In their defense Gokus infatuation with the dragon ball is cause it’s the 4 star dragon ball that grandpa gohan gave him when he was a kid (Dragon ball) and then he eventually passes it down to gohan to wear on his hat. That’s why you see the look of recognition before he hugs it, cause it reminds him of grandpa gohan lol. They definitely knew their history lol
He also eats it, dont forget that part. Just like right in front everyone as a super sayin 4, it’s not just sentimental, Gokus been fiending to eat it for years
They removed Dragon Rush only to introduce Burst Mode, which is basicly Hyper Mode without any of its drawbacks and all the benefits. Don't like the CPU abusing Dragon Rush? Well, it spams teleports now!
4:52 note on that, In Budokai 3, you can teleport behind someone without knocking them away by holding down guard. However in this game, you hold back on the dpad to do the same. Pressing forward and guard will do the knock away thing.
Back in high-school I played budokai 3 with my best friend *a lot*. Our fights sometimes reminded of us of actual anime fight scenes because we had both practically mastered the systems at the time. It was a lot of fun.
Aside from no beam struggles, no tournament, and the weird hyper mode, what really saddened me about this game was the lack of a deeper roster. I wish they added cut characters like Android #19, Dodoria, Zarbon, Cui or even added some new ones like some other members of the Ginyu Force. IW does a lot right, but does feel like a Street Fighter style update.
@@HiddenChannel From Budokai 1 Zarbon, Dodoria, and #19. From Budokai 3 DB Kid Goku, Cell Jr., Supreme Kai (with his Kabitoshin Potara merging), and Uub. From Budokai 2 the "What If?" Fusions/Absorptions.
Speaking of cut Characters, in budokai 3. The ones you mentioned (except cui) and even the ginyu force were originally gonna be in the roster but it was cut for unknown reason, there is still proof of there existence in there game files and oddly enough, bulma was there too
dam okay. I never knew this game wasn't just a copy and paste job of budokai 3 like others have said. So glad to take a deeper dive into this mysterious game
As a kid the Shin Budokai games prepared me alot for this since the combat is the same along with the added movement options. Infinite World was one of my favorites when I got it, and the added story and mini games kept my attention
Can confirm: Infinite World is much better. Sure, there's no beam clash or tournament, but there's also new mechanics to speed up the fight, better AI, a more varied story mode and an endgame mode where you fight different characters in a high level of difficulty. Mind you, it's a very challenging game.
Teleporting without instantly pushing your opponent away was also present in Budokai 3. You just need keep holding the guard button and it stops the kick/punch.
I found out about this game in a magazine,I enjoyed it for what it was but I wish the level up system and the world tournament mode were included. The game overall seems like a combination of all 3 Budokais,it has the 1st's cutscenes,the 2nd's boardgame and the 3rd's graphics/gameplay with a smidge of Shin Budokai blended in.
It had a larger roster than 3 as well as more moves and less limitations, the punch kick combo’s were also slightly different and it played in real time rather than had the delay Budokai 3 always had when a fight became intense, infinite world should be viewed as a true fighter game made to use to play with your friends, and although B3 had that, it had it’s faults, but in terms of an interactive story, B3 for sure takes the cake
This game is forever tied to the experience of both my lungs collapsing in high school. I was in the recovery unit for so long that I ordered this game, it got delivered, and I beat it all while still in the hospital waiting for my lungs to get better.
@@iUsedToBeAMusician Doing a lot better in general, honestly. Good career and home life now. I took up singing/rapping to go along with the breathing exercises, even competed in Oddwin’s Rap Contest lol But I mainly cover and translate anime intros to practice my breath control. :-)
I remember discovering the game at a local store back when I was still a kid. I never upgraded to a PS3 so I was really happy about this game. The best part about it was that if my friend was losing, he wasn't able to press select and start simultaniously to go all the way back to the main menu of the game. Cool channel btw, the Budokai and Budokai Tenkaichi games are still my all-time favorites to this day and I'll always go back to playing them during the christmas season (That's when I first got Budokai 3)
For every good thing it did in comparison to Budokai 3 it fucked something up. They got rid of the crappy dragon rush cut aways but also took away tournament mode. They fixed the capsule system so you don't have to devote multiple slots for multiple transformations (Freeza couldn't use his spaceship revival and his ultimate thanks to having to give up so many slots), but added made the fatigue system annoyingly swingy. We got cutscenes but also crappy mandatory minigames. We got new characters and lost others. It's a worthy game but not some grand evolution to the series as much as it is a list of trade offs. Whether or not it's worth it has to do with what you like most about 3 I suppose. I still feel it plays a bit better thanks to the loss of the luck sacky dragon rush, and I prefer the roster here so I would probably more often choose to play Infinite World over Budokai 3.
I'd actually been looking for this exact type of video for years and I think you're the first person to ever actually cover it. I always knew Infinite World existed and had some differences from Budokai 3 (namely cutscenes, mini-games and new characters) but could never find an actual extensive comparison between the two until now. All in all I do feel like I missed out on never getting to play this one, but at the same time I do kind of get why it was seen as a 'lesser' entry.
I wish I could play this game my biigest issue with budokai is some characters not having ultimate attacks, especially Mecha Freeza since you can't equip death ball with Freeza's spaceship it's very annoying and I'm very happy infinite world fixed this issue
Y'know, while this review covered quite well the general aspects of IW as any other DBZ game, it kinda missed the new important changes for gameplay. How fatigue can be exploited, how Aura Burning can be used, how combos and combo routes have changes, how RTFs influenced the meta and why Super Armor basically dominated PvP.
