@ majority of players do not unfortunately they altered various other things about the game already I don’t see why a balance change wouldn’t help the game become more enjoyable
@@JabensKylet’s be real. It’s never gonna be balanced. The game wasn’t made to be balanced. Master Roshi should not be beating Vegeto with a lighting surprise attack, but they can make it more enjoyable by sorting out the rubbish that happens online
@ no since it isn’t made to be balanced they should only aim to fix the bugs and glitches. Things like sparking spam/ki blast spam should remain same with rage quitters being able to leave when they want.
I do agree with this because sparking depth comes from the clothes combat and quick engagements with the defensive options and mind games that close combat has, but (as I have always said) Neutral is kinda especially arena fighters, so if the neutral isn't clean it almost don't matter what you close combat has to offer. I can't really get into sparking so I do also prefer storm but sparking defiantly has the potential to be greater then it is.
@@Yopierre_ ummm 100 mission,raid mode,adventure mode and a larger tournament mode with more participants like the last games had? wtf are you talking about
@Yopierre_ It has a barwbones, slideshow story. (The only good Story is Gohans), an incredibly limited cutscene maker, and a barebones touney options. Game is good, but they could have offered way more Single player modes
@@jackluffy7914 Mission 100 was just fight presets. Someone on the Steam version even recreated the ones from BT3 as custom battles. Custom battles have much more to offer. Tournaments themselves have improved but I agree they're too small. We didn't even have team tournaments in the past
Sparking could have a bigger playerbase but Storm is still more balanced with better mechanics then sparking, both can be dumb but still would take Storm over sparking
as someone who grew up with the storm games, storm's combat system is honestly really shallow now compared to Sparking Zero let alone any traditional fighter. Substitution's are just Z vanishes with no timing or precision and combos are all 1 button mashing
Super counter makes sparking unplayable for me, defensive option that can be used an unlimted amount of times and most of the time it comes out when mashing. There is no defensive option that should be able to be used an UNLIMITED amount of times in ANY fighting game.
are you stupid on purpose or just accident? I believe super counter is either a 1 frame or a 4 sec frame so its incredibly hard to time let alone be consistent at it. the super counter is fine where its at
@Master-Maguku exactly bruh lol if some dope decided to throw a raw super I will VANISH that cause best believe I practice my vanishing and staggering opens people up so much but noobs will legit quit when it won't go the way they want
What rank r you? I’m tired of ppl who can’t even get in SC battles complain about them….nobody who doesn’t sit on the game all day/isn’t Z rank is spamming SC. I’m sorry to tell you, but you’re whining about literally the 1% of the game, and people who put a time in to learn, and it’s something YOU or any1 YOU fight can’t do, so it’s not anything you need to worry about lmao.
Respectfully speaking, you have no right to rant on a game that recently released. And to make matters worse, you're comparing it with a game you once dropped to go back to Storm 4. Storm Connections had flaws too when it came out now you're all acting like it's a perfect game. Have you all forgotten about armored jutsus and broken assists? The game got a full year of patches fixing things that people whined about. Let Sparking Zero devs do their thing. If nothing changes for a year then this video is most welcomed.
Great video as always, Poisoned! You bring up some valid points and it is hard to topple Storm since its formula is well done. Not perfect but well done. Sparking Zero has captured my interest despite the shenanigans that go on in ranked. We’re still in the early stages so I’m curious to see what’ll happen in the next coming months.
I love Storm but honestly sparking is definitely better I’ve been playing and I still feel subpar at it especially if I take a long break from it the skill gap in sparking is definitely there even with people spamming Insta sparking or after imagine the skill gap with all the counters is there even skill gap in vanishing also just to add Storm there’s too many jutsu that could give you the upper hand with Karin and temari which they barely fixed.
Nah sparking is better bro it has the better net code it has the better graphics AGAIN connections is my first storm ONLINE I’ve ever played n I loved it I got 1600 hours on it but the storm sub system is bullshit n u can also save yourself way to much in this one. As for high lvl matches every finals ends up puppets players which so borning to watch n I genuinely feel bad for other players struggling against it. They just hosted a tournament an the amount of puppet users was ridiculous I just stopped watching n waited for the finals. Idk man tk3 is my favorite anime game of all time so they nailed everything I expected n I think they’re both good…but sparking is more taking care of n it feel like actual new game with nostalgia included. Connections always felt like n updated better storm 4. I don’t blame CC2 because people forgot they’re also working on demon slayer 2
100% agree with everything you said! Currently the game is actually boring and does not encourage combos or playing a fun neutral game which is destroying the longevity and fun factor of the game. I will be making my own video on the current state of Sparking Zero but great to see great minds think alike :) 🔥
I always played the storm series ( since release ) on a high level, the style community was alot of fun but they lost me with connections ngl. The first storm i ever dropped. Sparking zero isnt perfect right now but atleast its fun woth friends.
i think sparking zero has more interresting mechanics than storm connections it's just that some of them oversadow everything else making the gameplay stale and repetitive even more than storm connections at release, movement manoeuvers are just for style point right now why would you do anything other than generate a vanish war to build your blast stock
WHAT IS THIS SLANDER! But yeah, I agree. I bought Sparking Zero on day one. I enjoyed the story and definitely got my money’s worth, but the online aspect just isn’t that fun for me. I know this is gonna make me sound like a puzzy, but the gameplay feels both too simple and too complex at the same time. The game isn’t meant to be balanced, and I respect them for going that route; I just wish it were simpler to play. With the Storm series, it felt easy to get into, but the more I played, the combos started to click, and the game felt smoother and smoother. But with Sparking Zero, I don’t know… it’s just not clicking. I’ve put in 40 hours, and the online aspect still isn’t connecting for me. It’s a great game that makes you feel like you’re in Dragon Ball, but the online just isn’t for me.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story for Sparking. I enjoyed what I played of it too. But the online mode is definitely something that keeps players returning these days.
Ok, you're lying about the single player modes in Sparking. The what-ifs are underwhelming, story mode is boring, and the episode creator is a pain in the ass to use.
Connections is definitely not better then sparking simply because one is just a cash grab and the other the devs actually put their hard work and love into it. Your opinion is your opinion I’m not bashing it but it’s just sparking zero doesn’t have that much content when it comes to offline and online is trash rn. But the devs are trying to listen to the community and fix it
Poisoned okami I’m soo glad you made this video. In sparking zero every character pretty much has the same move set and abilities(some projectiles and a transformation) which causes most of the gameplay to look and feel the same. However in storm connections most characters have unique abilities that call for different strategies and uses. There’s so many different play styles to adopt in storm connections therefore each fight has the potential to feel different from each other. This is why I will probably never buy sparking zero, all the characters ultimately have the same utilities.
@ you completely missed the point of my comment. I’m well aware that most players fight like garbage. That still doesn’t change the potential of the game that me and very few fair fighters see in the game for how diverse the abilities are in the game compared to sparking zero and some other DBZ games.
