Important takeaways
- Sparking Zero is criticized for being “way too hard”, causing frustration among players.
- Some players find specific fights, such as Great Ape Vegeta, particularly difficult due to high difficulty levels.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has only been available for a few hours at this point, thanks to its Ultimate Edition. While the game launched to great critical reception, it is already causing players a lot of grief.
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The first new entry in the Dragon Ball: Budokai Tenkaichi franchise in 14 years is causing players so much trouble that they're taking to Reddit in droves to claim the game is “way too hard.”
Holy shit, this is borderline impossible
Since the game's launch, several threads have popped up on the burgeoning Sparking Zero Subreddit, with players quick to share their frustration with the single-player difficulty.
One of the threads called the difficulty “way too hard”, “borderline impossible” and “a struggle”, with one player exclaiming that “this feels like my childhood days when I couldn't beat a level because I was an ass and a child .” Another asked, “Like, nobody played this, right? Because this is just fucking *absurd*”.
Like, nobody playtested this, right? Because this is just fucking *absurd*
One fight, in particular, has caused players more distress than most — Great Ape Vegeta. One Redditor said, “Great Ape Vegeta can kind of run over himself. I don't see how you're going to beat him on normal difficulty,” while another shared that they “gave up, played and finished Gohan's story and no other fight was even close tough as Great Ape Vegeta.”
Other fights dubbed as particularly difficult were Beerus, Ginyu Force, and Raditz.
While many have shared their frustration with Sparking Zero's difficulty, others have expressed satisfaction, with concerns that the game would be simplified after its release.
Frustrations aside, we scored Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero 4.5/5 in our official review, saying, “Its clever development of Budokai Tenkaichi combat, stacked and detailed roster, and near-endless amount of modes and features make it one of the best Dragon Ball game of all time.”