Despite all the DBZ games that have come out over the years, BT1 has the most badass and authentic Intro of all of DBZ games of the Franchise. BT2 and BT3 in my opinion still remains the most Unique and the best DBZ games in terms of content, quality and fanservices. And from the gameplay perspective aspects, these DBZ games that I mentioned are very close to the anime itself because of the Vibe and Charm, I don't know how to describe it but it was, and still is the most Unique DBZ experience you could have with the combat factor. (- Sheer amount de of characters - Transformations mid-battle (powering up and down) - Fusions mid-battle - Fast gameplay that has that "woah" feel - Tons of extra content - Story mode covering all sagas + movies - What If sagas - Shenron having permanent impact on game (character unlocks and whatnot) - Great tournaments that rotate availability - Edit characters with items (buffs) - 5v5 battles - Really Great and Epic Soundtracks - Destroyable environments - Entire stages could be blown up into their "destroyed" alternatives - Mission 100 being a great challenge - Artwork is 10/10 - Sound effects are great - Combat feels heavy and satisfying) Only Budokai 3, Infinite World, Raging Blast 1 and 2 and PSP DBZ games are still considered also very solid DBZ games, also the hidden gem that a lot of DBZ fans missed from PS2 Era of DBZ games is "Super Dragon Ball Z" which is also a real Unique and DBZ game, especially for the different gameplay aspects perspective. ✌☯️
I first played Infinite World when I got my new phone back in December and I must say I really enjoyed it. I wouldn't say it's entirely better than Budokai 3, I just switch between the two. Beam struggles should have stayed and there should be downsides to the burst mode.
Actually aura burn is really exploitable. If you use the dash (only in this game) which does not require energy (like in the psp versions), you can easily run away and watch the enemy just waste all their energy. Once my brothers and I got to a really high level in this game, we stopped using aura burst altogether because it was just a waste of energy if your opponent was smart enough to avoid it. Also bd3 had dragon rush and a lot of the characters were just copies of one another. Almost every character got reworked with new combos and animations in this game; like android 17 in this game is absurdly unique but in bd3 he feels the same as he did in bd1 (a basic vegeta clone).
I actually never knew this game existed which is weird cause I always used to here people go on about "When are we going to get budokai 4?" I guess this one went under the radar for a lot of people. Just want to say thank you for covering a lot of these games. It's interesting to hear your own personal experience with them as well as the review which is always entertaining :)
Infinite World is the best Budokai game if we are talking about competittive aspect, but as a overall game because is more a complete package Budokai 3 take the win. I love Infinite World the most because is a much better game since i was into the competitive aspect and was the one being use for tournaments
I bought infinite world couple years ago and played it for the first time because I heard it was apart of the Budokai series (fav games ever). Man what a awesome gem! Budokai 3 to me is the greatest DB game of all time but Infinite world isn't far behind.
I remember choosing Burst Limit for my PS3 over this game back in the day too! Still kicking myself over it though, as much as I enjoyed Burst Limit (the theme song and OST was just *chefs kiss*) when I found out it stopped at the Cell Saga I felt so goddamn robbed and sad hahaha! I'm very happy emulation exists so that I can enjoy this game nowadays! Great review as always Hidden, keep up the good work!
I remember seeing this game at stores but not even not knowing what it actually was or just seeing it in places and just being confused. I hear great things about it, and I will give the game credit for having an actual story mode over Budokai 3.
Infinite World would have been the best DBZ game ever if they had a good story mode, not removed characters, added bit more characters, but most important they should added the dodging mechanic from Shin Budokai Another Road.
I played the PSP game "Shin Budokai 2: Another Road, before I played this back in the day. I barely remember both of them, but I remember thinking that Infinite World felt a lot like a Shin Budokai game brought to a bigger console. I could have faulty memory here, but I think the aura dash, the fatigue system, and the more "casual" ultimates (As opposed to the cinematic ones) all stemmed from the Shin Budokai games.
When playing this game I found the best way to earn zeni is to play fighters road as kid buu or teen gohan and set the difficulty to Z. As kid buu just charge your ki go into hyper mode and spam his human extinction attack. As teen gohan fill your opponent’s fatigue gauge while your ki is maxed then go into hyper mode and spam his ult over and over. It’ll fill your opponent’s fatigue all over again and you can just spam his ult again since his ult doesn’t go into a attack/defense mini game
The use of the intense, eerie Sileny Hill theme clashes so fucking hard with the DBZ Infinite World footage and I honestly laughed so hard that I had to drop a comment. Love your content, btw.
I remember i still kept my playstation 2 when this came out but i did not play this game as much as budokai 3 i hated that they took out world tournament mode and it always bothered me that a bar in the health bar fills up and you have to mash to get out of stunned that was a dumb thing to add to the game. Budokai 3 gameplay was great. Also even tho budokai 3 story was not big i loved finding the secrets. Once i beat dbz infinite world i did not want to replay since the story mode was just z to gt. I find dbz infinite world just pretty good like a 7/10 and i played the shin budokai games i enjoyed those a lot even those psp games had more content but thats just me.
Awesome video, I'm very nostalgic for old dragon ball games so this was fun. Such an integral part of my childhood. I liked your editing and your voice too (:
Thank you. I initially wrote off Infinite World but after your review I’m intrigued. Though, I would have gladly taken a 4th entry with the same exact mechanics as 3 with no story mode if it expanded the character roster.
I remember not sticking to Infinite World for very long as I did with Budokai 3. I think it's partly due to no grinding. In B3, I remember spending hours grinding for characters' stats, zeni to buy capsules, getting everyone's Breakthrough capsule via Dragon Balls, and lastly, exploring Dragon Universe.