Ngl, I agree I miss playing storm so ima actually download back again. I’m b3 in sparking zero and honestly it’s kinda wack because you start playing the same 3 characters Especially Ssj4 gogeta you can deadass lose because you get hit with one ultimate meanwhile you was wackin the opponent the whole game,
quite a hot takes but i do agree with your points. i always get up on my seat when someone's guard is broken like 'ohh! ohhh!!' while spark zett just "huh? hhhuhhh?"
you aren't wrong brotha I would've said the same exact thing naruto storm connections is the perfect anime arena fighting game now with all its patches
Said from the gecko that sparkling has zero competitive bone. Is dragon ball fun to play? Story its 1000% better than history mode or story mode from Naruto. But that's it. Neutral is spamming with ki blast worst version of kunai, Hardly can react more like consistently spam block options. Also game developers said they have no interest in balance, which hurts so much, cannot play a rank game to get an opponent down to couple hits to than be one shotted by some busted super sayain.. Looking at you Goku ultra instinct... At least with storm its a literal war, take out 5 subs take the guard all while not making a mistake. Cause storm actually rewards you for making the right reads. Storm has busted things in it, ie certain jutsu are stronger, even with that 99% of the jutsu can be void when hitting an enemy with counter, tho still think counters should cost chakra, you get the same stuff in dragon ball with the vanishing battles as it called. All this said i would 100% rather watch Naruto battles than sparkling
People are in the honeymoon phase for SZ. The game is fun but heavily underbaked and unbalanced. Story mode is laughably bad and missing so many character fights(vegeta got done dirty) while the offline modes (besides customs) is lacking, where is the tower tournament from the older BT games?? Characters are balanced according to the series which I understand it certain moves are not balanced for gameplay purposes (if you play online you know). SZ dropping 90% of its steam players is telling, while it still have a relatively healthy online playerbase that massive of a drop is genuinely concerning. Don’t let me get started on the HORRIBLE UI And UX design of this game. If you play the older BT and raging blast games you would see how many mechanics, modes and characters are missing.
Oh yeah I didn't even consider the missing modes Sparking has from the old BT2 and 3 games! I also agree on the UI design and menus of the game, took me a while to figure it out and it doesn't feel smooth either but that's just me nitpicking. I feel Sparking still has a chance to improve though 👌
Siri explain 🤡 without saying clown 🗣️ Your one of those grudge mofos regardless of anything type ppl. 😂 You say honey moon phase while stating steam numbers but your own game is always and has always been lower than storm 4 on that same very steam. Keep this in mind because it goes to show how the public opinion over connections and sparking are rn. Your in no position to talk player numbers when connections is your rep 🤢🥶 Y'all will say story mode is B's then name your arbitrary slideshow argument as y'all all do without fail. But here you didn't even name a reason so your even worse off than the avg yapper 😂 And you can read a grudge mofos when they dig on a point literally no one ever has. Bro really said hi and ux 😭. What game got characters in real time switching in and between at the fraction of a section with a unique, non list like format? You cant even name any. All the cinema and sparkle of this UI, you aint never seen something like it The funniest part is when he mentions the missing characters from raging blast as if playing fadder squadrons and ssh3 broly or vegeta is suppose to be a knock. 😂 Hell the only character that should be in that's even in raging blast is Zangya. Your delusional because by the sound of it you'd rather choose raging blade roster over sparking 😂😂😂😂 Then lad yaps and cries about bt3 roster. Like some copy clone apes made anyone day. They gave your teen goku and Al the rest are just irrelevant and not important to the otherwise important super characters. You will find anyw scraps to complain about and it shows. If not super included and og instead your crying would be "why isn't super here" cant win with your types. Then watch him throw a fit cause 2 gt characters didn't make it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your one of those grudge mofos regardless of anything type ppl. 😂 You say honey moon phase while stating steam numbers but your own game is always and has always been lower than storm 4 on that same very steam. Keep this in mind because it goes to show how the public opinion over connections and sparking are rn. Your in no position to talk player numbers when connections is your rep 🤢🥶 Y'all will say story mode is bad then name your arbitrary slideshow argument as y'all all do without fail. But here you didn't even name a reason so your even worse off than the avg yapper 😂 And you can read a grudge mofos when they dig on a point literally no one ever has. Bro really said ui and ux 😭. What game got characters in real time switching in and between at the fraction of a second with a unique, non list like format? You cant even name any. All the cinema and sparkle of this UI, you aint never seen something like it The funniest part is when he mentions the missing characters from raging blast as if playing fadder squadrons and ssj3 broly or vegeta is suppose to be a knock. 😂 Hell the only character that should be in that's even in raging blast is Zangya. Your delusional because by the sound of it you'd rather choose raging blade roster over sparking 😂😂😂😂 Then lad yaps and cries about bt3 roster. Like some copy clone apes made anyone day. They gave your teen goku and all the rest are just irrelevant and not important to the otherwise important super characters and can be added anytime. You will find any scraps to complain about and it shows. If not super included and og instead your crying would be "why isn't super here" cant win with your types. Then watch him throw a fit cause 2 gt characters didn't make it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your one of those grudge folk regardless of anything type ppl. 😂 You say honey moon phase while stating steam numbers but your own game is always and has always been lower than storm 4 on that same very steam. Keep this in mind because it goes to show how the public opinion over connections and sparking are rn. Your in no position to talk player numbers when connections is your rep 🤢🥶 Y'all will say story mode is bad then name your arbitrary slideshow argument as y'all all do without fail. But here you didn't even name a reason so your even worse off than the avg yapper 😂 And you can read a grudge mofos when they dig on a point literally no one ever has. Bro really said ui and ux 😭. What game got characters in real time switching in and between at the fraction of a second with a unique, non list like format? You cant even name any. All the cinema and sparkle of this UI, you aint never seen something like it The funniest part is when he mentions the missing characters from raging blast as if playing fadder squadrons and ssj3 broly or vegeta is suppose to be a knock. 😂 The only character that should be in that's even in raging blast is Zangya. Your aimless because by the sound of it you'd rather choose raging blade roster over sparking 😂😂😂😂 Then lad yaps and cries about bt3 roster. Like some copy clone apes made anyone day. They gave your teen goku and all the rest are just irrelevant and not important to the otherwise important super characters and can be added anytime. You will find any scraps to complain about and it shows. If not super included and og instead your crying would be "why isn't super here" cant win with your types. Then watch him throw a fit cause 2 gt characters didn't make it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your one of those grudge folk regardless of anything type ppl. 😂 You say honey moon phase while stating steam numbers but your own game is always and has always been lower than storm 4 on that same very steam. Keep this in mind because it goes to show how the public opinion over connections and sparking are rn. Your in no position to talk player numbers when connections is your rep 🤢🥶 Y'all will say story mode is bad then name your arbitrary slideshow argument as y'all all do without fail. But here you didn't even name a reason so your even worse off than the avg yapper 😂 And you can read a grudge mofos when they dig on a point literally no one ever has. Bro really said ui and ux 😭. What game got characters in real time switching in and between at the fraction of a second with a unique, non list like format? You cant even name any. All the cinema and sparkle of this UI, you aint never seen something like it The funniest part is when he mentions the missing characters from raging blast as if playing fadder squadrons and ssj3 broly or vegeta is suppose to be a knock. 😂 The only character that should be in that's even in raging blast is Zangya. Your aimless because by the sound of it you'd rather choose raging blade roster over sparking 😂😂😂😂 Then lad yaps and cries about bt3 roster. Like some copy clone apes made anyone day. They gave your teen goku and all the rest are just irrelevant and not important to the otherwise important super characters and can be added anytime. You will find any scraps to complain about and it shows. If not super included and og instead your crying would be "why isn't super here" cant win with your types. Then watch him throw a fit cause 2 gt characters didn't make it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly what I've been saying, the defensive mechanics get in the way of having a true punish game, where in other games like Storm, Xenoverse, Kill la Kill -If-, you can punish someone with true offense for doing something reckless. (I don't play Storm and can only go off the gameplay I've seen, I've played Xenoverse for years, and I've played and watched a bit of KLK -If- and Sparking feels like a game that came out of the early 2000's with it gameplay.)
