A Review of Every PS2 Dragon Ball Z Game | Review The PS2
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- After four months of procrastinating and one month of actual work, it's here! Every Dragon Ball Z game on the PS2, reviewed with the #1 lisp on CZcams! Just thinking about Tenkaichi 2 and Budokai 3 gets me super excited to play them, but there are other games to review...
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dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Kenj...
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www.dragonballzmods.com/
Other Games Shown:
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Legacy of Goku 2
God Hand
Double Dragon Neon
0:00 Budokai 1
6:04 Budokai 2
8:18 Budokai 3
12:08 Infinite World
13:56 Super Dragon Ball Z
15:15 Tenkaichi 1
18:02 Tenkaichi 2
19:39 Tenkaichi 3
21:12 Sagas
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With every main video I publish a blog detailing my extra thoughts on the game and the making of the video itself, and that can be found at www.rfgeneration.com/blogs/Erb... - Hry
Thanks for getting this video to 100k views, and for getting me to 1k subs, which happened at the same time!
If you're going to yell at me about Infinite World read this:
I'll detail it more in my next video but some time down the line I'll be making a video about reevaluating my most disagreed with ratings. Infinite World at this point deserves to be among them, so before you tell me I'm wrong about it, bide your time because there will be a time and place to get those criticisms looked at. I guess Budokai 3 will also deserve a place in that video too.
Where you've been man. This was the first video I watched from you and would like more of these types of reviews.
No worries Man
Dude make a DBZ Games Xbox360/Ps3 era review please
I Played These Dragon Ball Z Video Fighting Games Because I Remember These👍
I also loved Budokai 2's story mode
The ps2 was the best system for dragon ball games.
Big K facts
Big K sometimes it freezes up
facts af ps2 FTW
Cpx Retro Gamer it depends on the condition of your copy of the games
And wwe and naruto well honestly the best console for fighting games
"You don't need an ounce of skill to play budokai 1 effectively" he says as he gets absolutely trashed by cell
His lisp is fucking killing me.
And the plain disrespect to this game
Cell wrecked everyone. He was as broken as early Akuma in SF games
@@HueyBravo115 true, was just replaying the game for nostalgia and, besides Gohan having weak combos without cancel for chaining, Cell is very broke, the only advantage in that fight is being smaller, because then some of Cell's combos don't hit.
@@channingdavis5541 same
Jesus im glad he stole that music! That sound track was perfect for dbz!!!
Said the same thing. Call me scummy for it, but the budokai original soundtrack will forever be the best
i love the original stolen budokai soundtrack thats why i didn't jump to the hd collection on ps3... until i modded my ps3 and mod the game soundtrack to the original stolen ps2 soundtrack
Bensybens Damn... How’d ya do that lol
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@@BensyBens ye i wanna know too lol
"infinite world is like budokai 3 but worse because it doesn't have dragon rush" that's literally the best part tho, dragon rush is a whole rng mechanic that can take half of your health bar by doing nothing.
I agree, dragon rush takes no skill, he trippin 💯
It isn't RNG though, it's high-speed janken that gets blantantly telegraphed by Hyper mode just like the Ultimates.
@@LostCourage janken is literally random tho
@@justrem9595 It's quite literally not, you pick something then it's a win, lose or draw. In dragon rush the odds go from 1/4 to 1/3 to 1/2 of escaping it if you can predict what the opponent will do. Against a human player this is completely fair while against a computer I can see how you would think it's random chance. So for it to do significant damage you literally have to fail 3 times in a row.
@@LostCourage it's literally a random chance in all 3 scenarios
Budokai tenkaichi 3 is my Favorite
It's p. good
Fik Y I agree idk how anybody can pick any other Dbz game over tenkaichi 3
@@chitown-gc9qs Because Budokai 3 and DBFZ exist.
jp3813 neither one can compare to BT3 as close to the anime your gonna get
@@chitown-gc9qs They obviously can given other people's preferences.
"Infinite world removed the best part of the fighting system , dragon rush" yeah ok heading out now
I completely LOATHE the Dragon Rush system. Yeah, let's leave the outcome of the fight to RNG and pray to Kami we don't get fucked
Oh ok Ms Fritz I’m boutta head out
TRT Jolin i knew it was over then 😂
Yeah I hated it, especially since the CPU would read your inputs sometimes so it was hard to pull off a special beam canon or final flash cause they were tied to winning dragon rush. Plus the CPU would use it constantly.
They really don't read your inputs. They often follow a pattern of either choosing the same button twice in a row and then changing the last one, or just choosing same button three times
Man I miss Tenkaichi 3 so much...still to this day it's my all time favorite fighting game. So many great memories. In 2008 I was living with a friend of mine, and his younger brother would come by and see me playing BT3, and he would fight me and always lose, and lose bad. So I told him he could play the game for 3 days and I wouldn't touch it. 3 days to get better at it and we'd have a 5 on 5 battle. When the day came, I still managed to win...but he improved so much that he gave me one of the best fights I ever had playing that game.
do you remember what characters you used and how close it was?
Buy a ps2 and invest in it.
Infinite world is Budokai 3 but without the bs rng Dragon Rush, seems like a improvement.