As a kid i spent so many hours playing this game that , believe it or not, i became so good that even Z difficulty (the hardest as far as I remember) felt easy to me.I completed all those challenge mode maps on z difficulty using Hercule. Man this game was so fun, definitely my fav DBZ game ever.
wish they would bring the dragon ball games to ps5 like Budokai and the others right now i am trying to get all of the games for my ps2 still working on that now
I can’t imagine it’s more difficult than Budokai 3’s unlockable difficulty modes such as Z3. Still, I need to pick this up! The Budokai series was awesome. I had all of them (PSP entries included) except Infinite World.
I recently beat the game and while I don't outright loathe it, I just didn't have much fun with it either. The game makes 2 steps forward from Budokai 3 while also two steps back. I really disliked the lack of a proper tutorial since it made me confused on how to play the game effectively. I looked up google and videos and none of the stuff I found really helped me. The story mode on paper is better than Budokai 3 I will admit and most of the mini games are surprisingly skippable too. My big issue with the game is the AI, and while I get that it's challenging but partner that with the lack of a proper tutorial for this game with that and I was having a miserable time. Some aspects of the story mode just baffle me like how everyone you fight has way more health than you do even at points in the story where the character you are playing as is way stronger. I also don't like the way ultimate moves are handled since in Budokai 3 you had to go into hyper mode, and risk getting fatigued if you miss the attack while in IW especially if your character can regen more than 4 bars of energy, they can do their ultimates like crazy. Your opponents in the story mode loves to spam it too. The final boss with Omega Shenron was kind of funny in that I kept spamming my ultimate due SSJ4 Gogeta not having a Ki meter. I also wasn't big on aura mode and find it useless a lot of the time since your overly aggresive opponents can gets so many hits in while using it. I can't find any use for it for the life of me. I am glad Dragon Rush is gone but instead they replaced it with something that I couldn't find much use out of since it felt like my defense and offense was barely going up. Maybe this wasn't explained well or the AI being overly aggressive just made me hesistant of using it. Lack of beam struggles I thought wouldn't bother me but it just made fights feel less dynamic to me. I wanted to like this game but it just feels weird to me.
I like the funny edits in this video, and your review was great as always. Actually never noticed that lack of a beam struggle system lol. I played this very late, after the whole battle of z debacle and also believe it is underrated. Cant wait for the Burst limit vid.
Infinite World was way better than Burst Limit. I bought both games when they came out. I definitely play Infinite World more than Burst Limit. Hell, even the PSP Budokai games were better than Burst Limit.
Now I have to find a PS2 and a copy of this game. Budokai tm3 is one of my favorite db games. FighterZ is really good too. Haven't gotten around to play kakarot yet.
I remember playing this and wondering why it was kicking my ass so hard lol. This was a fun trip down memory lane, extra points for the Danganronpa music
Binging these DBZ reviews. The more I watch you the more I notice you're cute and adorable. I love the editing and presentation in the videos, I love the research and passion behind your opinions and retrospective. Keep it up! You're inspiring and a joy to watch
dude i remember my first ever YT video i posted was when i finally beat omega shenron at the end of the game. took so many tears and tantrum but damn it was worth it ! Thanks for the amazing review. - Revive
Recently I've been revisiting Budokai 3 and also playing IW for the first time (back then I didn't even know this exist) and as much as I dislike Dragon Rush... I think I still prefer Budokai 3. I won't lie the difficulty matters, but still there are bigger issues for me. I don't like the minigames, I don't like the structure of the story mode, and just the general presentation and style I guess, IW doesn't click for me like Budokai 3 does. Still a good game, I probably would've played it back then if I knew about it.
I finally picked this game up, didn't even know it existed til recently and budokai 3 is my favorite game. It was just bad release time sadly. I watched this because the ai was beating my ass on normal and I had to find out if I was just washed. Thanks for confirming the ai is ruthless. Great video ❤️
Wow I can't believe I never played this one, yeah by 2008 I already have moved on from the PS2, what a shame! but thanks for bring it to my attention, I will totally play this one in the future and get high on some Budokai nostalgia (even if it's not called Budokai 4 lol)
It came out my junior year of high school and I already beat Tenkaichi 3 (I had the first 2 Tenkaichi's, Budokai 3 and the first 2 Budokai's my brothers always thought I was wasting money and time lol) and once I saw it I pre-ordered it as soon as it was announced. I only got it because it was new but my God was it difficult. It was fun for what it was but I honestly didn't enjoy it like the others now looking back at it as a 32 year old. I'd definitely enjoy it now. Hell, I'd probably enjoy it more than the others. Nowadays I'm mainly enjoying Fighterz but even that's kinda limited.
I think if Budokai 3 had been delayed, they would've had the GT characters Infinite World got since the game did have alot of Dragon Universe storylines cut from the game as well. Every character in the game was gonna have a what-if? The files for them can be played by putting a PS2 disk of the game into a PC or laptop and accessing the files.
great analysis! I'm inclined to completely agree, with the one exception of the scaling being removed. I enjoyed manually levelling the skills in B3 - the capsule version of "B4" was unrewarding, impersonal and limiting. Budokai 3 remains my top DB game.
omg I learned so much from you today! I didn't know budokai tenkaichi wasn't an official Budokai game!!! And this game flew under my radar completely, so thanks for the in-depth review! gonna watch your Budokai restrospective next, love your use of references so far, like DBZ:A
I feel like Shin Budokai 1 and 2 for the psp were experiments to see if the newer fighting mechanics were good or not. And seeing that those games did really well, they went on ahead with Infinite World. Even it was for players who didn't have access to Burst Limit, it's more like a fully realized version of the psp games and budokai 3 than a burst limit substitute. The only thing that stopped IW from being truly great were the lack of beam struggles.
