That's how I felt. I played a demo of Raging Blast 2 and the controls put me off. It wasn't until Xenoverse came out where I felt I should give Dragon Ball games another chance
Literally same here, this generation of DBZ games I just didn’t feel like I HAD to play because of how satisfied I was from previous(PS2 ERA)albeit I didn’t know how to explain it at the time (I was like 12-14)
Yes, these games weren't necessarily made for those of us who bought Budokai 1 on release and every single Dragon Ball game every year thereafter. Ultimate Tenkaichi was the first year I didn't pick up the yearly release, which coincided with my burnout of the franchise. By then I was looong tired of type "Raditz to Buu" fare. I guess it didn't stop me from picking back up two years later with Battle of Z and continuing from there. Shameless fanboy? You bet.
@@Ealais76 yeah the fighting mechanics were definitely simplified but the graphics and everything was a perfect intro for next gen consoles. Tenkaichi was good but the two shouldn’t really be compared, however RB2 is 100% the better fighting game.
1:43 another cool detail about the menu that I hadn't noticed until seeing it again in this video (since I wasn't a Dragon Ball lore buff as a kid) is that the menu is modeled 1:1 with how Universe 7 is drawn by Akira Toriyama, with all the rotating game modes and stuff acting in the same way the Realm of the Kais does in the actual OG map by Toriyama. Smaller spheres rhat rotate around the bigger one.
Yeah, funny that I've been watching some DB Raging Blast videos this week because I kinda felt nostalgic and then she posts a retrospective about this gem. I'm definitely playing it on this weekend
If they bring anything from Raging Blast into the new Budokai Tenkaichi game, I hope they bring over the customizeable movesets instead of having multiple slots of the same character just during a different saga, I really don't want to use a whole different Goku just for Meteor Combination and lose access to Super Saiyan
Best lady 10/10 would watch again. As I've said before, you are wonderful at making great retrospectives, and any video you make is entertaining, funny, and just generally awesome. Certainly one of the best reviewers on this site, and soon enough, the number of subscribers will reflect that.
Great video. I love your retrospectives. I enjoyed the sequel to this game, but never actually played this one. Also, admit it. You said "deck" as many times as you did on purpose.
I hope for the new BT4 game, they incorporate mechanics from both games. Each game has their strengths and flaws. •RB has the super attack deflect mechanic. But Rhyme points out that it’s broken. It should require a ki bar or 2 to deflect and hurt the player depending on a super or ultimate. •I don’t like how in BT, everyone has the same string of combos. You perform virtually the same combo with any character and that’s pretty stale. RB2, everyone has a unique chain of inputs for a combo for every character, they need to implement that. •RB also implemented the small vanish when you press R1+X (or RT+A). That mechanic makes it easier to dodge incoming dash attacks, your opponent’s charged melee attack or anything else you manage to time correctly. I hope they bring that back as well. •BT balanced the Ki guage and blue bar. Like moves where you power up or instant transmission or paralysis, it required 2 or 3 of the W bar. I don’t like that in RB, EVERY MOVE uses the ki bar. Even though I love charging ki to get a wild sense off or even an instant transmission off, I can see how spammy those moves get, especially moves like solar flare. •Make all the super attacks on the right stick and ultimate when you click R3. Also transformations, RB gets it right so you don’t accidently do a super when you want to ultimate or transform except you go back to base or transform into the wrong transformation. •Burst mode! In BT, when you go into burst, you have a second of invincibility frames. In RB, you don’t so it leaves you open for a super attack if you fully charge. In RB2, you would have to enter Raging mode just so you can dodge or deflect the cheap shot super/ultimate attack lmao. •RB1 had a fun way to customize characters, I thought it was cool but I like the simplicity of RB2 and BT3. •Custom accessories like the halo, different auras for charging, sturdy scouters, lightning aura. Bring that back as well!! I would always change SSJ3 Goku’s aura to LSSJ Broly haha. •Character dialogue during fights. I love that in RB2, characters talk to each other. Like if you put Cooler to fight Goku, they talk as you fight. •This is a mechanic Tenkaichi Tag Team brought but pleasssssse bring back sensu beans. I enjoy having mini boss fights or longer fights. I would always pair Goku and Vegeta vs Broly but I would handicap myself by bringing 1 sensu and the opponent 4. •Obviously story mode but everything should be put, from the original saga to Super. •RB also introduced a mechanic when chaining combos. A little lighting bolt flashes the screen with a specific noise, yellow when you properly chain a combo, red for when you flop. It was a good indicator letting you know that you’re chaining a combo correctly or not. •RB also lets you change your supers so they should bring that back while also letting you know which moves cost ki or the blue bar. •Last thing for now, Tag Team mode 😭 I doubt they will but what I loved about Tag Team is that you don’t HAVE to do 2v2. The game plays perfectly fine, like a normal BT game when you do 1v1. Thanks for reading all this crap lmao but yeah, I subbed and am looking forward to more videos :)
Hey Hidden, thought I'd leave a comment in regards to the "Ascended Super Saiyan" vs "Super Vegeta" name issue that got you confused. The short of it is, Ascended Super Saiyan is technically a fan-term used for the form, which is officially known as "Super Saiyan Second Grade" or "Super Saiyan Grade 2". "Super Vegeta" is the nickname Vegeta gives himself while in the form, which is why that's used as the name for the form in games, similar to how the official name for Super Trunks would be "Super Saiyan Third Grade", but it's just easier to name the form Super Trunks in games.