I unironically agree with this. While Connections had some questionable decision-making at the start. Every update/patch has been addressing literally every criticism the game received at launch. Not just when dlc drops but constant patches and updates SZ fixed Yajirobe, and that was kinda it. All of the defensive mechanics are still way to low risk high reward. Rage quitters still don't have harsh penalties. And what's even more wild is that some Xbox players still can't even play online. Instead of hot fixing these issues, Bandai decided to target and punish people using cosmetic mods for custom battles. Not even for ranked CUSTOM BATTLES. That is super crazy to me And then there's the DLC. I'm loving Daima and loved Super Hero. But why even put Daima characters in as one of the first sets of DLC when the anime isn't even over. We haven't seen everything the characters can do. And Super Hero characters being dlc is scummy, imo too. The movie will be 3 years old next year. Not putting Beast Gohan in the base roster and pay walling is hella greedy Hell, I don't care about Kurenai at all. But at least Bandai listened to the fans and put her in because she was a highly requested character for years. And don't get me started on the balancing. I know both are arena fighters and aren't meant to be taken seriously because they lack the proper depth of a traditional fighting game. But at least the Connections team makes an effort to tone down some of the stuff that actually makes the game unfun(Armored Jutsu, OP Supports)
Thanks for the pros and cons of sparking zero and connection, poison Yeah I won't lie trying to get better in both games is overall fun but running into termai support and ssj4 gogeta does take the fun away but I'm hoping after our feedback goes to Bandai and we get the patch and necessary updates both games need.
sparking zero is just a cheesy game when you watch people play it competitve while storm might be more "simple" but it's actually more enjoyable to play and watch and also i just think that all the character are pretty similar and the animation are not quite good compared to storm (Tekken 8 on top anyway)
I grew up with both anime, love both, sparking has more charm in my opinion and it's still getting updates atleast monthly and they seem to be listening to the community, I liked how they storm brought back the customization system, i will also say that in terms of cutscene and cinematic over the top ultimates, storm is #1 in all of anime gaming😅 but if I'm being fair this is like the first sparking zero in many years and storm had so many more sequals to refine their formula(and remove shit that we like) whereas sparking has So Much Love into it(in my opinion) I'd personally play sparking cause I just like what they have going on and it makes u feel more like the characters which is what i personally wanted out of it, storm connections is still a good game and it's fun but man I just hope the devs listened to the fans more.
Just a matter of preference. I prefer 2D fighting games like blazblue and guilty gear. But 3D games like NSC and SK0 are fun to play and watch too! Edit: Not to mention SK0 is a brand new game and it's meta is still developing. I think people should be abit more patient before judging the game.
Really a big hot takes. For me, anime arena fighter should never be a high lv competitive fighting game. If they're trying to balance it, it ruins the lore, overall, makes it untrue to the source material. So I've always played it as a casual game with family and friends. But I'm more on which one worth my money more. Storm connection was a huge cash grab, I think everyone can agree on this. Pretty much a dlc with lackluster story mode plus new story to play. And it's inferior to its predecessors in terms of gameplay in my opinion. Sparking zero though? Man, I enjoyed it so much. Has been playing it with my brother and have a blast. Dunno about online, but the transformation, beam clash, fist clash, anime accurate abilities. The only teo thing I hate about is story mode and split screen. Other than that? It win by default.
I will say, the Sparking series was never meant to be played on a competitive level. Its always meant to be a game played between friends for shits and giggles. Its 100% completely unbalanced in every way but that's on purpose and its something many people don't understand, or actively try to ignore. Not sure why every person sees a combat or party style game and then try to turn it into a meta competition of skill and ability. That's a habit many gamers need to break.
this is the point i see often. if sparking zero is never meant to be competetive but more of a "fun party game" then why is it lacking so much in actual fun content? the only modes that people really play in it are ranked which are meant to be competetive. also why are there even ranks if the game was never meant to be competetive in the first place?
@@henrik_demolish 1: "Fun Content" is 100% subjective and dependent upon one's personal preference. What may be fun for others, just might not be fun for you 2: Sparking Zero is a call back to the old games and wasn't designed with the idea of trying to compile 20 different game modes into a single Arena Fighter. Like the old games, if you remember playing them, that basically had a Story Mode, Vs Mode, Tournament Mode, and Survival Mode, this game has roughly the same amount of modes with the last mostly being the Custom Battle mode. And from what I've seen, many people are having fun with the Custom Battles as much as the Online Rankings. If you don't personally like it, that's fine but its not designed to really mimic or include a multitude of modes copied from other games. SZ is its own series, doing its own thing.
@Netherwolf6100 1. if its so subjective then why is the playerbase dying rapidly? i think people can generally identify when a product isn't all that fun and lacking, sure fun is subjective but there are objective factors that contribute to a game's success and longevity, and right now sparking zero has lots of flaws that contribute to its rapid decline. 2. the games combat is clunky and unbalanced and as you mentioned, the only new singleplayer "fun" new mode is custom battles and from what i've heard, it's also pretty lackluster. saying this game is meant to be " just fun and not taken seriously" is just gaslighting from the fact that the game is just poorly designed (at least at this point). it's like saying you should turn off your brain when watching a badly written show, because it would make it more fun but the show is still poorly written.
@@henrik_demolish 1: I never said the game doesn't have flaws. There's no game that is perfect. I said fun is subjective and whether or not someone is having fun is purely up to their personal preference. I can't speak to the majority if they were expecting or desiring other things from the game but if so, that's their desires, not an objective fact. 2: Its not gaslighting to point out that people bought into a series and are playing a game with intention that doesn't match up with what the series is known for. Listening to someone complain about what they feel the game is lacking by comparing it to other games they know, is no different than listening to someone complain about a Dark Souls clone, not having as much freedom, modes, options and difficulty settings as something like God of War. Each game has its own priorities and focus and people who went into the game with mismatched hopes and intentions are many who are leaving. And honestly, if someone isn't having fun with a game, they should leave. No one should play a game they don't enjoy, but people shouldn't try making a game out to be anything more than it sets out to be. None of its features were falsely advertised, most fans from the OG games know the games have never been balanced for competitive play so they don't care to ask for such a thing, and the TB series never had a plethora of game modes to satisfy the majority of gamers because it never cared about doing such things before. If you don't like it for whatever problems you have, that's fine, but liking or not liking something is a person's opinion and nothing more. It does nothing less than what the old games that came before did and if the tastes and desires of the players have changed in the past 10-15 years and they no longer find the series enjoyable without nostalgia keeping them in place, that's fine and on them. But don't try to make or demand the game to be anything more than what it set out to be.
I respect your opinion and watched the whole video but as you acknowledged you have more of a bias for storm than other anime games and if im not mistaken connections nearly died because of the increfibly broken meta a launch with the same characters on rotate
Studently, many people stopped to play Dragon ball Sparking 0, because They became bored quickly, maybe the mechanics in that game are similar than Naruto storm Connections, and people looked that is not a new genre of Anime game. I prefer Naruto storm 4 ´cause I´m used to the original formule of the main game, the first born Naruto Storm.
There's really not too much to debate to be honest. Both are completely broken, far from what a competitive/fun fighting game should be. It takes really a good amount of effort to start from Storm 4 (which was ok for most part but had huuuuge problems about glitch/unintented mechanics and overall balance). Sparking Zero could just be explained with 2 words: Nostalgia Hype. The only good thing about both games, and it's not a little thing to be honest, is the roster.
I mean neither storm or sparking are fun to watch or comp. Sparking obviously less so because devs even said it wasn’t meant to be balanced. The dodge of sparking players with super dash is same as playing keep away when someone awakens in storm. Storm is a more balanced game but that isn’t saying much comparing it to a game not meant to be. I think everyone needs recognize anime arena are not meant to be comp and that’s is 100 percent ok.
Don't get me wrong I love connections but I lost all hope for the series because 1. I doubt they will make another 1 2. I doubt the game will get more support 3. cc2 has taken shortcuts EVERY game due to lack of staff At least sparking zero is guaranteed some more love in the future
Naruto Storm Connections is a failure. It has a worse launch than sparking zero could ever have. Invincible Jutus? Lol. The storm series is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and forever will be. Storm connections is the most dead anime fighter of all time. Have fun fighting the same 10 players on that dead game
@@IlIIIllIII sounds like you're mad that he called out the problems with sparking zero Calling the storm series irrelevant when it's one of bandai's selling IP is funny Keep coping lmao and stay mad
@ storm 4 had good sales, then died. This game never had a good sales and died. You’re just upset that connections is so dead that it’s a worthless skill to even get good at with a player base of 10 people
Last patch of connections made it way too defensive for me which made me drop. Sparking suffers from these issues atm but they want to patch, whereas I can see connections going in a direction I really won’t like further.