My favorite part is that characters combo are unique and fun to see instead of being re-used assets from other characters, the reason I'll always prefer it over the other budokai games
Love this game, use to mod it all the time by swaping 3D Models from Budokai 1/3 to IW to get a full set and doing some edits like making Pan SSJ over Teen Gohan.
you have a way with your editing of making my jaw hit the floor and get pumped in the first few seconds. Love that i stumbled onto this channel! And show the world its not weird for us girls to like DBZ im so tired of the looks i get from my friends DX
I couldn't find a working rom for Budokai 3 so I started playing this and tbh it's a lot better than I remember. I actually had this game when I was young and I didn't like it. Nowadays I'm loving it. We get to run across snake way
I recently started playing through the game and you definitely aren't kidding about that difficulty. What makes it even worse is that i didnt know about buying capsules from the shop to improve your characters so for the first 2 sagas of the story mode i went through it on hard with no improvements to skills, health, or damage 🤣
Haha that Intro is so me. I had no idea about this game, and felt slighted by the Tenkaichi series, didn't really have much interested in them after the first Tenkaichi, it wasn't what I wanted, a 3D Fighter, well it was too 3D lol. I recently bought a used copy on Amazon, and having a blast with Infinite World for sure, wish I would've played this when it came out though.
This video was brought to me by the algorithm! Shockingly. I’m sure people get annoyed with comments that say stuff like that. Sorry. But the way the algorithm works it really is worth saying it.
Same here, best of all I missed this game back in the day, and I can't believe it since I'm a huge fan of the Budokai series! I'm glad this video was recommended to me.
Yeah, It's really hard, but I finally beat it! SO damn HAPPY! The day while I am a kid with this game is a very good time, I really want to go back and play again so much
I didn't like infinite world much since they changed the gameplay so much from budokai 3 and took away beam struggles which was my favorite part of any dragon ball game. The return to minigames in the story mode was nice though. Great video.
Very stellar review! I love your reviews of the Budokai franchise and the Tenkaichi franchise, have you considered checking out the game Sagas? It's not as positively remembered but it is a rare DBZ game to have a Co-Op story mode, a rare game to include one-arm Future Gohan, a pretty nice music soundtrack, not to mention it's the only Gamecube game to have Bardock and Broly (plus the only original X-Box DBZ game).
@@HiddenChannel Looking forward! Sagas is... undoubtedly a unique game if nothing else hehe, in my opinion the game is at its best experience if playing the story mode on Co-Op setting with someone.
In their defense Gokus infatuation with the dragon ball is cause it’s the 4 star dragon ball that grandpa gohan gave him when he was a kid (Dragon ball) and then he eventually passes it down to gohan to wear on his hat. That’s why you see the look of recognition before he hugs it, cause it reminds him of grandpa gohan lol. They definitely knew their history lol
He also eats it, dont forget that part. Just like right in front everyone as a super sayin 4, it’s not just sentimental, Gokus been fiending to eat it for years
@@domarealssppg9963 Why did reading this make me laugh💀💀
The thought of him fiending for a ball
@@HeavenlyDemon_Jugo
Just like mom...
bro i was gonna say that before i saw your comment! nice work!
@@domarealssppg9963that wasn’t in this game is was in DBGT but it still made me laugh
The best Budokai game, sadly underrated, Dragon Rush can burn in hell in Budokai 3
I hate trying to pull off final flash or instant transmission kamehameha in Budokai 3
Just underappreciated I guess.
I loved Budokai 2-3 and didn't even know Infinite World existed
@@yipperdeyip play it. it’s so much better
@@jamaaldagreatest2748 some people actually say no beam struggle
They removed Dragon Rush only to introduce Burst Mode, which is basicly Hyper Mode without any of its drawbacks and all the benefits.
Don't like the CPU abusing Dragon Rush? Well, it spams teleports now!
It's sad how underrated this game is, truly a hidden gem. Great video
4:52 note on that, In Budokai 3, you can teleport behind someone without knocking them away by holding down guard. However in this game, you hold back on the dpad to do the same. Pressing forward and guard will do the knock away thing.
Genuinely never knew that lol
@@HiddenChannel same lol
Back in high-school I played budokai 3 with my best friend *a lot*. Our fights sometimes reminded of us of actual anime fight scenes because we had both practically mastered the systems at the time. It was a lot of fun.
@@chrisj320ac3 me and my brothers we’re/still the same🤣🤣
@@HiddenChannel Same
This game was underrated imo
It still is unfortunately. Nobody played it back then
Aside from no beam struggles, no tournament, and the weird hyper mode, what really saddened me about this game was the lack of a deeper roster. I wish they added cut characters like Android #19, Dodoria, Zarbon, Cui or even added some new ones like some other members of the Ginyu Force. IW does a lot right, but does feel like a Street Fighter style update.
At the very least they should of have all of the characters that had appeared in the previous budokai games.
@@HiddenChannel From Budokai 1 Zarbon, Dodoria, and #19. From Budokai 3 DB Kid Goku, Cell Jr., Supreme Kai (with his Kabitoshin Potara merging), and Uub. From Budokai 2 the "What If?" Fusions/Absorptions.
Speaking of cut Characters, in budokai 3. The ones you mentioned (except cui) and even the ginyu force were originally gonna be in the roster but it was cut for unknown reason, there is still proof of there existence in there game files and oddly enough, bulma was there too
@@mattb6369 I was kinda mad Kid Goku was cut for GT Goku because Kid Goku was my main in Budokai 3 so I had to learn GT Goku.
