Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Community Accused Of “Abusing Broken Mechanics”

Summary

• Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero faces player complaints of lack of drip, impossible fights, and cheaters.
• As game's meta evolves, frustrations grow with broken mechanics and unbalanced characters.
• Bandai Namco must address overwhelming player concerns to maintain a healthy player base.

Despite a stellar start, both critically and commercially, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has had its fair share of player complaints. The characters have been accused of having a lack of drip, some of the early fights were called "borderline impossible", and cheaters have started to appear.

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As the game's tenure extends and the meta starts to shape out, however, player frustrations have gotten bigger and bigger, with the community accused of "abusing broken mechanics."

"I'm Starting To Feel No One Even Playtested It"

Over the last few hours, a new thread over on the Sparking Zero Subreddit has begun to gain major traction, gaining over 500 upvotes and 750 comments.

The thread lists a myriad of complaints about the game, including:

• Unblockable ultimates (Teen Gohan, Jiren Beerus)
• Yajriobi's Senzu Stall Time Out Win
• Android 19 and Gero spamming armor and grabs
• Vanishing Battles "overstaying their welcome"
• Afterimage strike

Dozens of players echoed these issues in the comments, with one A Ranker declaring that "There's no fun to be had playing against the same characters and same playstyle. I'm just playing casual matches and having fun with people who actually play other characters than Gogeta and Vegito." The issues were blamed on the game's story sections, which trains players to "do nothing but sparking-knockback-ult."

Sparking Zero's online modes were called "a mess" and "so boring", with "a lot of glaring issues". One player shared they are worrying, "It’s going to get worse and worse. Honestly, those strategies are so good, it’s dumb to use anything else."

The thread is an interesting read, and highlights that Bandai Namco has a lot of work ahead if it plans to maintain a healthy player base in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero long-term.

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Considered part to the Budokai Tenkachi series, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is an in-development arena fighter developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Namco Bandai.