LOVE the taste in background music. I loved the Legacy of Goku series. As limited as the first one really is and is completely dated...it also really amazed me when you go super saiyan. That sprite work was a spectacle. Love the videos!
An amazing review as always!! Hearing someone from New Zealand saying the word deck made laugh a lot harder than it should 😂😂 Also, what was that song used at 24:57? It sounded so relaxing.
I love Raging Blast 2 so much. If it only had the story mode, and just a few more of the freak picks from Tenkaichi 3 and some of the costumes, it would’ve been perfect for me. Loved the details in pregame dialogue. For example: Goku might have the same line while fighting Piccolo whether you go in as base or any of his other transformations. BUT he will say it a little differently based on the form. This is not a game I would play competitively, but solo I’ve had immense fun. The Tenkaichi games and Raging Blast have always been action figure simulators for me. It’s not about being an in-depth REAL fighting game, it’s about recapturing that feeling of taking your action figures and recreating fights from the show making up dream battles you always had in your head. And the dialogue helps with that. I wish there was a way to play Ragin Blast 2 again. My Xbox 360 is kaput. It gave us the what-if forms of Broly and Vegeta going SSJ3, if we got a third game that went further with more what ifs….man. Screw Ultimate Tenkaichi. Forever.
11:53 It's official name is "Super Saiyan Grade 2," or as Vegeta called it when he revealed it "Super Vegeta." I don't remember where that name originate from, my guess is that its fanmade or referred in something related to English dub, which is inaccurate.
This game is what got me in to Dragon Ball. I downloaded the demo of the game on my xbox 360 when I was was a kid and some time later my parents bought me the game. I played the game alot and also started watching DBZ because of it. I especially like how acurate to the anime the game looks and I am dissapointed that no game after it had those same graphics(even raging blast 2 looked much wierder because of the shading and all).
Been waiting for this retrospective I really enjoyed both of these titles on the ps3 and feel they’re underrated by DB fans today for some reason like Budokai Tenkaichi 3 had a bunch of characters we didn’t even play despite how good it is
I have 1 and 2 on pc and 100% on both of them through an emulator, they are both sublime games and i hope budokai tenkaichi 4 can live up to the standards ahhhh sweet sweet nostalgia
I remember this being my last DBZ game before FighterZ in 2018 and then buying Kakarot in 2023. It really burned me out and the DBZ games after just looked to be getting worse and worse 🙃
This was one of my first Dbz games and i recently played it again and still love it, i never played the budokai games so i guess i had a different experience
Ascended Saiyan was used as an alternative name to Super Saiyan 2. In some material, Super Vegeta and Super Trunks were referenced as ascended. Ya know, inconsistency with toy companies and what not.
I would say to try Raging Blast 2, it’s definitely better than 1. But you have so much to unlock in it, and playing it right after 1, I don’t know if it’ll feel as good.
Raging Blast was my first Dragon Ball game and is still my favorite to this day. It also has my favorite theme of any Dragon Ball game (not counting Kakarot)
This is one of, if not, my first Dragon Ball game, and in terms of gameplay/mechanics, it's still my favorite DB game. It also helps that since I never got the chance to play any of the Budokai Tenkaichi games, this was the closest thing I could get to playing BT3, and I'm playing it again for my BT4 training arc. I've had the game for around 10 years now and I somehow managed to keep it in playable condition despite my clumsy self.
