Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II, développé par Webfoot Technologies et édité par Atari, Inc., est sorti le 17 juin 2003 sur Game Boy Advance. Ce jeu d'aventure et de rôle reprend l'histoire là où s'achevait le premier opus et la prolonge jusqu'à la fin du Cell Games Saga, lorsque Gohan vainc l'android Cell. L'épisode introduit plusieurs nouveautés pour la série, notamment les transformations permettant de renforcer temporairement un personnage au prix d'une baisse progressive de son énergie, le scouter pour consulter les statistiques et informations d'autres personnages, ainsi que des attaques au corps à corps chargées et des capsules dispersées dans le monde pour améliorer les statistiques. Bien que portant le nom de Goku, ce volet offre la présence la plus limitée du personnage en tant que jouable. Le succès du titre a conduit à une version internationale, Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II International, exclusive au Japon le 23 juillet 2004, avec de nouvelles images de profil et le retour aux noms japonais originaux, à l'exception de Mister Satan conservant « Hercule » sur son char.
L'accueil critique a été favorable, avec un score agrégé de 74,65. Cinescape a salué une nette amélioration du gameplay et des graphismes par rapport au premier jeu, tandis que Nintendojo l'a décrit comme l'un des meilleurs Action RPG sur Game Boy Advance et des meilleures licences sur la console portable. Certains joueurs sur Metacritic expriment leur attachement au titre, évoquant l'un de leurs jeux préférés de la console et une adaptation ambitieuse de la saga animée.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« A vast improvement over the first game. The game is much sharper in the gameplay and in graphics, and is a much more enjoyable experience all around. »
« It is easily one of the best Action RPGs on the Game Boy Advance and one of the best licensed titles available for the handheld console. »
« A nice RPG for the GBA that even gamers who aren’t too familiar with the series will enjoy. If you’re already a fan, all the better. »
« A far better game than last year's offering. »
« The graphics are bright and colorful, the gameplay is simple but addictive, and the quest is long and full of things to do. »
« A testament to just how thoroughly a game can be improved in its second coming. »
« Webfoot actually improved just about everything in this sequel. They probably didn't have to but fans will be glad they did. »
« The music may be the best feature of this game (And this is a pretty decent game.) The developers did a fantastic job of recreating the series compositions for the small speakers of the GBA. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« One of my absolute favorite game of advanced games growing up. A very competent and fun RPG especially if you’re a huge Dragon Ball Z fan. In American made Dragon Ball Z game using the American Bruce Faulconer score as its soundtrack is pure DBZ goodness »
« An endeared achievement in polish and personality, that ambitiously represents this world and it's characters through adapting a beloved saga of the anime. The primary hub, West City is wonderfully immersive, expansive and filled with charming errands. Combat while simple, is responsive and fun and.. whether intentionally or not, requires a degree of timing that makes some encounters tough, in so doing, more fitting for the material but not necessarily frustrating. The central flaw of Legacy of Goku 2 is that for all the game does well, it ends abruptly and leaves the player with a singular fleeting bonus cutscene to acquire through grinding additional levels that are absolutely not supported by content or scaling. It's not that you're expected to repeatedly swap tiles on the only 1 or 2 mobs that will move your XP bar at all, it's that the game simply shines bright until it doesn't at all, this completion bonus was simply added as an oversight or an essential closer in spite of a potentially late development crunch. Otherwise they would have done the bare minimum, which is to have a meagre late game zone composed entirely of mini bosses or "elite" threats, that reward substantial experience and are inaccessible prior to completing the story - or - refresh dungeons with harder enemies so that people can at least appreciate the game's environments while inching towards level cap after the story concludes with the power they've earned. Like Buu's Fury after it though, it's one cozy game. It draws you in with addictive but simple power creep and has a lot of common sense quality of life and content structure that makes it breezy to play in short sessions and experience every bit of content it has to offer without obstacle. It's a delightful, accessible time sink. »
« It’s really cool how close to the anime that this game follows. It’s literally like playing through the show. Sometimes it’s unforgiving with the combat/battles, but it’s a fun RPG that fans of Dragonball Z will enjoy. »
« Que jogo. Música excelente, fator replay extremamente divertido uma gama enorme de side quests que demandam um tempo considerável porém razoável, o que faz o jogo não se resumir apenas ao modo história já que o mapa é extremamente rico e aonde você explorar será recompensado. »
« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »
« Elite replay-ability. This and Buu’s Fury might be my favourite games of all time. »
« A step up from the original which in itself was a quality game, This is a must buy if you own the system and not just for fans of the TV series. Highly recommended. »
« If you're looking for 2D open world action adventure games then The Legacy Of Goku 2 & 3 (Buu's Fury) are excellent choices. I would love a console remake of this series, sort of like Sleeping Dogs meets Xenoblade Chronicles meets Mass Effect 2. »
