Burst Limit is an epic fighting game which has sometimes been criticised for what are really improvements!
The story mode (Z Chronicles) follows the dragon ball z story closely, but if you haven't seen the series, you'll be lost. There are a lot of cinematics but they don't really fill in the gaps, just introduce and end the fights. For those that do know the story, it goes from the beggining of DBZ to the end of the Cell Saga, which is a bit short but kinda long when you compare to Tekken or Virtua Fighter, which are just a series of 10ish fights (or at least thats what i remember from Tekken 4).
But the actual fighting is what this game is all about and it is SOLID. It is very easy to pick up for beginners with the ultimate moves just being up + o or up + b, but the game is still pretty deep with aura blasts, transformations, pursuits, and lots of teleportation. If you don't understand any of that don't worry - they're just stupid names for getting stronger and hitting people.
The counter system is quite deep with the ability to teleport behind enemies after they attack, if timed right. You can also dodge, block and even ULTIMATE BLOCK, which blocks everything but drains your ki like a colinder drains rice.
Also new are the drama pieces, which you choose before each match and are unlocked as you go through Z Chronicles mode. These are activated automatically mid battle when certain circumstances are met; ie Krillin might through you a energy-reviving senzu bean if you're just about to be KO'd.
The online mode is also very well done, if a little unforgiving. Its a very simple Versus mode where you choose a character and drama pieces and begin. If you win the match, your power level increases by 1200 (i think) but if you lose it decreases by 600. You start of with 4000 or 5000 or something but if you're a beginner and you end up fighting the pros, your gonna lose it QUICK! I only started playing today and I'm already down to around 1500. I don't know what happens if you go down to 0, but i doubt you go into minus power. A word of advise to any n00bs out there: Don't start with ranked matches, you'll DIE!
Burst Limit is an excellent fighting game with a good variety of characters and special moves, lots of customisation, a story that follows the original closely (but misses out a lot between fights) and a fun (yet NAILS!) online mode, which is sure to keep you busy for hours. I would recoome-end to any DBZ fans or fighting game fans, but not if you get weirded out easily, the characters are a little strange to say the least.
You'll only get that Recoome-end joke if your a DBZ fan.