....it's beyond better than Budokai 3.

User Rating: 8.3 | Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi PS2
By ShawDowFX | Review Date:
The game is good, it's beyond better than Budokai 3. The camera is really cool but it’s also has it's ups and downs. Let me explain, when you're being cornered by your enemy, the camera doesn't fix its self to give you a better perspective. It still stays the same position, on where the camera is still viewing your character‘s back. When it comes to that; trees or other large objects gets in the way and you can’t see your character. You can fix that by hitting the Lock button, so you can Un-Lock your enemy position and then your character will loose you enemy’s position, then you can move to a more comfortable place. But, then there's another hassle, when you’re trying to find your opponent again. You can’t find where he is, until he appears right in front of you. Even hitting the Lock button again, the character will shake his head on that he can’t sense where the enemy is at.

Besides the camera, the controls are still the same, I can still see that lag is still there. But only big heavy gamer on fighting games will notice the lag. For example, your punching your enemy, then you’ll hit the correct buttons so your character will do a Ki-Blast, it'll take about a second or two for him to respond to that command. It's not a bad thing, but for some who want stuff to happen in an instant will notice it.

The characters are well designed, based of from the series. What I’ve heard and seen, there's a lot of characters in the game. But the crummy part about that is that you have to unlock them by doing different things in the game. Like for example, if you want to get Jenemba. You'll have to Mix two items to un-luck him. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but when you want to play as your favorite character, you’ll have to work really hard for it.

The game also has the ability to give you the option to change the voices from English to Japanese when ever you want to. The music is a mix with Techno and some light rock music. The voice acting is alright in the English version, sometimes you can catch that the voices doesn't match with the mouth flaps, but it's still good to see that all of the voice actors from the series came to game.

I haven’t completed the game 100 percent, but a friend of mine has told me that the game has well over 170+ fights to complete the game. That, to me, has gotten me a bit hyped that I still have 150 or more fights to go plus, the unlocking of the characters will be a good thing to be looking forward to.

All In All, this new Dragonball Z game for the PS2 has lived to it’s Fan Based Hype. But it didn’t live to be great fighting game, in a way, I can call this game an Action/Adventure game. Just for the fact that you just have one button to kick and punch and another button to move quickly so the enemy wont kill you.

Rating...... 8.3/10

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