W vid storm connection is way better then sparking zero leader switching is so much more smooth is sparking zero u gotta stop to switch juts one of the many flaws
I haven't played sparking zero yet but I watched gameplay and it looks crappy...I mean the graphics look ok but the gameplay looks 🗑️... connections has its problems but overall a better game...now that I can fight uk and Asia with very little delay or none I enjoy it even more...speaking of poison we need to box again
Pls do a video for demon slayer hinokami Vs storm connections,cause I personally feel demon slayer is better both mechanically and with character balance
I agree that Naruto storm connections is better too sparking zero it’s good but now I barely play that game now I’ll play it a little bit but not like back when I first got dlc 1-5 already released for Naruto storm connections which is pretty cool and hopefully season 2 get announced soon this month or in December and sparking zero the main dlc character I’m waiting for is beast gohan and orange piccolo and gamma 1 and gamma 2 both games are awesome but yeah I choose connections over sparking zero
Connections subpar tbh, I rather play storm generations than newer storm games, and I rather play raging blast 2 or bt3 than new dbz game. TBH, Poison, the dbz games have more skill gap than connections tbh
I would play and buy storm connections but i am on pc and if i buy it i will literally be playing against the same four ppl so i am kinda stuck watching gameplay :( and db sparking is fun but just like in storm ppl find the most annoying characters and moves and spam them i prefer storm cuz i think the characters and the gameplay are more fair in most cases
I do agree that Storm Connections is better than Sparking Zero especially in its current state. Games I looked forward to these years were disappointing but at least Sonic x Shadow Gens was my favorite thing to come out in recent years. It ain't a fighting game but the speedruns go wild, it is fun to play and watch. Implementing rules in Storm Connections would be a great idea. Even Smash Bros has rules in fighting game Tournaments. Even speedruns of other games do the same thing even if this isn't completely related. -Against stalling and having ledge limits. Ones like Melee Jigglypuff using her side b to stall in the air and Brawl Meta Knight has something similar. They also ban soft lock and other techniques of that sort too. -They ban having 2 Clouds on the same team in Smash 4. Recently, they also made Brawl Meta Knight be at a disadvantage when in comes to choosing stages while their opponent can choose counter play stages more freely. Brawl even had some tournaments that banned the grab release combos you can do on Lucas and Ness especially the infinites. I think they did a similar thing with Ice Climbers in Melee where they banned wobbling but they can still kill off of a combo so it isn't fully a nerf.
I agree, love SZ but connections is lowkey better it took a few updates but connections is in a state that is pretty good more people should give it a second chance.
Ima definitely check these comments everyday because it's finna be a war zone😭 Sparking definitely has better features like the what it's, dragon ball encyclopedia etc, but it terms of its FIGHTING connections is easily better Don't get me wrong connections has its annoying stuff but some things in sparking are legit cheese and overpowered. I'd take fighting shino and hanzo with hyuga support over ss4 gogeta and unblockable supers anyday
You Storm glazers are so desperate for engagement because the game is dead😂 Also maybe you haven’t gotten the memo but in terms of gameplay Storm is one of the weakest arena fighters in general. The combat is literally one button 😂 It’s strong point is graphics and story. The gameplay is for babies You not knowing how to vanish Supers or beat Gogeta is a skill issue
@jirenthegray5776 who's shaming? I just said it's op and cheese lmao, it just makes the fighting aspect less skill based imo, in storm sure there's cheese no doubt, ur lying if u don't think the character in sparking carries u way more
But before playing like this in the tourney, i am one of the best skilled player on this game. Sadly, hilliasteur and me cannot show u this type of gameplay during this tourney, I Hope in the future, u’ll see the potential of sparking zero in our gameplay’s !
I understand that you only care about hype, but if you know how to analyze, you would already know that Zero would be a bad game. It's enough to know the developer!
Unfortunately this game is dead. A launch is really important and they 😮😢fumbled it. Doesn't matter if they improve when most of the playerbase is already gone and you STILL can't back out of an online match unlike storm 4 c'mon man. And the dlc packs only being one character blows. I hope the next game is overhauled and is amazing
Don't get your feelings hurt buckos, watch the full video to understand everything being said, it'll all make sense
I prefer SZ. It also has more potential to be even greater. Connections still need lots of work. They still haven’t fixed boroshikis air combo man.
It won’t be greater because it will remain unbalanced
@@JabensKy thats literally the one of the main reason people love tenikaichi...
@ majority of players do not unfortunately they altered various other things about the game already I don’t see why a balance change wouldn’t help the game become more enjoyable
@@JabensKylet’s be real. It’s never gonna be balanced. The game wasn’t made to be balanced. Master Roshi should not be beating Vegeto with a lighting surprise attack, but they can make it more enjoyable by sorting out the rubbish that happens online
@ no since it isn’t made to be balanced they should only aim to fix the bugs and glitches. Things like sparking spam/ki blast spam should remain same with rage quitters being able to leave when they want.
I do agree with this because sparking depth comes from the clothes combat and quick engagements with the defensive options and mind games that close combat has, but (as I have always said) Neutral is kinda especially arena fighters, so if the neutral isn't clean it almost don't matter what you close combat has to offer. I can't really get into sparking so I do also prefer storm but sparking defiantly has the potential to be greater then it is.
Well said for sure. Sparking still has the potential to grow
Both games are huge disappoints. Don’t know how they could’ve messed connections up
Sparking zero isn’t really a disappointment just doesn’t have that much content
@ idk what content you expect from a dragon ball game
@@Yopierre_ ummm 100 mission,raid mode,adventure mode and a larger tournament mode with more participants like the last games had? wtf are you talking about
@Yopierre_ It has a barwbones, slideshow story. (The only good Story is Gohans), an incredibly limited cutscene maker, and a barebones touney options. Game is good, but they could have offered way more Single player modes
@@jackluffy7914 Mission 100 was just fight presets. Someone on the Steam version even recreated the ones from BT3 as custom battles. Custom battles have much more to offer. Tournaments themselves have improved but I agree they're too small. We didn't even have team tournaments in the past
lmaooo I was just thinking about making this video :) but I think Storm Connections is better now.
You should still make the video! I'd like to hear your view points on this matter too 👌
Sparking could have a bigger playerbase but Storm is still more balanced with better mechanics then sparking, both can be dumb but still would take Storm over sparking
Hardcore coping
@ how
He's not wrong @@Jesse_Tvrs
Cope harder
@@certifiedlex848 🙂↕️can’t explain how
I’ve played Storm for 9 years and dragon ball sparking 0 is the only game that made me stop playing entirely
Go make a vid what you doing here bruh😂
as someone who grew up with the storm games, storm's combat system is honestly really shallow now compared to Sparking Zero let alone any traditional fighter. Substitution's are just Z vanishes with no timing or precision and combos are all 1 button mashing
Sounds like a skill issue
Real
Same but with tekken 8
Super counter makes sparking unplayable for me, defensive option that can be used an unlimted amount of times and most of the time it comes out when mashing. There is no defensive option that should be able to be used an UNLIMITED amount of times in ANY fighting game.
