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Gr8 DBZ game, wanna c numba 2 | | Craig from Co. Durham, UK says (20/Sep/2003): | Dragonball Z Budokai is probably the best DBZ game there is. It has kept really loyal to the T.V show and unlike some games based on shows or films, it hasn't been just a little like the film/show, it has almost everything in it. The reason that this game kicks arse, is the fighting part itself. The moves are easy to grasp and once you have grasped them with one character, the others have the same moves, so you dont just get good with a certain person, like on most games, but you can now play with everyone. The gameplay is also really simple, and unless you a comlpete morron and have never heard of DBZ you'll easily understand how to play. What else I liked is that there aren't any real cheats so you have to play it and get good at it instead of just winning in one move or something. Some bad things about this though, bring the game down quite a bit. The worst of all for me is the voice. Most people like it and if you've seen the Japanese versions or something you'll be glad to hear that they've kept the Japanese voices, but if you're like me and have only seen DBZ, you'll be a bit dissapointed because the voices are all high-pitched and sound incredably stupid, for example completing the game the first time, you have the cut scene, where Gohan and Cell each do a kamehaemeha on eachother and Goku talks through King Kai. This was one of my favourtie episodes on DBZ, but on the game I couldn't take it seriously because Goku's voice was childlike. Another thing with the way they speak is the subtitles. They are hardly ever proper Engilsh and don't normally say what they say on the T.V show. The only other bad thing about the game is that it's too short. They should have definately included Majin Buu. He is obviously the best character ever, he is soo babyish and fat, yet everyone is scared of him. Also it would make the character list a lot longer because there are 8 different versions of him and if you have the buu saga, you get Gotenks and Vigito (my other favourite character). Two good things about it apart from how super fun it is and the easy to grasp moves, are the graphics, that are awesome and realistic and the sound that unlike some games, matches the emotions of the characters. Also although the story line is short, there is so much to do because if you're a perfectionist like me and ant every capsual for everybody, that involves getting the dragonnballs 23 times. After playing as mmuch as I have, I have decided that the good points totally outway the bad and the gameplay, moves, laoalty to the stryline and so much more make this game the best in the DBZ series. I can't w8 4 numba 2 tho, as ive heard that there will e dragonmode as well but if they delete storymode 2 put it in it will be rubbish. However with 11 new characters u can be sure it will b on my christmas list
| great game | | Aj Tremblay from newmarket NH usa says (31/Oct/2003): | There are so many dbz games out there but this one was pretty good. I want dbz budokai2 for christmas it is supposed to be a lot better so dbz fans who were disapointed with the 1st you'll like the 2nd you can fight buu in 3 forms in story mode and i think you can even be him. o and goku and vegeta finaly get over the rival thing and fuse to vegito.
| THE best DBZ game EVER! | | ???????????????????? from Ontario,Canada says (21/Nov/2003): | I think this game is so cool! I think story mode should be longer and Buu should be in there. If only you could be ssj 1-4 it would be better. Also The Great Saiyman is a little to hard to get because in tournament mode Advanced they make the computers in th last 2 rounds almost invincible. I like the fact that in practice mode you can make the computer do nothing. I love the ridiculos moves with Hercule like Hercule miricale and present for you. I think this is the best game of all time!
| Hope Budokai 3's better... | | Dave from Birmingham,United Kingdom says (21/Jan/2004): | When you first play the game you think this is heavi, you're playin out the whole cartoon. all the major characters are there(heroes and villains),and the graphics have improved alot since the first game,also how you gain new skills is a good idea (you either win them in the dragonworld or buy them with money) but when the noveltly of all these things wears off you see that the game is really a basic level fighter.
Gameplay is the main problem as most characters have the same moves(named differently)and the same sequences to perform their special moves, so it takes very little time 2 master every character.The controls are also set so you can only perform certain combinations of punching and kicking, so they start feel really restrictive because theres only so many combos u can do and eventually repetive.Controls are also slow to respond, u move to dodge an attack n ur character fails to move, so this gets annoying.
The story mode has now been replaced with Dragonworld where you basically fight every villain and collect all the dragonballs to make a wish. this idea is good as the wishes allow you to obtain rare skills, but this doesnt replace the cinematic scenes of the first game and a to someone whos never played the game it will seem ridiculous and confusing. (also after you kill Frieza and Cell the third time it starts to pi$$ you off).
World tournament is where you earn money, there are 3 skill levels to choose from basically easy medium hard.this is good because the harder the level you choose the more money make but after you've won thats it, you start again.it would be interesting if you had to defend ur title, or you got a special skill or something but u don't.
