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Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi

Spectacle fighting reduced to rock-paper-scissors prediction in clash moments.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION3 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /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

    3/10

    Simplified inputs flatten the physical ceiling

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    5/10

    Clash minigames are near rock-paper-scissors against humans

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    3/10

    Guessing-game clashes inject coin-flip outcomes

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    3/10

    Character knowledge matters but systems are shallow

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.

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Game details

Released
2011
Developer
Spike
Franchise
Dragon Ball
Platforms
PS3, X360
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
IGDB critics
45/100
IGDB users
51/100
FightingScience fiction