Exactly, it's crazy
are you stupid on purpose or just accident? I believe super counter is either a 1 frame or a 4 sec frame so its incredibly hard to time let alone be consistent at it. the super counter is fine where its at
So then learn how to stagger combos lol way too many low skill sz players complaining about things you can work around 😂
@Master-Maguku exactly bruh lol if some dope decided to throw a raw super I will VANISH that cause best believe I practice my vanishing and staggering opens people up so much but noobs will legit quit when it won't go the way they want
What rank r you? I’m tired of ppl who can’t even get in SC battles complain about them….nobody who doesn’t sit on the game all day/isn’t Z rank is spamming SC. I’m sorry to tell you, but you’re whining about literally the 1% of the game, and people who put a time in to learn, and it’s something YOU or any1 YOU fight can’t do, so it’s not anything you need to worry about lmao.
Respectfully speaking, you have no right to rant on a game that recently released. And to make matters worse, you're comparing it with a game you once dropped to go back to Storm 4.
Storm Connections had flaws too when it came out now you're all acting like it's a perfect game. Have you all forgotten about armored jutsus and broken assists? The game got a full year of patches fixing things that people whined about.
Let Sparking Zero devs do their thing. If nothing changes for a year then this video is most welcomed.
I tell all my fighting game homies this. Storm is the closest an arena fighter will get to it being an actual "fighting game".
The new bleach game might be one too
I think the Demon Slayer Game is the best example for arena fighters but i like Storm too
@@guutenks2498I have high hopes for RoS
Power Stone out
@@KiddRyzeDaGawdI love that game. Power stone 2 as well
Great video as always, Poisoned! You bring up some valid points and it is hard to topple Storm since its formula is well done. Not perfect but well done. Sparking Zero has captured my interest despite the shenanigans that go on in ranked. We’re still in the early stages so I’m curious to see what’ll happen in the next coming months.
I love Storm but honestly sparking is definitely better I’ve been playing and I still feel subpar at it especially if I take a long break from it the skill gap in sparking is definitely there even with people spamming Insta sparking or after imagine the skill gap with all the counters is there even skill gap in vanishing also just to add Storm there’s too many jutsu that could give you the upper hand with Karin and temari which they barely fixed.
Nah sparking is better bro it has the better net code it has the better graphics AGAIN connections is my first storm ONLINE I’ve ever played n I loved it I got 1600 hours on it but the storm sub system is bullshit n u can also save yourself way to much in this one. As for high lvl matches every finals ends up puppets players which so borning to watch n I genuinely feel bad for other players struggling against it. They just hosted a tournament an the amount of puppet users was ridiculous I just stopped watching n waited for the finals. Idk man tk3 is my favorite anime game of all time so they nailed everything I expected n I think they’re both good…but sparking is more taking care of n it feel like actual new game with nostalgia included. Connections always felt like n updated better storm 4. I don’t blame CC2 because people forgot they’re also working on demon slayer 2
100% agree with everything you said!
Currently the game is actually boring and does not encourage combos or playing a fun neutral game which is destroying the longevity and fun factor of the game.
I will be making my own video on the current state of Sparking Zero but great to see great minds think alike :) 🔥
For sure, I hope Sparking improves in the future though 👌
I always played the storm series ( since release ) on a high level, the style community was alot of fun but they lost me with connections ngl.
The first storm i ever dropped.
Sparking zero isnt perfect right now but atleast its fun woth friends.
i think sparking zero has more interresting mechanics than storm connections it's just that some of them oversadow everything else making the gameplay stale and repetitive even more than storm connections at release, movement manoeuvers are just for style point right now why would you do anything other than generate a vanish war to build your blast stock
WHAT IS THIS SLANDER! But yeah, I agree. I bought Sparking Zero on day one. I enjoyed the story and definitely got my money’s worth, but the online aspect just isn’t that fun for me. I know this is gonna make me sound like a puzzy, but the gameplay feels both too simple and too complex at the same time. The game isn’t meant to be balanced, and I respect them for going that route; I just wish it were simpler to play.
With the Storm series, it felt easy to get into, but the more I played, the combos started to click, and the game felt smoother and smoother. But with Sparking Zero, I don’t know… it’s just not clicking. I’ve put in 40 hours, and the online aspect still isn’t connecting for me. It’s a great game that makes you feel like you’re in Dragon Ball, but the online just isn’t for me.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story for Sparking. I enjoyed what I played of it too. But the online mode is definitely something that keeps players returning these days.
No Sparking Zero is better IMO.
Sparking Zero is WAY more fun to play and has a lot of single player modes that are fun than Stoem connections.
Ok, you're lying about the single player modes in Sparking. The what-ifs are underwhelming, story mode is boring, and the episode creator is a pain in the ass to use.
Sparkling doesn't have much to do got boring too quickly as I think dbz kakarot is better to me.
Connections is definitely not better then sparking simply because one is just a cash grab and the other the devs actually put their hard work and love into it. Your opinion is your opinion I’m not bashing it but it’s just sparking zero doesn’t have that much content when it comes to offline and online is trash rn. But the devs are trying to listen to the community and fix it
So he's wrong, but you agree with this main points???
@ you could agree with some of the things people say but disagree on others like what?💀
sparking zero got boring at 4-5 hours
could not have said this better ! 100% agree
Poisoned okami I’m soo glad you made this video.
In sparking zero every character pretty much has the same move set and abilities(some projectiles and a transformation) which causes most of the gameplay to look and feel the same.
However in storm connections most characters have unique abilities that call for different strategies and uses. There’s so many different play styles to adopt in storm connections therefore each fight has the potential to feel different from each other.
This is why I will probably never buy sparking zero, all the characters ultimately have the same utilities.
LOL everyone plays the same in Storm. Smash circle and shift the stick for combo variations. Kiddy game.
@ you completely missed the point of my comment. I’m well aware that most players fight like garbage.
That still doesn’t change the potential of the game that me and very few fair fighters see in the game for how diverse the abilities are in the game compared to sparking zero and some other DBZ games.
@@SauceyDaSaucegawd buddy storm has majority of the characters playing the same aside from a select few 💀 it's a dogwater button masher
Agreed this guy only knows the basics. Go watch high level games and the combo freedom and styling is out of this world@@SauceyDaSaucegawd
You’ve successfully made me to click this video🤝
Welcome to the video 🤝
Ngl, I agree I miss playing storm so ima actually download back again. I’m b3 in sparking zero and honestly it’s kinda wack because you start playing the same 3 characters Especially Ssj4 gogeta you can deadass lose because you get hit with one ultimate meanwhile you was wackin the opponent the whole game,
We low-key Need a Naruto storm connection and or a dragon sparking zero LAN event
quite a hot takes but i do agree with your points.
i always get up on my seat when someone's guard is broken like 'ohh! ohhh!!' while spark zett just "huh? hhhuhhh?"
Good video ❤
you aren't wrong brotha I would've said the same exact thing naruto storm connections is the perfect anime arena fighting game now with all its patches
You know the tech bro 💯
Said from the gecko that sparkling has zero competitive bone. Is dragon ball fun to play? Story its 1000% better than history mode or story mode from Naruto. But that's it. Neutral is spamming with ki blast worst version of kunai, Hardly can react more like consistently spam block options. Also game developers said they have no interest in balance, which hurts so much, cannot play a rank game to get an opponent down to couple hits to than be one shotted by some busted super sayain.. Looking at you Goku ultra instinct... At least with storm its a literal war, take out 5 subs take the guard all while not making a mistake. Cause storm actually rewards you for making the right reads. Storm has busted things in it, ie certain jutsu are stronger, even with that 99% of the jutsu can be void when hitting an enemy with counter, tho still think counters should cost chakra, you get the same stuff in dragon ball with the vanishing battles as it called. All this said i would 100% rather watch Naruto battles than sparkling
People are in the honeymoon phase for SZ. The game is fun but heavily underbaked and unbalanced. Story mode is laughably bad and missing so many character fights(vegeta got done dirty) while the offline modes (besides customs) is lacking, where is the tower tournament from the older BT games?? Characters are balanced according to the series which I understand it certain moves are not balanced for gameplay purposes (if you play online you know). SZ dropping 90% of its steam players is telling, while it still have a relatively healthy online playerbase that massive of a drop is genuinely concerning.