I actually was one of the top 10 on Xbox when this game came out, god I loved RB1, I remember when we as a community discovered how to sidestep the Wild sense moves that really opened things up for us, add armor break to that mix and things got crazy really fast for tech
YES!!! I've been waiting for this! Super excited to watch this! It's really too bad Raging Blast 2 changed it's visuals. They definitely should've improved them using what was seen here. SSJ4 Goku, Vegeta and Gogeta would've looked amazing in this game.
THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AND MY FRIEND! We bought the game, thought 'aw it's just story mode this should be easy enough' Lost like 10 times in a row against that damn krillin!
God damn i love this so much this game was actually the first dragon ball game I got to play. I'm 28 but in norway we're I lived they didn't have a gaming stor at all. Haha, fun times! Love this retrospective videos keep it up❤
This game was great, and the what-ifs were awesome. Raging blast 2 really made the combat the absolute best and really polished up the gameplay, but lacked in story mode gameplay. However the online play was incredible.
This was my first DB game after Infinite World and I did not play it on launch, I bought it around 2015 and I had such a blast, I even play it tpday despite having Xenoverse 2 on my XBox
This first time I saw the gameplay to Raging Blast on a commercial, I was blown away. I could've sworn it was a PS2 game at first glance since the gameplay ran at whopping 60fps, instead of that boring 30 like how Tenkaichi games 1-3 did, but when I noticed the high quality graphics, especially with the stages, I thought to myself "ain't no way in hell that this could run well on a PS2." When I played the game's demo on Xbox 360(and this was LONG before my family even got a console that allowed us to play the full game), I was having flashbacks to when I played the original Budokai trilogy and the Tenkaichi trilogy on PS2. That said, it felt like Raging Blast took the gameplay of Tenkaichi and cranked it way past eleven. If anything, this was how I wished Tenkaichi would played frame rate-wise, because you've no clue at all of how disgusted I was seeing Tenkaichi running a 30fps instead of 60 like how the original Budokai games did. When Raging Blast 1 and 2 brought back the 60fps, I couldn't have been any more happier. I found myself enjoying this and Raging Blast a hell of a lot more than I did with any if the Tenkaichi games.
Yes! Glad you’re back, Hidden! Unlike most of the other DBZ games you’ve reviewed, I literally know next to nothing about the raging blast games. So I will solely be basing my opinion of them on how you review them. 😂
One problem that’s been consistent with Anime games are the constant repetition of the story. Every game makes you play through the same events over and over again leading to fatigue. I’d much rather the games have more creative freedom with “What if’s” and even customs characters in events. I’m personally not familiar with the Xeno games, but I know they attempted to change that up a bit. It’s the same problem I’ve had with the Naruto Ninja Storm series. The only thing that really was the saving grace were the QTEs that expanded on what happened in the anime or even manga. I just wish the games would let you be more open and create your own character and run around the world. The Kakrot game seemed pretty cool but bland at times with its open world
The FUNimation dub called Super Vegeta's form Ascended Super Saiyan. They also called Super Saiyan 2 Ascended as well. So it confused many fans who only watched the dub. The Japanese version didn't have a proper name for it until the guidebooks. It's officially called Super Saiyan Grade 2 and the form Trunks used against Cell was Grade 3.
I'm glad you gave this game a shot, even if you were neutral on it. I think you'll enjoy Raging Blast 2 more though since it fixes most of 1's gameplay and structure issues
I agree that RB can be pretty clunky at times, but you get nigh undefeatable if you learn how to reaction dodge, link attacks together, and knock people out of super attacks. Not to mention how powerful the decks make you. Also, sense I haven't seen anyone else mention this, the training battle between Piccolo and Gohan during the Saiyan Saga has a misson requirement of dodging all of Piccolo's attacks. Whether intential or not, there's a "DOOOOOODDDGGEE!!!" joke in this game.
Yeah this was my first dragon ball game has a very special place in my heart, I also remember playing ultimate tenkaichi 🤢🤢 but I loved the what if scenarios it was so cool to see ss3 vegeta and broly. Got to say though the game still looks great even for today standards
Hey hidden, this is going to be my pre-watch comment. Although the raising blast series had objectively better graphics, and better animation, I didn't like how they slowed down the pace. That's why I feel that the Budokai Tenkaichi series is superior.