It was
It was bro. This video is complete garbage lol.
@@KiLLJOY1056 I don’t think it’s bad just because you don’t agree with it
The capsule system in Infinite World was on point as well. It's basically Budokai 3 but good
It was and many of the mini games were good and fun or reliving moments of the anime like tein vs cell with tri beam or actually hunting for dragon balls
Something that I'll always appreciate about Budokai 1 is how much effort they put into actual cutscenes. Every budokai game after that was basically just a graphic novel in terms of story mode. Budokai 1 was before its time and definitely didn't have the tech to make amazing looking cutscenes, but it has a lot more heart in the story mode, imo. Also, that first minigame in Budokai 1 where you are Goku trying to keep Radditz lined up with Piccolo's charging Special Beam Cannon - the music still gives me anxiety hahaha. And the following cutscene is completely brutal and I think actually did the source material justice.
To be fair to later entries, it isn't so much that they "put less effort" into them, and more that Dimps and such (wisely) started to dedicate more resources into fleshing out the gameplay and content of succeeding entries. They focused more on fully animated scenes for the original because they were just establishing the foundation for the series moving forward, then the priorities shifted into making more fully realized games over the spectacle. Had it been like these days where more time and money are given to these sorts of projects (as publishers back then would rush devs for most licensed-based titles), they'd probably continue the trend, but as is, they made the right call moving forward.
That's exactly what I liked about Budokai. I always said combine their story structure and cutscenes with Budokai Tenkaichi 3 gameplay and I feel you'd have the ultimate DBZ game at least as far as the PS2 is concerned
@@deroistewart1475 i think it would be the most enjoyable but not the best as weird as it sounds i think the perfect tenkaichi game would be better content wise but budakais fighting and cutscenes would make it alot more fun
It was great it was unfortunate they took them out in the next games
Yeah watching the Budokai games was actually my first experience watching the show from start to finish.... Dbz is the only series that can continuously make money off of selling the same story
Infinite World is still, to date, my favorite DBZ game. It was basically Budokai 3 without the Dragon Rush system.
Agreed. I really hated Dragon Rush, and wanted more characters, so Infinite World got the job done. The fighting in general felt a lot smoother too. It’s objectively better than Budokai 3, aside from the lack of tournaments and beam struggles. I’d love an HD remaster, but I know that’s not gonna happen.
I loved infinite woo..dunno why he’s shitting on it so much
Infinite World was better
@@superexclusive452 Exaclty the best Budokai period.
Shin Budokai 2 is leagues ahead of Infinite World, Infinite World is a shitty clone of Shin Budokai 2.
Infinite world was a lot of fun for me and the mini missions felt like a breathe of fresh air for the dbz games. If it had tournament mode, then you're looking at a perfect game.
Infinite world is a great game, sadly it came really late and it was overlooked by gamers . They should have released it on Ps3/X360 back then, it would have done a lot better . It was the end of PS2 era. I still play it along with B3 and Shin budokai to this day wit ha friend. I've never liked any Dragon ball game that came after the Budokai franchise.
Yeah this video made no sense and you were obviously a new or even slight dbz fan while making this video Budokai was the first of it's kind and set the standard for dbz games. Soul calibur was the 2nd installment so it would be better to compare Budokai 2 with it furthermore you said you liked Budokai 2 and 3's gameplay but not infinite worlds when infinite world was part of the Budokai series, it copied and pasted Budokai 3's gameplay and mechanics then updated them and made it better also Budokai 3,s story mode was bad on top of dragon rush infinite worlds story mode was better and the little map was better than Budokai 3's open map which was small and felt bare on top of having nothing interesting about it.
No
I honestly thought everyone hated dragon rush until today
We do lol
I don't, I miss it.
No hate it...
@@KingOfThaDead64 same
@@KingOfThaDead64 🤡
You're the first person I've ever heard of that actually likes dragon rush.
Best part of the game
@@jukkaputtonen4797 🤡
I like it too
He got dragon rushed in the head too much
I LOVED IT AND STILL DO
Infinite World isn't that bad lmao you're definitely overhating it
he is
@@thewintersoldier8387 he is an idiot budokai has the best dragon ball z fighting mechanics of all time
@@kmodahighest I'd say one of the best ... hyper dimensions, super butoden 2 and 3,super dragonball z ,and dbfz are also on the list of best dragonball fighting games
Infinite World simply came out around a bad time.
he didn't even acknowledge the new dodging system from Shin Budokai, or the fact that they fixed the transformation capsule system so you don't have to use nearly every slot just for forms with characters like Goku who have a lot of them.
The Budokai 1 review is definitely lacking perspective of people who lived during the time. The reason the game sold wasn't just because of the license, but because it was arguably the very first *good* game with the license. It's not bad at all, and it only got better with its sequels.
The perspective is not missing. I played these games when they came out. And often you needed to be transformed to use a characters ultimate anyway
You can tell he never played Ultimate Battle 22 or Fina Bout which were terrible games.