After you've finished this game for about the 4th or 5th time you've basically mastered it, which is the problem its too easy, and there arent enuff extras to keep u interested for long so the best advice i can give is to play it on very hard when u buy it n try and complete other wise ull get bored.
i'm a fan of Dragonball Z n i bought it, so obviously other fans are gonna buy this game but if youre looking for a serious fighting game then dont waste ur money, this is a game to rent or to buy ur kid brother.
| I'm gonna blow you to bits!! | | Calvin N. Trager from Michigan,USA says (9/Mar/2004): | Dragonballz b2 is fun, challenging, yet some times it can be boring.When you first play it, it is awsome, but in a way, it is easier.In No.1,I couldn't do any ultimate moves other than Warp KAMAHAMAHA[!] and such 'cause WK was PPKKE, simple isn't it?!And another thing, in No.1, there was GREAT SAIYANMAN!![Gohan is whack!!]And look here, nothing new!!!Like, the great saiyanman wasn't here when Cell was around!Why can't DBZB2 have SS4 for Goku[kakarot] and Vegeta!!Huh!?My title was based on the most powerful move in the game, Final Explosion!!Only Majin Vegeta could use it and you die after using that move!!But, it is really cool.The move has 3000 points of power in practice!!Isn't that awsome!!Now, my 2 favorite fusions are Vegito and Tiencha.They, my friend, have the best moves, Spirit Sword[which is a copy off of Yu-Yu Hakusho]and Wolf Fane Volleyball Fist!But all the zigzags and moves and all that stuff drive me nuts!And before that you have to get fused!Button combinations and making sure you don't pick the same button as your opponent!It's crazy!The game is still fun, though, even though I have to say Goku is whack of fusing with Hercule.Well, see ya!I have to go and kick Kid Buu's pink butt!Hasta la vista![Calvin Trager-Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 Champion][Justin Johnson must see this!]p.s.:I hope GT is better.
| The best DBZ game yet! | | Ziosuna from Washington, USA says (2/Apr/2004): | Dragonball Z Budokia 2 is in my opinion one of the best games for the fighting genre of video games. It still has a few annoying bugs (mainly some of the characters seem to take every advantage to knock you out of the ring in the tournament mode) I mean yeah it's an easy way to proceed through the tournament and yeah it makes it more challenging when the other fighters use this tactic to take you out but they always seem to be one stepahead of you when they do use this tactic. Then you end up using half your life just to stay in the ring before you realize what's happening. Another small problom it has is the replay value that all fighting games have. Once you've beaten the levels, gotten the characters, all the skills, movies, ect... You quickly lose intrest in the game. Other than that the graphics are beutifull and I simply love the little movie scene where after bashing the brains out of the opponent they go flying through a rock formation, ocean, over a cill, or into an cliff causing an avalanche in the process. Pluss the dificulty in the moves are at a decent level, They're not close to impossible like some of the moves in previous games, (Killer Instinct for example) ever try pulling off the top combo? You'ld have better luck mashing buttons. And they're not too easy like in the mortal kombat games. They're just right, granted some of the moves are hard but with a few rounds of practice you can usualy get them down without a problom. Also I think it was a good idea for them to include all the sagas including the buu saga, even though they messed up on the sayian saga I expect it was just to make deadline and cut costs. Note that DBZ games don't really do so well... even in japan. So give them support and we can expect the creators to turn out even greater DBZ games. The interaction between the characters is amazing for a cell shaded game most of them tend to have the characters pass through eachother giving the enemy enough time to hit you before your attack is completed so I was very impressed with the skin mapping that they applied in this game. Also I'm very happy with the fact that they fixed the small problom with enemies tending to attack before the word fight appears on the screen (remember frieza in the last one... little < remove me > at %$#!*...) Yes I can't stress enough how this game has changed the genre of fighting games, I recomend this game as a must play for all ages.
| Forget the bad Reviewers this is is the best DBZ Game | | Sai from MO from Missouri, USA says (3/Aug/2003): | Many reviewers tell this game is short in story move yes it is i beat it in 5 hours but if youre a dbz fan its so awesome you need to get all the capsules to make your best charecter it takes forever to get the best capsules and you can wish Dragon(Shenron) and the Tournaments are really challenging. BTW if you have this game and are reading stories and cheats to get Gotenks/SSJ4Goku/Bulma to play forget it theyre all FAKE dont even try them its a waste the sad thing is for all of you cheaters this games not going to be good because theres really only 1 cheat that works and that is the Shenron cheat
Graphics= 9/10
Sound= Same voices for the show same sound so the watches of the show this has awesome sound 10/10!