The lack of the roster? It had more characters than Budokai 3
dam okay. I never knew this game wasn't just a copy and paste job of budokai 3 like others have said. So glad to take a deeper dive into this mysterious game
As a kid the Shin Budokai games prepared me alot for this since the combat is the same along with the added movement options. Infinite World was one of my favorites when I got it, and the added story and mini games kept my attention
This dropped at the perfect time as I was debating whether emulating budokai 3 for the sixtieth time or trying infinite world for the first time 🤔
try infinite world
I play both on my phone, infinite World is worth the try.
Can confirm: Infinite World is much better. Sure, there's no beam clash or tournament, but there's also new mechanics to speed up the fight, better AI, a more varied story mode and an endgame mode where you fight different characters in a high level of difficulty. Mind you, it's a very challenging game.
@@HydrationIsMeI also play them on my phone and having so much fun
I love how you are willing to change your mind, even halfway through a video! Great stuff as always!
Teleporting without instantly pushing your opponent away was also present in Budokai 3. You just need keep holding the guard button and it stops the kick/punch.
I found out about this game in a magazine,I enjoyed it for what it was but I wish the level up system and the world tournament mode were included. The game overall seems like a combination of all 3 Budokais,it has the 1st's cutscenes,the 2nd's boardgame and the 3rd's graphics/gameplay with a smidge of Shin Budokai blended in.
It had a larger roster than 3 as well as more moves and less limitations, the punch kick combo’s were also slightly different and it played in real time rather than had the delay Budokai 3 always had when a fight became intense, infinite world should be viewed as a true fighter game made to use to play with your friends, and although B3 had that, it had it’s faults, but in terms of an interactive story, B3 for sure takes the cake
2:59 the reason is because it's gohan's 4 star ball. It'll always have a place in goku's heart.
It was just a joke
This game is forever tied to the experience of both my lungs collapsing in high school. I was in the recovery unit for so long that I ordered this game, it got delivered, and I beat it all while still in the hospital waiting for my lungs to get better.
Soldier
How are you now?
@@iUsedToBeAMusician Doing a lot better in general, honestly. Good career and home life now. I took up singing/rapping to go along with the breathing exercises, even competed in Oddwin’s Rap Contest lol
But I mainly cover and translate anime intros to practice my breath control. :-)
Glad you're still here with us, fellow gamer!
I remember discovering the game at a local store back when I was still a kid. I never upgraded to a PS3 so I was really happy about this game. The best part about it was that if my friend was losing, he wasn't able to press select and start simultaniously to go all the way back to the main menu of the game.
Cool channel btw, the Budokai and Budokai Tenkaichi games are still my all-time favorites to this day and I'll always go back to playing them during the christmas season (That's when I first got Budokai 3)
For every good thing it did in comparison to Budokai 3 it fucked something up. They got rid of the crappy dragon rush cut aways but also took away tournament mode. They fixed the capsule system so you don't have to devote multiple slots for multiple transformations (Freeza couldn't use his spaceship revival and his ultimate thanks to having to give up so many slots), but added made the fatigue system annoyingly swingy. We got cutscenes but also crappy mandatory minigames. We got new characters and lost others.
It's a worthy game but not some grand evolution to the series as much as it is a list of trade offs. Whether or not it's worth it has to do with what you like most about 3 I suppose. I still feel it plays a bit better thanks to the loss of the luck sacky dragon rush, and I prefer the roster here so I would probably more often choose to play Infinite World over Budokai 3.
for some reason Infinite World also removed beam struggles which were a really good mechanic.
The most underrated title in the Budokai series.
I'd actually been looking for this exact type of video for years and I think you're the first person to ever actually cover it. I always knew Infinite World existed and had some differences from Budokai 3 (namely cutscenes, mini-games and new characters) but could never find an actual extensive comparison between the two until now. All in all I do feel like I missed out on never getting to play this one, but at the same time I do kind of get why it was seen as a 'lesser' entry.
I wish I could play this game my biigest issue with budokai is some characters not having ultimate attacks, especially Mecha Freeza since you can't equip death ball with Freeza's spaceship it's very annoying and I'm very happy infinite world fixed this issue
Y'know, while this review covered quite well the general aspects of IW as any other DBZ game, it kinda missed the new important changes for gameplay.
How fatigue can be exploited, how Aura Burning can be used, how combos and combo routes have changes, how RTFs influenced the meta and why Super Armor basically dominated PvP.
These are some of the most insightful and honest reviews about DBZ on the internet
Despite all the DBZ games that have come out over the years, BT1 has the most badass and authentic Intro of all of DBZ games of the Franchise. BT2 and BT3 in my opinion still remains the most Unique and the best DBZ games in terms of content, quality and fanservices. And from the gameplay perspective aspects, these DBZ games that I mentioned are very close to the anime itself because of the Vibe and Charm, I don't know how to describe it but it was, and still is the most Unique DBZ experience you could have with the combat factor. (- Sheer amount de of characters
- Transformations mid-battle (powering up and down)
- Fusions mid-battle
- Fast gameplay that has that "woah" feel
- Tons of extra content
- Story mode covering all sagas + movies
- What If sagas
- Shenron having permanent impact on game (character unlocks and whatnot)
- Great tournaments that rotate availability
- Edit characters with items (buffs)
- 5v5 battles
- Really Great and Epic Soundtracks
- Destroyable environments
- Entire stages could be blown up into their "destroyed" alternatives
- Mission 100 being a great challenge
- Artwork is 10/10
- Sound effects are great
- Combat feels heavy and satisfying) Only Budokai 3, Infinite World, Raging Blast 1 and 2 and PSP DBZ games are still considered also very solid DBZ games, also the hidden gem that a lot of DBZ fans missed from PS2 Era of DBZ games is "Super Dragon Ball Z" which is also a real Unique and DBZ game, especially for the different gameplay aspects perspective. ✌☯️
I first played Infinite World when I got my new phone back in December and I must say I really enjoyed it.