Goku was a pain to use without the breakthrough capsule because he had too many skills. It was a simplistic game that I only bought because it was DBZ
Yeah no disrespect to the guy making the video, its obvious he out effort into it. But this is just bad take after bad take, he’s missing the charm of these games
@@1manattack i hated both Games as a Kid 😄
I loved infinite world , even the osts were really good
Finally, seeing people appreciate Infinite World and not the overrated BT3 makes me really happy. That game had the Best Dragon ball vibe imo.
@@Varmth bro for real, BT3 was like the most played dragon ball game on ps2
@@gachaman9500 That is why its overrated, its pretty neat I get it, but most people who keep saying the usual 'BT3 needs to be remastered' Haven't even played Infinite World and dont have a correct opinion on it.
@@Varmth EXACTLY!!! I hold infinite world very dearly too my heart yeah and I hate that “BT3 should get a remaster”🤷♂️
@@gachaman9500
That or the people who BEG for Tenkaichi 4 🙄
Budokai 1 has amazing cutscenes ,that’s why I love that game
Yes still amazing with the accuracy of the anime and the only dbz game uncensored with blood and gore
I'm kind of divided with Tenkaichi 2 and 3. I love them both for different reasons. On the one hand, 2 is a much more complete experience, but on the other, what 3 does better it does it much better.
3 didnt have very good balance i think it should have had a few more trade offs and or less trade offs like ssj4s damage shoulda have been countered by like a drain or somin and brolys super armor shoulda meant that he also too like 1.5x dmg and the apes should have been more like xenoverses goodness they were the worst
granted 2 also had alot of these problems but not to this extent
@@allthingsanime7413 but I think that's because it was never meant as a competitive game but rather a fan service game (all three tenkaichi games are like this). So if you were fighting with Yamcha against Broly, of course you're going to have a hard time. Because you're playing as Yamcha against fucking Broly. But that being said, I do think the game gave enough tools to the player gameplaywise to overcome the challenge most of the time.
@@tximinoman true but i think they shouldnt have half done it ,ike its a fan service yet they all deal the same dmg outside of special attacks and great ape is garbo when it should be better than base
Tenkaichi 2 had a complete dragon ball experience.
3 gave more modes and fast paced gaming.
@@thehoshangkoul I agree
I don’t think I could love a DBZ game more than Sagas. Loved that as a kid and recently replayed it in college
Wtf are you high
Budokai 2 was my first DBZ game and had my favorite story mode. Really fun "what ifs" with Buu absorption too
Holy shit i thought i was the only person to like budokai 2s story mode
Not only. I love budokai 2 story mode
I just like it cause it feels like a what if
I like Infinite World the most. Too bad it's so underrated
In putting this video out there I learned that there are a lot more people who love Infinite World than I thought. And a lot of those people really hate Budokai 3
@@ErbBetaPatched I don't hate Budokai 3 ^_^ I just find it quite flawed compared to IW and I think it gets way too much credit for what it's worth. If IW had been released earlier in the PS2's lifecycle or even released on the PS3, it probably would've been more popular :(
@@PiscesPrincess327 I think it would be better with some balancing.
@@ErbBetaPatched You mean IW? Yeah it definitely had some balancing issues. I mainly hated the mini-Ultimates because of how impossible they are to dodge >:( But I'd rather have that than the horrendous Dragon Rush!
@@PiscesPrincess327 I really liked dragon rush, but I'd compromise for hyper mode and requiring it for ultimates.
Great video man. The nostalgia is real.. My friends and I use to throw down at these games.
Thanks for making this. Yes, a fusion of Tenkaichi 2 and 3 would be incredible. Tenkaichi 2 is my favorite, still play it.
i disagree with your budokai 1 review, i wish that you had gave it more credit. this game is hella old and set the wave for dragon ball games. it was far from perfect but it was fun and an actual enjoyable db games, before this game the other db games were god awful and i enjoyed the gameplay mechanics. as a kid the game was popular with all of the db crazed fans in america. it was the start of a new area, the game didnt age as well as the others but give the game some credit
The game deserves full credit for being popular. It sold very well and was responsible for pushing the other games out there. And I did say that it was enjoyable at the time, because I liked it at the time, but looking at it now its certainly dated, especially compared to 2 and 3. Ill try to encompass more of the games significance in the future.
The game really doesn't hold up but it's definitely playable still
Yeah, I really don't get a lot of the hate for Budokai 1. Considering how clunky a lot of earlier DB games were, Budokai feels really good in comparison.
@@DeenHoward budokai 1 is trash
Plus until recently this game held the title for best cutscenes for years
Budokai Tenkaichi 3 reawakened and amplified my love for this show. I love Dragonball Z a lot more now than ever before because of that game.❤️
Same
Just a question...have you played Infinite Worlds, FighterZ or DB: Kakarot ?
@@Varmth why should he? Infinite is garbage and really bad (i played It im not a poser) fighterz is good and kakarot too
Combo canceling is a thing in the Budokai games. Also, Dragon Rush being the "best feature"? The hell?
Honestly lol. I was yelling when he didn't mention combo canceling. Makes the game's combat so much deeper, especially in Budokai 3!
To be fair, this mechanic is never expanded on by the game, any of its manuals or any guide before Infinite World. Cancelling back then was simply only discovered by a casual player on pure accident....or they fought Super Buu on their last bar of life in Budokai 2 and caught him abusing it.....
what they didn't know, though, is that Combo Cancelling is also a thing in Budokai Tenkaichi 2. But no one ever talks about that now do they?
