Your favourite Dragon Ball game for PS2.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:17 pm

So we have-

Budokai.
Budokai 2.
Budokai 3.
Sparking!
Sparking! NEO.
Sparking! METEOR.
Super Dragon Ball Z.
Infinite World.

I think my favourite would have to be Sparking! METEOR, mostly due to Dragon Dash, and the great variety of characters. That only just sets it above Sparking! NEO. I actually haven't played Infinite World or the first Sparking! game. But very recently, I have also started to warm to Super Dragon Ball Z, and am finally starting to get the hang of it, so that's crawling closer to the top than I thought possible.

Zuhalter2000 · Post by **Zuhalter2000** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:58 pm

My favorite would would have to be BT3... I'm actually playing that right now

. Although it lacks in story (compared to BT2), it makes up for it in the improved game mechanics and character selection. I think that system of fighting is totally unique and perfect for the Dragon Ball universe. Although I normally not a huge fan of fighters, Super Dragon Ball Z is a lot of fun, Budokai 3 is not too bad either.

Zenkai Power · Post by **Zenkai Power** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:08 pm

Budokai 3 has always been my favorite. But overtime I guess it's become a bit dull due to playing it so much since 2004. Infinte World was kind of lame with it's mini games that bored me to death like "don't get hit!" How fun. Or "Jump through the rings" .. how fun. But it's fighting thing was still pretty cool. I like the addition of that speed around them and hit them and then the camera pulls in close and you can kamehameha them. A nice new feature in addition to some of B3's old moves.

However, B3 still wins over that. BT series is fun but I like the playing style and speed of Budokai over BT. I just don't like that behind the back view as much. Although BT3 was pretty fun.

SO BUDOKAI 3!

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:30 pm

Dragonball Z Sagas obviously, why isn't THAT on the list?

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:40 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:Dragonball Z Sagas obviously, why isn't THAT on the list?

I was wondering if there was any I missed...

That was never even released in Australia, I'm pretty certain, and I keep forgetting that it exists...

finnishjuoppo · Post by **finnishjuoppo** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:25 pm

Kingdom Heartless wrote:
NeptuneKai wrote:Dragonball Z Sagas obviously, why isn't THAT on the list?
I was wondering if there was any I missed...

That was never even released in Australia, I'm pretty certain, and I keep forgetting that it exists...

That is sad, we all should remember sagas

Post by **VegettoEX** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:28 pm

For the record, Battle Stadium D.O.N. also came out on PS2

. Depends on whether or not you want to consider that a "DBZ game" like the others, though, I suppose...

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:52 pm

finnishjuoppo wrote:That is sad, we all should remember sagas

Sagas! Best game evar. Bar none. I'm thinking about starting a new video series on YouTube about Sagas.

</sarcasm>

Super Sayian Prime · Post by **Super Sayian Prime** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:48 pm

You know, I'm just going to say Sagas is my favourite, mostly because it was different and that swell opening.

Chrono Trigger · Post by **Chrono Trigger** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:50 pm

For me it's a tie between Budokai 3 and METEOR. Budokai 3 because it was one of the few games I've ever sat through and did everything there is to do. I just couldn't get enough of that game and it was easily the best budokai they've put out. METEOR because in my opinion it was the best out of the Sparking series. It really is one of the only DBZ games that feels like you're playing the show. Sometimes I'd be watching some of my seasons sets, looking at a clip on Youtube, or talking about stuff on the forums here and it'd make me feel like playing some METEOR. I'd just be like "Man I wanna beat Broly up with Dabura." I really enjoyed both of those games. Budokai 2 had the best opening though hands down. I wish they would have did animated intros for all the games. It might cost money but it's not like they won't make it back anyways.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:19 pm

Super DragonBall Z. I can pick it up at any point and play a few rounds and have a blast. Plus, the (sans Piccolo's fingers) manga inspired loading screens and color palette = yse.

After that, Budokai 3 was probably my favorite. I have Sparking Neo and Meteor, but aside from a quick playthrough of both I never found them that engaging. Sparking with downright forgettable, at least Budokai 1 had the "what-if" scenarios.

Infinite World doesn't even get a mention, since it was basically "Hey, let's take Budokai 3 and just make small changes to milk the franchise one more time this generation." At least Burst Limit was pretty ;p

Now, after playing Street Fighter IV for two weeks, I want to see Yoshinori Ono take a crack at a DragonBall fighting game. I would settle for Noritaka Funamizu coming back and doing a well-deserved sequel to Super DBZ though.

-Corey

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:05 am

Super DBZ. Along with what Corey said, that game has classic fighter style dial-a-combos. Nothing like picking up Super DBZ and already knowing how to play as Goku because of the time you spent as a Shoto in Street Fighter.

SSJmole · Post by **SSJmole** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:48 am

Budokai 3 for me. IMO the best DBZ game the ps2 had. The others all ad problems :

Budokai. - Ended at cell and felt incomplete (though Mini cell what if = Awesome)
Budokai 2. - Hated the board game story mode

Sparking! - Sparking! METEOR. = bad overly simple fighting games IMO. But still cool dbz games

Super Dragon Ball Z. - Was supposed to be like street fighter yet the combos were much easier, The new improved metal frieza = horrible. Felt like a quick $$ game.

Infinite World - not played to judge

Sagas - never played to judge it.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:39 pm

VegettoEX wrote:For the record, Battle Stadium D.O.N. also came out on PS2 . Depends on whether or not you want to consider that a "DBZ game" like the others, though, I suppose...

I remember really wanting that game, but was it actually any good? I seem to recall it getting decent reviews.

Post by **Kaboom** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:17 pm

Hopefully within a few days, I'll have adequately sampled Infinite World, Super DBZ, and Tenkaichi 3, so I'll be able to give an opinion then.

ShinRogafuken · Post by **ShinRogafuken** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:58 pm

Story- Budokai 1
Gameplay- Budokai 3

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:59 pm

Kingdom Heartless wrote:I remember really wanting that game, but was it actually any good?

It's decent, and this is coming from someone who doesn't really consider the Budokai/Sparking games to be that good.

It's one of the better PS2 games you can get with Dragonball characters, though of course it helps if you like the other series as well.

Watch out for the most ridiculously idiotic system for unlocking stuff I've seen in my life, though.

Unlike the other games, this one can actually be played with other people, too. There's no stupid capsule/potara/koma/whatever system here, just choose a character and fight.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:53 pm

Budokai 3 Greatest Hits version is my favorite DBZ PS2 game. I have sunk hours into this game for improving my skills, buying capsules, unlocking capsules, and just having a ball.
I liked Super DBZ too, but Budokai 3 had everything I wanted in a DBZ fighting game. Speaking of which I think I may pop it in.

Super Saiyan Turlast x4 · Post by **Super Saiyan Turlast x4** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:35 pm

For me, Super Dragon Ball Z and Budokai 3 take the cake. Both of them are self-explanatory. I love the Street Fighter feeling I got from Super, and Budokai 3 and it's dragon world was pure win, though it should've had more characters to choose from.

I'm a fan of the BT series, but it just seemed to get old too quickly for some reason. Wish I could've enjoyed them more, though. Well, I enjoyed BT3 enough, so I didn't miss much, I guess. Sagas is also cool, but of course, a very "flawed" cool at best.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:26 am

To this day, I still have no idea what sort of gameplay Sagas used.

Kanzenshuu

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