Multiple slots are available on each character to equip the discovered capsules. During the segments in between battles, you are able to fly around as your chosen character and explore the world map in search of the aforementioned capsules. In between fights you will also find capsules that unlock new moves and transformations for your characters to undergo. During Budokai 3’s campaign you will be given the chance to choose what individual stats you would like to power up on your character as you continue to be victorious in battle. Budokai 3’s single-player mode offers an impressive array of RPG elements that further enhance the experience. Both games retell the story of Dragon Ball Z, with Budokai 1 covering the events of DBZ up until the end of the Cell Saga, while Budokai 3 covers the movies, Buu, and even Dragon Ball GT. I could see this being an issue for hardcore brawler fans, but DBZ fans will forgive the occasional interruption to see their favorite characters battle it out in classic Dragon Ball Z style.Īs great as the combat is on its own, the real draw to both of these games is not the versus mode, but rather the single-player campaign. These events are fun and easy to play and the cinematic cutscenes are cool, but mid-battle quick time events do interrupt the flow of combat. Budokai 3 isn’t without its faults though, but it is certainly a much stronger title then Budokai 1.īoth titles feature cinematic moments where you have to mash buttons harder than your opponent to win a beam struggle, or play a form of rock, paper, scissors in order to unleash a barrage of attacks. Budokai 3 on the other hand provides a much deeper system, allowing more defensive options, more transformations, teleports, beam struggles, and a “hyper mode” that unlocks more moves. Aside from minor differences in damage and special moves each character is basically just a clone of another, and that does not help much in extending the game’s life for versus play. Its roster is impressive at first glance unfortunately every character essentially has the same abilities. Ultimately Budokai 1 does not offer a whole lot of variety in terms of characters. Combining button presses with separate directional inputs produces different strings of attacks and eventually special moves like the Kamehameha and the Special Beam Cannon become possible to perform amongst the combo strings. Beyond the addition of the achievements, the games remain the same but with much better visuals and sound quality.Īs mentioned earlier, the mechanics of both Budokai 1 and Budokai 3 remain unchanged, and for those of you who have never played either, you are simply getting a very straightforward fighting game.
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Granted, the game has fully integrated achievement support, which is always a plus for the completionists out there. In the end both games have been ported over faithfully, without a single gameplay change between them. Many fans were curious if balance changes, secret characters, or any other new features would accompany the re-release. Both games play exactly how they did back in the days of the PS2. Still, it leaves a strange gap that could potentially be awkward for collectors who would probably be most interested in a pack like this. That being said, from what I have gathered it would seem that Budokai 1 and Budokai 3 were received far better than Budokai 2 was. It is important to note that these are completely different games to Budokai Tenkaichi 1 and 3. Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection offers HD remakes of two games, Budokai 1 and Budokai 3.