For those reasons alone, most hardcore DBZ fans will be able to overlook its problems. Legacy of Goku gets a lot of things right-the graphics are some of the best I've seen on GBA, the sound is good, and it follows the convoluted DBZ storyline pretty darn accurately (albeit abridged). The entire game is short and can be finished within 3 to 5 hours.ĭragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku makes an attempt, but fails to deliver what might have been an enjoyable, delightful game. The side quests are short and uneventful. The game’s puzzle elements aren’t properly implemented. You see some elements from the anime in the game but they aren’t implemented properly in the game. Nothing to excite you, trigger you up, overwhelm you or evoke emotions in you. Your thumbs might get sore from mashing the buttons on your Game Boy Advanced multiple times to get your character to do what you want it to do.ĭragon Ball Z fans might expect the over the top action sequences that the franchise is know for. The controls are easy enough, though some repeated button mashing might be needed. But as you play the game, you become used to these occurrences and you find innovative ways to deal with the A.I. Sometimes, you will stand close to an enemy while executing an attack, yet the attack won’t be registered. Hey, uldn’t Gohan just, ya know, flyover? Unless you’re a huge DBZ fan already, you’ll probably want to skip this Legacy.The game mechanics is sometimes poor as enemies can be far way from Goku and yet they will still execute attacks. Bah! Padding out the gameplay even further is a boatload of fetch quests, like the unbelievably complicated task of getting Gohan past a crowd of people, which involves finding a sandwich, a newspaper, an antique record, and a crashed school bus in order to start a parade. And the combat stinks-attacks often look like they’re striking the air, yet they still somehow manage to connect. Would a Saiyan warrior like Piccolo really spend half an hour killing woodland creatures to gain experience? I don’t think so. For starters, while this is a longer quest than the original Legacy, its length is mostly due to having to level up via lots of repetitive, random battles. But underneath the surface, it suffers from a few annoying problems. Like its predecessor, Legacy of Goku II has a lot going for it-impressive visuals, a decent soundtrack, and boatloads of beloved DB characters that will no doubt endear it to the Z hardcore. There are fewer bugs in this game and the enemy A.I.
As a Dragon Ball Z fan, you feel the Dragon Ball Z vibes more from this game as opposed to the first game. The game animations, environments, characters and story now feel more dynamic and vibrant. The graphics and the audio have also improved. The game world now contains capsules that could be used to raise energy levels and boost other stats. You can travel to locations almost whenever you want as opposed to the first game where you could only access locations by following a strict order set by the story. So, you will have to switch characters to access these locations. There are also some locations that are specific to some game characters. The faster you level up, the faster you can access other game locations.
Enemy characters now have bars displaying their stats above their heads, just like what the player character had.Īs it was in the previous game, you complete tasks in one location to open up another location.
Character transformation was introduced to the series in this game, so your character can transform to various forms.