Gameplay= Really good the moves of the graphics are awesome 10/10
Replay= No replay well you could do that for capsules but other than that its a waste 6/10
Overall = 7/10 because i put 8 out of 10 because
1.The replay value
2. Whenever in the final battle or any battle if you fight a guy anytime he could either be too easy or too hard it happened to me many times YOU NEED PATIENCE TO BEAT THE TOURNAMENT expecially what i found out that the Adept Mode(Which is the second hard level and htere are three) is harder than the Advance one other than this this game is a MASTERPIECE
ALL DBZ FANS BUY THIS GAME ITS ABSOLUTELY BEST
| This game is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | A gamer says (12/Jun/2004): | Finally!!!A cool game i could never get tired of.This game is the best game I`ve played so far because I think number 3 is coming out and It`s probably going to be Gt with a lot of cool characters that Budaki 2 doesn`t have.I hate that the fact that at the end of every battle the player that wins isn`t all beat up with his cloths torn or dirt on him with blood.Also I don`t like the dragon world because it sucks.It should be like Budakai 1 because their dragon world is like a show.In the game I have unlocked everything, to tell you the truth I think I will never get tired of this game I love it.I will keep on playing it over and over again until Budakai 3 comes out,until then I will be waiting for it and it should be awsome.My favorite characters to fight with is almost all of them except the androids because they suck.I like android 18 she`s cool.I hate Recome because he`s dumb with his stupid saying ''you do well you do well".I just love teen Gohans Father-Son Kamehameha it`s awsome.My most favorite character is Gotenks I like him because he has 2 of my favorite characters fused Trunks and Goten and I like that the fact that Gotenks and Goku can go Super Saiyan 3.Gohan is cool because he can unlock Elder Kai`s
| ideas for part 2 | | fomitoh from usa says (20/Aug/2003): | here is some ideas for part 2 make it where u have to train to get to supersayian 1,2etc.. levels need to be more interactive of course put majinboo in there all forms actually put all of the charecters from every episode in it put a storyline it thats is not so fast make it where it would take like a month-2months to beat and add more moves other then that it's an exallent game if u think it's bad or good ideas e-mail me.
| Just what the doctor ordered | | ssj4Goku from USA says (27/Jan/2004): | Excellent game but NEEDS MOVIE CHARACTORS I mean after all Brolly and Gogeta are in Dragon ball Z....may be they are in the game and i just havnt found them yet i dont know but that and i miss the story mode. And i thought it sucked when u had to beat dragonworld a time after time after time to get all breakthroughs but then i found the cheat so that made everything much better but it is a great game that is for sure. I deffintly like how charactors that are related have similar combos. But in the end it is a great game all around especially for the ones that are familiar with the series. i love to play the game with my friends over and over. One thing i would change is to have longer life when u fight your buddies like in dragonworld and to have somekind of super break through with a zenzu bean and all of the moves and attacks. With more life your could have gokus punch and ssj3 gokus punch vary allot more after all he is ssj3 and one punch from him could kill freeza and cell and the list goes on.
| this game is of the hook | | SSJ2 Goku from bree,belgium says (11/Nov/2003): | this is the bomb.you can fly,transform,and the best part is you can power up by holding X and tap twice on behind,and it's totally based on the tv series,whoever said that dragonball Z is for kids must be a $#< remove me > at !ing stupid idiot!!!!!!!!even my nickname is SSJ2 Goku!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!to all the dragonball Z fans keep your powerlevel low or else cell will come.
| very very good | | Frank Everett from Clio Michigan says (7/Nov/2003): | I thout the game was really cool I liked the grapics and the players. I cant wait for budokai2 to come out I herd you are able to go SS3 with Goku and Gotankes and you can load your previos charters to the game Im putting it on My wish list.
| I love this game! | | Dragon Master from Alberta, Canada says (14/Dec/2003): | First of all, this is a great show and makes an even better game. Second of all, the selection of this are great! This is a flawless game except for one thing..... they didn't have Fat Buu in it. I really wanted to be him when I got this and was disappointed when I was unable to play as him.
I have beat this game all around, unlocked all the characters and moves (Except for that stupid last Dragon Ball.......Can't find it....grrrr). And yet, I still play this game. Another great thing is how many playable characters there are.
I am very impressed with the moves as well, I found them simple once I memorized them. One of my favorite things is Freiza's Space Ship (When you die as Freiza, and have that capsul equipped, the spaceship comes down and turns Freiza into metal Freiza, giving you a total of 6 energy bars!), which I found especially useful when in the Advanced Tournament.
