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The King of all Dragonball games!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: November 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is a masterpiece of the dragonball name. the graphics are nice, certain fighting sequences show some really detailed animation that looks like they took it from the show itself (they didn't really do that). You have the option of just playing the fusion characters by doing fusion and you don't have any time limit at all or you can just select the character by itself. this goes for transformations as well, Giant Ape characters, Super Sayian levels (not 4 as they put Goku and Vegeta ss4 as seperate characters) Some of the bad parts from the first game don't exist in this game. some of the characters didn't have the best moves list for the first game, like SS4 Goku which he had full power energy balls, Super Explosive wave, and for his ultimate the 10X Kamehameha Wave. It was also nice to put some of the lesser known characters in the dragon ball universe to be in the game as well (Garlic Jr, Turles, Slug, Jenemba's first form, Pikkon, Pan, Ubb etc.). However not every single character is in this game, which makes it look horrible when you play the story mode. the following characters are not in this game:

GT Goku (little) and his super sayian forms
Dr. Wheelo (Worlds Strongest)
GT Trunks and SS
GT Goten and SS
GT Gohan and SS
GT Vegeta and his SS forms
Bio Broly (maybe we're better off not having him in this because I'm sure that he wasn't very popular anyway)
the 6 other dragons
General Rildo (early part of Baby saga when the gang was on M2)
Goku JR
Vegeta JR

This game is half tenkaichi and 1/3 of each budokai games:
1. Dragon Universe is back but much better
2. Some things have been exclusive to the game. (in the first Budokai, Cell accidently swallows Krillin instead of 18 and made a little story of of that) every sayian character who had armor and a tail (like Raditz for instance) can transorm into a Giant Ape.
3. Like Budokai 2 when you first started Dragon World, you had a selection of Goku, Adult Gohan and so forth. in the adventure mode of this game, in some of the later chapters, they used Ultimate Gohan as GT gohan and Trunks with sword to make it look like your playing GT Trunks. This has to be one of the cheesist things ever in any game.

This was the most impressive game in the series and will be the last dragonball game to appear on PS2 as we are heading toward the next generation of consoles. A Wii version is coming out too.

The greatest Dragon Ball Z game ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: November 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2.

INTRODUCTION:
Dragon Ball Z has long been one of the greatest anime series ever created. It's doubtful manga author Akira Toriyama knew just how successful his franchise would one day become! Unfortunately, great as the anime and manga are, let's be realistic. Many video games based on the series have been stinkers. There's an occasional gem, but many of them are just terrible. With the Budokai series, though, Atari managed to make an excellent fighter based on the series, with each additional installment improving on the last. And then came Budokai Tenkaichi. Finally, we had a game that captured the high-flying, fast-moving, butt-kicking action of the anime. It had its share of flaws, and that's undeniable. But now a sequel has arrived! Read on for my review of Budokai Tenkaichi 2!

OVERVIEW:
Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 was released in Fall of 2006 for the Playstation 2 and Wii video gaming consoles. It is another three-dimensional fighter, with a fighting engine similar to the first game, with some modest improvements. There are several characters/transformations/backgrounds/skills/etc, with a ton of unlockable bonuses.

REVIEW:
This is it. Hands down, this is the single greatest Dragon Ball Z game I have ever played. Most of the flaws of the first game in this series were fixed for the second installment, and there's a ton of cool new stuff. Read on and see what makes this game so great, as well as its few shortcomings.

-THE GOOD-
-Characters, characters, and more characters. When it comes to the sheer number of selectable characters, this game is king. Although you start with a modest number, you can unlock tons more. By the time you've unlocked every character/transformations/etc., you've got close to a hundred and fifty playable states of characters - a new record for ANY fighting game.
-All characters have the same general move motions but have a unique feel all their own. Every character's strongest attacks have the same motions, so regardless of who you play as, you can immediately get a feel for what you have to do to launch your strongest stuff. But don't think this means the game lacks diversity, because there's a ton of it here. Every character has his/her own series-accurate special attacks. If you saw a character use it on the series, it's probably here.
-In-game transformations. The lack of this in the original Tenkaichi pissed a lot of people off. Well, it's no longer a problem! You can transform, detransform (with some exceptions), skip stages of transformation, and even perform fusions!
-Multiple game modes. There's the story mode, the ultimate battle z arcade-style mode, world tournament, standard-style exhibition dueling, and plenty more to hold your attention. There's even a training mode for newbies to the series.
-Multiple versions of the same character. This is good for when a character changed multiple times. For instance, there's a Saiyan Saga version of Vegeta whose transformation is to the Great Ape form, since he still has his tail, while there's also a Cell Saga version who can go Super Saiyan, as well as Ultimate Super Saiyan (Super Vegeta.) This way, in many cases, you can pick the version of the character(s) you like best.
-Customizable stats. You can set the stats up to your liking for a character, and even level up in the story and ultimate battle modes! This way, you can get a character with the stats you like.
-Characters never before playable in a Dragon Ball game! There are a number of anime and movie only characters here who have never been playable before, at long last. Amongst them are Turles from the third movie, and Hildegarn from the twelfth movie.
-Story mode improved greatly over the first Tenkaichi. It borrowed a lot from the Budokai 3 story mode, and thus benefits greatly.

