Customer Reviews

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I bought this game a day before it's actual release date and I must say it's a good game. The thing is, well, it's missing some important elements that made the previous game so good. I think in a way that this is Budokai 3 (not this game) over again. If you don't know to much of these games, I will give you a brief history. The 1st Budokai sold well, but the critics hated it (and some of the stuff in that game was kind of cheesy and bad.) so then a year later, the 2nd Budokai came out. The game was not only better than the first one but it had the memorable board game story mode (which was cool and kind of different since these games were mainly for fans of the series and didn't want to see the same crap over and over again) and the graphics were much better looking for the series. Then Budokai 3 came out. The graphics didn't change much and the battle system was kind of the same but went in a further direction to make it look more like the show. The board game story mode was taken out and replaced with the Dragon World (later seen in Budokai Tenkaichi 2) and when a cut scene came along, the characters more like talking heads before the battle started. Then the 1st Tenkaichi game came out and the battle system changed entirely. Unlike the other games before it, it was like Power Stone and a 3rd person shooter mixed. The game didn't have the skill capsules, so they were replaced with status upgraders and the characters had permenant moves. Sadly, this game had (for me anyways) some characters that had moves that totally suck A##! SS4 Goku's most powerful skill was the 10X Kamehameha Wave. So what was his regular move set? the 1st one was energy ball blasts and the other one was the explosive wave. SS3 Goku suffered the same fate as SS4 Goku. By the way your characters couldn't transform (you had to select a character and their form like if I picked Goku, I had to select his Base form or one of his Super Saiyan Forms). Story mode sucked too. It's like Budokai 1's story mode. Anyway to continue on, the 2nd Tenkaichi game was not only a massive improvement to the first one, it was Best of E3 runner-up of 2006 (Mortal Kombat Armageddon was fighting game of the year). Characters can transform, you can place status potoras (earrings) on your character and even level up the character. the Graphics were awesome, Story Mode was like Budokai 3's Dragon World mode. Character moves improved this time. A new Soundtrack was given into the game (instead of hearing the same crap from other previous games) the thing was their was so much to do in that game and not get bored with it for several Months. Then this game came out. I was so excited to play as GT little Goku and a bunch of other characters (Dr Wheelo is in this game by the way.). The move set changed slightly. the thing is that the story mode is more like Budokai 1 and BT1. That sucks. And it's to short, I am already at 65% of the story mode already.

Anyway here's the pros and cons of this game:


Pros:

- GT Little Goku is here and other characters that didn't appear in the other games
- the power struggle (energy blast struggles) system is much better. In the 1st game it only had to be lasers, the 2nd game had both lasers and balls but they couldn't mix. in this game you can use your Kamehameha against the Big Bang attack and have struggles with it.
- SS4 Vegeta has a laser attack for both a regular and a super (Final Flash and Final Shine)
- new soundtrack
- pressing a direction and Square at the same time while performing an energy attack will make your attack stronger
- If you have a Budokai Tenkaichi 1 or 2 game save (I think this is how it happened) you get the same amount of characters that you got from the other 2.....Look in the con section


Cons:

- Exp system gone and replaced by gaining levels to upgrade your potoras bar. so if I gained a level then that means i get an extra space. 7 is your maximum and some skills take up more than 1
- Story mode it awful (only good thing is that the battles for these chapters are looooonnnnnggggg! fewer chapters means longer fights Without a lot of loading)
- Dragon Points (which gain your levels for your characters) are tough to get
- cutscenes are lame (if you have 2 characters talking and then a 3rd will talk but doesn't come into the scene. You can hear voices in your head!)
- Big Characters can't be attacked by Speed rush attacks
- .....but some characters Like SS4 Vegeta or Goku from GT or even SS4 Goku aren't there as default characters. You still have to unlock them.



Both:

- 5 Gokus are a little too many but only because of A. base form gokus can have their own moves (There are Vegeta saga, Frieza/Cell Saga, Buu Saga, DB saga and of course, GT saga Gokus (GT is kid Goku)) and B. The Creators thought mabye this would be a wise idea so that they can have their customers (players) play a certain Goku that would be right for that saga. in other words, they don't want players to Transform into a SS3 while beating the crap out of Raditz (we've all done that before obviously).


Conclusion:

This game is awesome but the 2nd one is just about as good. If you have no.2 and have the idea that playing as GT Goku is fun (like me) so you can eventually get 3, keep them both not only for the disc fusion system but also if you get sick of playing this game and want to start a new file in BT2, that can be a good thing. If you have just this one don't get BT2 and If you have no.2 but want to get no.3 rent it first because everything I put on this review is true. It's not that much of an improvement over the previous game. Also If you see this game in the store and looking at the 2nd or 3rd game at the same price (which rarely happens but sometimes it does) get this one or if you see the previous game 10 bucks less than this one just wait a little longer to get some more cash to get it.

I remember playing this game for hours and not get tired of playing it. The moves are way better than the ones in part 2 and the Graphics are way better. I loved how they changed story mode you can fight while the storyline is playing, which is Great. It's hard to get tired of the game since they give you alot to do. Overall, I give this game 5 out 5 stars.

P.S. I Wished they would make this game into a PS3 Version.

This is easily my second favorite DBZ Game besides Budokai 3 yes its long but I had with this game I say this is buy for DBZ fans.