Really hope with the future of dbz games I hope they expand and keep the What IF sagas. There were so cool when playing for the first time. It would be really cool to see a What IF saga with super Saiyan 4 Goku Vs a Supur Saiyan 4 Broly. That would be insane.
This was literally Tenkaichi 4. I don't know why Tenkaichi 4 got me excited, or everyone else excited. I hope they do a Budokai 4, that sounds like a lot more fun.
Oh Raging blast. I remember this game. It's been a long time since I play this one. But I don't have it anymore.. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy some things in this game, but it wasn't for me. And since I didn't enjoy this one much, I had no interest of picking up the sequel Raging blast 2, back in the day. However, there some things I like about this game. I like the what-if scenarios (although I prefer Tenkaichi 2's more). The tag team special attacks. The graphics, which still looks great today. The customization of your characters and that soundtrack. My goodness. When I first booted up the story mode and heard that song, (Tracking Dragon Ball). I absolutely fell in love with that theme. I can listen it for hours.. The issue I had with this game (aside from the awful camera) is mostly the gameplay. I think it's good, but I had way more fun with Budokai and the Budokai Tenkaichi series over this one. And I can also agree with the missions being added the story mode after clearing them was kinda dumb. I was not a fan of this being added to the game.. Any way solid review! Also what was that at 22:50? lol! Was that your dog or a cat?
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Definitely felt the DBZ Game fatigue by this time as well. Starting all the way back from Budokai 1 to burst limit, I was wiped out lol
I guess I didn’t realize this as well. I never played the full game for RB1 and got RB2 many years later 😅
That's how I felt. I played a demo of Raging Blast 2 and the controls put me off. It wasn't until Xenoverse came out where I felt I should give Dragon Ball games another chance
Literally same here, this generation of DBZ games I just didn’t feel like I HAD to play because of how satisfied I was from previous(PS2 ERA)albeit I didn’t know how to explain it at the time (I was like 12-14)
Yes, these games weren't necessarily made for those of us who bought Budokai 1 on release and every single Dragon Ball game every year thereafter. Ultimate Tenkaichi was the first year I didn't pick up the yearly release, which coincided with my burnout of the franchise. By then I was looong tired of type "Raditz to Buu" fare. I guess it didn't stop me from picking back up two years later with Battle of Z and continuing from there. Shameless fanboy? You bet.
It was one game per year plus the Legacy of Goku, Supersonic Warriors games and Sagas.
I loved the what if's in this game especially that ssj3 vegeta one
The what if saga was definitely my favorite part of the game
Always great when games do that. Supersonic Warriors was great for this - each character had their own What-If story.
I loved the Ginyu try-outs.
Having SSJ3 Vegeta and Broly was probably the coolest thing in this game when I was a kid
As a pre teen who just got his first console this and RB2 were everything! Such a moment in time. Surprising to see so many people dislike it.
When you compare it to the Tenkaichi games side by side, Raging Blast kinda falls short in comparison...
@@BlurXIIInot really, RB has better fighting mechanics, graphics, and polish
@@Ealais76 yeah the fighting mechanics were definitely simplified but the graphics and everything was a perfect intro for next gen consoles. Tenkaichi was good but the two shouldn’t really be compared, however RB2 is 100% the better fighting game.
One thing I liked about this game that I don't think other DB games did before or after, is have the pale/non powered up SSJ hair when not powered up.
That was in BT3 as well I like the white SSJ1 hair design the most tbh.
1:43 another cool detail about the menu that I hadn't noticed until seeing it again in this video (since I wasn't a Dragon Ball lore buff as a kid) is that the menu is modeled 1:1 with how Universe 7 is drawn by Akira Toriyama, with all the rotating game modes and stuff acting in the same way the Realm of the Kais does in the actual OG map by Toriyama. Smaller spheres rhat rotate around the bigger one.
My favorite Aussie dbz-tuber-bae just posted 😳
G'day mate
she is a New Zealander not aussie
People don't know what a New Zealander is lol
@@HiddenChannelisnt that a type of bird?
@@taurusasaurusrex1183 she did stole our hearts like an Aussie.
Yeah, the Raging Blast games were like the spiritual successors to the Tenkaichi series.
I'm probably gonna replay this game after watching this.
