitely gotta be good to counter Broly or somebody like that especially if they’re competent at the game. I’ve made Z rank on 2 accounts in singles.

[@TheReal_Monkey]

I mean I play super broly but I don't play toxic like other ppl I generally like the character so yes sometimes if im in a pickle I'll use my insta spark but more times than not I end up using blockable supers rather than spamming my ult I'm js tryna have fun yknow I'm ranked B1 so I see alot of fusions 😭😭

[@sircartier4422]

@@TheAustin101 touch grass kids that’s nasty

[@LegolaszDBZWorld]

"everybody just using the most broken characters and you mostly face the same thing" That's kind of the reason i barely play any pvp nowadays you just see the same stuff too many times and its boring as everybody just try hard or cheese and very rarely people play any character for fun, but the game with friends where you just use whoever you want and have fun this game is PERFECT for it... or just beating the sh.t out of Frieza for 5 hours with different characters! (Fun fact its a real story cause That's the first thing i did in the game.... it was hella fun)

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

Ok

[@spoonzzy7116]

This game is so fucking fun when its not just the same 4 characters. Exactly why i hit b5 and stopped immediately.

[@ATHTSupply]

Unfortunately this is just the state of gaming… People are going to look to win at all costs… For some odd reason people don’t like taking losses and online gaming… Don’t give me wrong being cheap in a game has always been within gaming but we’re at the point now where people looked to purposely exploit the game to get a victory… Then what happens is that exploitation then gets turned complementary and CALL the meta

[@charm6176]

after seeing the grand finals at France… i literally can NOT defend the mechanics of Sparking Zero anymore

[@bigred212]

Was that from the clip I seen on Twitter of the person just flying up and down then he won somehow by doin that 💀

[@charm6176]

@@bigred212 literally bruh, and after that tourney, can u guess what high ranked began to look like. :/

[@Digital.midori]

@@charm6176monkey see monkey do shame they can’t just play the game

[@bigred212]

@@charm6176 I thought my homie was exaggerating when he said don't get the game but I kinda believe bro now 🤣

[@ricardoj376]

​@@bigred212 Get it, but stray away from competitive.

[@Calamity_Insurance]

Yeah, he’s right. It’s a great game overall, but ranked is wild. First time I tried it, I was playing Early Vegeta and my opponent was MUI Goku. Nuff said.

[@bigred212]

Been saying that it's literally like yugioh master duel ranked is ass but you do anything else in game or play with a friend or against a favorite streamer or whatever it's actually enjoyable

[@Calamity_Insurance]

@@bigred212yeah. I play against my best friend when I visit him or when he comes over (he doesn’t have the game) and it’s always super fun. Sometimes we have minute long vanish wars and I enjoy it against him, but the online just ain’t it rn.

[@kanra_n3514]

​@@bigred212 I totally agree. I'm trying to make a spirit/shinobirds deck using a Dogmatika engine, and Ranked is cooking me.

[@carlosthetruedragon]

Meh its a bad game overall.. extremely... the terrible mechanic design just doesnt help..

[@bigred212]

@@kanra_n3514 that me with pure lightsworn gettin my ahh beat 😭

[@justingabriel1765]

I remember everyone was like “oh it’s not supposed to be balanced stop complaining” before the game came out and now that they see how ass it makes the game when your trying to have fun they are like “all I see are ssj4 Gogetas and Brolys” like yeah what did you expect. All they need to do is have an option of balance the characters health and then try and reduce the little gauge gain for fusions, then your good And again when your defensive options rely on precise inputs in an environment with heavy latency that just turns every match into a button mashing fest. I literally gave my controller stick drift by trying to play defense it’s honestly ridiculous 😂

[@jandrej5917]

Same kiddos who hyped the fact that the game has over 180 characters just to play the same 5 characters online cuz they are broken , my expectation for this game were low and it underpeformed. besides the graphics it got nothin goin on. And if i want pretty graphics i rahter play kakarott.

[@harryhjort4715]

@@jandrej5917i like the game, but Some of the animations and such are so lack luster. For example: Rose goku blacks strike super Yamchas wolf fang fist Basse super vegetas strike super Ssj gogetas strike super (the milly rock is very stiff but thats like the Only bad part about it)

[@derpyboi8591]

Im loving Sparking Zero, cause Im playing the solo content and playing with my brother and friends. Making custom scenarios is fun too I just wish the dialouge wasnt so limited. I've never even thought of touching ranked in this game. It ain't worth it

[@troyuchiha5090]

Wait the dialogue is limited? Damn

[@JakeTylenol]

I think this is just proof that the Budakai games were never meant to be played in todays gamer climate 😂 Not a diss on the fans it’s just times have changed

[@Jay9966]

Its a fun game to play with siblings and friends on the couch. Things are NOT the same when everyone's playing against an invisible opponent.

