I commend this game for giving the fans tons of content to play around with, with a ridiculous number of characters, stages, and customization options available. The drawback is that the gameplay is so radically different from the Budokai games that it is a completely different game.

That by itself isn't a bad thing, however, this game plays worse than Budokai 3 and for that, it makes it a lesser experience for me. I liked having to transform my character, having them slowly get stronger throughout the fight was fun. This game removes that and has them listed as separate characters in a menu. I can see why this is done, for balance, however, they then throw that balance out the window with character-specific quirks. Like androids being untrackable or the Majin Buu's slowly healing throughout the fight. These are just small changes that lessen the experience.

The big control changes are making this one of the first true "arena fighting" games, which pits you and your opponent in an open area to fight, using any and every direction imaginable. The camera for this game was way too close to your character's back and it made fighting extremely annoying and not very fun.

The game also doesn't look great, and the animation feels sluggish. To be fair, with the amount of content here I can understand why it's like this but it's not great. I think this game is not very good. There is something here, but as it is now I wouldn't bother playing it at all. There are sequels and successors out that are more worth your time, play those instead.