Mostly because no one ever knew it existed, kinda like what the person above me described
Man this was a trip down nostalgia lane. Thank you.
I disagree with Infinite World, the gameplay has a revamp, the combos are better refined by combining Shin Budokai, Burst Limit, and Budokai 3’s engine into one. Canceling, Juggling, Defensive Options is better. Just because your a casual type of player and don’t practice the Budokai games itself doesn’t mean Infinite World is bad.
Dragon Rush was one of the most retarded mechanics ever implemented into the game, they were literal game changers that give players a ton of damage based on simple guessing games.
The only flaw I’d give Infinite World is removing the Tournament mode and the Single Player options not being fun,
Tenkaichi and the Budokai games aren’t in the same series, also they were named differently in Japan
@@SonnyDha_B I think that the only good thing infinite world did was make the capsule system actually work. And I do have to disagree about dragon rush because dragon rush was accompanied by a huge risk of stunning yourself and losing all of your ki and your transformations. The damage output can be great but the chance of failing increases from 25% to 50% throughout the attack. You can even lose if you fail the first part of Dragon rush. It's a big risk vs reward component.
ErbBetaPatched When I’m telling you the fighting system got a huge revamp combo wise, canceling wise and juggling wise compared to Budokai 3, its that big of a difference.
Budokai Tenkaichi 3!! Loved that game. That one and the 2nd tenkaichi are/were my go to dragon ball games. The character movements, the attacks, the presentation. It was a bit repetitive after a while but i loved it. I owned budokai 1 and 2, i just never really got into them, i hate that style of game, but it was good for it's time
Tenkaichi 3 will always be my favorite as a kid
Bruh...TK 3 was the best dbz game of all time!!
@@ricreal9324 never played it but I’ve heard the soundtrack and it pales in comparison to its second predecessor.
@Facts Don't care about your feelings never played it but I’ve seen the gameplay and it pales in comparison to its second predecessor (jk I don’t know for sure but I like the ki system better in 2)
@@rheem5794 Despite all the DBZ games that have come out over the years, BT1 has the most badass and authentic Intro of all of DBZ games of the Franchise. BT2 and BT3 in my opinion still remains the most Unique and the best DBZ games in terms of content, quality and fanservices. And from the gameplay perspective aspects, these DBZ games that I mentioned are very close to the anime itself because of the Vibe and Charm, I don't know how to describe it but it was, and still is the most Unique DBZ experience you could have with the combat factor. (- Sheer amount de of characters
- Transformations mid-battle (powering up and down)
- Fusions mid-battle
- Fast gameplay that has that "woah" feel
- Tons of extra content
- Story mode covering all sagas + movies
- What If sagas
- Shenron having permanent impact on game (character unlocks and whatnot)
- Great tournaments that rotate availability
- Edit characters with items (buffs)
- 5v5 battles
- Really Great and Epic Soundtracks
- Destroyable environments
- Entire stages could be blown up into their "destroyed" alternatives
- Mission 100 being a great challenge
- Artwork is 10/10
- Sound effects are great
- Combat feels heavy and satisfying) Only Budokai 3, Infinite World and the Raging Blast 1 and 2 are still considered also very solid DBZ games, also the hidden gem that a lot of DBZ fans missed from PS2 Era of DBZ games is "Super Dragon Ball Z" which is also a real Unique and DBZ game, especially for the different gameplay aspects perspective. ✌☯️
Great video! Enjoyed your commentary about each title.
Here's my list, I haven't played the other two.
1. Tenkaichi 2
2. Tenkaichi 3
3. Budokai 3
4. Budokai 2
5. Budokai 1
6. Tenkaichi 1
7. Sagas
Tenkaichi 2 has the best telling of a dragon ball story in a video game to date imo
Hyper mode getting removed on infinite world was a smart idea on my part... lmao who wants to be stricken to going into a specific state just to do a ultimate
My argument is that not having that limitation makes it very easy for you and your opponent to spam them.
@@ErbBetaPatched that's the idea
Nicolás Aroca see no balance
ErbBetaPatched I agree with I Infinte world is horrible compared to budokai 3 mini games and beam struggles and no tournament makes budokai 2 way better
nyc lee lol well you’re smoking crack if you think the mini games getting taken out makes it Lesser than Budokai 2.
I actually liked Sagas it was different from budakai although looking at it now I’d probably hate it. It was my favorite as a kid though especially since they included a trunks saga
Sameee, played both shaolin monks and sagas coop with my cousin, and they’re about the best ps2 memories I have. Gotta say OP just disliked Sagas a lot, the story mode expositions with the DBZ Narrator were also top notch
Thanks man. Budokai 2s story mode is underrated as hell. I played it over christmas for the upteenth time and had a blast. Budokai 2 was a creative game.
4:45 let's appreciate that the man kenji Yamamoto sacrificed his own job just to give us that Hype music that we all love and played during the time when we were playing these games. It's sad that I just heard about him now but he will be a legend for his sacrifice to give us awesome BGM 💯
Challengers will always be my favorite.