Don’t let me get started on the HORRIBLE UI And UX design of this game. If you play the older BT and raging blast games you would see how many mechanics, modes and characters are missing.
Oh yeah I didn't even consider the missing modes Sparking has from the old BT2 and 3 games! I also agree on the UI design and menus of the game, took me a while to figure it out and it doesn't feel smooth either but that's just me nitpicking. I feel Sparking still has a chance to improve though 👌
Siri explain 🤡 without saying clown 🗣️
Your one of those grudge mofos regardless of anything type ppl. 😂 You say honey moon phase while stating steam numbers but your own game is always and has always been lower than storm 4 on that same very steam. Keep this in mind because it goes to show how the public opinion over connections and sparking are rn. Your in no position to talk player numbers when connections is your rep 🤢🥶
Y'all will say story mode is B's then name your arbitrary slideshow argument as y'all all do without fail. But here you didn't even name a reason so your even worse off than the avg yapper 😂
And you can read a grudge mofos when they dig on a point literally no one ever has. Bro really said hi and ux 😭. What game got characters in real time switching in and between at the fraction of a section with a unique, non list like format? You cant even name any. All the cinema and sparkle of this UI, you aint never seen something like it
The funniest part is when he mentions the missing characters from raging blast as if playing fadder squadrons and ssh3 broly or vegeta is suppose to be a knock. 😂 Hell the only character that should be in that's even in raging blast is Zangya. Your delusional because by the sound of it you'd rather choose raging blade roster over sparking 😂😂😂😂
Then lad yaps and cries about bt3 roster. Like some copy clone apes made anyone day. They gave your teen goku and Al the rest are just irrelevant and not important to the otherwise important super characters. You will find anyw scraps to complain about and it shows. If not super included and og instead your crying would be "why isn't super here" cant win with your types. Then watch him throw a fit cause 2 gt characters didn't make it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your one of those grudge mofos regardless of anything type ppl. 😂 You say honey moon phase while stating steam numbers but your own game is always and has always been lower than storm 4 on that same very steam. Keep this in mind because it goes to show how the public opinion over connections and sparking are rn. Your in no position to talk player numbers when connections is your rep 🤢🥶
Y'all will say story mode is bad then name your arbitrary slideshow argument as y'all all do without fail. But here you didn't even name a reason so your even worse off than the avg yapper 😂
And you can read a grudge mofos when they dig on a point literally no one ever has. Bro really said ui and ux 😭. What game got characters in real time switching in and between at the fraction of a second with a unique, non list like format? You cant even name any. All the cinema and sparkle of this UI, you aint never seen something like it
The funniest part is when he mentions the missing characters from raging blast as if playing fadder squadrons and ssj3 broly or vegeta is suppose to be a knock. 😂 Hell the only character that should be in that's even in raging blast is Zangya. Your delusional because by the sound of it you'd rather choose raging blade roster over sparking 😂😂😂😂
Then lad yaps and cries about bt3 roster. Like some copy clone apes made anyone day. They gave your teen goku and all the rest are just irrelevant and not important to the otherwise important super characters and can be added anytime. You will find any scraps to complain about and it shows. If not super included and og instead your crying would be "why isn't super here" cant win with your types. Then watch him throw a fit cause 2 gt characters didn't make it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your one of those grudge folk regardless of anything type ppl. 😂 You say honey moon phase while stating steam numbers but your own game is always and has always been lower than storm 4 on that same very steam. Keep this in mind because it goes to show how the public opinion over connections and sparking are rn. Your in no position to talk player numbers when connections is your rep 🤢🥶
Y'all will say story mode is bad then name your arbitrary slideshow argument as y'all all do without fail. But here you didn't even name a reason so your even worse off than the avg yapper 😂
And you can read a grudge mofos when they dig on a point literally no one ever has. Bro really said ui and ux 😭. What game got characters in real time switching in and between at the fraction of a second with a unique, non list like format? You cant even name any. All the cinema and sparkle of this UI, you aint never seen something like it
The funniest part is when he mentions the missing characters from raging blast as if playing fadder squadrons and ssj3 broly or vegeta is suppose to be a knock. 😂 The only character that should be in that's even in raging blast is Zangya. Your aimless because by the sound of it you'd rather choose raging blade roster over sparking 😂😂😂😂
Then lad yaps and cries about bt3 roster. Like some copy clone apes made anyone day. They gave your teen goku and all the rest are just irrelevant and not important to the otherwise important super characters and can be added anytime. You will find any scraps to complain about and it shows. If not super included and og instead your crying would be "why isn't super here" cant win with your types. Then watch him throw a fit cause 2 gt characters didn't make it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your one of those grudge folk regardless of anything type ppl. 😂 You say honey moon phase while stating steam numbers but your own game is always and has always been lower than storm 4 on that same very steam. Keep this in mind because it goes to show how the public opinion over connections and sparking are rn. Your in no position to talk player numbers when connections is your rep 🤢🥶
Y'all will say story mode is bad then name your arbitrary slideshow argument as y'all all do without fail. But here you didn't even name a reason so your even worse off than the avg yapper 😂
And you can read a grudge mofos when they dig on a point literally no one ever has. Bro really said ui and ux 😭. What game got characters in real time switching in and between at the fraction of a second with a unique, non list like format? You cant even name any. All the cinema and sparkle of this UI, you aint never seen something like it
The funniest part is when he mentions the missing characters from raging blast as if playing fadder squadrons and ssj3 broly or vegeta is suppose to be a knock. 😂 The only character that should be in that's even in raging blast is Zangya. Your aimless because by the sound of it you'd rather choose raging blade roster over sparking 😂😂😂😂
Then lad yaps and cries about bt3 roster. Like some copy clone apes made anyone day. They gave your teen goku and all the rest are just irrelevant and not important to the otherwise important super characters and can be added anytime. You will find any scraps to complain about and it shows. If not super included and og instead your crying would be "why isn't super here" cant win with your types. Then watch him throw a fit cause 2 gt characters didn't make it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly what I've been saying, the defensive mechanics get in the way of having a true punish game, where in other games like Storm, Xenoverse, Kill la Kill -If-, you can punish someone with true offense for doing something reckless. (I don't play Storm and can only go off the gameplay I've seen, I've played Xenoverse for years, and I've played and watched a bit of KLK -If- and Sparking feels like a game that came out of the early 2000's with it gameplay.)
The constant z and super counter fest can get boring after a while on SZ at least Storm’s defensive mechanics have better limits
Naruto's mechanics are for babies. Super Counter has strict timing. It's rewarding skill with zero cost.
@@jirenthegray5776 “strict timing” 💀
@@yungrav_y Go back to mashing circle and shifting the analog stick. Baby ahh game🤣
I unironically agree with this. While Connections had some questionable decision-making at the start. Every update/patch has been addressing literally every criticism the game received at launch. Not just when dlc drops but constant patches and updates
SZ fixed Yajirobe, and that was kinda it. All of the defensive mechanics are still way to low risk high reward. Rage quitters still don't have harsh penalties. And what's even more wild is that some Xbox players still can't even play online. Instead of hot fixing these issues, Bandai decided to target and punish people using cosmetic mods for custom battles. Not even for ranked CUSTOM BATTLES. That is super crazy to me
And then there's the DLC. I'm loving Daima and loved Super Hero. But why even put Daima characters in as one of the first sets of DLC when the anime isn't even over. We haven't seen everything the characters can do. And Super Hero characters being dlc is scummy, imo too. The movie will be 3 years old next year. Not putting Beast Gohan in the base roster and pay walling is hella greedy
Hell, I don't care about Kurenai at all. But at least Bandai listened to the fans and put her in because she was a highly requested character for years.
