Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle cover art

Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle

An arcade fighting game testing combo execution and prediction in duels.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION7 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    7/10

    Special-move inputs and timing decide fights

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    6/10

    Versus play rewards predicting opponent attacks

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Little randomness in deterministic fighting

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    4/10

    Move properties and matchup knowledge matter

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

Compare with

Similar games

see all →

Ranked by shared genre first, then by how closely the cheat-test profile matches - a cross-genre tag means a pick matched on skill profile alone.

Ultimate Chicken Horse cover art

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Competitive PvP · party platformer

E
R
V
O
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Super Smash Bros. cover art

Super Smash Bros.

Competitive PvP · platform fighter

E
R
V
O
Super Smash Bros.
TagPro cover art

TagPro

Competitive PvP · online capture-the-flag

E
R
V
O
TagPro
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare cover art

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Competitive PvP · medieval melee combat

E
R
V
O
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon cover art

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

Competitive PvP · fighting game

E
R
V
O
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Mortal Kombat Trilogy cover art

Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Competitive PvP · fighting game

E
R
V
O
Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Game details

Released
1994
Developer
Banpresto
Franchise
Dragon Ball
Platforms
Arcade
Modes
Single player
IGDB users
71/100
FightingArcade