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GODZ is set in the very far future with alien species that have godlike powers known as QuaL. These QuaL initiated a tournament for all planets to enter. The one catch is that all entrants must be Muzaroken or in the English language...God. Using technology beyond all compare, the planets were able to manufacture these gods to take part in this Qualian tournament, the prize, untold fortune that would make the most richest of planets thrive with power and economic status, however Gods are very expensive to manufacture thus only 1-3 can be 'created' on each planet.

These gods need to get their power from something called 'QI' which works like ammunition in that as you use your gods attacks the QI level of that god will drain .

Play test

GODZ is an excellent idea with a battle system based on the popular anime Dragonball Z with many battle modes and character attacks. The first, and so far best thing you will notice about GODZ is the 3rd person view which perfectly compliments the detail on the Character models. It also allows a much better perspective on the attacks each god uses.

The attacks aren't great and the animations for them could use some work, They tend to be plain and don't vary much from attack to attack. They also don't always work when you press the button which is annoying when you need to attack fast though this is good as it prevents heaving into someone and stopping them from moving!

There are many maps which vary from very small to high and big, each GODZ ability to fly is dampened by the low ceiling on the smaller maps which isn't much higher than you can jump but it is perfectly complemented on the bigger maps which allows good flight for those in-air battles.

If you have ever watched Dragonball Z the idea of QI for attacks should be very easy to understand, different attacks use different amounts of QI and flight also reduces your QI over time. Unlike Unreal tournament, QI doesn't need ammo to be restocked, instead you can bind a key to a charge up button which halts your movement but your QI regenerates quickly. You can also increase your attack power power by using the 'boost' button.

The range of characters is small but each character is very well designed and suited to their attacks. A bigger range of characters would be be a good thing to put in the next GODZ release but until then there are only the 6 but they do have costumes as such which makes GODZ all the more fun to play!

The music in GODZ is very well used and perfect for the games general idea, the sound effects aren't too bad but more are needed especially for the attacks which lack any real distinctive sound effects.

Scores

Graphics 8/10

Gameplay 7/10

Sounds and music 7/10

Controls 8/10

Extras ( spells etc..) 7/10

Overall 8/10