Dragon Ball: The Breakers
Released on October 14, 2022
Developed By: Dimps
Available On: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
Games based on the Dragon Ball franchise have historically fallen into two primary categories. Fighting games are the most prominent genre, as evidenced by titles like the superbly produced Dragon Ball FighterZ from a few years back. The second category is action RPGs that incorporate elements of fighting games, such as Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers, released by Bandai Namco in 2022, is a new entry in the Dragon Ball franchise. Dragon Ball: The Breakers is a multiplayer survival game that can only be played online instead of a traditional fighting game.
The gameplay of Dragon Ball: The Breakers is comparable to that of games like Predator: Hunting Grounds and Dead by Daylight. In these games, one player takes on the role of a monster who must eliminate every other team member.
In the game Dragon Ball: The Breakers, there are seven players, and the monsters are Cell, Frieza, or Buu. The remaining seven players are regular people without Goku’s or other Z fighters’ unique abilities.
The game Dragon Ball: The Breakers has a nice tutorial that is very long and is led by the character Trunks. You can design your human character, and he will instruct you to withstand hostile character attacks.
The game’s Practice mode is another fantastic feature. It’s incredibly beneficial. Before playing with and against real online gamers, you may essentially learn how to survive in Practice mode. Before choosing to begin playing the game for real money, you are free to use the practice mode as many as you like.
You can select your preferred fighting style and skin type before the game begins. For instance, you can play as your original character or one of the many well-known Dragon Ball characters. You can also play as other characters, such as Oolong the pig and Bulma.
In Dragon Ball: The Breakers, there are different strategies you can use to help your team win games. Depleting the Raider’s life bar is the trickiest way for the team to triumph. Using the Z fighters’ brief special abilities, you can use a bazooka or team up with other players to combat.
Resident Evil Re: Verse
Developer: Neobards Entertainment
Released on October 28, 2022
Available on: Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS4, PS5
When Resident Evil Village was due to debut, Re: Verse was postponed to give it additional polish. The game vanished from view but has since begun its beta, switching from a cell-shaded to a more photo-realistic appearance.
It’s fantastic to see characters from various franchise periods placed into one arena because it’s meant to be a celebration of everything Resident Evil. Play as Jack Baker from RE7 as he slashes characters; he has never met with his garden shears in this game. Want to know the outcome of the Tyrant stalkers’ war between Mr X from RE2 and Nemesis from RE3? Well, you can now.
How is a competitive online shooter celebrating all things Resident Evil, aside from its charming cast of characters that tickle our nostalgia? A series that established itself and excels when it embraces survival terror. Resident Evil has always included shooting enemies with powerful weapons, but not other players.
Looking at your RE6, Resident Evil’s forays into mindless action typically fail. However, the franchise frequently has its greatest achievements when it strikes a balance between frightening us and letting the bullets fly, as in RE4 and RE: Village. Re: Verse doesn’t appear to be aware of this, and we find it difficult to fathom Capcom’s steadfast desire to engage a market that we’re beginning to believe does not exist.
This isn’t to say that multiplayer RE can’t work; it can. Online functionality was available in earlier iterations of The Mercenaries and functioned fairly well. Unfortunately, Re: Verse wasn’t an option in Village’s rendition of this minigame. Also not to be forgotten are the storied RE Outbreak video games, which set the standard for multiplayer Resi.
Re: Verse is not strong enough to compete with shooters like Modern Warfare 2 or Overwatch 2. And playing one of the numerous RE remakes would be preferable for RE enthusiasts seeking a burst of nostalgia.
Re: Verse is the Resident Evil universe-based competitive multiplayer shooter you’ve always wanted if you love these games and enjoy competitive multiplayer shooters. Fans of the franchise may find it a nice diversion, but it doesn’t do much to uphold the series’ legacy.
