While there was plenty of hype surrounding the release of Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, issues quickly arose as players figured out how to cheese their way through competitive bouts thanks to some develop oversights.
A brand new update patch has been announced for December 12, and though we have to wait until Thursday for it to take effect, the highly qualified Tyrant_UK has come out with a video explaining more specifically how the changes will impact the game.
A major priority for Sparking Zero here in its early months is public perception, which is fueled in no small part by what players routinely say on social media.
Sparking Zero has seen two relatively quick patches since its release back in October, both of which were rolled out in service of fixing characters so broken they made online ranked modes more grief than they were worth.
No one really expects a 180+ roster to be balanced by traditional fighting game standards, but the game needs to be free of issues egregious enough to cause sentiments that say “it’s not worth checking out” or “you should wait until they change a few important things” if it wants to stand a chance.
Tyrant points out some quality of life changes as he starts at the top of the list, but eventually makes his way to more pressing alterations that should stand to fix some of Sparking Zero’s biggest grievances, such as some of the defensive ways players will soon be able to deal with oppressive ki blast barrages.
The most potent change, of course, has to be the simple but important use of ki gauge by Android 19 and Dr. Gero. Check out the full video below and let us know how you’re feeling about these Sparking Zero changes in the comments.