Even if you find yourself to be less of a Dragon Ball Z fan and more of an achievement junky with a sweet tooth for fighters, that alone should give you reason enough to give this HD collection a shot.
This review is for both the Ps3/Xbox 360 versions.
Great collection. It's missing Budokai 2, but lets be honest if BK3 was the only one here it would be a great HD port and well worth it. Budokai 1 and 3 are all this game contains. WOuldn't call it much of a collection, but that shouldn't deter for what a great value this game is.
Budokai 1 still stands as one of the best DBZ games of all time. Only overshadowed by its prediccessor, Budokai 3. BUdokai 1 has a limited character roster, and yet you don't feel like anyone is missing from the limited roster. The character roster is striaght to the point, no filler. BUdokai 3, however has a much wider selection of characters, which isn't a bad thing at all. Not only that, it also features a much more refined movelists and character movement.
The fights feel faster in Budokai 3, the animations feels more robust, the movement is much more fluid. The characters just pop and have a lot more detail. It's the ultimate farewell to the budokai series. It remains, in my opinion, the best DBZ game of all time. The story mode from the first game is missing, replaced by '' Dragon unniverse'' where you can play as 8 of the main characters. You have a hub and you explore the small maps, namek, and earth. You can find dragon balls, assist items, battles that'll level up your characters. You also have an RPG like leveling up systerm, where you increase your stats based on XP earned via battles.
I highly recommend it. It's a shame good games aren't recognized and often ignored simply because the publisher didn't shower reviewers with money or paid reviews.
I give DBZ Budokai a 10/10
Replay value 5/5
Artstyle 5/5
Music/audio 5/5 ( voices both in **** and ENG)
Controls 5/5
I had a blast with the Game personally with minimum bugs/glitches. It's Short, awesome, Fast paced, and Very Nostalgic of the Original Games that we as kids had fun with, and I'm also a **** for DBZ games andI love this game and I still keep coming Back to this game it just seems to have a charm that keeps me interested and looking for all the little things everywhere. If you like fast paced games you'll love this game. If your recently new to the franchise this is the perfect game for you if you just want to have a good time. And It's on for cheap so there is no reason not to get this game if your a DBZ fan like myself.
This HD collection gives players the Dragon Ball Z game they've been asking for ... and also brings the original Budokai along for the ride. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection delivers the action you expect, and not much more. A few questionable design decisions, shallow fighting mechanics and a complete lack of online play makes this yet another disappointing HD compilation!
Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection is a nice package game just for those collectors or DBZ enthusiasts who want to get every game based on Akira Toriyama's franchise. The core is the same: the two original games from the PS2 with an HD upgrade and trophy/achievement support. And that's all: no online play o extra modes. Just for collectors.
Anyone looking for a deep, complex brawler is best be served elsewhere, but fans looking for some Super Saiya-jin action or younger folks that just want to button-mash will find something here to like.
Even though it was given a resolution increase, you still can't play the game widescreen, and porting the 10 year old graphics and physics engine doesn't make it better.
We found Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection to be boring and incredibly monotonous. Dragon Ball Z used to be a great television series, an awesome franchise. But what is left is something that will most probably only appeal to twenty-something men in search of nostalgia.
As a Dragon Ball Z fan, this game is awesome. As good as the original, if not ,better. Sure, the new music is not up to the standard of the old ones but it's still good. The graphics are what stand out most though. They are BEAUTIFUL. Every character model and energy blast and stage look fantastic. And whoever says that the game isn't in wide screen, then they're half right. The cut scenes and menus aren't ,but the fighting itself (The best part of the game) is in widescreen.
Simply put, the games of this collection are what DBZ Games should be. Simple to understand, easy to pick up and hard to put down again. Each game offers a decent sized roster of fighters, all of which are recognizable characters from the dragon ball universe. The mechanics of each game are easy to understand and adapt to, especially the ones in Budokai 3 which eliminates spamming and severely decreases button mashing. Thanks to those tweaks, a newbie player can provide good competition to an expert or veteran player. My only gripes with this HD Collection are the fact that Budokai 2 is not part of the collection and the music has been changed. However, those two factors are not even close to turn offs, especially seeing as the music was changed due to kenji yamato (the guy responsible for the original music) was accused of plagiarism and in turn fired. Thus, the original music as removed and replaced to prevent future issues with copyright claims/ accusations of plagiarism.
In the end, this is a game any fighting game fan will enjoy, and any DBZ fan will enjoy even more. Definitely a must-have for xbox 360.
Joguei o Budokai 3 no ps2 e foi nostálgico jogar novamente. A história é a do DBZ, gráficos legais e sistema de batalha dinâmico. Esse jogo devia ser só o Budokai 3, eu daria um 8, o Budokai é bem desnecessário e se relevância alguma, ele vai até a saga Cell, já o budokai 3 é o anime inteiro.
Hmm, I'm not the biggest fan of this package. The games are fun but the aspect ratio is 4:3 and I just didn't enjoy these games as much as I thought I would.
6/10
Dragon Ball Z is undoubtedly one of the best anime series of all time, many games were spawned off this franchise but the most well know series of games were the Budokai series. As far as the collection goes, it isn't great but its far from bad. Budokai 3 still proves itself to be one of the standout games of its generation still holding its own against many great fighting games of today. Budokai 1 however has not aged as well, it feels sloppy and slow in comparison to the great Budokai 3. The absence of Budokai 2 is also a downfall of the collection as it is named "Budokai HD collection". The one thing that did bug me though was the music, entirely new music was used instead of sticking to the original tracks. Though these songs aren't bad the take away from the nostalgic feel of the games. Overall this collection is good but feels like a quick cash grab to a franchise that is struggling to stay alive. Budokai 3 is still great but Budokai 1 feels lacking. The absence of Budokai 2 and the original music do detract from the experience but don't entirely destroy the game. Hopefully the money they make from this release can but put towards a great fighting game for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
SummaryThe Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection includes two blockbuster fighting games based on the Dragon Ball Z anime series. Included are Dragon Ball Z Budokai and Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3.
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