[@karbyboi8489]

I agree. That's why everyone keeps saying the game should be balanced (as in balanced characters). I knew this game was gonna have online and people were only gonna play the broken characters. Don't know what everyone else expected

[@Gman-eu8wk]

Nah that's just ranked in general.

[@ULAER]

Exactly. Its the same fucking game we wanted. But if you dont play the same people in the same environment then what the fuck did you expect

[@ATHTSupply]

You’re 100% correct… They said the game wasn’t meant to be competitive… He really wasn’t but in today’s gaming climate everybody wants to win at all costs… That takes a fun out of it nobody wants to take a loss so they will be as cheap as Possible or exploit the game as much as possible my only thing is if you know this is a problem and rate why do everybody keep playing ranked is on ranked does that not have enough people?

[@thegreatsubtitleguy4313]

I feel like people forget or don't know that the Budokai Tenkaichi series was more of a single player/play with the homies experience, nobody would play online outside of sweats and people abusing bugs, which made it unfun to try more than once. I would say the only issue with sparking 0 is the lack of stages and idc if a dlc will add stages unless it's free, also the character select UI is ugly and there is no end of Z gi for Goku

[@imcool8544]

Sparking zero is awesome fun, when your not playing ranked of course. It's lots of fun with family and friends but the most excruciating experience with ranked.

[@thepumpkingslayer8355]

I agree with Seereax's take about the negative feedback on the game. Some characters are intentionally made to be better than others, making other characters unplayable when against the likes of one of the fusions. this reason alone is enough to be drained of the game after seeing the characters being played over and over again when there are literally over 100 characters to choose from on the roster. If this fact demotivates you, or makes you sick of the game it might be best to stay away from ranked for the time being. stick to casual if you are looking for a fun time or as Seereax stated, play with the homies.

[@blairm_1621]

I don't got any homies sadly

[@docmercy3660]

"It's not supposed to be balanced" is such a wild take for a game that only has ranked matchmaking. In my most humble of opinions, a game dhould either be balanced and have ranked, unbalanced and have fun modes or even balanced and have fun modes. The least they could do is implement dp tiers for ranked, so that my early Piccolo doesn't have to throw hands with ssj vegito, ss4 gogeta or mui Goku.

[@harryhjort4715]

Wanted to have fun with Yamcha once.. biggest mistake in my life. First match was a ssjb gogeta

[@flurmple5587]

Yeah I wish they would make some kind of ACTUAL matchmaking for casual play that doesn’t just shove you into a lobby where you have to sit and wait and watch a bunch of other people fight for half an hour, and even then I know people in casual would be using cheesy strats just because they like winning anyway so like what’s even the point until it’s more balanced.

[@MM-qb1gz]

I mean... This isn't a "take" its literally something the devs came out and said. So this is just an issue with the dev team of Sparking Zero. They said in interviews the game wasn't going to be balanced, yet implemented a ranking system anyways. I agree with what you say but calling that a "take" is grossly misusing the word lmao.

[@docmercy3660]

​​@@MM-qb1gztbh I might've misused it, not a native speaker. I reckon "approach" would've been better. The devs' design philosophy is what I meant to criticize, not Deion repeating it in the video. E: after all, it's the devs' take on how to handle/approach balancing.

[@colesnead4061]

Agree, the game play loop has quickly become stale in the little time its been out.

[@MetaGamingDojo]

True, sparking zero is the first budokai tenkachi game to have online play/rank matches. Then a few months later this is how people treat the game.🤣

[@saudade....]

Tenkaichi 3 had online on the Wii

[@Digital.midori]

@@saudade....it was dead and the netcode made it literally unplayable

[@FirewynnTV]

@@Digital.midori While it was dead, Android cheese grabs and unblockables was the meta on there too.

[@MetaGamingDojo]

@@saudade.... oh that's just great. the community is way worse than I thought!🤣

[@theyoungenigma6184]

The main difference between BT3 and Sparking Zero is we’re able to experience online with all the sweats of the game. It went from friends and others playing like we were on the Rust map in CoD to sweats only caring about winning instead of fun

[@bullslogic8764]

Yeah I think the hate for sparking zero is over the top especially when BT3 had its own flaws and issues

[@HollowG8]

​@@bullslogic8764 the game is honestly pretty barebones rn. Since there isn't much variety, everyone's just talking what IS there That just so happens to be the dirty balancing of this game

[@ULAER]

So dont play online

[@Gman-eu8wk]

@@bullslogic8764 Sure vegito player.

[@silversoul2770]

I'm having fun just playing Cpu vs Cpu fights after figuring out that the best way to get max enjoyment was to have the bots set to strong and have "Attack Strategy: Melee" equipped to both. It keeps them from transforming, but at least they actually fight each other. To me, I'm getting exactly what I wanted out of this game. I understand that there are issues that hopefully get fixed up as the game goes on. Things won't improve if people just give up, especially when we know they're listening to feed back. Game has only been out for a month. No point in giving up on it yet. Can't wait for future dlc and updates to the game.