Infinite world was the best one. Hand to hand combat with an epic story mode 💯
Despite all the DBZ games that have come out over the years, BT1 has the most badass and authentic Intro of all of DBZ games of the Franchise. BT2 and BT3 in my opinion still remains the most Unique and the best DBZ games in terms of content, quality and fanservices. And from the gameplay perspective aspects, these DBZ games that I mentioned are very close to the anime itself because of the Vibe and Charm, I don't know how to describe it but it was, and still is the most Unique DBZ experience you could have with the combat factor. (- Sheer amount de of characters
- Transformations mid-battle (powering up and down)
- Fusions mid-battle
- Fast gameplay that has that "woah" feel
- Tons of extra content
- Story mode covering all sagas + movies
- What If sagas
- Shenron having permanent impact on game (character unlocks and whatnot)
- Great tournaments that rotate availability
- Edit characters with items (buffs)
- 5v5 battles
- Really Great and Epic Soundtracks
- Destroyable environments
- Entire stages could be blown up into their "destroyed" alternatives
- Mission 100 being a great challenge
- Artwork is 10/10
- Sound effects are great
- Combat feels heavy and satisfying) Only Budokai 3, Infinite World and the Raging Blast 1 and 2 are still considered also very solid DBZ games, also the hidden gem that a lot of DBZ fans missed from PS2 Era of DBZ games is "Super Dragon Ball Z" which is also a real Unique and DBZ game, especially for the different gameplay aspects perspective. ✌☯️
Great review, thank you. Phenomenal work
I know B)
Those old days man with my cousin Godhand, God of war, Dbz BT 3, resident evil 4 😢
Your childhood sounds lit
I’ve never played bt3 but bt2 was such a great game as it had my favorite story and music. Also was fun to play as ss4 Gogeta dominating everyone else.
My ultimate Gohan would melt your SS4 Gogeta
Man budokai 3 was by far the best in my opinion
@@Blaz1ngFury ultimate gohan was a glitch cause you couldn’t hit him😂
Despite all the DBZ games that have come out over the years, BT1 has the most badass and authentic Intro of all of DBZ games of the Franchise. BT2 and BT3 in my opinion still remains the most Unique and the best DBZ games in terms of content, quality and fanservices. And from the gameplay perspective aspects, these DBZ games that I mentioned are very close to the anime itself because of the Vibe and Charm, I don't know how to describe it but it was, and still is the most Unique DBZ experience you could have with the combat factor. (- Sheer amount de of characters
- Transformations mid-battle (powering up and down)
- Fusions mid-battle
- Fast gameplay that has that "woah" feel
- Tons of extra content
- Story mode covering all sagas + movies
- What If sagas
- Shenron having permanent impact on game (character unlocks and whatnot)
- Great tournaments that rotate availability
- Edit characters with items (buffs)
- 5v5 battles
- Really Great and Epic Soundtracks
- Destroyable environments
- Entire stages could be blown up into their "destroyed" alternatives
- Mission 100 being a great challenge
- Artwork is 10/10
- Sound effects are great
- Combat feels heavy and satisfying) Only Budokai 3, Infinite World and the Raging Blast 1 and 2 are still considered also very solid DBZ games, also the hidden gem that a lot of DBZ fans missed from PS2 Era of DBZ games is "Super Dragon Ball Z" which is also a real Unique and DBZ game, especially for the different gameplay aspects perspective. ✌☯️
Holy crap! how are you at 100 subs with this amount of work?! I always thought Projared's video was the best retrospective but I gotta say this one was WAY more detailed in more in depth. I seriously cant wait when you do the next one's on the console! you earned as sub!
Thank you. This video is the reason why I was able to break past 100 subs.
ErbBetaPatched That makes sense considering the amount of work you’ve put into this. Keep up the good work.
Damn. I'm shocked that you don't have over 100k subscribers. That's some top-notch review
It's crazy how underrated Super Dragon Ball Z is
Despite all the DBZ games that have come out over the years, BT1 has the most badass and authentic Intro of all of DBZ games of the Franchise. BT2 and BT3 in my opinion still remains the most Unique and the best DBZ games in terms of content, quality and fanservices. And from the gameplay perspective aspects, these DBZ games that I mentioned are very close to the anime itself because of the Vibe and Charm, I don't know how to describe it but it was, and still is the most Unique DBZ experience you could have with the combat factor. (- Sheer amount de of characters
- Transformations mid-battle (powering up and down)
- Fusions mid-battle
- Fast gameplay that has that "woah" feel
- Tons of extra content
- Story mode covering all sagas + movies
- What If sagas
- Shenron having permanent impact on game (character unlocks and whatnot)
- Great tournaments that rotate availability
- Edit characters with items (buffs)
- 5v5 battles
- Really Great and Epic Soundtracks
- Destroyable environments
- Entire stages could be blown up into their "destroyed" alternatives
- Mission 100 being a great challenge
- Artwork is 10/10
- Sound effects are great
- Combat feels heavy and satisfying) Only Budokai 3, Infinite World and the Raging Blast 1 and 2 are still considered also very solid DBZ games, also the hidden gem that a lot of DBZ fans missed from PS2 Era of DBZ games is "Super Dragon Ball Z" which is also a real Unique and DBZ game, especially for the different gameplay aspects perspective. ✌☯️
Bro please give us some more ps2 review's. I love your channel bro idk how nobody's found it yet man. There's some many good reviewers like you under the radar I'd rather watch u then angry Joe or ign or whatever please give us smore content lol.
