If I had a PS2 as a kid, this would be quite possibly be one of my favourite games of all time, and I would have spent countless hours with it. But I didn’t, I only played this one (all of Budokai and Tenkaichi for that matter) at a friend’s house when I was 11.
So it wasn’t until 2022 that I got to fully play through it on a Retroid Pocket 3+.
And man, it held up fairly nicely and was a joy to play through. I had Raging Blast and Raging Blast 2, and while I loved them, I think graphically this game has them beat. It also has them beat on the richness of content. This is one of the only games that goes through the DB, Z and GT story!
A beloved game by many that I’m sad to have missed, in all honesty, and there isn’t anything big to fault here.
8.5/10, nostalgia probably would’ve bumped this to a 9 or 10.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is a very fun game, although there are certain aspects of the game that are flawed. For example, some of the story mode fights seem unfair, with you having to fight incredibly strong opponents with little room for error, take for example the fights with Kid Boo and Omega Shen Long. In addition, some things take a bit of getting used to, but once you do the game is pretty fun! Everything is oozing with charm, even down to the menus. There is an abundance of characters, even including characters in the movies, although some characters need to be unlocked via very long passwords. Overall, if you like Dragon Ball, you will surely enjoy playing this game.