[@TheAlexDouglas]

I dont have the time to play the game, but i would make whole youtube series with CPU vs CPU + the Crafting Story

[@JayceCH.]

So the most fun you are having is....not playing the game? 😅

[@silversoul2770]

I literally played through the story, unlocked everything in the shop, did some ranked in the first few weeks, and still play with friends when we got the time. With these games I always enjoy doing dream match ups, letting the Cpus fight it out to see who wins. I just know how to entertain myself without needing other people.

[@Alex-ti7zb]

I got to Z rank, and it was a nightmare. Should had gotten there a long time ago if it wasn’t cause people quit the game when you are beating them and I don’t do that so I kept being pushed down in rank 😅 On the bright side, glad to see you’re back!

[@superstraintoku7513]

Unpopular opinion but hits 1st Super should be unblockable. The attack is known for bypassing defenses yet its probably the hardest to hit ranged super in the game

[@Trenny]

Nothing puts a smile on my face like when i see the man himself upload

[@ryu_hozukii__390]

Me: *patiently waiting for the next episode of Nuzlocke*

[@Leachio]

Something I don’t see nearly any conversation about is the DP timer. It’s way too short for how passive the gameplay naturally is with vanish wars and switching not really having an out. I made a team completely dedicated to winning on timer condition, with high health, low DP, five characters, and I went from A5 to Z rank with like three games lost and 50+ rage quits. Character balance is easy to poke at, and rightfully so, but the fundamental mechanics are just as, if not more of an issue. The optimal way to win being stalling just shouldn’t be right.

[@donutconsumer7311]

I feel like removing the timer entirely or at least giving the option to toggle it would help with this

[@Battlefoxx98]

The Insta-Spark and any stalling problems all relying on Blast Gauge could probably be fixed by increasing the cost of the used Skill by 1 everytime it gets used. If this exceeds the max blast stocks, the skill is effectively no longer usable. At least in longer fights, this should make it harder for characters to stall or keep on Insta-Sparking. Vanish Battles could also probably use a change a la "increase the cost of the next vanish by x2 every time you succeed until one person messes up" - less time wasted on Vanish Battles, less Skill Gauge gained.

[@BappO-is-me]

Better yet, just cut the growth of your bpast gage by 3 times

[@somedude6991]

Terrible balancing

[@Battlefoxx98]

@@BappO-is-me Something like Ki Sickness but for Blast Gauge? Huh, that could be a good idea as well.^^

[@xXSonTJXx]

28:57 me actually playing UI Goku in every game because I like him 💀

[@righteousone5119]

Nah fr tho and I usually don't even use Complete UI Goku either, I usually play Sign UI Goku. That or SS4 Goku

[@NoelleSuplex]

this might be a wild take but I feel like Sparking Zero shouldn't have even had "ranked". Like, they could've kept the same match making system but removed the ranks (and maybe keep track via a hidden MMR) and I feel like that would've reduced the amount of people who care so much about climbing the ladder. I know lobbies exist but I've never been a fan of lobbies in fighting games. I just wanna jump into the queue and fight whoever they give me. I don't want to have to worry about waiting around in a lobby for a match that might never come. If they really wanted to keep to the "it's supposed to be unbalanced" mindset then it shouldn't have a competitive game mode. It just doesn't make sense to have it both ways... also I feel called out when he insulted people who say "I just like this character" because that was me with Yajirobe. I legit like the dude and people were hating on him so much 😭

[@flashtheshapeshafter]

I think another reason why people are getting a little burnt out besides ranked, is we've been used to fighting games to get DLC within the first month or so ,the superhero DLC isn't coming until next year. Kind of like how Pokemon fans are bored for a new game but they're actually taking their time with the next one

[@Xivinux]

Bro getting a close fight with a Gogeta is absolute guarantee that they leave. Some people just wanna beat up noobs with cheese tactics. They are just ass people you're 100% right

[@raiden_type0]

Honestly the community kinda ruined this a bit

[@V1Variant]

Yea because everyone wants to be a sweat instead of having fun

[@raiden_type0]

@V1Variant agreed, its not that serious at all

[@SnowRabbit-bq5yc]

That's why I started cheesing with great ape

[@Oldemail337]

@@SnowRabbit-bq5ycthen you’re part of the problem no?

