Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22

 PlayStation
  • Publisher: Atari
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2003
User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 70 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 70
  3. Negative: 30 out of 70
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  1. David
    Oct 4, 2006
    1
    As I sat down and played this game that a good friend of mine graciously lent to me for a weekend, it made me think; Why am I sitting here playing this when there is a perfectly good rope in the garage that I can hang myself with.
  2. Hillz
    Jul 7, 2003
    3
    This Game Sucks Azz.
  3. NickR.
    Jun 25, 2003
    1
    This is possibly the worst game I have ever played.
  4. [Anonymous]
    Jun 3, 2003
    0
    Graphics = Sucky Gameplay = Sucky Strategy = Sucky Overall = Ungodly Terrible Hint: Don't rent, buy or even try this terrible, outdated, ugly game!!
  5. PaulO.
    Aug 8, 2004
    2
    Only for serious DBZ freaks... Street Fighter 2 on the SNES played and looked better than this. Not to mention... The fighting in that game requred about ten times as much strategy as this one does. Once again, you'd really better like Dragon Ball Z if you're going to play this.
  6. JayD.
    Oct 27, 2003
    2
    This game isnt all that great. very bad graphics, bland gaming, definatly the worst DBZ game!!!!
  7. BranV.
    Aug 16, 2003
    0
    (crying) AHHHHHHHHHH! terrible (more crying)
  8. VeryUnhappy
    Aug 22, 2003
    0
    I can't believe I paid 20$ for this crap.
  9. JamesL.
    Dec 31, 2003
    1
    This game is quite possibly one of the worst games ever made. Graphics are absolutely horrendous. The character sprites were actually lifted from previous DBZ games from the SNES, and the background is simply the worst. Compare this piece of trash and SFII from the SNES and SFII will have better graphics. Music is so horrible your ears will bleed and don't even get me started on This game is quite possibly one of the worst games ever made. Graphics are absolutely horrendous. The character sprites were actually lifted from previous DBZ games from the SNES, and the background is simply the worst. Compare this piece of trash and SFII from the SNES and SFII will have better graphics. Music is so horrible your ears will bleed and don't even get me started on gameplay. If you really need to play an old fighting game play SFII again.… Expand
  10. Watermelon789
    Jul 10, 2011
    3
    Not a cool fighter, is very unfulfilling in every way, the awkward control are a mess. The idiot character movement feel stupid. Not even fan of the series will love this.
  11. Xelion
    Jan 15, 2013
    3
    Bad game.. 3d backgrounds look awful, animated character intros are horrible, too. Game is slow, doesn't feel like Dragon Ball Z at all. Only good thing about this game is sound/music, and the opening.
  12. SrPepe
    Oct 30, 2017
    2
    Super aburrido, no entiendo como teniendo otro gran juego de Dragon Ball para PlayStation exista esta atrocidad a la hermosa saga de Dragon Ball. Malisimo...
  13. thealexmott
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    Bought it right when it came out. I desperately wanted to love it.

    But it's garbage. I made myself play it because of the characters that are represented, but the game itself is a mess.
  14. VanCan72
    Apr 6, 2021
    1
    One of the critic reviews said the animation was as fluid as a flip book and that's as on point as it gets. Honestly the whole thing feels like a really bad browser flash game. It's just not good.

Awards & Rankings

2
#2 Best PS1 Game of 2003
2
#2 Most Discussed PS1 Game of 2003
1
#1 Most Shared PS1 Game of 2003

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
25

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 7 out of 9
  1. PSX Nation
    62
    Outdated graphics, an unfriendly (but ultimately bearable) control scheme and a shockingly bad (i.e. incomplete) localization make Ultimate Battle 22 the lesser alternative to “Budokai."
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  2. Game Informer
    50
    The control is stiff and imprecise; and the number of gameplay modes is pathetic. [June 2003, p.105]
  3. GameZone
    35
    I have seen NES games that look better than this game.
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