Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Atari
  • Release Date: Dec 4, 2008
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 75
  3. Negative: 7 out of 75
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  1. Mitchellsymes
    Jan 1, 2013
    7
    this game is is good but it had all things that were good in the past game it's not as good as the older games but this game does have the better graphics but dragonball z budokai tenkaichi 2 is still the best this game does not come close to the story line of dragonball z budokai tenkaichi 2
  2. RobertB
    Jan 31, 2009
    9
    Aside from the repetitive side quests, this shines in it's overall fighting, which is what the game is truly about, it's an assimilation of all that made Budokai 3 and Shin Budokai great. I'd recommend this for any DBZ fan.
  3. MattK
    Nov 11, 2008
    9
    Very similar to Budokai 3, so if you liked that then you might want to check this one out. It has a couple new features & character (or removed). If you liked Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 then you will like this.
  4. TimothyYoung
    Nov 19, 2008
    10
    This game is the s**t those critics suck and don't know what a real video game when they play one. That's why i never listen to critics cause their just game freaks with no life and all they do is play games so they have to find something to do with their lives when their not playing video games so take it from me never listen to a f*****g critic
  5. Hitiro
    Oct 14, 2012
    10
    Infinite world is the successor to the highly-acclaimed Budokai 3, frankly I don't understand why this game gets a lower metacritic rating than Budokai 3 as generally across the board it has improved on its predecessors.

    Gameplay As far as gameplay goes this game is far superior to its predecessors. With the introduction of the aura burst, to replace the hyper mode seen in Budokai 3,    Infinite world is the successor to the highly-acclaimed Budokai 3, frankly I don't understand why this game gets a lower metacritic rating than Budokai 3 as generally across the board it has improved on its predecessors.

    Gameplay

    As far as gameplay goes this game is far superior to its predecessors. With the introduction of the aura burst, to replace the hyper mode seen in Budokai 3, a new level of gameplay has been added, providing new combo options and another approach option to the characters. As already mentioned aura burst is the replacement of the hyper mode. Dimps was right to do this as hyper mode was a mechanic that was pretty useless. All it provided to the player was stun resistance, the ability to use a ultimate and it just ate away at your ki until you either did a dragon dash or ran out of ki leaving you vulnerable for a short period of time.

    Of course while hyper mode was active your opponent could only avoid, use hyper mode themselves or fire off specials as they would lose out in hand to hand combat which leaves the combat a bit lacklustre. Aura burst is very different in comparison as it gives the player a dash-esque mechanic which drains a small portion of the players ki. It may also be used in combination with the punch, kick or ki blast to launch modified versions of each which provide extra stun for linking combos. This game also removes the dragon rush mechanic used in the previous games, a great decision by Dimps as a fighting game should never have mechanics which rely on the luck of an individual.

    I am however disappointed about the fact that beam struggles have been removed from the game, that isn't to say that the mechanic didn't need to be changed however. The beam struggle mechanic could have been improved by allowing both players to use up 1 or 2 ki bars to increase the power of their beams through inputting the same command for the attack(e.g. >E for Kamehameha), as opposed to mashing the buttons. This would be a great addition to the ki-centred metagame which has been slowly established by the other 3 games.

    In terms of balance this game is also an improvement on Budokai 3, the characters have been tweaked here and there so they all have a much greater balance of advantages and disadvantages. However, do not think that because the balancing in this game is an improvement that all the characters are completely balanced. There are still a few of them that could be further buffed or nerfed to make the game more balanced.

    The capsule system for custom characters was also much improved in this game, I myself found it very annoying that characters like Goku in Budokai 3 had 50% of their capsule slots taken up by just their transformations alone. Though I can understand the reasoning as characters with more tansformations have higher damage scaling so it was clearly implemented to address characters who have little to no transformations.

    Graphics

    In comparison to Budokai 3 the graphics haven't seen any improvement. As far a I can tell there seems to be no improvement whatsoever but I may be wrong about this. Some aura's however have seen a little tune up and slight changes to probably conform more with the Anime.

    Sound

    Great soundtracks throughout the game unfortunately most of them were done by Kenji Yamamoto who no too recently was done for copyright infringement on many soundtracks/songs due to their overbearing similarity with other songs out there in the world. Which is very much a shame since the Capsule Corp soundtrack was by far my favourite track which I used to leave my console on in the background just to listen to.

    Story Mode

    Unfortunately I didn't enjoy the story mode in this game too much, in comparison to Budokai 3 I found it to be a step down. Though the story mode hasn't been as good since the Budokai 1. What I will say is that I very much enjoyed the side games as they were a step away from the fighting which was a nice breather. It kind of reminded me of the bonus level in street fighter where you must destroy the car or the barrel jumping you must do.