Another feature is that there is a story mode, which enables you to unlock characters and basically play out the Dragon Ball Z sagas. Another, yes, another cool feature is once you unlock the Minigame (Hercules Quest.. or whatever the name is...), you go through Hercules lying life..... which is pretty funny to see what he thinks, especially against the Child Cells (The small blue version of Cell). And that reminds me! When I got Hercule and saw his grapple move, I burst out lauughing! That is so hilarious how he falls on them! And his finishing move, what a killer!
I can't get over the look on Super-Saiyan Teen Gohan's face when he receives the bomb! Priceless! One last note, the music is acurate, not to mention the great opening sequence at the beggining of the game. I could write a longer reveiw, but that would be wasting you're time! ^_^'
| Budokai 2 is cool, but it does lag in some areas | | Patrick Bennett from Houston, Texas says (2/Mar/2004): | Sure, Budokai was good, but Budokai 2 is better, although it's missing some vital characters that played in the story, not only in the series but concidering Broly, the other 3 androids that were made, and if anyone remembers the saiyan from the "Tree of Might" and they barely have any moves, if you look at their lists once you've unlocked everything, you'll find that goku only has 3 to 4 moves, the other "Techniques" are Power Ups, from "King Kai Fist x20" to "Super Saiyan 3" and he barely recieves any new moves with his new transformation. As for the fusions "Gotenks" "Gokule" "Vegito" "Kabitoshin" and "Tiensha" they're pretty cool and as for the two fusions that were never real, the creators put a lot of immagination into them. And Last but not least, The "Dragon World" also known as the "story mode" is really good once you start it, but then once you figure out there is only 9 Levels....it's like a waste of time. And then you figure out that you cant buy the Dragon Balls and you gotta go through Story mode every time to get a characters breakthrough...it's truly frustrating, but i did it and i unlocked all the characters and i got every single move. and for those of you who have just started this game i warn you... There are 29 characters total ...that means you gotta go through Story mode 30 TIMES the reason you have to do it 30 instead of 29 times is because you need to get "Babadi's Ship" ...Why? do you ask. because you need "Babadi's Ship" to get Majin Buu, Super Buu, Kid Buu AND super buu's "Absorbtion" move. there is no other way to get that move imluss you use cheats. besides once you beat story mode 30 times ...it's seems pointless to do it anymore, that maked only "Babadi's Ship" and the "Tournament Mode" for you to play, excluding Vs. Mode and Practicee, and those get boring after a while, especially "Babadi's Ship" Once you unlock the Buu's and the super Buu move, you wont want to go back there again...i know i didn't, thats why i'm glad my mom rented the game for me instead of buying it for me. cause renting it and finding out how it is instead of going to buy it first saved her 60 to 70 dollars, and me...it saved me a lot of frustration. yupp....thats all the "Reviewing" i'm gunna do.
e-mail me if you have questions about cheats, characters, moves, breakthroughs or tips. Cause i can answer any question about this game... I can even tell you why they didn't put in My and Your avorite character, Broly, in the game. but i wont tell you now, e-mail me to find out.
| Best Game of the series | | Guyver-3 from Ohio, USA says (6/Dec/2002): | Man someone has finally got a DBZ game right. The story mode rocks as well as duel( or vs. ). If you have the money and your a dbz fan, hurry and go buy this one. You will be very pleased!!
| i like the game its that damn good | | the one and only ss3 goku says (10/Dec/2002): | i love the game graphics and the music and the voices of the dbz characters it is the best game yet i love the tornament its so cool but evry now and then i get knocked out of the ring i hate that but its still is a cool game i think that if evry body was a dbz fan and hade the money to bye the game bye it dont bye a diffrent game bye dbz i think the'll make another dbz for the ps2 a sequale and that will have new episode's on that one i like the legend of Hurcule mode its pretty cool well i got to go play hard dbz fans
| Review on Dragon Ball Z: Budokai | | Mr. Giigles from Lemont, IL says (10/Dec/2002): | Hey, this is Mr. Giggles and this game is Jawsome as my friend Bob would say. I like this game a lot because its has my favorite character, Trunks, it also has the game set by the series. The game doesn't have good grafics because they wanted it to look like the cartoon. You can also customize your characters by winning world tournaments. It would be cool if you have a companian with you to fight like 2 on 2. Im a fanatic on DBZ, it doesn't have Gotenks, which is my other favorite character, because it only goes up to the Cell Saga. I hope they make a sequel to this game because its JAWSOME!