Yeah, funny that I've been watching some DB Raging Blast videos this week because I kinda felt nostalgic and then she posts a retrospective about this gem. I'm definitely playing it on this weekend
@azurawhateverAnd better updated and fair smoother gameplay need I say more
If they bring anything from Raging Blast into the new Budokai Tenkaichi game, I hope they bring over the customizeable movesets instead of having multiple slots of the same character just during a different saga, I really don't want to use a whole different Goku just for Meteor Combination and lose access to Super Saiyan
I agree
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I think it's going to be the BT and RB series moveset/mechanic's mixed
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Series was underrated af
Best lady 10/10 would watch again. As I've said before, you are wonderful at making great retrospectives, and any video you make is entertaining, funny, and just generally awesome. Certainly one of the best reviewers on this site, and soon enough, the number of subscribers will reflect that.
What if saga in the raging blast series were totally worth it and best idea they had for this game, Great work as always! Keep it up
More Dragon Ball games need these kinds of What-If's
Great video. I love your retrospectives. I enjoyed the sequel to this game, but never actually played this one.
Also, admit it. You said "deck" as many times as you did on purpose.
That's what dbz is all about...a bunch of decks
I hope for the new BT4 game, they incorporate mechanics from both games. Each game has their strengths and flaws.
•RB has the super attack deflect mechanic. But Rhyme points out that it’s broken. It should require a ki bar or 2 to deflect and hurt the player depending on a super or ultimate.
•I don’t like how in BT, everyone has the same string of combos. You perform virtually the same combo with any character and that’s pretty stale. RB2, everyone has a unique chain of inputs for a combo for every character, they need to implement that.
•RB also implemented the small vanish when you press R1+X (or RT+A). That mechanic makes it easier to dodge incoming dash attacks, your opponent’s charged melee attack or anything else you manage to time correctly. I hope they bring that back as well.
•BT balanced the Ki guage and blue bar. Like moves where you power up or instant transmission or paralysis, it required 2 or 3 of the W bar. I don’t like that in RB, EVERY MOVE uses the ki bar. Even though I love charging ki to get a wild sense off or even an instant transmission off, I can see how spammy those moves get, especially moves like solar flare.
•Make all the super attacks on the right stick and ultimate when you click R3. Also transformations, RB gets it right so you don’t accidently do a super when you want to ultimate or transform except you go back to base or transform into the wrong transformation.
•Burst mode! In BT, when you go into burst, you have a second of invincibility frames. In RB, you don’t so it leaves you open for a super attack if you fully charge. In RB2, you would have to enter Raging mode just so you can dodge or deflect the cheap shot super/ultimate attack lmao.
•RB1 had a fun way to customize characters, I thought it was cool but I like the simplicity of RB2 and BT3.
•Custom accessories like the halo, different auras for charging, sturdy scouters, lightning aura. Bring that back as well!! I would always change SSJ3 Goku’s aura to LSSJ Broly haha.
•Character dialogue during fights. I love that in RB2, characters talk to each other. Like if you put Cooler to fight Goku, they talk as you fight.
•This is a mechanic Tenkaichi Tag Team brought but pleasssssse bring back sensu beans. I enjoy having mini boss fights or longer fights. I would always pair Goku and Vegeta vs Broly but I would handicap myself by bringing 1 sensu and the opponent 4.
•Obviously story mode but everything should be put, from the original saga to Super.
•RB also introduced a mechanic when chaining combos. A little lighting bolt flashes the screen with a specific noise, yellow when you properly chain a combo, red for when you flop. It was a good indicator letting you know that you’re chaining a combo correctly or not.
•RB also lets you change your supers so they should bring that back while also letting you know which moves cost ki or the blue bar.
•Last thing for now, Tag Team mode 😭 I doubt they will but what I loved about Tag Team is that you don’t HAVE to do 2v2. The game plays perfectly fine, like a normal BT game when you do 1v1.
Thanks for reading all this crap lmao but yeah, I subbed and am looking forward to more videos :)
I was literally thinking about this while walking my dog this morning. We are running on the same brain waves
Hey Hidden, thought I'd leave a comment in regards to the "Ascended Super Saiyan" vs "Super Vegeta" name issue that got you confused.