I got this game on my birthday november15 and This game is fun but the thing is that they put new characters that don't really belong in here, and most of them i really don't play as, and that should'nt been in this game, characters like arale, babdi, kid chi chi, devilman, saibamen, dr wheelo, hercule, grandpa, pilaf, frieza soildier, cui, yajirobe, nam, chaotzu, android 8, appule, tambourine, and general blue. Those characters really did'nt belong in this game, but the other new characters are great, characters like future gohan, GT kid goku, nail, zangya, nova shenron, spopovich, great saiyawomen, turles, salza, king cold, fasha, kabitoki, king vageta, kid goku, general tao, cyborg tao, and pikkon, those are great new characters. And the old charaters are still great to, like what they did new to goku they put the past goku, middle goku, and future goku, i like how they did that so they seperate different attacks and moves from goku, instead of leaveing him one like they did in the other DBZ games. But i thought that bio broly was going to be in this game that really would had been great if he was, but thats okay he will probly be in DBZ burst limit i can't wait untill that comes out on xbox360 iam going to be playing people online and haveing fun like i always do, but this is a great game. There was nothing wrong with the storymode it was fine and fun it was'nt long like tenkaichi2 storymode was, tenkaichi2's storymode was to long and there was parts of the storymode that really did'nt make any seanse, but this game is better. I unlocked all the stages and i have only two more characters to unlock, and the characters are king cold and fasha i will unlocke them but this is a fun game. The stages are better to and great but the penguin village stage i have to say is a joke but its still great, fighting outer space is unique to but they did'nt have to put frieza's space ship there oh well its still fun, planet namek was always a fun place to fight in even in the budokai series games, so this is a fun great game.

DBZ BT3 is an excellent game, it features over 50 new characters, attacks, arenas, and missons! ITS AWESOME!

if your trying to decide wether or not to purchase this game........DO IT!

First off, this is a fairly solid game. I didn't expect it to be Soul Calibur or anything and it definitely wasn't but that doesn't mean it wasn't good. Its about as good as non-Tenkaiichi Budokai 3, but its different enough that it doesn't feel like you were conned out of your money if you already had it. It doesn't have Dragon Rush, which added some to 2-player but against the game, you can pretty much just close your eyes, press your thumb down on all the buttons and whichever it registers is just as well. Also gone is the world map and flying around looking for stuff and I thanked a lot of deities when I saw that. Not that the story mode here is without flaw. There are these long narrations that, when I played, could not be skipped and they're really not that interesting until the GT saga but only because I'm not all that familiar with it.

If I had to say something negative about it other than 'its not really a masterpiece', its that the roster is more padded than a sixth grader's bra. I'm kind of surprised Bra wasn't in it. I know there are a lot of characters in the Dragon Ball universe and each one has at least a couple of fans, but thats not what I mean. For example, theres King Piccolo, Piccolo (early) and Piccolo, three separate characters. I can kind of see Piccolo and King Piccolo being different because I think they're technically different people, but really the difference as far as the game is concerned is sub-negligible. King Piccolo is a little thinner and doesn't wear the awesome cape and turban, but if you choose Piccolo's alternate costume, you can hardly tell the difference. I can't help but think maybe 10-15 characters could easily have been cut and nobody would even notice. Would anyone not buy this game if they found out General Blue and Devilman weren't in it? I don't even remember Arale, she could have been made up by Atari for all I know. Or if they just couldn't cut them, make them alternate versions of one character. All Vegetas are available but they're all in a Vegeta sub-selection and not four in the main one. I know its a minor complaint and it isn't going to stop, but it really does seem like false advertising to claim 'OVER FORTY-SEVEN MILLION CHARACTERS!!!' and there are actually only about fifty. Remember how Mortal Kombat used to be dependent on color-swapping to add characters? Similar deal here.

I bought this game not because I'm a huge DBZ fan, though I do like it some, but just because I wanted a fighting game where you could fight fast, use powers and when you had shown your opponent who rules, you could blow their sorry ass into the next die-mension. This game delivered that. The controls take some time, especially if you're used to non-Tenkaiichi style, but once you've got them down, it becomes pretty useful. The combat takes thought as well as speed and familiarity with a fighter's abilities, which I like. This is the DBZ game I wish I had had when I was really into the anime.

Do I recommend it? Well, it has kind of limited appeal. It is definitely DBZ-ish so if you demand realistic fighters, its probably not for you. You don't need to be a huge fan, but you do need to be at least accepting of DBZ to enjoy it. If you know someone who insists the show is childish or stupid, it'll be an uphill battle to make them player 2. But since you're looking into the game, I'm going to assume thats not a problem for you. It is a fun game so, yeah, I recommend it. I got my copy for $10 used and if they had a How Awesome Is This Game ray (patent pending) and I knew what it was like before paying it, I could have been convinced to pay maybe $15-20. I wouldn't rob a bank to play it, but it was well worth the money.

i have so far unlocked most of the characters but so far it is a great game i do in fact recommend for those who are into fighting games to buy this game

The game was in loke new conditions and it really was. Completely satisfied with the seller and the purchase.

This game has all the speed and action of the show and not to mention every chracter! This game ranks as high as Dragonball Z Legends.

This is a great DragonBall Z game.All the characters are there and all the action is none stop. If your a Dragon Ball Z fan..this is a good one to.