P.S. Im using my friends email because I dont have one yet so dont think im a girl but she is.
| GREAT GAME WITH A FEW FLAWS (read this if your thinkin bout buyin it) | | Danny Um from Delburne, Canada says (24/Dec/2002): | Hey all my name's Danny and I've reviewed many DBZ games for all kinds of sites and I've been rewarded for doing so (cuz mine was so good). But I'll have to admit, I had a helluva time reviewin this game. Dbz Budokai is no doubt the best DBZ game yet (maybe cuz it's the only one on PS2 so far). I'll admit the graphics and the sound are awesome but I think that the game is far, far too short and easy! The highest level of super saiyan in this game only 2 and Gohan is the only one who can reach it. I also hate the fact that it never went to the end of Buu! (sure it would ruin the show but were all plot-spoilin lovers arent we?!) There are a large number of characters ranging from Raditz to Hercule and each of them have their own, unique, awesome ultimate-moves which can blow up the whole level. The gameplay is relatively easy with a punch, kick, block, and ki attack button and the powerful KI attacks are just too easy to pull off. I mean, my god, we want a challenge dont we? A 2 year old could hit square 4 times and then circle to pull off a kamehmeha. The story mode is great but it could have used more fights and mini-games. Even though this is off-topic, the thing that really pisses the $hit outta me is the fact that when you finish the story mode and you wanna go through the whole thing again, you hafta to select the chapters one at a time pissing the crap outta you. They shoulda put a button or something on there so you could go through it all. Although Super Saiyan 2 is the highest level in the game, Trunks and Vegeta also have a level (or 2) after super saiyan. After winnin the story mode, you unlock the world tournament which can win you money which can get you skillz at Popo's shop. You can customize characters using skillz uve bought and you can unlock a special game called Legend of Hercule which is referred to as Survivor in other fighting games. There are a few good fighting levels and combos. The movies though is what made me buy the game. The graphics combined with the sound and smooth movement make the most outstanding movies I've ever seen. The faces of the characters are awesome but they look retarted when they close their eyes (I mean, Christ, it looks like South Park). Overall, this game was great and I recomend to any DBZ fan. I don't want to spoil the game anymore but if you want me too e-mail me at dangerously_cheezy25< remove me > at hotmail.com. You guys who made this site, just tellin you in advance, I know this review kicks hot, sick, A$$ but don't send me any rewards, I got enough and some of the others are pretty good to. Well I hope you enjoyed it. C YA!!!
| true fan "dbz" | | julius from houston, tx says (5/Jan/2003): | dagonballz budokai is a great game, but lacking(instert your own word here).well let's cover the basic. the sound is great no lie,but some voices are cheesey like cell's perfect form that voice is is wrong.and freeza voice could be better.graphics are good but where the graphics.(ffx)or(even ff8)music is great, the television version is cool.gameplay-wow were to start?controls-o.k.,fighting-very great,powers-great,story-good and the only reason the story is good not great is doing the the story yuo are going to(no but about it)THAT DID NOT HAPPEN or you might even say THEY DID NOT SAY THAT. i guess you think i'm being hard on funimation? don't get me wrong i'am fan of dragoball. one last thing before i shut up. what is up with the RING OUT. it make's me want to throw my ps2 out the window.btu with all that wrong with the it's still number one with a bullet. if you want to email me cool. to gave me your "rant or raves" it's cool,but no hateing on dbz..because i'm not i jus expect more.........
| Sweet Game | | Alan Yoder from Pennsylvania, USA says (5/Jan/2003): | Budokai definitly beats all other DBZ games ever made. Although the actual fighting is not very hard this game will keep you busy for a long time. It didnt take long at all to get all the characters or all of the skills. The thing that is what takes long to get are the breakthroughs because you have to collect the dragon balls like 23 times and they are really hard to find. This game is sweet because they added a story mode to a fighting game and that is very rare. It would be even better if they had tag battles so you could use the multi-tap and have 4 player battles. I really like the gameplay and the game can be for beginners or advanced players. I think they should have put in some more outfits and have more characters and make them harder to unlock. The super sayian levels are ok because the game only follows through the cell games and no one in the series have above a SS level 2 by then. They did a good job making all of the characters equal in strength although some of the characters are a bit faster then others and that is the best advantage in this game because you can attack more and block faster. I don't doubt that there will be another DBZ game for PS2 and other consoles and I'm really looking forward to that. Overall this is the best DBZ game ever!
P.S. Isn't it funny how the graphics are better than those in the series?
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