SONY ps2 Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 v 3? Opinions please!?

Kay loversssbasically I've been wanting to purchase Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 on Playstation 2 for a fair while. I have not played it yet but from what I've seen in reviews etc it looks fantastic! my problem is that in South Australia, I think i've laid eyes on about 3 copies of the game ever. and when I do see i the cheapest I've noticed it to be is like $80 +But more so frequently... I see Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for $20-$30 and I HAVE played thatSO please those of you with pre-game experience;;; Please gimme pros/cons of both and whatever you personally recommend!Cheers RomU!!

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Closing comments
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is far from being a failure of a game. When looking at the core gameplay, and ignoring the titles before it, BT3 is a fast, fun, and amazingly deep experience for fans of the award-winning anime. There are more characters here than in any other fighter out there (161 total), with a huge story, impressive library of information and extras for each of the fighters in the game, and as much fan service as there is actual gameplay throughout. After so many iterations of the same design, however, we’ll admit the series is starting to lose steam, and while newcomers to DBZ fighters or loyal fans may swear the contrary, we couldn’t shake the overwhelming “been there, done that” feel. The main story mode is thinner, the modes gained from PS2 disc fusion could have simply been included on both PS2 and Wii without the need for previous purchases, and the online for Wii is currently broken. Yes, the core fighting experience is better, and with nearly 200 fighters there’s a ton to see and do in BT3.With such a mix of positives and negatives overall though, it’s hard to recommend Tenkaichi 3 for purchase when you could just as easily pick up BT2 for a fraction of the price, or skip a year and wait for the inevitable sequel to come along. Should online play be fixed, however, or if you’re looking for the single largest roster of fighters out there in an experience that’s astonishingly true to the anime, Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is still a great choice. A word to the wise though: There’s always another DBZ game on the way.

The single player experience is better in 2 due to the more cinematic story, but in 3 there is more variety in the characters special attacks and the characters are more balanced. So for single player 2 is better but for multiplayer 3 is.

I love The 3rd one than the 2nd...

any Dragon Ball Z budokai, AFTER Dragon Ball Z budokai, sucks.

i liked the second one better. there the same really cept the 3rd one has like 150 characters and the 2nd 120.
but single player is better in the 2nd cause its got the free roam thing.
havent played it all the way but can you do side mission in between the main story?
aww i wanna play budokai now. shame i got rid of it

dbz bt3 has better story and better special effects more moves to do and more characters but it lacks in character customizeation and thats where bt2 shines