And don't get me started on the balancing. I know both are arena fighters and aren't meant to be taken seriously because they lack the proper depth of a traditional fighting game. But at least the Connections team makes an effort to tone down some of the stuff that actually makes the game unfun(Armored Jutsu, OP Supports)
Thanks for the pros and cons of sparking zero and connection, poison
Yeah I won't lie trying to get better in both games is overall fun but running into termai support and ssj4 gogeta does take the fun away but I'm hoping after our feedback goes to Bandai and we get the patch and necessary updates both games need.
can u plz make a video talking strictly about the competitive aspect of Connections vs NUNS4?
Any self-respecting player of Arena Fighting should know that we have nothing better than Naruto Storm and it is unlikely to be
sparking zero is just a cheesy game when you watch people play it competitve while storm might be more "simple" but it's actually more enjoyable to play and watch and also i just think that all the character are pretty similar and the animation are not quite good compared to storm (Tekken 8 on top anyway)
Naruto Storm Temari is a much better game than Dragon Ball Sparking Zero and it's not even the best storm game. W video 🔥
Naruto Storm Temari is hilarious Thanks Fear!
@@PoisonedOkami It's the game we play sadly and no worries. I agreed with a lot of what you said 🥷🙏
Game had 70 entrants at Globku tournament, behind even Demon Slayer lol Dead game.
I prolli would like this title is it was Storm 4 > sparking zero. But nah connections dont got it :/
thank you...exactly my point
Sparking Zero is better than the Storm series entirely lol
Lemme get Itachi buffed for you real quick 👀
hinokami chronicles imo feels like what a great base for an arena fighter should be
better yes .. but connections still bad 😁
I grew up with both anime, love both, sparking has more charm in my opinion and it's still getting updates atleast monthly and they seem to be listening to the community, I liked how they storm brought back the customization system, i will also say that in terms of cutscene and cinematic over the top ultimates, storm is #1 in all of anime gaming😅 but if I'm being fair this is like the first sparking zero in many years and storm had so many more sequals to refine their formula(and remove shit that we like) whereas sparking has So Much Love into it(in my opinion)
I'd personally play sparking cause I just like what they have going on and it makes u feel more like the characters which is what i personally wanted out of it, storm connections is still a good game and it's fun but man I just hope the devs listened to the fans more.
Just a matter of preference. I prefer 2D fighting games like blazblue and guilty gear. But 3D games like NSC and SK0 are fun to play and watch too!
Edit: Not to mention SK0 is a brand new game and it's meta is still developing. I think people should be abit more patient before judging the game.
Who cares about competitivity?, having fun is what matters, and so sparking zero is better
Lol a friend asked me this question...yea i told him storm by far
Really a big hot takes. For me, anime arena fighter should never be a high lv competitive fighting game. If they're trying to balance it, it ruins the lore, overall, makes it untrue to the source material. So I've always played it as a casual game with family and friends. But I'm more on which one worth my money more. Storm connection was a huge cash grab, I think everyone can agree on this. Pretty much a dlc with lackluster story mode plus new story to play. And it's inferior to its predecessors in terms of gameplay in my opinion. Sparking zero though? Man, I enjoyed it so much. Has been playing it with my brother and have a blast. Dunno about online, but the transformation, beam clash, fist clash, anime accurate abilities. The only teo thing I hate about is story mode and split screen. Other than that? It win by default.
Funny, i said what exactly you said, and they're called me mad because the game is shit compared to dbfz and storm connections
Great minds think alike I literally said this yesterday bro. Sparking zero has too much going on, also the servers don’t work on Xbox
I hope they keep adding to storm connection
I will say, the Sparking series was never meant to be played on a competitive level. Its always meant to be a game played between friends for shits and giggles. Its 100% completely unbalanced in every way but that's on purpose and its something many people don't understand, or actively try to ignore. Not sure why every person sees a combat or party style game and then try to turn it into a meta competition of skill and ability. That's a habit many gamers need to break.
I 100% agree with this so much
this is the point i see often. if sparking zero is never meant to be competetive but more of a "fun party game" then why is it lacking so much in actual fun content? the only modes that people really play in it are ranked which are meant to be competetive. also why are there even ranks if the game was never meant to be competetive in the first place?
@@henrik_demolish 1: "Fun Content" is 100% subjective and dependent upon one's personal preference. What may be fun for others, just might not be fun for you
2: Sparking Zero is a call back to the old games and wasn't designed with the idea of trying to compile 20 different game modes into a single Arena Fighter. Like the old games, if you remember playing them, that basically had a Story Mode, Vs Mode, Tournament Mode, and Survival Mode, this game has roughly the same amount of modes with the last mostly being the Custom Battle mode. And from what I've seen, many people are having fun with the Custom Battles as much as the Online Rankings. If you don't personally like it, that's fine but its not designed to really mimic or include a multitude of modes copied from other games. SZ is its own series, doing its own thing.
@Netherwolf6100 1. if its so subjective then why is the playerbase dying rapidly? i think people can generally identify when a product isn't all that fun and lacking, sure fun is subjective but there are objective factors that contribute to a game's success and longevity, and right now sparking zero has lots of flaws that contribute to its rapid decline.
2. the games combat is clunky and unbalanced and as you mentioned, the only new singleplayer "fun" new mode is custom battles and from what i've heard, it's also pretty lackluster. saying this game is meant to be " just fun and not taken seriously" is just gaslighting from the fact that the game is just poorly designed (at least at this point). it's like saying you should turn off your brain when watching a badly written show, because it would make it more fun but the show is still poorly written.
@@henrik_demolish 1: I never said the game doesn't have flaws. There's no game that is perfect. I said fun is subjective and whether or not someone is having fun is purely up to their personal preference. I can't speak to the majority if they were expecting or desiring other things from the game but if so, that's their desires, not an objective fact.
2: Its not gaslighting to point out that people bought into a series and are playing a game with intention that doesn't match up with what the series is known for. Listening to someone complain about what they feel the game is lacking by comparing it to other games they know, is no different than listening to someone complain about a Dark Souls clone, not having as much freedom, modes, options and difficulty settings as something like God of War. Each game has its own priorities and focus and people who went into the game with mismatched hopes and intentions are many who are leaving.
And honestly, if someone isn't having fun with a game, they should leave. No one should play a game they don't enjoy, but people shouldn't try making a game out to be anything more than it sets out to be. None of its features were falsely advertised, most fans from the OG games know the games have never been balanced for competitive play so they don't care to ask for such a thing, and the TB series never had a plethora of game modes to satisfy the majority of gamers because it never cared about doing such things before. If you don't like it for whatever problems you have, that's fine, but liking or not liking something is a person's opinion and nothing more. It does nothing less than what the old games that came before did and if the tastes and desires of the players have changed in the past 10-15 years and they no longer find the series enjoyable without nostalgia keeping them in place, that's fine and on them. But don't try to make or demand the game to be anything more than what it set out to be.
I respect your opinion and watched the whole video but as you acknowledged you have more of a bias for storm than other anime games and if im not mistaken connections nearly died because of the increfibly broken meta a launch with the same characters on rotate
I agree with u bc how unbalanced sparking zeros
Both games are pretty unbalanced but that's just anime arena fighters to be fair
Studently, many people stopped to play Dragon ball Sparking 0, because They became bored quickly, maybe the mechanics in that game are similar than Naruto storm Connections, and people looked that is not a new genre of Anime game. I prefer Naruto storm 4 ´cause I´m used to the original formule of the main game, the first born Naruto Storm.
Spitting facts
Even if SZ is better than SC, I can't turn away from the Storm series for SZ.
Idk how this is a hot take at all it’s literally a better more polished game in every way
facts. sparking zero is a mess rn
There's really not too much to debate to be honest. Both are completely broken, far from what a competitive/fun fighting game should be. It takes really a good amount of effort to start from Storm 4 (which was ok for most part but had huuuuge problems about glitch/unintented mechanics and overall balance).