I wouldn't say it's entirely better than Budokai 3, I just switch between the two.
Beam struggles should have stayed and there should be downsides to the burst mode.
Aura Burn should've been required for ultimates and deplete when using ults (whether or not u connect).
Actually aura burn is really exploitable. If you use the dash (only in this game) which does not require energy (like in the psp versions), you can easily run away and watch the enemy just waste all their energy. Once my brothers and I got to a really high level in this game, we stopped using aura burst altogether because it was just a waste of energy if your opponent was smart enough to avoid it.
Also bd3 had dragon rush and a lot of the characters were just copies of one another. Almost every character got reworked with new combos and animations in this game; like android 17 in this game is absurdly unique but in bd3 he feels the same as he did in bd1 (a basic vegeta clone).
I actually never knew this game existed which is weird cause I always used to here people go on about "When are we going to get budokai 4?" I guess this one went under the radar for a lot of people.
Just want to say thank you for covering a lot of these games. It's interesting to hear your own personal experience with them as well as the review which is always entertaining :)
Thanks Agro!
I had no idea that this game was pretty much Budokai 4 until playing it. It just got no exposure.
2:57 fun facts, goku is happy with that ball because that was the same dragon ball his earth dad left him b4 he died
Infinite World is the best Budokai game if we are talking about competittive aspect, but as a overall game because is more a complete package Budokai 3 take the win.
I love Infinite World the most because is a much better game since i was into the competitive aspect and was the one being use for tournaments
I bought infinite world couple years ago and played it for the first time because I heard it was apart of the Budokai series (fav games ever). Man what a awesome gem! Budokai 3 to me is the greatest DB game of all time but Infinite world isn't far behind.
I loved Infinite World for it's mini games. But it was a weird case because it came after Burst Limit. It was just odd.
Ts still a underrated game, and US Cover is iconic
You’re editing is pretty good it had me laughing sometimes especially the egoraptor sound clip 🤣
Thanks 😅
This game was slept on big time.
Also that silent hill music is making me cry nostalgia tears.
Gotta love Laura's theme
You're channel is really growing. Congrats.
Thanks!
I remember choosing Burst Limit for my PS3 over this game back in the day too!
Still kicking myself over it though, as much as I enjoyed Burst Limit (the theme song and OST was just *chefs kiss*) when I found out it stopped at the Cell Saga I felt so goddamn robbed and sad hahaha!
I'm very happy emulation exists so that I can enjoy this game nowadays!
Great review as always Hidden, keep up the good work!
Fine, you convinced me, I'll replay this game
Infinite world was always my favorite of the budokai games as a kid.
I remember seeing this game at stores but not even not knowing what it actually was or just seeing it in places and just being confused. I hear great things about it, and I will give the game credit for having an actual story mode over Budokai 3.
Infinite World would have been the best DBZ game ever if they had a good story mode, not removed characters, added bit more characters, but most important they should added the dodging mechanic from Shin Budokai Another Road.
you randomly came on my reccomended and now ive been watching all these great videos.
You had me at the obscure DBZ game, you got a sub for the well timed ren and stimpy joke. Keep up the good work!
This was my first Dragon Ball game, and I will always look back on it fondly. Even thought it took me SO... LONG... to beat 100% Frieza the first time
I played the PSP game "Shin Budokai 2: Another Road, before I played this back in the day. I barely remember both of them, but I remember thinking that Infinite World felt a lot like a Shin Budokai game brought to a bigger console. I could have faulty memory here, but I think the aura dash, the fatigue system, and the more "casual" ultimates (As opposed to the cinematic ones) all stemmed from the Shin Budokai games.
When playing this game I found the best way to earn zeni is to play fighters road as kid buu or teen gohan and set the difficulty to Z. As kid buu just charge your ki go into hyper mode and spam his human extinction attack. As teen gohan fill your opponent’s fatigue gauge while your ki is maxed then go into hyper mode and spam his ult over and over. It’ll fill your opponent’s fatigue all over again and you can just spam his ult again since his ult doesn’t go into a attack/defense mini game
Actually, the more easier one has to be doing the Mr Satan level where you have to lose against him.
The use of the intense, eerie Sileny Hill theme clashes so fucking hard with the DBZ Infinite World footage and I honestly laughed so hard that I had to drop a comment. Love your content, btw.
I remember i still kept my playstation 2 when this came out but i did not play this game as much as budokai 3 i hated that they took out world tournament mode and it always bothered me that a bar in the health bar fills up and you have to mash to get out of stunned that was a dumb thing to add to the game. Budokai 3 gameplay was great. Also even tho budokai 3 story was not big i loved finding the secrets. Once i beat dbz infinite world i did not want to replay since the story mode was just z to gt. I find dbz infinite world just pretty good like a 7/10 and i played the shin budokai games i enjoyed those a lot even those psp games had more content but thats just me.
I been binging to your vids about a week so far. I love em!
Glad you like them!
Awesome video, I'm very nostalgic for old dragon ball games so this was fun. Such an integral part of my childhood. I liked your editing and your voice too (:
Wahey! Been looking forward to this! 😁👍
Can't wait to die of nostalgia when the Kingdom Hearts vid gets made 😍
Thank you. I initially wrote off Infinite World but after your review I’m intrigued. Though, I would have gladly taken a 4th entry with the same exact mechanics as 3 with no story mode if it expanded the character roster.
