Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2

 GameCube
Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Cheat Code Central
    90
    A totally accessible fighter. Almost anyone can get the hang of it in a few minutes, but that doesn't mean it's easy.
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  2. IGN
    75
    With the addition of jumping or ducking abilities, an improved movement system, or the ability to fly independently outside of the launch attack, DBZ could definitely have potential to break through its already enormous demographic and become something even bigger.
  3. Worth Playing
    75
    The main thing that it has going for it is that it recreates its franchise so faithfully that you feel as if you're completely in control of its world.
  5. GameSpot
    66
    A few modest improvements have been made in porting Budokai 2 to the GameCube, but the game just feels late, and a little irrelevant.
  6. TotalGames.net
    62
    DragonBall Z: Budokai 2 isn't really a fighting game, well it is, it's just not a good one.
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  7. GameSpy
    60
    This GameCube port has a few new features that the PS2 version didn't, like a few new stages and skill capsules, but you can't escape the fact that the game is already a year old.
  8. eToychest
    60
    It's frustrating, to say the least, when fights are often won by whichever player was able to mash the attack buttons the fastest during a power struggle, or when a powerful attack misses because the opponent randomly guessed the proper escape button.
  9. Nintendo Power
    58
    Not quite a button masher, but close, DBZ: B2 is an easy-to-get-into one-on-one fighter that looks and plays much like its predecessor. [Feb 2005, p.113]
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  10. GamePro
    50
    Since the controls almost never change from character to character, there's very little difference between all the fighters-you've seen one, you've seen 'em all, in other words.

Awards & Rankings

58
#58 Best GameCube Game of 2004
22
#22 Most Discussed GameCube Game of 2004
13
#13 Most Shared GameCube Game of 2004

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User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 24
  3. Negative: 5 out of 24
  1. VegeST
    Jan 7, 2022
    8
    DBZ game with a really interesting battlefield realisation that is similar to a board game. In ALL other aspects, Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 justDBZ game with a really interesting battlefield realisation that is similar to a board game. In ALL other aspects, Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 just an upgraded Budokai 1.… Full Review »
  2. TyeBuster
    Apr 6, 2023
    8
    Pretty fun, not that good as Budokai 3 or Infinite World, but also a good one.
  3. Notmyfirstrodeo
    Aug 23, 2021
    4
    I love dragon ball but this game is putrid, the way you unlock characters is Equivalent to Injecting soy sauce into you’re balls.
    The base    I love dragon ball but this game is putrid, the way you unlock characters is Equivalent to Injecting soy sauce into you’re balls.
    The base roster is Atrocious with characters that you want to play as locked away in there **** story mode that plays like Chess, not only are they locked away you have to do Specific things to unlock them(that doesn’t sound that bad on paper but when each character has 1 move on the board it gets boring quickly).
    I almost forgot to mention the fact that if one of your characters die then you have to start the level all the way from the beginning and if you unlocked a character in that level once you lose you don’t get them and have to beat them all over again    … Full Review »
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