Sparking Zero could just be explained with 2 words: Nostalgia Hype.
The only good thing about both games, and it's not a little thing to be honest, is the roster.
I mean neither storm or sparking are fun to watch or comp. Sparking obviously less so because devs even said it wasn’t meant to be balanced. The dodge of sparking players with super dash is same as playing keep away when someone awakens in storm. Storm is a more balanced game but that isn’t saying much comparing it to a game not meant to be. I think everyone needs recognize anime arena are not meant to be comp and that’s is 100 percent ok.
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Don't get me wrong I love connections but I lost all hope for the series because
1. I doubt they will make another 1
2. I doubt the game will get more support
3. cc2 has taken shortcuts EVERY game due to lack of staff
At least sparking zero is guaranteed some more love in the future
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Naruto Storm Connections is a failure. It has a worse launch than sparking zero could ever have. Invincible Jutus? Lol. The storm series is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and forever will be. Storm connections is the most dead anime fighter of all time. Have fun fighting the same 10 players on that dead game
@@IlIIIllIII sounds like you're mad that he called out the problems with sparking zero
Calling the storm series irrelevant when it's one of bandai's selling IP is funny
Keep coping lmao and stay mad
@ storm 4 had good sales, then died. This game never had a good sales and died. You’re just upset that connections is so dead that it’s a worthless skill to even get good at with a player base of 10 people
great video 🙏🏼
Last patch of connections made it way too defensive for me which made me drop. Sparking suffers from these issues atm but they want to patch, whereas I can see connections going in a direction I really won’t like further.
W vid storm connection is way better then sparking zero leader switching is so much more smooth is sparking zero u gotta stop to switch juts one of the many flaws
Lmfaooooooo called this out and i was called all sorts of names
I haven't played sparking zero yet but I watched gameplay and it looks crappy...I mean the graphics look ok but the gameplay looks 🗑️... connections has its problems but overall a better game...now that I can fight uk and Asia with very little delay or none I enjoy it even more...speaking of poison we need to box again
they improved netplay lag?
@henrik_demolish in my experience yes I've played Asia and UK with minimal delay and or lag...now not everyone but some
Sz does have support attacks but only once after you switch and only immediately after you hit them. can you only do it
Yeah the chase change. What this guy wants is to be able to call them in before he attacks so they carry his sorry butt lol
A lot of the comments just seem like it's a skill isssue as to why u don't like sparking
Pls do a video for demon slayer hinokami Vs storm connections,cause I personally feel demon slayer is better both mechanically and with character balance
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Stop the cap 🎩
I agree that Naruto storm connections is better too sparking zero it’s good but now I barely play that game now I’ll play it a little bit but not like back when I first got dlc 1-5 already released for Naruto storm connections which is pretty cool and hopefully season 2 get announced soon this month or in December and sparking zero the main dlc character I’m waiting for is beast gohan and orange piccolo and gamma 1 and gamma 2 both games are awesome but yeah I choose connections over sparking zero
i prefer Smash ultimate over Sparking zero and Storm connection
Waiting for Bleach Rebirth of souls game. Kinda looks good for me and very interesting
Connections subpar tbh, I rather play storm generations than newer storm games, and I rather play raging blast 2 or bt3 than new dbz game. TBH, Poison, the dbz games have more skill gap than connections tbh
I would play and buy storm connections but i am on pc and if i buy it i will literally be playing against the same four ppl so i am kinda stuck watching gameplay :(
and db sparking is fun but just like in storm ppl find the most annoying characters and moves and spam them
i prefer storm cuz i think the characters and the gameplay are more fair in most cases
Connections : Better balanced mechanics
Sparking Zero: Better Casual game
W take
Sparking Zero : Better game period
Im cooking all the dumplings!
Ayyee you know the sauce
I cant believe you think this, how dare you, you made me very mad with your take DAMIT
I do agree that Storm Connections is better than Sparking Zero especially in its current state. Games I looked forward to these years were disappointing but at least Sonic x Shadow Gens was my favorite thing to come out in recent years. It ain't a fighting game but the speedruns go wild, it is fun to play and watch.
Implementing rules in Storm Connections would be a great idea. Even Smash Bros has rules in fighting game Tournaments. Even speedruns of other games do the same thing even if this isn't completely related.
-Against stalling and having ledge limits. Ones like Melee Jigglypuff using her side b to stall in the air and Brawl Meta Knight has something similar. They also ban soft lock and other techniques of that sort too.
-They ban having 2 Clouds on the same team in Smash 4. Recently, they also made Brawl Meta Knight be at a disadvantage when in comes to choosing stages while their opponent can choose counter play stages more freely. Brawl even had some tournaments that banned the grab release combos you can do on Lucas and Ness especially the infinites. I think they did a similar thing with Ice Climbers in Melee where they banned wobbling but they can still kill off of a combo so it isn't fully a nerf.
I agree, love SZ but connections is lowkey better it took a few updates but connections is in a state that is pretty good more people should give it a second chance.
Ima definitely check these comments everyday because it's finna be a war zone😭
Sparking definitely has better features like the what it's, dragon ball encyclopedia etc, but it terms of its FIGHTING connections is easily better
Don't get me wrong connections has its annoying stuff but some things in sparking are legit cheese and overpowered. I'd take fighting shino and hanzo with hyuga support over ss4 gogeta and unblockable supers anyday
You Storm glazers are so desperate for engagement because the game is dead😂
Also maybe you haven’t gotten the memo but in terms of gameplay Storm is one of the weakest arena fighters in general. The combat is literally one button 😂 It’s strong point is graphics and story. The gameplay is for babies
You not knowing how to vanish Supers or beat Gogeta is a skill issue
@jirenthegray5776 u probably instant sparking unblockable super don't u
@@Kidkinsey If I have the resources, sure. You people are shaming other players for using what's in the game because you're bad. It's honestly sad.🤣
@jirenthegray5776 who's shaming? I just said it's op and cheese lmao, it just makes the fighting aspect less skill based imo, in storm sure there's cheese no doubt, ur lying if u don't think the character in sparking carries u way more
@@Kidkinseyhes mad because of people are liking connections more than sparking zero which is their opinion ignore this person
Demon Slayer was better than Storm, the demons being unbalanced unfortunately let the game down.
YOOOOOOOOO THOSE "BUTTS" THO 😭😭❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻
LMAO I know
I agree with you opinion but i feel like sparking will be better after a balance patch or two
That's valid for sure 👌
Am agree, for now I stopped playing sparking until the game change, but we’re human, we can do anything for money even if we need to play like shit.
But before playing like this in the tourney, i am one of the best skilled player on this game. Sadly, hilliasteur and me cannot show u this type of gameplay during this tourney, I Hope in the future, u’ll see the potential of sparking zero in our gameplay’s !
Sparking zero is HORRIBLE to spectate, thought I was tripping! Idk what it is but I just can’t watch that game…..
I understand that you only care about hype, but if you know how to analyze, you would already know that Zero would be a bad game. It's enough to know the developer!
Unfortunately this game is dead. A launch is really important and they 😮😢fumbled it. Doesn't matter if they improve when most of the playerbase is already gone and you STILL can't back out of an online match unlike storm 4 c'mon man. And the dlc packs only being one character blows. I hope the next game is overhauled and is amazing
Nardo sqaud stand up
That hinata but was spicy
Bro woke up and decided to start a war
Nah you're lowkey right 😂
there is like 5 stoorm games compared to sparking zero wth is this
That Hinata image 😂
Posion of the god damn sand
I been saying this from the jump 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You forget ashura, and shadow clone charging bullet who are brainless yse charcters (as assist*)
Yea sparking has no soul I feel like haha