[@TheTaintedOne]

Not sure what people expected about rank. I saw a lot of people predict it lol. Ranked gaming is always going to be frustrating. Ranked gaming is always going to be people using the most op characters to get ahead. That's just how fighting games with ranked usually are. Use the most broken characters, spam the broken ability/use busted technique, and win. I wont say Sparking doesn't have flaws, and I can 100% say ranked does need some changes. But all I'm saying is that *some* of the complaints people have are unnecessary. Although I respect the people who do actually play the game and don't be those people who think using busted characters all the time is fun. This is just my personal opinion.

[@Serene_Sai]

I think ranked would be better if everyone in ranked was equal in terms of health. They could still be busted though.

[@bearistotle2820]

I agree!

[@td6508]

Yeah but insta spark still annoying

[@superstraintoku7513]

​@@td6508It's your choice to choose someone without insta spark so deal with it

[@Jay9966]

Should just play Fighterz for that.

[@John-ii6he]

@@Jay9966 Braindead argument they're not even the same type of game. Being at the same hp would only do a small bit to help you in sz.

[@xenobreak03]

The community is so spilt it’s actually insane nobody knows what they want and nobody can agree on what the game needs

[@V1Variant]

Everyone can agree the game needs ki sickness lol

[@dudebro484]

​@@V1VariantI played Budokai 3 (not the tenkaichi's) so I don't quite remember what that is, but I still agree lol.

[@gamerthings2559]

If I could quote one person as to why Sparking Zero lost 90% of its player base, it’s: “Its over now, PREPARE TO DIE!”

[@righteousone5119]

Super fast, super high damage, and unblockable ult that can be used immediately after an infinite swarm of ki blasts that, if you block or deflect, you're just dead.

[@G.A.M.E.R.-]

I basically agree with Deion's take, playing with friends and casually is super fun, but the casual features are just not implemented well and ranked gets extremely toxic with the amount of things you can exploit to your advantage in the game's mechanics

[@Gamester8000]

I personally really like the game, being a somewhat casual player, but... There are some things I wish could've had more time to be worked on, like the story mode and the cosmetics.

[@genericguy5998]

I think story mode was fine but more costumes are needed and custom stories could’ve been better

[@Gamester8000]

@genericguy5998 Ehhh... Off the top of my head, Piccolo's wasn't great, ending at the Android Saga, Vegeta's ended after Buu, and Gohan's started at the Android Saga I believe... Personally, I would like them all to start where they were introduced and end at the T.O.P., or when they left the story ^^'

[@bambithedeardeer]

Ngl, even if SeeReax reaches the breaking point i find it more entertaining than the "always good vibes", "toxic positivity", trying to pretend it didn't affect them type videos. Idk there is just something genuine and authentic about just showing a sincere reaction.

[@Gael_Gepp]

I never touched ranked (or online in general), since the game launch. I'm still having lots of fun, playing a little bit every day.

[@HeroesRiseUp]

After not getting a Sparking video from you for a while I was waiting for this. Honestly I’d like for all the DB content creators to get together and discuss the game. Maybe the devs will see. :)

[@ryanweeks6118]

Honestly the main thing I want as an offline player is tournament mode cpus getting random items or something. And i was one of those “it’s not supposed to be balanced” people til i did ranked for the trophy. I definitely understand now if you bought it solely for competitive play how it feels unplayable. I do hope they figure out something for yall but I’m good. Edit: i also want more items and alternate colors. I need my red frieza back 😤

[@codyloayza]

Proposed Ranked Idea... Each rank is restricted to a certain character cost selection. RANKS D5-D1: 1-3 Destruction Point characters ONLY RANKS C5-C1: 4-5 Destruction Point characters ONLY RANKS B5-B1: 6-7 Destruction Point characters ONLY RANKS A5-A1: 8-9 Destruction Point characters ONLY RANKS S5-Z: 10 Destruction Point characters ONLY Oh and make every match a first to 2 wins.

[@genericguy5998]

Or have it where certain dp ranges have their own ranked matches. So people can still play who they want the whole time.

[@Avalon64]

I mean when people say things like how many players dropped and how its disappointing compared to Budokai Tenkaichi 3 makes me wonder 2 things, people know BT3 didn't have an online mode...so how do you know BT3 was SO played even when the game had time to sit back then? Also how many people ACTUALLY played Budokai Tenkaichi 3 last? It's easy to look back at BT3 and reminisce how great that game was, but at the same time do people understand we WERE younger back in the PS2 days, a simple reality is we got older and yes even our tastes and standards got higher too...

[@sonjoku4879]

Gameplay wise, sparking zero is my favorite game ever. But i can see why people have changed their opinions on this game after the first day and i agree on certain things. For me personally outside of balance changing, we need more content expansion on this game.

[@defaultboy2369]

Everyone wanted this game to be competitive when it is just meant to be a love letter to fans of the series

[@LilJFlower]

Exactly.