Thanks! Im working on the next one, and by working, I mean writing like a sentence or two a week on average.
Ah, I have so much nostalgia for these xD
Budokai 3 is still my favorite on the PS2, I still love the fighting system to this day, and the story mode and extras are a ton of fun.
I have a fondness for Budokai 1 because, odd as this may seem, it was my first exposure to the main DBZ story! I had only caught bits and pieces of episodes before playing the game.
Super Dragon Ball Z is quite a gem. It's really different from every other DBZ game on the list, and I feel like not enough people played it.
And finally Sagas... hoo boy. I know, objectively, that this game isn't actually good, but I have so much nostalgia and silly memories playing it on co-op with friends that I could never dislike it
Wow I agreed with you the entire video lol. Thanks for making this it brought back good memories! I had all of those games except for tenkaichi 3 and infinite world. Sagas was so bad never finished beating story mode
Soul caliber 2 so tuff man😭. W vid G
I enjoyed Sagas, you can essentially do infinite combos if you execute the method properly, also, Broly is way stronger than all the other characters. I almost forgot how amazing budokai tenkaichi 2 since it was overshadowed by tenkaichi 3.
One of the tiny details of TK2 that I thoroughly missed from TK3 is that you could charge Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon for extremely high damage which keeps true to the material. I hoped it would be in Raging Blast but that game is close to perfect so I will allow an omission of error.
Great video man!
Great video man. You definitely need more subscribers
I remember playing Sagas with my brother all the time. I remember the Goku vs Vegeta fight being so hard back then. After beating the game we used to go back and beat the story with other characters
Dbz sagas was so addictive and i don't know why !
I played it so much as a kid
I hated it as a kid. I grew up playing Buodukai and I spent my allowance to buy it
Loved the review. For the most part, I agreed with everything you said about all the games on the PS2. My favorites out of them all were Super Dragonball Z, Budokai 1,2 and 3, and Tenkaichi 3. In that order. The PS2 was the best syatem for DBZ games...
Nice video. Thanks for the memory lane trip
Infinite World is still my favorite Dragon Ball game ever!! So underated!!
What's your favorite DBZ game? Mine's Budokai 3, so let me know yours down below!
Budokai 3 for 3d goodness
Fighterz for classic 2d
It's between Budokai 3/Tenkaichi 3/ Super DBZ
ErbBetaPatched Budokai 3!
My favorite DBZ game is Tenkaichi 2
Is legacy of goku 2 not legend of goku no disrespect
This videos kicks of my nostalgia.
You should've talked about DBZ: Sagas' soundtracks, which are FREAKING AWESOME!
Sometimes I'm playing just for listening to its soundtracks.
Sagas was quite enjoyable as a kid playing co op with my brother was always a good time. I remember there was a way to friendly fire we grinding out and somehow bonded over a silly game .
As someone who is garbage at real fighting games, I welcome the simplicity the Budokai games brought. Budokai 3 is my absolute favorite DBZ game and I still pop it into my PS3 from time to time. I did play the HD remaster, but I missed the old, plagiarized soundtrack too much. Anyway, this was an awesome video! Very well made. Good job!
theres a couple things i really loved about sagas, co-op mode obviously, and you could use the teleport as you were attacking, so u could be meleeing and just afterimaging all around ur opponent while they couldnt hit you. loved the vid tho very nostalgic, owned all of them except for infinite world, didnt even know it was a thing so its cool to learn something new
I always feel lucky I did have it. A lot of people didn’t . Because they made it around the same time people moved on to ps3s and burst limit
Nice review brother .
I remember loving sagas as a kid...lol over 15 years ago 😂
Glad to see you gave Budokai the criticism it deserves. The game has not aged well at all and only retains any presence for putting more effort into cutscenes than most. It's surprising how Budokai 2 is treat as the black sheep of the trilogy despite having far better gameplay, some unique character forms/fusions and a story mode that's more than a straightforward adaption.
One error in the video is the statement that Tenkaichi 2 introduced characters being unlocked through item fusions. A significant amount of the first Tenkaichi's roster featured this method, particularly for some of the stronger forms and those not connected to the core story arcs (ie. films and GT). If anything, Tenkaichi 2 was a step down in this as Tenkaichi 1 would also have some characters unlocked by gathering the Dragon Balls.
I agree. B1 is honestly overrated, as it has the worst gameplay mechanics and graphics in the trilogy + IW. They put more effort into the cutscenes, then they did into the fighting system. Remember how bad the skillshop was ? People are just blinded by nostalgia. But its still a solid 6/10 for me.
Thanks bro, I really need this review for my PS2...my PS2 doesn't have any dbz's games , so it needs one. Besides, it really save some of my money. So, thanks again🙏
I still own every one of these games to this day dbz was a major part of my childhood this video was refreshing
I never really understood why Budokai Tenkaichi 2 is so underrated, it's my favourite DBZ game that isn't FighterZ, and not just due to nostalgia. Like you said, the battle system, the music, the extensive story mode, and everything else about it were MASSIVE improvements over the original, and even though 3 improved the gameplay a bit, so many other things were either cut or made worse in that game. Glad to finally see someone else who appreciates it.