-THE BAD-
-Despite the huge character variety, there are still some glaring omissions. I'm not gonna nitpick like everyone else does, but I do feel this needs a mention
-Not enough costumes! Most characters just have "pallet-swaps", and not alternate costumes. Goku has like six outfits, but they're all just alternate versions of his orange gi! What's the point of that? Not a huge issue but still worth mentioning.
-Steep learning curve. The Tenkaichi games are NOT easy to learn. This is no exception. If you're a newbie, I urge you, go through the training mode.
-Not enough customization options. Goku says on the main menu you can create custom characters, but all you can really do is customize their stats with various items. You can't even select their attacks. We need a better customization mode for this series. And while we're at it, how about a mode that lets you customize outfits?
-Confusing. Item Fusion, which is necessary to gain many items/characters/etc, is an extremely confusing and questionable process. You have to have Z-Item Fusion Potaras in addition to two things to fuse, and this makes it even more confusion. King Kai's "you lack the item fusion numbers" quote, which actually means "you don't have any Z Fusion Potaras," has confused many fans.
-Uneven artificial intelligence. Sometimes the computer starts up on an assault and never lets up, while other times it's dumb as a box of rocks and easily defeated by melee attacks. This is VERY annoying, because you never know what to expect.
-Too difficult to get out of combos. Seriously, most fights you can win by getting behind your opponent and melee attacking them to death. If you strike fast enough they won't recover. Likewise, they can do the same to you.
-Action gets too slow and cumbersome when it's between two big characters. When you see two big guys in action, you'll know what I mean.
-Some characters have obvious unfair advantages/disadvantages over others. Hercule's attacks don't even make the enemy flinch. Come on! That's just stupid; the guy sucks enough as it is. Some characters suck at flying, and thus are murder to play as in stages that focus on flying (for example, Kid Goku on Kami's Lookout.)
-Some story mode missions force you to play as Hercule. Need I say more?
-Several control flaws. Blast 1 attacks take too long to execute, and thus, are pretty much worthless. Likewise, if you try to dash away from your opponent, there's a few seconds of delay which ruins any potential escape. And sometimes the dashing control is so bad you'll totally overshoot wherever you're trying to get to. Come on, Atari. Work on the controls.

OVERALL:
Overall, despite some little flaws, this is the greatest Dragon Ball Z game ever made. If the first Tenkaichi was a demonstration of what Atari was ultimately capable of, this is the ultimate payoff of their efforts. If you're at all a Dragon Ball Z fan, and you're patient enough to learn the fighting engine, or you just loved the first Tenkaichi and want more, don't hesitate to buy this one.

EDITION NOTES:
The game is new and readily available pretty much everywhere that sells games.

Biggest, best, most complete DBZ game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The "Dragon Universe" story mode of the game begins with the opening of the DBZ saga (Raditz arriving on earth) and ends with the climax of the pretty terrible DBGT saga (Syn Shenron getting whacked). Also included are some of the movies like Broly 1 & 2 (why didn't they include Bio-Broly? WHY?!?) and the little known Makyo Star among others. The annoying thing is, there's no real transition. One moment you're playing in the Z universe and then you're suddenly in GT.

But the characters are the real juice. There's Goku (Base, SSJ, SSJ2, SSJ3, SSJ4), Piccollo, Krillin, Vegeta (Base scouter, Base, Base 2, SSJ, ASSJ, countless others), Gohan (Kid, Teen, Teen SSJ, Teen SSJ2, Adult SSJ, Adult SSJ2, Mystic, Saiyaman) to name a few. But sometimes even slight outfit changes are listed as separate characters. There are three slots for Goku (Normal, SSJ4, Kid), five for Vegeta (Scouter, Normal, Second, SSJ4, Baby), four for Gohan (Kid, Teen, Adult, Mystic), four for Buu (Majin, Pure Evil, Super, Kid) etc etc. That kinda gets on my nerves when I spend a lot of cash upgrading Vegeta and then unlock a different and better version of him IN A DIFFERENT SLOT!!! The same goes for Goku, Gohan and Buu. But while the game isnists on saying that EVERY DB/Z/GT character is in the game, there aren't. Most GT characters are nowhere to be found (not a big loss actually), Chi-Chi, King Cold and Dende among others are absent and such. Then there are the uber-secret charcters. Even if you complete the game 100 % (I've done it) there are still charcters not unlocked. Those need to be unlocked via the Fusion feature but the game doesn't tell you that, nor does it give you any HINTS about how to do that or how you actually fuse items. Characters like Super 17, Broly and nearly all the Buus can only be unlocked by the fusion feature this makes completing the game a chore since you have A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUSION TRIES nad the ability to fuse must be purchased from the item store.

