Video Games : Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi

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Brand: Atari
EAN: 0742725266438
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Label: Atari Inc.
Manufacturer: Atari Inc.
Model: 26643
Platform: PlayStation2
Publisher: Atari Inc.
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Sales Rank: 1835
Studio: Atari Inc.

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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi is the only game to combine fighting and flying in wide open, destructible 3D environments. In the air, on the ground or under water, DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi gives players the ability to battle with unprecedented power and freedom. It's a "superhero" experience of epic proportions - it's the DBZ game fans have been waiting for. Unlock bonus videos from the animated series



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Whoever hates this game is crazy
How good is Budokai Tenkaichi for the PS2? Extremeley! The graphics are excellent, and the gameplay rocks! I've played some good Street Fighter games before, but they are nothing compared to this. There are many game modes, and none of them are too hard to beat. The amount of characters are so many they are uncountable! One can play hours and hours of this game and not get bored or tired. The only bad thing is how hard Frieza is. I've fought him ten or twelve times, and I still haven't beaten him! But other than that the game rocks. A MUST-HAVE FOR DBZ FANS!!!!!


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great Improvement, Stil a Few Issues
Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi is a three-dimensional fighting game involving a ton of Dragonball Z characters - even ones only seen briefly in the series.

The graphics are really the standout improvement here from previous Dragonball Z games. They do a great job of really maxing out the capabilities of the PS2. Not only are the cut scenes great, but the main gameplay features *giant* maps, with multiple terrain types (water, mountains, plants and more). You can move up to higher ground, draw your enemy into the lake to slow them down, and use other tactics. It makes the game much more like "playing in the Dragonball Z world" vs being a side-scrolling fighter.

The sound is definitely enhanced over previous versions, too. You can now choose to have the Japanese voices for your characters. It's ironic that in early days of gaming, games would come with only Japanese voices and US people would complain because they wanted to hear English. Nowadays we appreciate the language much better. By giving you the option, you can use whichever suits you best.

That's not to say that *all* sound in the game is stellar. They definitely could have included a more robust musical soundtrack - and general commentary. It often seems like those things are overlooked in fighting games, but if you're a fan and playing the game for multi hours a day, pretty much every day of the week, it wears on you quickly.

For actual gameplay, as mentioned, the maps are great. They have tons of characters which is really wonderful. It's fun to see some of the more obscure characters they included in the set. The movements and animations are great. However, the *controls* to get them to do things - and the skill of the AI at doing the same moves - are really unbalanced. We have played thousands of games on all systems over our reviewing career and there is just something not right about the combat controls here. So while you're struggling to get the combos activated, the enemy you're fighting is zipping through them smoothly and trouncing you. This is something you can "deal with" if you're patient and into the series - but if you're not an avid gamer, I can see someone getting frustrated very quickly and not playing the game again.

I'm all for having games that are difficult! I enjoy the challenge. But a game should be difficult because you are ramping up in technique. It shouldn't be difficult because the combo you typed in isn't accepted, or the key strokes react sluggishly so that your character dies before your commands are "heard".

Definitely a big step in the right direction - I really hope #2 takes care of a lot of these control issues. If they do, that will be a 5/5. For this version, I'll give it a 4/5 as a great game but with some issues.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Dragon Ball Z Coming Back
Dragon Ball Z has been known for its 2d-dimmension gameplay but now Tenkaichi takes it to 3-d, the gameplay great alot of character. I Loved this game DBZ got it right this time although Budukia 3 was good to. No problems her except the A.I is a bit to strong and there attacks do more damage and take up less energy. But once you master this game its game you can keep playing over and over again.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Revolutionary for DBZ games.
I enjoyed this game. It was really an improvement over the other Budekais, which I almost stopped buying, since the three seemed to be closely resemblant of one another. Why keep buying slight variations of the same game? But when Tenkaichi came along, I didn't pause to buy it. Not only did it have a new title, but it also had a new slant on things. The graphics were better, and the controls (were supposed) to be better. Did this game live up to my expectations? What about yours?

PROS:

- The game is fun. And it gives you a lot to do to keep busy. It wasn't too short like DBZ Sagas, and had a lot of content to work with and play.

- Graphics. They were top-of-the-notch. I am very pleased with how the designers made the characters. Again, it was an improvement over other DBZ games.

CONS:

- The controls, while they were supposed to be improved, only really left me confused as to what was what. How many combos and attacks can the human brain hold? And how are we to put up with the fact that even if you type in a combo, it doesn't always work? That was annoying... and unacceptable. I will admit some of the attacks were good, but they could have made the controls more user-friendly, in my opinion.

- While a lot of content is good, having almost impossible-to-beat villains isn't always good. What is with this? It took me the best part of an hour to beat some of these villains... and just simply beating them up isn't enough. YOU HAVE TO BEAT THEM UP A CERTAIN WAY! AND IT GETS FRUSTRATING! AND NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE!


Tenkaichi was good, but there is room for improvement. Lots of room. As someone already stated, it is a mixed bag. Is it worth the money? I am not really sure, actually. You will have to decide for yourself.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - My new favorite DBZ game ever
This is by far the best fighting game ive ever played from its easier combo attacks to the 3D gameplay its simply an amazing game. But sure others may rate this game poorly because of the differance in controls from the previous games in the budokai series but that is an extreamly easy problem to fix you simply go to options select controler settings and search through until you find the settings you like, (I mean isnt that what the options menu is all about.) but i strongly reccomend this game to to gamers who like any game that yog get amazing 3D graphics, a great series fallowing game mode, customizeable charcters, many new arenas that where not in the former budokai games, many new playable charcters including baby vegeta, super android 17, giant ozaru (ape) vegeta, and gohan(great ape),and many more never before seen in any former budokai game. over all this is probaly the best,(My favorite) game I have ever owned or played

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