I played dbz fighter z and it’s fun but overated
Despite all the DBZ games that have come out over the years, BT1 has the most badass and authentic Intro of all of DBZ games of the Franchise. BT2 and BT3 in my opinion still remains the most Unique and the best DBZ games in terms of content, quality and fanservices. And from the gameplay perspective aspects, these DBZ games that I mentioned are very close to the anime itself because of the Vibe and Charm, I don't know how to describe it but it was, and still is the most Unique DBZ experience you could have with the combat factor. (- Sheer amount de of characters
- Transformations mid-battle (powering up and down)
- Fusions mid-battle
- Fast gameplay that has that "woah" feel
- Tons of extra content
- Story mode covering all sagas + movies
- What If sagas
- Shenron having permanent impact on game (character unlocks and whatnot)
- Great tournaments that rotate availability
- Edit characters with items (buffs)
- 5v5 battles
- Really Great and Epic Soundtracks
- Destroyable environments
- Entire stages could be blown up into their "destroyed" alternatives
- Mission 100 being a great challenge
- Artwork is 10/10
- Sound effects are great
- Combat feels heavy and satisfying) Only Budokai 3, Infinite World and the Raging Blast 1 and 2 are still considered also very solid DBZ games, also the hidden gem that a lot of DBZ fans missed from PS2 Era of DBZ games is "Super Dragon Ball Z" which is also a real Unique and DBZ game, especially for the different gameplay aspects perspective. ✌☯️
I agree budokai tenkaichi 2 is amazing I played that game so much as a kid. 3 is awesome as well but the price is absolutely ridiculous "I own a cib copy I paid $260 for😂"
The lightening is yellow in the manga. The kamehamehas are also yellow in the manga depending if it is the full color release of the manga. Also budokai 1 is still great. Graphics are amazing and it’s super simplistic combat system allows players to quickly master mechanics. The depth comes when you can cancel combos and you can cancel any string into another. It has more depth than soul caliber 1
I have owned all these games growing up as a 90's kid, thanks for the memories
Really enjoyed this
Do you have an idea of what a "cancel" is? (In budokai 1, 2, 3 and infinite world)
I loved sagas personally. Although it had some problems with combat, Playing co-op with your bestfriend was the best
The biggest problem with co-op was when one character had super saiyan but not the other.
Thanks for showing the Tien-Fusion from Budokai 2. I never managed to unlock it back in the day. It looks pretty silly though. 😅
for so many years i was looking for the last dbz game because i played it and lost it sometime later, i just wanted to know its name as i couldnt find it again anywhere not even in stores, finally it is dbz saga. great analysis man and my favorite will always be dbz bt2
Stratovarius is one of my favorite bands, no wonder I love the Budokai soundtrack.
dragon ball z tenkaichi 2 was literally my child hood and the best game of all time
I owned and played every game on this list for countless hours, wish I could go back and relive those times with my brother and cousins 😢😢
Ok, I appreciate the time you took to make this video, but I just wanted to voice one of my opinions. I have been regularly playing the DBZ games that are out on PS4, (for this purpose, I will exclude Kakarot) and I recently reconnected my PS2 to my TV to play some of the old DBZ games. I noticed you said the transformations in the orginal Budokai were very insignificant in terms of power boost, but I would like to remind you the difference between Base Goku and SSJ Goku is pretty big; I'd approximate double of the original base damage. For example, if I were to throw out transformations that were practically useless in games, Id say Xenoverse is a good choice as the power difference is so miniscule it's almost unnoticed (I do realize this title is labeled for ps2 games only but just wanted to provide an example for reference).
You have to be absolutely joking about infinite world. The gameplay is far better than budokai 3 for just two reasons:
1. Hyper mode in budokai 3 is absolutely garbage. Every time you use it your opponent knows that you're either going to go for an ultimate and/or dragon rush and will just start running away from you and avoiding you until your hyper mode runs out. Telegraphing that you're going to use an ultimate is incredibly lame.
2. The removal of dragon rushes. You seriously liked these? It's a Rock paper scissors simulator. The only way dragon rushes would be remotely bearable is if each character had their own unique one. After the millionth time of seeing the same dragon rush you just wanna fight and not play rock paper scissors.
I can tell you one thing I enjoyed about DB Sagas.
Playing as Broly and one-shotting everything.
Haha right that was so fun!!
That warrior from a mystery land sound track use to have me feeling like I was fight for the world it was so suspenseful for me 😂
i loved how in DBZ budokai you could get a capsule twice and it would extend" the move. same with tje capsule from the dragon
I actually liked dragon ball Z saga
I find it new breath of combat refreshing
and mysterious vibe if it somehow haunting.
Dragon Rush is the worst system in any fighting game, just no.
Removing speed blocking systems and focus on more damage to combo ratio skill is not a downfall of Infinite World, it is a crap toss point but I agree with the whole no Tournament though.
