Dragon Ball: The Breakers Announced for Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 November 2021 / 1,210 Views
Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Dimps have announced asymmetrical multiplayer online game, Dragon Ball: The Breakers, for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It will launch in 2022.
"We can’t wait for people to try this complete new take on the Dragon Ball franchise!," said Dragon Ball: The Breakers producer Ryosuke Hara.
"We are working hard with the team at Dimps to provide brand new fun asymmetric multiplayer experience that we want to be accessible for all, while offering a strong wealth and depth of gameplay and situations. We are looking forward to welcoming you during the closed beta test."
View the announcement trailer below:
Here is an overview of the game:
Dragon Ball: The Breakers consists of seven-versus-one matches where seven normal “Survivors” have been sucked into a mysterious phenomenon called the “Temporal Seam” and must contend with the overwhelming power of the eighth player, the franchise iconic rival “Raider,” whose task is to obliterate the Survivor team. The Survivors don’t have any superpowers and must rely on various power-up items, weapons, and pilotable vehicles to battle and evade the Raider while searching for the Super Time Machine to escape oblivion. Concurrently, the Raider will be able to play as Cell, Buu, or Frieza and amass overwhelming power to destroy the Survivor team throughout the match, ensuring complete dominance.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers also features a Survivor character customization mode which enables players to design their match avatars by using familiar Dragon Ball Survivor skins and decorative equipment earned with in-game credits or via optional in-game purchases. Additionally, Dragon Ball: The Breakers will link save data with Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.
Story
Survive to live. Evolve to triumph.
Caught in by an unexpected temporal phenomenon, seven ordinary citizens find themselves stranded in a Temporal Seam: they share their imprisonment with the Raider, a menacing enemy from another timeline with an overwhelming power.
Their only hope for survival is to break out from the Temporal Seam with the Super Time Machine, but the Raider is on their tracks and becomes stronger minutes-by-minutes.
In a race against time the cunning of Survivors clashes with the power of the Raider, to break free or be broken..
Break Through or Break Down.
Key Features:
- Escape as a Team… Or on Your Own! – Cooperate with others while there is still time, but the Raider or other Survivors’ decision might force you to go at it alone. What will be your playstyle?
- Trapped in a Temporal Seam – Escape from a large map composed of several areas, but be careful! The Raider is always looking for you and may destroy areas to reduce your living space, making your chance of escaping always more limited…
- Enjoy Three First Iconic Raiders… Cell, Buu, and Frieza! – From the Dragon Ball franchise—As a Raider you will enjoy overwhelming powers to hunt and wipe out survivors. Master each Raider’s power to track, catch your victims to evolve and get even more powerful!
- Customize in Your Likeness – Whether you are a Raider or a Survivor, choose your progression path and unlock perks, skins, etc. to fine tune your own personal strategy to escape as a Survivor, or hunt as a Raider…
- Enjoy Unique Power-Ups and Items – Vehicles, weapons, grappling hooks… make the most of each gimmick to face against the Raider and struggle for your life!
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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My son liked it.
-I got "The Breakers" for my Switch.
-My son is an electrician now... I'm so proud.
This is one Dragonball game i won't get
Who actually asked for this though?. And from the imperfect Cell saga no less.
There's a market for those just wanting a game starting from the OG DB sagas right up to the end of DBZ, yet bamco still to this day has not made a game for that yet.
We already have games for prop hunts and tbh, those aren't bringing up the big bucks either, that and they also had their time in the spotlight some yrs ago. This feels a lot like bamco taking a shot in the dark, in the hopes they land on something big like BR, instead of what the market actually wants.
Cool, if they manage to explode with this game, but I'll be sitting here, still shouting for what I mentioned before, and still waiting for years more (just like I'm currently doing with Armored Core).
I really hope Daemon X Machina 2 has the goods for the Armored Core fans. I know it’s unlikely to be out before 2024, but I would like to see them get to enjoy something that gives them a lot of what they have been waiting for all these years.
I want to hope so, and that it'll expand and do better, while also releasing day and date on other platforms.
mecha fans like myself have been starving for a feast of good mecha based games for some time now.
