Dragon Ball: The Breakers
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Dragon Ball: The Breakers is the latest game to cash in on the cat-and-mouse multiplayer boom. Unfortunately, it does so without any of the mechanical depth that makes those games great.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers is a genius idea on paper and can be fun at times, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers starts with a great idea, but doesn't live up to it, as loose controls, a bad camera, and live-service gacha mechanics more fitting of a free-to-play title remove a lot of the fun from the initial concept.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers isn't likely to challenge titles like Dead by Daylight for the top spot in this growing asymmetrical multiplayer genre, but it is a fun game that stands out among the rest of the Dragon Ball franchise for daring to do something different. Despite some technical issues at launch and the need to do a lot of grinding if you want to get enough experience with the different Raiders, this is still a worthwhile multiplayer timesink for anime fans.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers needs to work on its online infrastructure, but beyond that it's a fast, exciting romp best played with a party full of well-known friends, as opposed to silent strangers.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers is broken. In their efforts to slap a Dragon Ball coat of paint onto the world of asymmetrical horror-multiplayer action, Bandai Namco has failed to put any care or consideration into the gameplay mechanics that make games like these so fun and enjoyable. Mixed with matchmaking issues and egregious paid gacha mechanics, this is a poor attempt at live-service multiplayer hidden behind the veil of 90s anime nostalgia.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers aims to offer a different experience that simply does not just curdle. Not so much because of the concept, which surely already throws back more than one Dragon Ball fan, but because the execution itself leaves something to be desired. Both at the level of game balance and even something as basic as player matchmaking, this bet simply falls very short.
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Dragon Ball: The Breakers comes from an interesting and nice basic idea, but every aspect of the game is insufficient, if not disastrous, even if you are a long-lasting fan of Dragon Ball.
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