[@igg7865]

that’s why i cannot get into ranked i just have fun offline and with friends

[@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970]

Its not even that faitjful. We dont even have half the game modes that made the game charming

[@jandrej5917]

something being competetive and something being somewhat balanced are 2 different things. For me saiying something is unbalanced on purpose is just a lazy excuse cause they don´t care about the future health of the game. If they don´t care about balance why are the hosting tournaments and have a ranked mode.

[@crimsonalpha4578]

Wrong. People wanted the game to be playable and fun. If a game is only good when you play it with friends, it's probably not a good game. You just have friends who aren't willing to use mechanics optimably because doing so isn't fun. If playing optimably isn't fun, thats a telltale sign that the game isn't actually fun. You and your friends are. Stop being an apologist for a badly designed game that incentivices toxic gameplay. This is why anime games always suck. It's because people like you prefer the idea or concept of having a dragon ball game than the actual quality of the game. You'l buy any trash that's fed to you and then make excuses for it till you die.

[@xeloc402]

Activating AIS should immediately activate ki sickness and take it away once its over, simultaneously acting as an indicator as to when it's over. (Assuming ki sickness has an indicator like it did in BT3)

[@SkeleHans]

Its still my fav game (Not best game) of the year because while yes I agree with the bad points of the game: -Mechanics are abusable -Singleplayer content could be better (I think its a 7.5/10 in terms of replayability) -Ranked is what you expect from tenkaichi, toxic as fuck ( Im curently Z in singles using Cooler/Beerus, A in DP battles with no android usage) -Character customization is lacking At the end of the day, I can wake up similar to how I was like at 2010, a kid waking up to play BT3 on the wii (YES I PLAYED IT ON THE WII AND ONLINE WAS NONEXISTENT LMAO) and feel SUPER happy that I lived for a Tenkaichi 4 that is and will be getting support from the devs.

[@alejandrocuevas3858]

Yeah ranked sucks, but the game isn’t made for ranked, if you play the game the way it was intended its peak, it’s like Afro said, party up with ur homies, turn into a 5 star voice actor, and have the time of your life

[@Appo4]

Even if they added a casual type of mode there will be sweats that's just with any mode but i think you'd run into more like dodoria and lord slug type of players that are just testing different characters and having fun which sounds really good

[@CaptainShinyō]

I'm just hoping the devs aren't disheartened by the negative feedback. Most of us want this game to succeed, and it'll be amazing if they give it some more love. The game isn't dead, and it's not trash. It just needs some extra work to make it beautiful.

[@nicnacs9779]

Awesome vid! For me, the game is a great time with the boys but exhausting online when you have to face toxic play-styles encouraged by certain game mechanics. If they could smooth out some controls/mechanics and keep adding characters/maps I still say it's a solid time

[@DreadedYasuke]

Seereax on Xenoverse: 😈😈😈 Seereax on SZ: 😶😶😶 Wanted to add, I saw you do a 17 hit combo that went to 7K. Gogeta with a 5 hit combo was also 7K.

[@armell5786]

Did anyone realize gogeta skill gauge went from 1 to 3 at 17:45 ??

[@michellaneosp]

3:27 YOU DO KNOW I’M A LOW CLASS WARRIOR RIGHT? 🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@joeyhendriks1744]

A literally easy solution to this would be for Solo battle, make everyones hp bar the same percentage and then make all abilities EX: "after image strike" and such a 1 time per match use. that would literally solve everything. AI strike, Instant transmission, solar flare would be used as more of a come back mechanic, or a "Im in a tight spot, its now or never" kinda moment then anything. i feel that would fix solo battles a hell of a lot.

[@Dbz_Boi]

I think for ranked/dp battles, they should make a ruling where it locks overuse of more popular characters. Or just something that incentives players (aka sweats) to use other characters.

[@sircartier4422]

Less points per win if your DP is higher, literally UFC DOES THIS BRO WHAT

[@Zero2HeroX]

It suffers the same problem xenoverse 2 has, it's only fun to play with your friends, the moment you step into any sort of online mode ranked or not it feels like getting hit in the balls by a baseball bat made out of poison ivy.

[@Paul_Frank]

My take is that complaints about mechanics (i.e how easy and strong super counter is, how fast meter builds, the fact that there's no ki sickness) are valid and I agree with most The issue is that most people aren't complaining about those, they're just upset that some characters are stronger than others and that's what you run into in ranked. We knew characters wouldn't be equal from jump, but even beyond that, look at games like Tekken, or Guilty Gear or SF, even when characters are perceived as nearly equal in strength, a meta still develops in competitive play. People will always play the few strongest characters more often in any game, thats not even a demerit for Sparking, thats human nature. Despite this though, these are the things most discourse is focusing on for some reason with the usual comments of "oh this is what happens when they listen to people who didn't want it balanced". The conversation should focus on the mechanic issues.