But the fighting system is great. It plays similarly to a 3ps shooter, with the player in full control of the character in huge enviroments.

DBZ BT2 rules and you must buy it. Ta. :D omg lol

A lot of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is according to my 14-year-old son, who has a lot of experience with Dragonball Z games and got this one for Christmas:

"I like the variety of attack skills and the awesome graphics as I fly through realistic lands! There are enough characters to last a long time, and it takes a long time to beat this game."

This IS a Great GAME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I should know. I've been a fan of the Dragon Ball franchise for years. I tried it at game crazy and it was fantastic! The attacks and graphics have been improved, there are better combos in the gameplay, better customization of the characters, more areas to fight, more modes to play in, and it covers all the stories in the anime from when Goku first meet Bulma to when he used the Spirit Bomb on Syn Shenron.

Even Better Than The First

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Out of the games I have played, this is the best Dragonball Z Budokai game of the series. I have yet to play Tenkaichi 3, but I expect it will be as good if not better than this game. There are more characters than any other game in Tenkaichi 2, a bigger story mode, and best of all: In-game transformations. I was so annoyed, when Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 1 came out, without any transformations. Instead you had to play as either the normal character, or one of his/her transformations. Now in Tenkaichi 2 you can choose to either play as a normal character, and have the option to transform, or you can still play only as one of the character's transformations.

The controls of Tenkaichi 2 are the same as in 1, so I would advise buying 1 before you play 2, so you can get used to the controls, if you have only played any of the original Dragonball Z Budokai games. If you haven't then I might suggest you just stick with Tenkaichi 2. In the new game there are also more possible combinations, although like with Tenkaichi 1 it is still more limited than DBZ Budokai 1 - 3. One feature that I would love to see in a new Dragoball Z game is kicking. In both of the Tenkaichi games, you are only able to use one of two attack buttons, but the attacks could be punches or kicks. On top of that there is no way that you can start a combination with a kick.

The graphics are essentially the same as Tenkaichi 1, and the same with the music. In some ways this is a bit of a let-down, but in the end neither of those features are what I bought the game for.

What I did buy the game for was the huge number of characters. There are still more than before, and I have heard that Tenkaichi 3 has even more. Unfortunately there are still many characters missing, even though they are minor ones. When is a game going to come when people will be able to play as any of Cooler's henchmen, King Cold, or The Spice Boys? And what about characters from Dragonball, and Dragonball GT? In the past they have included characters, and stories from these series, so why not include all the characters?

I suppose however that the producers want to emphasize the fact that it is a DRAGONBALL Z game, and not a DRAGONBALL, or GT game. Still it is a good, fun game, and I expect big things out of Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3.

TOTAL JIP

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 40
Date: November 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is just the original + a crappy beam system where you spin to the right when you lock beams and the gamplay is totally repetitive also their isnt any in game transforming at ALL!! i hate this game so MUCH!! it is literally the worst DBZ game i have ever played {and i have played them all) i advise you if ur looking for a new DBZ game wait for the next one because their shure isnt anything new here but a crappy beam system. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME EVER!!!!!

A great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game overall. It features some different things then DBZ budokai 1,2,and 3 but you'll pick it up fast. It's got fast pace action and a huge adventure mode but a lot of the characters are hard to get. You have to get to items and fuse them together....which is sometimes hard because you don't know which ones to combine. In the end i recomend this game to people who enjoy fighting game or Dragon Ball Z.

Very fun/addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you like DBZ/DBGT then you should buy this game. In fact, if you like ANY of the Dragon Ball games you SHOULD buy this. It's very fun and very addicting. You play one match and you say, "Ok, just one more." and it keeps going from there. The gameplay is great and I can't wait for a third if it comes out.

Most intense DBZ game yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is so intense!! So many characters to choose from. Live the entire story. Fight the ultimate battle to the end. You can make custamizable characters after you get a code from the internet or a friend. More tornaments then ever before. This is one hard game to beat so far.

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