The short of it is, Ascended Super Saiyan is technically a fan-term used for the form, which is officially known as "Super Saiyan Second Grade" or "Super Saiyan Grade 2". "Super Vegeta" is the nickname Vegeta gives himself while in the form, which is why that's used as the name for the form in games, similar to how the official name for Super Trunks would be "Super Saiyan Third Grade", but it's just easier to name the form Super Trunks in games.
LOVE the taste in background music. I loved the Legacy of Goku series. As limited as the first one really is and is completely dated...it also really amazed me when you go super saiyan. That sprite work was a spectacle. Love the videos!
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Absolutely love your videos!! Keep ‘em up!
Thank you
An amazing review as always!! Hearing someone from New Zealand saying the word deck made laugh a lot harder than it should 😂😂
Also, what was that song used at 24:57? It sounded so relaxing.
Same here. I wish she would just list all the songs she used in the video so that it'd be easier for us to search for it ourselves.
Song is Climax Reasoning from the Danganronpa OST.
@@alexlegit6166 Much appreciated.
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Any day you post is a good day! I love your sense of humor
I love Raging Blast 2 so much. If it only had the story mode, and just a few more of the freak picks from Tenkaichi 3 and some of the costumes, it would’ve been perfect for me. Loved the details in pregame dialogue. For example: Goku might have the same line while fighting Piccolo whether you go in as base or any of his other transformations. BUT he will say it a little differently based on the form. This is not a game I would play competitively, but solo I’ve had immense fun. The Tenkaichi games and Raging Blast have always been action figure simulators for me. It’s not about being an in-depth REAL fighting game, it’s about recapturing that feeling of taking your action figures and recreating fights from the show making up dream battles you always had in your head. And the dialogue helps with that. I wish there was a way to play Ragin Blast 2 again. My Xbox 360 is kaput. It gave us the what-if forms of Broly and Vegeta going SSJ3, if we got a third game that went further with more what ifs….man. Screw Ultimate Tenkaichi. Forever.
heyo just found your channel literally today by recommendation!
time to continue my dbz-a-thon this month apparently
11:53 It's official name is "Super Saiyan Grade 2," or as Vegeta called it when he revealed it "Super Vegeta." I don't remember where that name originate from, my guess is that its fanmade or referred in something related to English dub, which is inaccurate.
Love the thumbnail art style, looking back this game had some of the most interesting What-ifs at least for me
Can’t wait to see raging blast 2
I never played this game and it runs great on steam deck. Time to run these back. I love dbz but i couldnt get this game as a teenager.
This game is what got me in to Dragon Ball. I downloaded the demo of the game on my xbox 360 when I was was a kid and some time later my parents bought me the game. I played the game alot and also started watching DBZ because of it. I especially like how acurate to the anime the game looks and I am dissapointed that no game after it had those same graphics(even raging blast 2 looked much wierder because of the shading and all).
Raging blast was some of my first DBZ games, i will always love them
Raging blast was awesome it was the game that got me into dragon ball
Hidden, you always have some fire thumbnails!
Babe wake up, new Hidden retrospective video just dropped
Dragon Ball Z Raging Blast 1 and 2 are by far my favourite DBZ games of Modern Era, no debate whatsoever... ☯️✌️
Been waiting for this retrospective I really enjoyed both of these titles on the ps3 and feel they’re underrated by DB fans today for some reason like Budokai Tenkaichi 3 had a bunch of characters we didn’t even play despite how good it is
Over time I've come to realize they just continued Burst Limit through this game. Goku turning SS2 against Broly, and the cover/disc art
I love your videos. My favorites were the budokai Tenkichi videos, yiu gotta do more dancing lol
I have 1 and 2 on pc and 100% on both of them through an emulator, they are both sublime games and i hope budokai tenkaichi 4 can live up to the standards ahhhh sweet sweet nostalgia
I remember this being my last DBZ game before FighterZ in 2018 and then buying Kakarot in 2023. It really burned me out and the DBZ games after just looked to be getting worse and worse 🙃
Not many people are really talking about these games anymore like you do besides playing them I mean this is nice to see.
This was one of my first Dbz games and i recently played it again and still love it, i never played the budokai games so i guess i had a different experience
Ascended Saiyan was used as an alternative name to Super Saiyan 2. In some material, Super Vegeta and Super Trunks were referenced as ascended. Ya know, inconsistency with toy companies and what not.
i appreciate you always talking about the menus
I just bought myself of this and Raging Blast 2 copies yesterday and was just wondering when you're review would pop up
Did you get xbox or PlayStation copies? If PlayStation would you be interested in playing some online battles? :)
I would say to try Raging Blast 2, it’s definitely better than 1. But you have so much to unlock in it, and playing it right after 1, I don’t know if it’ll feel as good.
