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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
*Insert Vegeta meme here*, 23 Mar 2008
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
Here's a question. What was the most iconic programme of your childhood? Was it a foreign masterpiece like Inspector Gadget? Was it something utterly ridiculous but reeked of so much coolness it just had to be enjoyed like Ghostbusters? Or maybe it was something educational like Blue Peter, which taught you how to make Tracey Island with milk cartons and sticky back plastic? Chances are it could very well be none of these programmes and be something else, but that's not the point. Because in my opinion, you could very well find all these points in one of the most iconic anime series/cashcows of all time, the legendary Dragonball Z.
I mean, think about it. Dragonball Z began life as a continuation of the Japanese anime series Dragon Ball that also was a continuation of the Manga series (there was no name change involved so it just went on as Dragon Ball), the battles were absolutely insane, in fact the closest I can come to describing them is think Smith Vs. Neo in Revolutions, add energy blasts, make it go NINE THOUSAND times faster and make each character have the power to destroy a planet in a single punch.
And as for education, well, if you don't know screaming at several million decibels increases your strength, then you best come out of that rock.
In seriousness though, even if you're not a fan of DBZ, chances are you've heard of it, will hear of it (with the up and coming live action movie next year) or may have seen one of the many titles available on various consoles. In fact, "Budokai Tenkaichi 3" is the seventh DBZ game in five years for the PS2 and will most probably be the last.
Being the last game in the series, developer Spike seems to have tried to cram as much in as possible in the game to give the ultimate DBZ experience. For a start, there is a whopping 161 characters in the game from various stages of the series, ranging from the original Dragonball, all the way to GT and of course, many movie villains and heroes. Of course, many of the characters share the same moves and similar attributes, but fans of the series would have to be pretty picky/demented to demand any more in the game.
Speaking of characters, you also get to experience the various battles that take place in the series within the Dragon History mode. To summarize DBZ storyline in a nutshell, its space pirate apeloids, followed by alien dictator, followed by Terminator rip-off, followed by cyborg grasshopper and finally a pink god killer. Add the fact you get bits of Dragonball and GT's story, as well as bonus movie battles and your looking at a pretty decent (or absolutely crackers) storyline which takes a few hours to clear.
In terms of graphics, the game looks pretty good, it's the same cel-shaded affair we've had since the original Budokai, characters do have some facial expressions during in-game fighting, however this is just limited to a blank stare, concentration for in-game transformations and wincing in pain. It's not the prettiest PS2 game on the market, but it still looks good.
The environments also do the job, you get about thirty or so levels, all of which taken from the TV series, many of which are also destructible and I have to admit, it never gets tiresome smashing a friend through a 15 story building and watching the damage unfold.
The most important aspect of the game is of course the gameplay and depending on your preferences to beat-em ups, it maybe a hit and miss. The main criticism with DBZ BT 3 is that the game doesn't play as a conventional fighting game. For a start, the camera is placed on the shoulder of your character so you're nearly always behind your character. Another interesting point is that you're given quite a lot of freedom during fights. It's not exactly 360 degrees but it's quite a bit more then your standard 2D fighter.
As always with DBZ games, the controls are pretty simple. With a few five button combos to unleash a high amount of damage (usually using only the Square and Triangle buttons), "Mortal Kombat" and "Street Fighter" fans who are used to punching in longer and more complicated combos might find the game tedious and boring due to the simplicity and ease of doing high damage by holding three buttons together. However, if you preserver with the game, you'll find it actually has quite a interesting and at times, addictive fighting system, rewarding well timed button combinations with flashier moves.
The put it in simple terms, the game doesn't really play like a normal fighting game, instead, it plays exactly like how a Dragonball Z battle looks on television. You can teleport and dodge energy attacks the size of nations, compete in beam struggles, even move at super sonic speeds and try to match buttons to inflict more damage or rotate the analogue stick in quick fire spars.
As we come to the end of this review, in short, if you're after a more regular fighting game with Dragonball Z characters, your better off getting Budokai 3 or waiting for the series' first venture on to the 7th generation consoles in the form of Burst Limit. But fans who want a more...Dragonball z-y game will probably enjoy this game just as much. It's an enjoyable game that most DBZ fans will like, it has a feast of extras (like Japanese and English voices, character bios, password characters etc) that give the game an extended life span and should provide tonnes of entertainment.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
DRAGONBALL Z's GREAT, 30 Dec 2007
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
the game play is amazing with easy controls but still challenging battles. In fight story mode helps to make it more understandable during play and the speed of the fights is frantic, the best DBZ game so far
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best game, 2 Jan 2008
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
this is the best game because it has lots of good graphics and also the story mode is amazing this would be a good game to buy and it is cheaper to buy it from here on amazon
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