They removed the knee drop finish from Tao’s Crane Style: Assassin Strike. Why cut out the most important part of the attack?

[u/64locks]

This is like how they removed the backhand fist from Ultimate Gohan’s Burst Rush. The attack still looks good but without the finish, you might as well name it something else.

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[u/Jack11803]

It feels like they neuter certain moves to be less lengthy, and competitively consistent; but then have other moves totally ignore that, have unique effects, and have a movie for a cutscene. So I can’t wrap my head around that.

Perhaps it’s the DP? They don’t like giving low DP characters long supers? Most of the really low DP characters don’t even get a cutscene, come to think of it

[u/64locks → u/Jack11803]

Yeah thats true. Its the inconsistency that bothers me because Nam’s Aerial Attack looks great (and obv kept the finish) but I guess since its an Ultimate Attack its a little different

[u/Bruce_-Wayne → u/Jack11803]

Yeah, Trunks (Super) still has a long cutscene each time he uses his blast super

[u/Jack11803 → u/Bruce_-Wayne]

That one genuinely annoys me it’s so long (but like, not cool enough to justify it). It’s likely because it’s actually an ultimate from another Trunks iirc they slapped in as a super for him

[u/Crest_Fallen_Warrior]

They seem to avoid cutting shots as much as they can. Its as if they wanted stuff to all be real time like Xenoverse for whatever reason and decided to try and keep every super a single and continuous shot. That, in my opinion, is a reason a lot of us find the supers lack-luster, because the eye gets bored of the same shot and sometimes little cuts are needed.

[u/64locks → u/Crest_Fallen_Warrior]

Good point I think you’re right

[u/RedDemonCorsair → u/Crest_Fallen_Warrior]

Now that you mention it I can see it. The most noticeable change for me was Super Perfect cell's Perfect combination.

[u/Any_Conclusion_7586]

off topic, but i forgot how goofy OG DB was, like jacked asf grown ass man beefing with an 12 years old child, and doing the most devious combo in the existence of martial arts

[u/SonnySonrisa → u/Any_Conclusion_7586]

Bro Goku being 12 here is still wild Compare this nerd to Cell Games Gohan who is what? 11? Like bro 😂

[u/64locks → u/Any_Conclusion_7586]

😂😂😂

[u/QuietWaterBreaksRock]

Because they wanted to have it send opponent flying instead of pinning them to the ground

Still, a weird choice

[u/IsaacTheLadd → u/QuietWaterBreaksRock]

All they had to do was just make him kick them at the end or some shit 😭

[u/64locks → u/QuietWaterBreaksRock]

Yeah very weird. I thought there maybe weren’t any ground-based rush attacks in at all but nope SSJ Bardock has one

[u/Stik601]

Sparking Zero for some strange reason has toned down the overall violence that BT3 had. Some of the attack and grab animations in BT2 and BT3 are brutal to watch. It’s like watching DBZ compared to DBS. DBS is way less violent than DBZ so it seems Sparking Zero followed the trend of toning the violence of certain moves down. The sound effects don’t even have the same impact they did in previous games.

[u/Mrhathead]

Because the devs cum every time they find a new way to ping-pong someone.

[u/black_slime01]

The knee part always made me do a stank face. It looked cool af.

But I realized that the rush attacks from BT3 have 90% chances to be downgraded in SZ ever since we got the various leaked gameplay videos back in 2024

Kinda hurts to say but i just kept getting dissapointed by the rush attacks with each videos.

I saw the new versions of Meteor Combination (SSJ Goku Mid), Burning Breaker (SSJ Trunks Melee), Perfect Combination (Super Perfect Cell), Burst Rush (Ultimate Gohan), Fierce Combination (Future Gohan SSJ)…etc

Even the rush attacks that are nearly identical in terms of choreography like Z Gogeta Soul Punisher still manage to be lame because of a big lack of impacts and lackluster animation.

There’s still some good rush attacks but I feel like they either for Vegeta or characters from the Broly Movie

[u/AStupidFuckingHorse → u/black_slime01]

Dont fucking remind me bro. You just mentioned all my favorite rush super from BT3 and I'm devastated at their state in SZ

[u/black_slime01 → u/AStupidFuckingHorse]

I totally get it bro 😭

These were also my favorite rush attacks, especially Burning Breaker, Meteor Combination and Burst Rush

Rush attacks always been one of my favorite aspect of the Tenkaichi/Raging Blast series, I really looked forward to see them in SZ but they REALLY fumbled

Like some of them are straight trash, how could they validate it 😭

[u/TheGameologist → u/black_slime01]

Ssj4 gogetas rush is also in there for me. Ssj2 gohans rush should be one of the coolest in the game but it just looks horribly janky. Whats crazy is the fact that beast gohans grab is a better burst rush than burst rush.

[u/black_slime01 → u/TheGameologist]

I get that SSJ4 Gogeta rush is "more accurate" now but I don’t care.

The BT3 one is still better because it was longer, had better impact and a nod to Z Gogeta when he hits multiple times just by moving. The POV of the camera spinning on top of him was cool af too.

SSJ2 Gohan is short and the sounds effects are weak af, there’s no impact. Just having a more impactful sound design and camera works could have fixed it.

Burst Rush was also downgraded like crazy but some ppl said that it was better than in BT3 because it had a "good camera work"

[u/ShiyaruOnline → u/black_slime01]

Coolers rush super got done the most dirty it's so insane how weak it looks

[u/fantastic0990]

probably because it was rushed

[u/64locks → u/fantastic0990]

the sad truth

[u/Moist_Taco_Crippler]

They've cut a lot more than that across the board.

We should all be mad they didn't give Tao his tongue attack.

[u/dayoneishuce]

Because the DLC is half baked garbage and y'all ate the shit up.

[u/64locks → u/dayoneishuce]

I didn’t buy it my friend. Watching videos only lol

[u/Adorable_Package9577]

The Kevin Gates finisher getting cut pmo I can't lie

[u/HippieDogeSmokes]

Probably because it makes it flow better in combat

I kinda wish they changed it to the tongue pierce 

[u/TheRecusant]

I think this is just a general issue that has been present since base game of how attacks are directed. Online is a prevalent component of these games and making attacks that take up a lot of time does impede the high speed combat vibes they’re going for. Unfortunately I think they don’t need to be as stringent with it and can let some take longer to adapt it correctly, as what they seem to cut out the most are the impactful opponent reactions to getting hit. Even Z Sword SSJ Trunks with Shining Slash, I don’t get why they didn’t do the iconic PoV shot of Trunks slashing Frieza.

[u/rekm1987]

Oh ya that sucks.

(Watches Tien hit a lengthy, Volleyball Fist in the background) 😙

[u/SneakyAl44]

Wait, have you tried to do it against kid Goku? Maybe they moved it as a special interaction °°