"Mashing buttons until someone dies", if you are cheap or not trying anything or form of mindgame then yeah, just git guud at your strategy wiseley.
I genuinely thought he was being sarcastic the whole time when he was talking about Dragon Rush lol
But I suppose he wasn't. Never thought there was somebody who actually liked Dragon Rush.
@@lotus1117 I love Dragon rush but i Unterstand why people dislike it
I loved Budokai 3 but yeah the Dragon Rush was horrible. That’s a big reason why I prefer Infinite World.
I can't tell you one thing, nobody on this God given earth is going to beat me at any Budokai game, by mashing buttons. Not me, not underlordtico, not any of the guys he played
Charles D-Wayne Me too also it’s so DAMN easy to sidestep out of the way to avoid Dragon Rush but it does take some skill to do that
Great review 👏
This video unlocked a core memory about DBZ Sagas that might explain why I’ve never liked beat em ups that much.
The first Dragonball game I ever played was DragonBall GT: Final Bout. I know I'm gonna catch Hell because "it's not canon", but I played that game so much it caused my PlayStation to short circuit and catch on fire. Killed the memory card...hours and hours WASTED.
Time enjoyed isn’t time wasted my friend.
@@reach7020 i agree. I lost my save file twice on soul calibur 3. Still loved my time with it.
Sagas scarred me forever as a kid, and I'm like "How could they make THIS and sell me it?" I kept thinking there'd be more bit than I beat it and I'm like no way lool
Cool overview. Love to see DBZ gamea
Budokai 2 is my favorite dbz game of all time. You can combo cancel and transportation into other combos. You can also move charge in the middle of combos to guard smash and still continue the combo. You had the same opinion my best friend had. He just didn't have a deeper understanding of the combat system. But the requirements for the combo before ki blasts in the first game is why I loved 2..
I played B2 on and off for the last 10yrs, and recently got an ebay copy of B3 last month. B3 made me realize how much I missed out on when i was a fulltime gamer, its so much better in nearly all aspects. The only thing thats gamebreaking is the RNG-heavy stupid dragonrush mechanic, and the broken Ai spamming hyper mode every 10 seconds on hard difficulty
My favourite is definitely infinite world here's why:
1-the story mode has ACTUAL cutscenes instead of the cardboard cut outs that were in the budokai 3 game, also the mini games were fun to play and it made you feel like you're interacting with the series.
2- the gameplay has improved, the control layout is better and THERE IS NO DRAGON RUSH to always break the pacing of the fight.
3-more characters, this game has characters from GT also pikkon and janemba, sure some of the ultimate attacks can't be blocked but the actual ultimate themselves are amazing additions to the game.
4-the ost although budokai 3 intro theme is amazing I think overall the soundtrack in infinite world is better than budokai 3.
5-the CPU is actually way smarter and violent than budokai 3 which makes the battles more intense and fun
In the end infinite world is just like the back of the cover says it is "the best of the budokai series" it's just a shame it came out so late, in fact this was the last DBZ game released for the console.
This video hurt my heart sagas was literally my favorite game as a kid I beat it so many times
I'm sorry to tell you that Sagas was rated very poorly for its terrible design. And like you just stated: you loved it as a kid, where we don't really think about how the game is built and don't have much of an understanding of good game mechanics and gameplay, therefore nostalgia makes you believe that the game is good despite the fact that in reality it is a terrible game.
@@seonis Yeah I liked Sagas as a kid 😂... It was a glitchy mess, but still enjoyable for young me. Kinda wish they made a more finished second game that went into the Buu saga or even GT.
I played when I already understood that the game was shit and I still had fun (It's so bad it's awesome)
Sagas wasn't at the level of those other games
But still it was fun, specially if you played it on co-op mode and with friendly fire activated
Also the bugs can be very funny, like those with the saibaman or that weird glitch with frieza
@@TP-rb3vs as a kid I literally cried after the cd of sagas broke it was good in my dumbass kid brain
Playing sagas with a friend is some of the best fun you could have.
Bad games be like that
budokai 2 and tenkaichi 2 are my fighting babies. Always had a great time grinding for characters and putting hours into those two
Good to see some love for Budokai Tenkaichi 2. Out of every Dragon Ball Z game, I think that was the one that makes you most feel like you're actually playing the show. With the transformations, fusions, destructible environments, dashes, teleportations, and MANY special moves, it just captures the feeling of Dragon Ball Z perfectly. And that's BEFORE you factor in that it includes almost every DBZ character and battle you can think of. Then on top of that, the music is awesome. BT3 has a better battle system but like you said, the story mode and soundtrack are markedly inferior to BT2. The best of BT2 and BT3 together with remastered graphics would easily be the best DBZ game ever made.
I played a Lot of dbz sagas, and Im from Brazil. Love the game
Pior q eu tbm kkk, eu curtia pkrl aquele jogo e o dbzbt3
slk eu assistia as cutscenes direto pq n tinha como ver o anime, o jogo era simples demais mas a historia era legal
Do you recommend me buy the game?
Wow I love how everyone notices the music, when I bought the remastered version for 360 me and my older brother noticed the different music right away
I remember being like 8-9 years old and playing the budokai tenkaichi trilogy. The best games in the series for me!