[@KAMO05TM]

My answer on the question in the beginning: people are getting bored too fast nowadays and they're playing too much at once. Like bro I don't even mind online because I don't have PS+ and I don't see the necessity in it. I'm playing offline and I'm cool with it. Didn't even play story mode until now, just did pvc battles and tournaments to sharpen my skills. What you need is balance (even though the game itself isn't balanced 😂)

[@V1Variant]

No one's buy sparking zero or any other fighting game to not play online 😂

[@KAMO05TM]

@@V1Variant I'm here bro, the gamechanger is real. Ok I'm maybe a youngster but still oldschool minded. If game fun = I happy, if I happy = game fun. Don't need others (online) to be happy bro 😂

[@ryanweeks6118]

@@V1VariantI guess my name is no one lol. I don’t do much pvp if at all. 145 hours and 3 of those was just for the online trophy. Offline and custom stories are the best.

[@V1Variant]

@ryanweeks6118 yea but majority plays for ranked, y'all definitely the lesser lol

[@ryanweeks6118]

@@V1Variant yeah but you said no one lol. That being said, after playing ranked for the trophy i get it. Mui goku made me feel violent a couple times

[@slappydoodle]

I really enjoy this game but I've also spent legitimately 0 time online Its just not my thing I enjoyed the "campaign" and it's fun doing the tournaments or playing with the homies

[@matthewwhittall1205]

I think an easy solution to this would be to have "ranked balancing", where they do balance the characters but it's restricted purely to ranked. In every other gamemode, the characters are the way they were intended to be. I mean Elden Ring adopted a similar system for having different balance changes affect PVP or PVE separately.

[@myridionSG]

I Enjoy watching your ranked climb - keep it coming

[@mikegaming5570]

Ranked really really needs fixed man I 100% agree with it sadly I don't got friends who play it enough to enjoy it myself. Good video tho

[@JustaKeven]

The reason I stopped playing ranked is because no one can have an ounce of fun when playing the game. I’d be running Cell jr just for the fun of it and about 90% of my matches were fusions or mui

[@_Mattix]

Might be a silly idea, but what if insta sparks were removed from ranked play for all characters? Would that make it better/worse for those characters or the experience overall? I main ultimate gohan, but I don't always use the insta spark since wild sense is really viable and find myself activating that almost immediately.

[@genericguy5998]

I also play an instant spark character (18) but someone else in the comment section had the idea of characters not gaining blast stock while in sparking mode and I think that’d be a better alternative.

[@loserinasuit7880]

I have not played this game so I don't know the viability of this suggestion but here it is. 2 ranked ladders for single character. Above the average DP threshold and Below the average DP threshold. So you have one ranked with your gogetas,vegitos, and Brolys, and another ranked ladder with Appule, Raditz and Recoomb players.

[@mbayadji]

Seereax i fw you...but you CAN NOT be talking about people who don't run it back 😭😭 You and that dyspo guy were the only super close fight in one of the first few sparking ranked videos, yet convienetly (despite running it back with all of the terrible players) you decided not to run it back with him. And he wasn't even playing cheap, ofc people are going to start taking one and dones.

[@smartboy201]

At this point, Deion, the "Dark Side" of DBSZ is the story mode; the sun doesn't _touch_ it these days, it's practically a frozen tundra.

[@TheGotreck]

I played a lot of Brawlhalla as Ember (she's mid to low tier) and managed to reach Diamond playing only her. It was fun. The problem isn't that it's an unbalanced mess; the problem is that it's a boring unbalanced mess. In Brawlhalla, top-tier characters could basically two-shot me at higher ranks. Sure, but at least we fought. They had to come after me, land their hits, and string combos together. Many times, they just couldn't, and they'd lose. Even when someone playing a top-tier character beat me, they still had to actually play the game to win. In Sparking, the top-tier play is about not playing the game. What’s Afterimage Strike? It’s a "I don’t actually have to play the game" skill. What’s the counterplay? "I’ll just avoid interacting with you for 15 seconds now." What about Broly’s overpowered moves? "I’ll spam this attack so you can’t play." Or the Androids’ broken strategies? "I’ll just fly up and down, avoiding any real engagement." The top tiers aren’t even the characters who are supposed to be the strongest. Instead, they’re cheap picks that let players win by avoiding the game entirely!

[@aksa.5559]

can't lie you're my top 1 gaming creator i watch, with that recap thingy

[@sonicxslay6948]

What’s actually funny is haters saying “Sparking zero is the worst game ever and it flopped” but the game gets nominated for Players Choice and best anime game at the Game Awards got other people looking Stupid. Also Welcome Back Seereax!❤️

[@mrdocena8082]

People complaining about the lock off feature did not have the joy of playing as Gohan and Krillin in BT2, where they could manually remove their Ki lock on in order to do surprise attacks. They should just make it so that those with high power levels CAN'T be locked off of. But lower power levels? Yeah, can still lock off.

