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[Soapbox Killer]

Late to the party on this but they nail the feel of the fights in this. I have being playing DBZ fighting games before I even knew there was a show (early 90's snes import) and no other game feels as close to recreating the feeling of watching the anime or reading manga. I haven't gone too deep into it so it still feels a bit shallow and button mashy but just watching it play out it is a sight. I also didn't know it had anime music in it so when I first watched the game the other day and Gohan Vs Buu with "We Got Power" playing in the background felt far more epic than I was expecting.


Best $8 I have spent on gaming all year. (Switch eshop sale)

 

[Swift_Star]

Yes, ps4 spider man.

 

[Goliath77]

I would say the South Park rpgs. Like watching an episode

 

[Kamina]

Yes, ps4 spider man.

 

[kanjobazooie]

Alien Isolation

 

[Mohonky]

Chronicles of Riddick

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Yes, ps4 spider man.

I was thinking Spider-Man too. The only edge I would give to FIghterZ is the presentation feels like the anime with the voices and art and music.

 

[fart town usa]

Licensed games were pretty solid back in the NES/SNES era.

TMNT games (Konami). Disney games (Capcom). Ocean games like Hook and Home Alone were shit but there were definitely some licensed bangers back then.

As others have mentioned, South Park RPGs, Spiderman for modern games.

X-Men legends too, never got into Ultimate Alliance but those Legends games are effing awesome.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

I know they weren't particularly good games, but if you stop and stare at just the right moment it feels like you really are taking part in an iconic Star Wars battle...

 

[deriks]

- South Park and the Stick of Truth
- a lot(!!!) of Star Wars games
- GoldenEye (maybe just for nostalgic reasons)
- Batman Arkham series (but maybe just Asylum)
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
- Alladin (for the Mega Drive - the animation of the game was made by the movie animation team. Fuck me!)
- you can feeeeeeeeeeel like Spiderman

 

[Con-Z-epT]

Wolverine X-Men Origins was pretty good. Really felt like playing the movie.

 

[boomcrab]

Dbfz is really great. I believe every move in the game is directly taken from either the Manga or a scene from the show. Try watching high level play and get inspired. We just got a new patch that freshened things up a bit, as every team online was either fusions, broly, base vegeta, or Ui.

 

[RoboFu]

Yes, ps4 spider man.

nah I never remember spiderman taking 10 mins to put down a few common thugs in the comics.

 

[Batiman]

Fighterz is too perfect. I still play it at least once a week with my son. Probably the most visually appealing game to me. Just a burst of beautiful colours and effects. If your a fan of dragonball, you have to love this. My top 5 game in the last 10 years and I’m not even a fan of fighting games that much. I even bought guilty gear strive because of this game and while I like it, I still go back to fighterz more often

 

[009EspadaSageJay]

Most anime games/ licensed anime games follow the source material or have the authors and publishers working hand in hand with the company.

 

[Guilty_AI]

 

[TintoConCasera]

It's a trap!

 

[ksdixon]

Sunsoft's Batman on sega megadrive with little scenes playing out bits of movie story inbetween some levels was also kinda cool. But close it was not.

Batman Arkahm Asylum really conveyed the feel of Batman for me.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

It was never any of the db fighting game for me until budokai tenkaichi 2, the fact that you can free form fly around and knock people super far away and through mountains and shit made it actually DBZ for me; same reason I feel more DBZ from xenoverse 2 than dbfz, the 2d fighting game simply don't capture the actual DBZ feel for me, they are just fighting games with a DBZ skin on top.

007 Everything or nothing is pretty much a bond movie in videogame form:

 

[BennyBlanco]

Arkham Asylum

 

[Captain Toad]

South Park nailed it.

 

[Lord Malachite]

Ghostbusters:The Video Game had awesome mechanics that really made you feel like you were wrangling and trapping ghosts.

 

[lostinblue]

Superman 64 was the best

 

[KàIRóS]

Witcher trilogy

Metro 2033

The Matrix: Path of Neo

The Lord of the Rings Online

Harry Potter games up until Prisoner of Azkaban

 

[Fbh]

South Park for sure, it pretty much looks identical to the show.

Anime wise, I'd argue that while they are much worse fighting games and still have some of that 3D look to them, the Ultimate Ninja Storm capture the look of the anime battles as good or even better than Fighterz by virtue of their 3D perspective and longer super attack animations:

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Those Resident Evil games do a good job of matching the classic Paul W.S. Anderson films.