Love this game I was 10 years old when I first played it such an underrated game
The "beating up women" line legit made me laugh out loud. your writing is great
Yess new video from my favorite Aussie !
Ooooooooooohhhh, one of my favorite underrated DBZ game is up next!! 🤩
The spoony betrayal soundbite is such a deep cut!
Raging Blast was my first Dragon Ball game and is still my favorite to this day. It also has my favorite theme of any Dragon Ball game (not counting Kakarot)
This has become one of my favorite channels
I love that your doing all my dragon ball games
Ascended sayian is ssj2, goku says it during the ssj3 transformation scene .
Glad you posted
This is one of, if not, my first Dragon Ball game, and in terms of gameplay/mechanics, it's still my favorite DB game. It also helps that since I never got the chance to play any of the Budokai Tenkaichi games, this was the closest thing I could get to playing BT3, and I'm playing it again for my BT4 training arc. I've had the game for around 10 years now and I somehow managed to keep it in playable condition despite my clumsy self.
Welcome back. I hardly know anything about these games, so keen to hear what the deal is.
I actually was one of the top 10 on Xbox when this game came out, god I loved RB1, I remember when we as a community discovered how to sidestep the Wild sense moves that really opened things up for us, add armor break to that mix and things got crazy really fast for tech
I saw the thumbnail and video title I got hyped quickly and clicked it.
YES!!! I've been waiting for this! Super excited to watch this! It's really too bad Raging Blast 2 changed it's visuals. They definitely should've improved them using what was seen here. SSJ4 Goku, Vegeta and Gogeta would've looked amazing in this game.
THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AND MY FRIEND! We bought the game, thought 'aw it's just story mode this should be easy enough' Lost like 10 times in a row against that damn krillin!
15:18 Gohan self-destructed so much he destroyed the Pentagon.
Thanks for your videos I always have a good laugh
Greetings from Germany 🌻
Highly intelligent overview.
I hate Raging Blast so much but I'll watch since it's you, Hidden.
I dont have a ps2 but i have a ps3 as a tenkaichi fan this was a must buy for me
Lmaoooo the Spoony Betrayal, I dig it!
God damn i love this so much this game was actually the first dragon ball game I got to play. I'm 28 but in norway we're I lived they didn't have a gaming stor at all. Haha, fun times!
Love this retrospective videos keep it up❤
Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta Looks Dope In The Thumbnail
Let’s goooo! My homegirl back with a new retrospective video!! I am about to watch this whole thing 🙏🏻
YAAAAAAAASS. FINALLY
Can't wait for the RB2 retrospective
This game was great, and the what-ifs were awesome. Raging blast 2 really made the combat the absolute best and really polished up the gameplay, but lacked in story mode gameplay. However the online play was incredible.
31:52 Bruh I've been watching this long and now i hear the RB Theme? This shit fire😂
This was my first DB game after Infinite World and I did not play it on launch, I bought it around 2015 and I had such a blast, I even play it tpday despite having Xenoverse 2 on my XBox
make sure you have a strong deck that will let you survive chi-cih's endurance training
(this requires several years of meme knowledge to understand)
Great video as usual. Turned off my ad blocker to watch this so that u can get more revenue!
This first time I saw the gameplay to Raging Blast on a commercial, I was blown away. I could've sworn it was a PS2 game at first glance since the gameplay ran at whopping 60fps, instead of that boring 30 like how Tenkaichi games 1-3 did, but when I noticed the high quality graphics, especially with the stages, I thought to myself "ain't no way in hell that this could run well on a PS2." When I played the game's demo on Xbox 360(and this was LONG before my family even got a console that allowed us to play the full game), I was having flashbacks to when I played the original Budokai trilogy and the Tenkaichi trilogy on PS2. That said, it felt like Raging Blast took the gameplay of Tenkaichi and cranked it way past eleven. If anything, this was how I wished Tenkaichi would played frame rate-wise, because you've no clue at all of how disgusted I was seeing Tenkaichi running a 30fps instead of 60 like how the original Budokai games did. When Raging Blast 1 and 2 brought back the 60fps, I couldn't have been any more happier. I found myself enjoying this and Raging Blast a hell of a lot more than I did with any if the Tenkaichi games.
