Dragon Ball Z: Budokai PS2 Review

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai for Playstation 2 lets you fight as Goku, Gohan, Piccolo and more!
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Dragon Ball Z fans get off the couch and do a dance of joy! Dragon Ball Z: Budokai is here on the Playstation 2 (PS2) and it's gonna let you pick your fave warriors from the Dragon Ball Z TV show and fight it out. You can pick from Gohan, Goku, Piccolo, and other Dragon Ball Z heroes, and battle against the Dragon Ball Z villains - Cell, Frieza, the Androids, and even Vegeta. The battles are on 3-D landscapes taken from the series, all the moves are there and you can even unleash a Kamehameha!

The high-speed action of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai will glue you to your controller as soon as you start it up. The combat system is simple, fast and lets you toss Ki Attacks with the tap of a button. You can also fly around, and transform, to unleash your true hidden power in the middle of a battle!

 
 
Battle as Goku against Vegeta, Frieza, Cell, the Androids and more in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai!
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There are tons of options for training and battling your way through the Dragon Ball Z story from when Vegeta first arrives on Earth, all the way to the Cell Saga. You get to battle Vegeta, stomp on the Saiyan goons that come to destroy Earth, blast Frieza into next week and turn the Androids into scrap!

If Dragon Ball Z: Budokai's has a weakness, it's that the graphics aren't so hot for a Playstation 2 game. Some of the characters are a little fuzzy and the battlegrounds could put you to sleep before you manage to clobber your opponent. The only other problem with Dragon Ball Z: Budokai is that it zips through the Dragon Ball Z story in record time. Unless you already know what's going on, you're gonna get confused.

If you're a Dragon Ball Z fan - this is the game for you. If you aren't a Dragon Ball Z fan, it's still a solid fighting game, and worth checking out.

Are The Controls Hard To Learn?
It takes about 30 minutes to learn the controls.

How Hard Is It?
You can choose the difficulty.

Age Rating: Teen.

Thumbs Up:

  • KAMEHAMEHA!!!
  • You can trade Dragon Ball Z stuff with your friends.
  • Custom-build your own fighter.
  • Battle with your fave Dragon Ball Z warriors - Huzzah!
  • Free poster.

    Thumbs Down:

  • Weak graphics for a PS2 game.
  • The story is totally rushed.

    Rating:

    Systems:
    Playstation 2

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