 

[64bitmodels]

I would say the South Park rpgs. Like watching an episode

As a massive fan of south park yeah this is way too true lmao. The fact they manage to perfectly replicate the artstyle and humor of an episode while still being an amazing RPG is insane

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Anime wise, I'd argue that while they are much worse fighting games and still have some of that 3D look to them, the Ultimate Ninja Storm capture the look of the anime battles as good or even better than Fighterz by virtue of their 3D perspective and longer super attack animations:

This is up there for sure. I might have to play the South Park RPGs

 

[ReBurn]

It's a trap!

It was worth buying a GameCube just to play this one game.

 

[The_hunter]

I know they weren't particularly good games, but if you stop and stare at just the right moment it feels like you really are taking part in an iconic Star Wars battle...

Dice's graphics are amazing, too bad the design wasn't so great.

 

[The Stig]

Yes, ps4 spider man.

100%
Also Batman Arkham games.

 

[64bitmodels]

That being said, FighterZ is probably the BEST 3d replication of 2d ive seen in a while. People don't give it (and arc system's other games) enough credit

 

[Dr.Morris79]

It was like being there.

 

[ManaByte]

Ocean games like Hook and Home Alone were shit but there were definitely some licensed bangers back then.

Hook was made by Sony and the Sega CD version with the John Williams redbook audio was awesome.

 

[Doom85]

I would really love ArcSys to tackle other anime series as well. As someone who can’t stand arena brawlers, a proper fighting game of an anime was so fucking good and long overdue. Naruto would fit perfectly for such an experience. One Piece as well though I pity the developers who have to decide who makes the roster from THAT massive a pool of characters.

 

[hemo memo]

I would say the South Park rpgs. Like watching an episode

This. South Park games visual language is just perfection.

 

[fart town usa]

Hook was made by Sony and the Sega CD version with the John Williams redbook audio was awesome.

Must have been published by Ocean or something then. Their logo is on the NES box and menu screen.

I only played the NES version. I remember my brother and I completing the game but neither of us liked it much. The music is great though, can't deny that.

edit-

Wow. The Sega CD version seems like a completely different game from the NES version.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

It's a shame because the Akira Toriyama artstyle is almost perfect in 3D yet Square Enix refuses to remake Chrono Trigger.

 

[Shubh_C63]

South Park for sure, it pretty much looks identical to the show.

Anime wise, I'd argue that while they are much worse fighting games and still have some of that 3D look to them, the Ultimate Ninja Storm capture the look of the anime battles as good or even better than Fighterz by virtue of their 3D perspective and longer super attack animations:

The QTE in the campaign simply blew me away, they were done so good.
The collectors disc for all Naruto games were so cheap I had to buy it.

 

[StateofMajora]

Tenkaichi 3 feels a lot more like the series than fighter z though.

Another thing, fighter z animation is nothing like the show.

 

[Mohonky]

Alien Isolation

Oh also this yes, amazing game. Really felt anchored in that world.

 

[Impotaku]

Most anime games/ licensed anime games follow the source material or have the authors and publishers working hand in hand with the company.

Yup this, the naruto shippuuden ones come to mind they were a lot of fun and the huge battles were amazing.

 

[LNXD]

It is very good what they did not only in the models but also in the animation, it is like watching an episode of the series, the most incredible thing is that it seems better animated than the last Dragon Ball Super movie.
I'm not a fan of fighting games but I don't regret buying the game.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Chronicles of Riddick

I'd say it is even better than the source material.

 

[Belthazar]

South Park The Stick of Truth is much better in replicating (and actually improving in some ways) the source material.

 

[Codes 208]

the naruto shippuden games were pretty damn close to the anime’s quality and represntation.
The crazy thing is how some of the QRT’s had the same awkward single shot frames that the anime would also do.

But otherwise South Park did pretty damn good with their RPG’s to capture the show. Probably better even. That said, FighterZ is arguably one of the best licensed fighting games and considering DBZ’s history of “fun first, competitive fighting third” mentality, fighterz is a fucking gem amongst its peers

 

[nush]

Transformers Devastation, it IS the 80's cartoon. In fact it's better looking than it.

It's shallow, just like the source material.

 

[deriks]

Those Resident Evil games do a good job of matching the classic Paul W.S. Anderson films.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Dragon Ball Fighter Z told all the people that kiss up to street fighter tekken and smash that gamers want Goku and not some unvaccinated back peddling ninja.

 

[01011001]

- South Park and the Stick of Truth

yeah, you can't beat south park. it literally looks 100% identical to the show and the team behind the show was heavily involved