I remember not sticking to Infinite World for very long as I did with Budokai 3. I think it's partly due to no grinding.
In B3, I remember spending hours grinding for characters' stats, zeni to buy capsules, getting everyone's Breakthrough capsule via Dragon Balls, and lastly, exploring Dragon Universe.
I’ve been waiting for this since I subscribed to your channel for budokai videos
As a kid i spent so many hours playing this game that , believe it or not, i became so good that even Z difficulty (the hardest as far as I remember) felt easy to me.I completed all those challenge mode maps on z difficulty using Hercule. Man this game was so fun, definitely my fav DBZ game ever.
wish they would bring the dragon ball games to ps5 like Budokai and the others right now i am trying to get all of the games for my ps2 still working on that now
My brother got this game for his ps2 back in the day. I had no idea until recent years that it was a rare game, since many have not purchased it
I can’t imagine it’s more difficult than Budokai 3’s unlockable difficulty modes such as Z3. Still, I need to pick this up! The Budokai series was awesome. I had all of them (PSP entries included) except Infinite World.
Up until God of War for PS4 came out, this was my favourite game for almost 10 years
I recently beat the game and while I don't outright loathe it, I just didn't have much fun with it either. The game makes 2 steps forward from Budokai 3 while also two steps back. I really disliked the lack of a proper tutorial since it made me confused on how to play the game effectively. I looked up google and videos and none of the stuff I found really helped me.
The story mode on paper is better than Budokai 3 I will admit and most of the mini games are surprisingly skippable too. My big issue with the game is the AI, and while I get that it's challenging but partner that with the lack of a proper tutorial for this game with that and I was having a miserable time. Some aspects of the story mode just baffle me like how everyone you fight has way more health than you do even at points in the story where the character you are playing as is way stronger. I also don't like the way ultimate moves are handled since in Budokai 3 you had to go into hyper mode, and risk getting fatigued if you miss the attack while in IW especially if your character can regen more than 4 bars of energy, they can do their ultimates like crazy. Your opponents in the story mode loves to spam it too. The final boss with Omega Shenron was kind of funny in that I kept spamming my ultimate due SSJ4 Gogeta not having a Ki meter.
I also wasn't big on aura mode and find it useless a lot of the time since your overly aggresive opponents can gets so many hits in while using it. I can't find any use for it for the life of me. I am glad Dragon Rush is gone but instead they replaced it with something that I couldn't find much use out of since it felt like my defense and offense was barely going up. Maybe this wasn't explained well or the AI being overly aggressive just made me hesistant of using it.
Lack of beam struggles I thought wouldn't bother me but it just made fights feel less dynamic to me.
I wanted to like this game but it just feels weird to me.
This game got the battle of z treatmeant which isnt fair in my opinion
I like the funny edits in this video, and your review was great as always. Actually never noticed that lack of a beam struggle system lol. I played this very late, after the whole battle of z debacle and also believe it is underrated. Cant wait for the Burst limit vid.
Infinite World was way better than Burst Limit. I bought both games when they came out. I definitely play Infinite World more than Burst Limit. Hell, even the PSP Budokai games were better than Burst Limit.
Now I have to find a PS2 and a copy of this game. Budokai tm3 is one of my favorite db games. FighterZ is really good too. Haven't gotten around to play kakarot yet.
I was just playing this last week 😆 will you be touching on burst limit in the future? Technically it’s budokai 5 lol
At some point I will do a video on Burst Limit, not sure when though.
Burst limit is like shin budokai 3 lol
@@HiddenChannel do it nowwwww! It has THE best funimation dub voice acting
@@Oiinchi exactly lmao
With budokai 1 characters
I remember playing this and wondering why it was kicking my ass so hard lol. This was a fun trip down memory lane, extra points for the Danganronpa music
Binging these DBZ reviews. The more I watch you the more I notice you're cute and adorable. I love the editing and presentation in the videos, I love the research and passion behind your opinions and retrospective. Keep it up! You're inspiring and a joy to watch
That is very sweet of you, thank you :D
It was great to see what this game was about. I didn’t play it much due to not actually owning it. Btw love the music used in this vid 👍🏾
Glad you enjoyed!
This is the true successor of the budokai 3, I couldn’t finish budokai 3 it was just too much however I had so much fun playing inifinite world
dude i remember my first ever YT video i posted was when i finally beat omega shenron at the end of the game. took so many tears and tantrum but damn it was worth it ! Thanks for the amazing review. - Revive
Recently I've been revisiting Budokai 3 and also playing IW for the first time (back then I didn't even know this exist) and as much as I dislike Dragon Rush... I think I still prefer Budokai 3. I won't lie the difficulty matters, but still there are bigger issues for me. I don't like the minigames, I don't like the structure of the story mode, and just the general presentation and style I guess, IW doesn't click for me like Budokai 3 does. Still a good game, I probably would've played it back then if I knew about it.
I loved this game. Don't know why many people dislike it. Its underrated in my opinion.
ah yes, my favorite DBZ game of all time.