Yes! Glad you’re back, Hidden! Unlike most of the other DBZ games you’ve reviewed, I literally know next to nothing about the raging blast games. So I will solely be basing my opinion of them on how you review them. 😂
One problem that’s been consistent with Anime games are the constant repetition of the story. Every game makes you play through the same events over and over again leading to fatigue.
I’d much rather the games have more creative freedom with “What if’s” and even customs characters in events. I’m personally not familiar with the Xeno games, but I know they attempted to change that up a bit.
It’s the same problem I’ve had with the Naruto Ninja Storm series. The only thing that really was the saving grace were the QTEs that expanded on what happened in the anime or even manga. I just wish the games would let you be more open and create your own character and run around the world. The Kakrot game seemed pretty cool but bland at times with its open world
The FUNimation dub called Super Vegeta's form Ascended Super Saiyan. They also called Super Saiyan 2 Ascended as well. So it confused many fans who only watched the dub. The Japanese version didn't have a proper name for it until the guidebooks. It's officially called Super Saiyan Grade 2 and the form Trunks used against Cell was Grade 3.
Bangers always producing bangers
Goku being a bad dad is a tfs exclusive thing only yknow, he's a great dad in canon
25:08 Each character’s WHAT will start out small?!
My favorite Tenkaichi game lol
Really enjoyed your retrospectives
I'm glad you gave this game a shot, even if you were neutral on it. I think you'll enjoy Raging Blast 2 more though since it fixes most of 1's gameplay and structure issues
These games are the goat
I agree that RB can be pretty clunky at times, but you get nigh undefeatable if you learn how to reaction dodge, link attacks together, and knock people out of super attacks. Not to mention how powerful the decks make you.
Also, sense I haven't seen anyone else mention this, the training battle between Piccolo and Gohan during the Saiyan Saga has a misson requirement of dodging all of Piccolo's attacks. Whether intential or not, there's a "DOOOOOODDDGGEE!!!" joke in this game.
Yeah this was my first dragon ball game has a very special place in my heart, I also remember playing ultimate tenkaichi 🤢🤢 but I loved the what if scenarios it was so cool to see ss3 vegeta and broly. Got to say though the game still looks great even for today standards
Hey hidden, this is going to be my pre-watch comment. Although the raising blast series had objectively better graphics, and better animation, I didn't like how they slowed down the pace. That's why I feel that the Budokai Tenkaichi series is superior.
This is pretty much exactly how I feel about the game lol
A Spoony reference in 2023 dang nice
I cant wait for Beast Gohan in Xenoverse 2 either today or sometime soon. Happy Goku Day @Hidden
Really hope with the future of dbz games I hope they expand and keep the What IF sagas. There were so cool when playing for the first time. It would be really cool to see a What IF saga with super Saiyan 4 Goku Vs a Supur Saiyan 4 Broly. That would be insane.
This was literally Tenkaichi 4.
I don't know why Tenkaichi 4 got me excited, or everyone else excited.
I hope they do a Budokai 4, that sounds like a lot more fun.
Infinite World could basically be Budokai 4 with the gameplay improvements and the bigger roster it had compared to Budokai 3
Now we wait for rb2.
Oh Raging blast. I remember this game. It's been a long time since I play this one. But I don't have it anymore.. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy some things in this game, but it wasn't for me. And since I didn't enjoy this one much, I had no interest of picking up the sequel Raging blast 2, back in the day. However, there some things I like about this game. I like the what-if scenarios (although I prefer Tenkaichi 2's more). The tag team special attacks. The graphics, which still looks great today. The customization of your characters and that soundtrack. My goodness. When I first booted up the story mode and heard that song, (Tracking Dragon Ball). I absolutely fell in love with that theme. I can listen it for hours.. The issue I had with this game (aside from the awful camera) is mostly the gameplay. I think it's good, but I had way more fun with Budokai and the Budokai Tenkaichi series over this one. And I can also agree with the missions being added the story mode after clearing them was kinda dumb. I was not a fan of this being added to the game.. Any way solid review! Also what was that at 22:50? lol! Was that your dog or a cat?
sick!
We definitely don't call circles "rounded squares" in America, I wonder where she heard that 😂