Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
2004
- fighting
- action
- single player
- multiplayer
The story
The third installment in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series begins another tournament of champions where only one fighter can prevail. As one of the characters from the Dragon Ball Z animated series, you can master an all-new fighting system that lets you teleport, juggle opponents, fly, and attack in a variety of ways. As you progress through the tournament, you can unlock up to 40 bonus characters from the DBZ universe. You can also post and retrieve character profiles from the Internet.
What it’s like
Bright, saturated cel-shaded arenas burst with color: sunlit wastelands, crater-pocked rock plateaus, and skies that flare with energy auras in gold, blue and crimson. The camera swoops and tilts around fights in dynamic, cinematic arcs, so every exchange feels like a wide-screen anime cut, with glowing ki blasts and speed-blur trails. The soundtrack leans on bombastic orchestral anime themes and the crack of hard impacts, while the voice acting lends each swing and shout a theatrical punch. Fights move at a brisk, escalating clip: teleports, aerial juggles and charged finishers build toward a loud, showy climax, then reset into a menu-driven rhythm of tournament brackets and unlocks. The vibe is high-energy, nostalgic and playful, a sugary sugar-rush of spectacle rather than grit. Violence is stylized and cartoonish: punches, energy beams and explosions with no blood and no gore, though the stakes of cosmic battle run intense and loud. It suits a Saturday-morning craving, a rainy afternoon with a friend on the couch, or a long session chasing every hidden fighter. Made for fans of the show and for players who love flashy, combo-driven fighting.
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