I finally picked this game up, didn't even know it existed til recently and budokai 3 is my favorite game. It was just bad release time sadly. I watched this because the ai was beating my ass on normal and I had to find out if I was just washed. Thanks for confirming the ai is ruthless. Great video ❤️
Wow I can't believe I never played this one, yeah by 2008 I already have moved on from the PS2, what a shame! but thanks for bring it to my attention, I will totally play this one in the future and get high on some Budokai nostalgia (even if it's not called Budokai 4 lol)
It came out my junior year of high school and I already beat Tenkaichi 3 (I had the first 2 Tenkaichi's, Budokai 3 and the first 2 Budokai's my brothers always thought I was wasting money and time lol) and once I saw it I pre-ordered it as soon as it was announced. I only got it because it was new but my God was it difficult. It was fun for what it was but I honestly didn't enjoy it like the others now looking back at it as a 32 year old. I'd definitely enjoy it now. Hell, I'd probably enjoy it more than the others. Nowadays I'm mainly enjoying Fighterz but even that's kinda limited.
I think if Budokai 3 had been delayed, they would've had the GT characters Infinite World got since the game did have alot of Dragon Universe storylines cut from the game as well. Every character in the game was gonna have a what-if? The files for them can be played by putting a PS2 disk of the game into a PC or laptop and accessing the files.
Definitely a title a lot of DBZ fans slept on, myself included. You've given me the itch to go get a refurbished PS2 and give it a try.
After watching your Dbz videos you have earned a sub. I love your content so far and hope nothing but the best for you.
Thank you :D
@@HiddenChannel thank you for make amazing content
great analysis! I'm inclined to completely agree, with the one exception of the scaling being removed. I enjoyed manually levelling the skills in B3 - the capsule version of "B4" was unrewarding, impersonal and limiting. Budokai 3 remains my top DB game.
I also miss Burst Limit.
Great video. Budokai 3 is my favorite DB game, and infinite world does a good job being a Budokai 3.5
Now Budokai Tenkaichi 4 is officially real
omg I learned so much from you today! I didn't know budokai tenkaichi wasn't an official Budokai game!!! And this game flew under my radar completely, so thanks for the in-depth review!
gonna watch your Budokai restrospective next, love your use of references so far, like DBZ:A
Budokai Tenkaichi 4 is REAL!!!! Let’s go!!!
I feel like Shin Budokai 1 and 2 for the psp were experiments to see if the newer fighting mechanics were good or not. And seeing that those games did really well, they went on ahead with Infinite World. Even it was for players who didn't have access to Burst Limit, it's more like a fully realized version of the psp games and budokai 3 than a burst limit substitute.
The only thing that stopped IW from being truly great were the lack of beam struggles.
My favorite part is that characters combo are unique and fun to see instead of being re-used assets from other characters, the reason I'll always prefer it over the other budokai games
Love this game, use to mod it all the time by swaping 3D Models from Budokai 1/3 to IW to get a full set and doing some edits like making Pan SSJ over Teen Gohan.
I wanna use goku's jacket from budokai 1 in infinite world so bad. How did you swap models?
Just streamed this game. One of my favorite DB games
you have a way with your editing of making my jaw hit the floor and get pumped in the first few seconds. Love that i stumbled onto this channel! And show the world its not weird for us girls to like DBZ im so tired of the looks i get from my friends DX
When Goku pulled out the gun, I literally pictured him saying “Nah, Fuck that”
1:58 Yes. It tricked me also to the same
thinking as a kid
I couldn't find a working rom for Budokai 3 so I started playing this and tbh it's a lot better than I remember. I actually had this game when I was young and I didn't like it. Nowadays I'm loving it. We get to run across snake way
This is where the dragon ball caddass series in Japan took off with arcade machines.
I'm shocked to learn that the DBZ bodukai Tenkiichi series isnt a sequel
I wish so much that Raging Blast 2 looked like this.
Thank you for the awesome content!
I still have my old PS2 and this, and I love it.
The shooting mini games were the bane of my existence, especially when you get to tien's
I recently started playing through the game and you definitely aren't kidding about that difficulty. What makes it even worse is that i didnt know about buying capsules from the shop to improve your characters so for the first 2 sagas of the story mode i went through it on hard with no improvements to skills, health, or damage 🤣
Haha that Intro is so me. I had no idea about this game, and felt slighted by the Tenkaichi series, didn't really have much interested in them after the first Tenkaichi, it wasn't what I wanted, a 3D Fighter, well it was too 3D lol.
I recently bought a used copy on Amazon, and having a blast with Infinite World for sure, wish I would've played this when it came out though.
The game was advertised as a budokai game back in the day. The back of the box even said “the best of the budokais”.
This video was brought to me by the algorithm! Shockingly.
I’m sure people get annoyed with comments that say stuff like that. Sorry. But the way the algorithm works it really is worth saying it.
Same here, best of all I missed this game back in the day, and I can't believe it since I'm a huge fan of the Budokai series! I'm glad this video was recommended to me.
Hard is putting lightly. This game was downright brutal but im glad it aged so well.
Yeah, It's really hard, but I finally beat it! SO damn HAPPY! The day while I am a kid with this game is a very good time, I really want to go back and play again so much
I didn't like infinite world much since they changed the gameplay so much from budokai 3 and took away beam struggles which was my favorite part of any dragon ball game. The return to minigames in the story mode was nice though. Great video.
After watching your video
I am considering playing this game soon
Very stellar review! I love your reviews of the Budokai franchise and the Tenkaichi franchise, have you considered checking out the game Sagas? It's not as positively remembered but it is a rare DBZ game to have a Co-Op story mode, a rare game to include one-arm Future Gohan, a pretty nice music soundtrack, not to mention it's the only Gamecube game to have Bardock and Broly (plus the only original X-Box DBZ game).
I might do a video on Sagas, I always hate that game as a kid lol
@@HiddenChannel Looking forward! Sagas is... undoubtedly a unique game if nothing else hehe, in my opinion the game is at its best experience if playing the story mode on Co-Op setting with someone.