Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Atari
  • Release Date: Dec 4, 2003
User Score
8.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 74 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 74
  3. Negative: 9 out of 74

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  1. Goten
    Dec 10, 2003
    2
    Nice looking but plays like the last game and the last game was one of the worst fighters ever.
  2. PaulE.
    Dec 5, 2003
    1
    It's not a fighter, it's "Test Your Might" in 3D.
  3. SiewWaiT.
    Dec 1, 2003
    3
    Wouldn't recommend this game even for Hardcore DB fans. I am a hardcore fan and love the Anime of DB a lot. Therefore, I bought this game. But it's as dissapointing as the first one for PS2. I personally feel that the DB games (in Jap version) that I got from the SNES were a LOT BETTER.
  4. DBZfan
    Dec 16, 2003
    0
    Game sucks. no way around it.
  5. BillM.
    Dec 2, 2003
    0
    Stay away at all costs.

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Metascore
66 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. GamePro
    60
    Its uninspired controls, lack of character diversity, and the absence of a story mode make this only a marginally entertaining video game.
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  2. Next Level Gaming
    89
    Worlds above what the first game was, with the greatly improved graphics (beautiful Cel-Shaded graphics)and game modes.
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  3. Play Magazine
    42
    Takes the shallow one-on-one fighting action of its predecessor and repackages it with essentially no noteworthy enhancements to the fighting engine or visuals... Disappointing. [Dec 2003, p.82]
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