    Verdict

    I am giving this game a 10/10, while there are still issues with the game Dimps was right on the mark in where they were taking this series of games at this time, Shin Budokai 1 + 2 are also proof of this. They were clearly making improvements in the gameplays depth and the balance of the roster which are really what any fighting game should focus on.    … Expand
  6. Anonymous123
    Feb 7, 2015
    8
    After playing this game, I honestly cannot understand why it got a terrible Metascore. Some fans may dislike the removal of beam struggles including me, on the plus side however, the game replaces the absolutely trash "Hyper Mode" from Budokai 3 with the "Aura Burst" from the Shin Budokai series. Also, you get more GT characters, something that Budokai 3 was lacking in, not that I see itAfter playing this game, I honestly cannot understand why it got a terrible Metascore. Some fans may dislike the removal of beam struggles including me, on the plus side however, the game replaces the absolutely trash "Hyper Mode" from Budokai 3 with the "Aura Burst" from the Shin Budokai series. Also, you get more GT characters, something that Budokai 3 was lacking in, not that I see it as that big of a deal though. I can't say much about the story mode as I haven't played it that much in either of the 2 games. The controls have been slightly improved from Budokai 3 as you now no longer have to press X and back twice to power up, but L1 instead, this alone was something I disliked about Budokai 3, and so it's good to see it fixed in Infinite World. Overall this game is for those who are looking for a console version of the Shin Budokai games on PSP. The Metascore should not be used to determine your choice of buying/playing it as it is a fairly well-rounded DBZ fighting game.… Expand
  7. GreenSkullRider
    Jan 30, 2017
    9
    El mejor dragon ball de lucha 3D al estilo 2D que hay hasta la fecha, la inclusión de muchos personajes de la saga GT y mejoras, toques técnicos por aca y por alla, muy completo y recomendado,
  8. CristianoxRM
    Aug 3, 2018
    10
    Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World é um ótimo jogo de sua época, uma grande variedade de personagens, trilha sonora boa, boa jogabilidade, os gráficos são bons para um jogo lançado em 2008. Não estou conseguindo entender o porquê desse jogo estar com uma média tão baixa.
    Não tenho o que reclamar desse jogo, eu recomendo para qualquer pessoa que gosta de DBZ.
  9. danielle5000
    Jun 1, 2020
    10
    One of the best in the series, super fun game. The reviewers seem to be mad that they suck at the game and as a result rated it bad.
  10. IbraheemAnees1
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    I'm personally not A fan of Anime but damn. This game F*king rocks. I used to play it with by brother a while back and Dicided to Play it again and it surprisingly still Holds up amazingly.

    I can easily say it is one of the best Anime and fighting games
  11. SebasgamerX
    May 14, 2021
    10
    El juego es muy bueno, el modo historia que tiene este juego es uno de los mejores ya que no es solo peleas también hay muchos mini juegos muy entretenidos además cuenta con cinemáticas bien hechas , contiene mas personajes que el Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 aparte tiene un Ai desafiante y te proporcionara un gran desafío.
    CONCLUSION: Este juego es un excelente sucesor de los Budokai y es    El juego es muy bueno, el modo historia que tiene este juego es uno de los mejores ya que no es solo peleas también hay muchos mini juegos muy entretenidos además cuenta con cinemáticas bien hechas , contiene mas personajes que el Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 aparte tiene un Ai desafiante y te proporcionara un gran desafío.
    CONCLUSION: Este juego es un excelente sucesor de los Budokai y es triste que tenga esas nota tan baja y que no haya demostrado su verdadero potencial    … Expand
  12. Info2004
    Feb 12, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dragon Ball Z infinite world is a great dragon ball game, it manages to have an accurate story telling to the anime by forcing you to use a certain moveset, the minigames as well are pretty fun to play and mess around with, not to mention the combat system has been improved with new combos to use, tho there are a couple factors that bring it down mainly being the removal of a tournament mode and, this might be a hot take, dragonrush, dragonrush was a really fun feature to use in budokai 3 and removing did kind of bug me, tho it doesn't bring the game down that much, and last but not least the removal of a couple old characters being Uub and kid goku tho i don't think it really matters since they added characters in replacement being Goku GT, Vegeta GT, Janemba and more other characters you can have a great time using and messing around with, Fighters road also manages to give you A LOT of battles to spend your time with, so there's plenty to do in the game after you're done with the story, overall, this game doesn't even come close to being bad, it's a great game that didn't get the chance to shine because of its release date, Infinite world is an easy 9 out of 10… Expand
  13. BrQueGostadDBZ
    Aug 22, 2022
    10
    O Dragon Ball Z infinite world é bom por qualsa da sua dificuldade que faz ser desafiador e eu gosto de dificuldade o modo história os mini games tudo é bom e espero que os que odeiam o infinite world não falam mal porque é a mesma coisa que o budokai 3 mas a mesma coisa é os grafico
  14. TyeBuster
    Apr 6, 2023
    10
    For me - this is the best 2D fighting DB game. The only minuses - the f%cked up difficulty, which isn't a problem if you skilled enough, and skills obtainment, but let's be honest - far not all peolpe completing games on 100%
  15. Um_retrogamer
    Aug 16, 2023
    9
    Jogo muito bom, muitas pessoas dizem q ele não presta mais provavelmente só jogaram 20 minutos e desistiram, sim o jogo tem coisas ruins como o puro resume nas cenas mais a música jogabilidade e outras coisas são incríveis, platinei esse jogo duas vezes e olha q eu não sou disso então não confiem nas pessoas que dizem q esse dragon ball é ruim, jogue e tire suas próprias opiniões

Awards & Rankings

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#51 Best PS2 Game of 2008
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#6 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2008
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#4 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2008

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Metascore
48

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 9 out of 17
  1. GamePro
    40
    Even with improved graphics and a large character roster, Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World ends the DBZ series on PS2 with a bust instead of a bang.
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  2. Gamer 2.0
    70
    Fighting fans with next-gen systems already have their DBZ game along with plenty of other fighters out and coming soon enough that looking back for this game should not be something that you’re considering.
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  3. GameDaily
    40
    If the lame "fetch" quests don't bore you, the ridiculously bad mini-games will. Buy one of the earlier releases (for half the price, if not cheaper) and leave this World behind.
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