[@MonkeyDCaleb]

I gave up getting to Z rank fairly in singles ranked mode as I play DBS base form Broly, and people were rage putting me left and right leaving me in S3 for two weeks. I played DP to work on hand to hand combat and movements, came back as SSJ4 Gogeta and now I will be Z rank in 4 or 5 wins. Had to rage quit back though. This game is so toxic online but looks and feels awesome.

[@lethza1726]

Always a good time for a seereax video 😏

[@HabitualThinker]

I don’t think the game is bad, Personally it’s just not a good game to be playing online. Offline? Name a better dbz this decade, I can’t. I LOVE sparking zero offline

[@nerdstartm1895]

Kakarot just doesn’t exist?

[@HabitualThinker]

⁠@@nerdstartm1895wasn’t better than sparking zero for me because I personally didn’t need the story of dragon ball again after playing it in different games for the first 15 years of my life. It’s not that kakarot isn’t good, but for me it’s not sparking zero

[@genericguy5998]

@@HabitualThinkerthe good part of Kakarot was it’s dlc but that’s just not enough to be better

[@dave9515]

Dragonball Xenoverse 2. Has a campaign, has decent side modes and loads of content and customization along with updates and DLC still.

[@NeCoruption]

I need a LOT more health or a MASSIVE decrease in damage output for supers and ults. Soarking mode needs a whole change overall, and ults should cost skill points AND ki instead of be connected to sparking

[@theCloakedRonin]

In my opinion it’s like this. Obviously characters like fusions, Broly’s, gods or whatever are gonna have advantages because the game isn’t meant to be balanced… but for any character to have a game breaking mechanic that’s just lets them win without any effort is a big issue, especially when the characters that have that mechanic are also already more powerful by default.

[@elir6919]

Finally I’ve been waiting for a video to drop

[@TheEnder2005]

Idea for nerfing afterimage strike When activated, your skill points will be paused. This way you can't keep using it back to back as much, and It can also help as an indicator.

[@hyp3rl1ght]

💙There was balance within the unbalance of bt3, and we've gotta call that out more often instead of coping with the idea that these games had no balancing whatsoever. The infamous "vanish battles" would never punish you for running out of ki during the exchange, contrary to how you don't vanish into close range upon running out in S!Z battles, either. This, as well as the Blast/Ultimate scaling being so obnoxiously gassed up (especially amongst the newer cast characters), is very partial as to why this game feels highly incomplete in more of a relation to it's source material. Glad to see we can all be disappointed together😅.🧡

[@gutoshelp2717]

Man, i wish this game wasn’t 350 bucks where I live, because, despite all its flaws, it still looks like such a fun game to play with friends that it saddens me that I can’t play it :P. Also, I feel like one of the many flaws of sparking zero, at least from a spectator’s side is that the game is way too lenient on inputs, so there’s very little room for error when you get good, which means that fights usually end up the same all throughout. Like the vanish battles: they’re pretty reactable, at least I feel like, making it pretty easy to go until one of the players runs out of ki

[@DesirableFate]

Dude I feel your pain. I was recording for a Bojack video, & because of non stop Z brolys, SSJ4 Gogetas, MUIs, & Super Vegitos I fell from A1 to B5 😭 it was such a rough session.

[@harryhjort4715]

Yeah man, played some turles and fell down from A2 to B4

[@DesirableFate]

@ it’s rough out here 😂

[@harryhjort4715]

@@DesirableFate for real 🤣

[@itstreymattic9785]

Been waiting so long for you to post again😩🙏🏽

[@winterskys-8375]

As a PvE enjoyer i gotta say it, The whole PvE experience is pretty disappointing with how EASY the super difficulty is... that's what been bothering me the most

[@righteousone5119]

You can put items on or fight multiple characters, or if you wanna go hog wild, put items on multiple characters that you fight.

[@NickK-v6e]

I think they really need to improve the custom battle maker in future updates. I've seen some great stories, but it's really limiting in some aspects. I think the lack of a filter, or any type of organisation of the lines/cut scenes. Chase off people from really putting a lot of effort into creating the stories they want to tell. Again, they're some who have the patience for it. But I get the feeling a lot of people don't. Like I think it's fine if you want to hop on and fight a raid boss from time to time. But I was hoping the feature would be a lot more

[@FireQueenMyra]

Heyyyy Deion good to see you back

[@Coolest_Name]

23:28 Just want to say that this isnt a gogeta thing, this is just an alternate charged ki blast that a decent chunk of characters have. They shoot 3 small spreadshot ki blasts that move super fast, but dont have tracking and spread out like a shotgun. They are pretty terrible, but what they ARE good for is massive burst damage up close, since hitting all 3 of them chunks you for huge damage like what happened here.

