Originally Posted by SSJBulma

Shin Budokai 2


This game also comes under the name Another Road, probably because it's the re-telling of certain arcs and storylines involving Future Trunks.

Now from the start this idea will either appeal to people who enjoy What If? scenarios or bug people who like to stick to the original stories and their settings like flies to that dirty piss stained sticky plastic stuff that hangs from your grandmothers kitchen.

Just mine...oh well nevermind that analogy.

Anyway....

For those that have played the prequel, the gameplay and controls will be of no suprise to them. In fact those who have played this after they've played Burst Limit on the Xbox360 will find the controls are identical as well.
Yes I'm an example of that.
So with that said all moves and attacks are easily pulled off (no condom jokes please) after you've done them once or twice.

There are 7 different game modes here, the usual stuff versus, storymode, training ect.
You also have the ability to change camera angles, though I never really fiddled with them to be honest, it doesn't make that much of a difference.
You can play as 24 characters (no not all at once silly) and that list includes the goodies well all love/loathe and the baddies we all loathe/despise
Powering up and changing levels is also fun to do in battles.

Now apart from you're standard pick and click and start your fight-you get to fly around a basic map world and the goal is to protect cities from being destroyed by various enemies or from reaching a certain percentage of health damage. You initiate a battle with your enemies by bumping into them...how rude, what if it was accidental?
Even though you might defeat your enemy then in combat, they just run off and try and cause havoc to the nearest city. So sometimes you're running after Cell or Dabura playing tag and "Imma beat the shit out of you" with them.

For those who have read that you can play as GT characters...DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP. The characters include DBZ saga characters and some from the films. No extra special guest stars for those who want to play as GT characters or forms that appear in it.

You earn points after each battle and the points are used as currency to buy stuff from the shop. No a damn thing fromt hat shop is exciting. You can't buy hidden players, maps or moves ect. Just pictures <_<

You also gain different cards, which can be added to customize your character and increase their stats. I played a good chunk of the game skipping these chances to customize my characters and it all work out ok. So don't worry if you forget to make alterations all the time.

Overall this a great DBZ fighting game to get if you have a PSP. It's fun and has little additions that make it a slightly different experience from other games like it.

The negative remarks go towards to repetitive in-game dialogue when you win or loose a battle or the fact that nearly every character makes the same pose when they win a match and this particular pose shows of the blocky graphics.

4/5

Originally Posted by SSJBulma

The Orange Box will be done in seperate segments, though I have no yet decided on whether I'll merge Episode 1 & 2 together or not.

Originally Posted by Madness

lol at the bums all having individual names LEAVE MALCOLM ALONE! lol

I like your strategy; wait for the bums to just walk into your punches

Good show, I enjoyed watching it... honest lol

Originally Posted by SSJBulma

I just kept mashing buttons. The buttons are akward on emulators first time and you never could swing into them and get a good attack, they'd just whack ya.