Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout

"Only for hardcore Dragonball fans"

My God. I myself am not a Dragonball fan, I just thought this game would have the action the series has. It does, but presents it terribly.

Graphics 2/10
These graphics are terrible. Another than the characters close resemblance to their polygon clones, the cartoonish intro, and cartoonish faces, this would have received a one. Backgrounds are pitifully detailed. Great example is that level with those white flat plains (don't know the name). That is the most disgusting background I have ever seen. The only thing that actually doesn't make the whole level pure white is a pitiful castle. And the camera! Even though they'll zoom up when a special move will be executed, it will go off one of the characters, meaning, you can't see the enemy or you can't see yourself, and in a fighting game, I think you need to see your positions.

Control 1/10
Controls are confusing and even worse, slow responsive. You'll have to push the same button a few times before something even happens.

Plot 6/10
Each character has their own story to tell, so this shouldn't be added... but all are basically searching one thing, find all the Dragonballs to grant their wish with some obstacles in their path. These is obviously not a good plot, I can think this up in like 5 minutes, probably even less than that. But since all of them have their different reasons, I guess this deserves some credit. Because of many reasons, I only finished with Goku after torturous battles with nearly invincible enemies, and battling to survive without seeing myself or the enemy well, and nearly breaking my controller to actually make my character do what I wanted him to do, all I get in the end is him saying "Yeah, I did it!" I sold it after that.

Sound 8/10
OK, some tunes can get a little catchy, I whistle them now and then... then stop once I realize what I'm whistling. Each character has something before a fight and grunts and hitting sounds aren't bad.

Gameplay 1/10
With bad controls you can barely move your character, with bad camera angles, you won't see your character or the enemy, with bad graphics, you can't bare to look at your character, only play the game to recieve an ending... I gave up when my Goku said "Yeah I did it" in the end, wow, what a reward. Replay will just be as annoying as the first. It is pretty difficult, but it's even harder when you can't see your enemy or yourself and you can barely control your movements.

OK, sorry Dragonball fans, but I rather play SNES Street Fighter 2 than this. This is only for Dragonball GT fans. No one wanted to buy my copy until I found some fans and got 30 dollars for it, in my opinion, I should have paid them the money. I love fighting games, but this game lacks what fighting games need, a good camera, responsive controls, and a plot to spur the player to chose different characters to see their endings.

Reviewer's Score: 1/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99