[@victorrobinson-x8r]

what’s up seereax and good evening and you finally playing dragon ball sparking zero

[@zapduge]

That first guy was so good and honourable I was actually rooting for him over Deion lmaoo

[@clearvision1424]

I want 'Player Match' to do the same matchmaking for Ranked without lobbies. Let the people who want to win any means necessary to achieve Z rank stay in ranked. Players who want to have fun will move to player matches.

[@Hei-Tsuya]

@29:00 That’s something that P A I N S me ab playing SV. That wrist flick he does on a charged hit was the sole reason I wanted to play him. He had it in BT3 and he has it now, but I understand people to think I play him just to have access to a Afterimage strike character. I hate the move, I don’t use it, pride won’t allow it

[@oumarax]

Road to Z-Rank sounds like a good series ngl I loved that video

[@canelaspuf]

Guess the annoying part is how easily fixable these issues are since changing a few numbers on a computer would do the job As for 1v1 ranked having character stats normalized would make more sense since you can use them in full power on DP

[@undefeated09]

The issue isn't character balance. Its skill balance. If there were penalties after skills like in the old games, players wouldn't do the same stuff all the time. But they're good skills that are essentially free so people will keep doing it

[@MetroBaseGod]

Afterimage strike in sparking, you literally can’t do anything

[@Oldemail337]

I think we all can agree that giving every character the same amount of health in ranked is fair. Also, making afterimage cost more so it isn’t as accessible. That would be a step in the right direction imo

[@AshtonTheMelon]

It's literally just ranked. We adored these gamed as kids because it was literally just that: playing with the homies. As kids. It's not meant to be a competitive game. Starting health should be uniform and characters with Afterimage should just make it cost 6. That's it. The only time a fusion player should get extra health is when they perform a fusion.

[@WorldWideDan.]

when you land that gut punch you should try and side step behind them its so fire i love it

[@xTriggerheart]

I remember when everyone was convinced Whis would be a problem because of autododge before the game released and not only does barely anyone play his ass he's hardly a threat at all.

[@iateyourcookie9122]

My opinion if they remove "after image strike" from the game (because they already have after image in the game & that move makes more sense) & put insta spark that u can only do it when u have your skill gauge maxed out this game will be allot better while being unbalanced

[@TheParadoxCreator]

The game's intentional imbalance always meant that the online ranked/competitive aspect of the game would never be satisfying, but that was the trade off the developers intentionally made to remain true to the series (both the Budokai series and to the anime). We shouldn't act surprised when this tanks the numbers of players on Steam, who are mostly playing the game alone online, which is the predominant identity of PC gamers. This is a game that should not be taken very seriously except for in the confines of the rules your friend group makes. That system of honor is what makes playing Sparking Zero in a "competitive" way satisfying. Online modes with strangers will almost never provide that, because people with no friends are both the type to play only ranked (making up the majority of that population) and the type to deeply enjoy ruining the experience for others. Your favorite mid tier or low tier is not beating Super Vegito, MUI Goku, or SS4 Gogeta except for when those characters are piloted by people who are not very good at the game--this means that not only is beating them always an uphill battle from the start, but also that pulling it off is rarely ever even satisfying. Place those characters in the hands of someone on an equal skill level as you, even someone noticeably worse than you, and you will get beat in the most infuriating way possible--by a margin that is undeniably one-sided yet in a way that should not have beaten you. All this robs the game of that very vital feeling for any competitive game needs to thrive: the feeling of hard work paying off. Getting good should feel good, and in this game it rarely does when mashing on certain characters and abusing very low-effort playstyles win the day 9 times out of 10. None of this means that Sparking Zero isn't a good feeling game or a well made game or even a fun game, I think it's all those things. The game is very fun to handle and fight, it looks incredible, and a lot of the in-fight interactions and moments are beyond hype. All this just gets heavily outweighed by what you drudge through online on the ranked ladder, which is tragic.

[@bekomon]

It's really not about balance, it's more about non interactive and abusable mechanics. A character having more health or doing more damage than others, whatever (some cases can be excessive tho). You can get over that with a bit skill. A character you can't hit on top of other very overpowered defensive mechanics, now that's a problem. Tenkaichi was not a game that was massively played online, so it was easy to overlook some cheese strats or make up rules when playing with friends. When the devs anounced they were not intending on trying to balance the game, it actually killed my excitement because I knew it was going to be a mess.

[@LilJFlower]

I just think we’re still getting used to this game and that we’re trying to hard to constantly make it a big thing.While it is a continuation of the budokai series,it wa never meant to be this big series for every content creator to cover and make 500 videos on,it wasn’t supposed to be super competitive,it was just meant to be a cool video game but we’re for some reason trying so hard to just not let it be.I think it just needs more time to be here and then maybe it’ll just stop being such a big thing so we can really enjoy it.