It doesnt fulfill the expectations
Ok, so lets talk about some of the new features in the game.
The first good thing you're going to notice are the good graphics that have really been pushed to their limits, it really can't get any better on the ps2. Also the gameplay is a lot more explosive than in the previous games, you can really feel the power thats behind those punches, kicks and energy blasts. There seem to be elements brought to BT3 from Budokai 3 and Shin Budokai, luckily the good elements. The new battle stages give very good opportunities to live through a lot of favourite battles. Some of the moves for the old characters have been updated, so thats something new.
That was all the good i could squeeze out of the game, but here come the negative sides. The story mode is completely different from the previous games, but sadly not in a good way. Instead of many single battles you only have to fight 1-4 but those battles include multiple enemies. Now the bad things with the new system are that first there are only 1-4 battles in a saga, but the thing is that they dont cover almost any of the story mode, let me give an example, in the frieza saga first you had to fight the ginyu force with goku, then you had to fight the z-fighters with frieza(yes, you actually sometimes get to fight as the villain), then fight frieza with goku, and then again as a super saiyan, and thats all...the entire frieza saga, about 70% of the story mode is just skipped. Some people like short, but honest to god thats a little bit too short! There are story lines running on the screen while you fight, but sometimes your just too caught up in a fight to listen to it. I dont know who thought it would be a good idea to lose the lock on, but it was the worst decision, beacause now its just doesnt work as good as its supposed to, and example: when your higher than you opponent and start dashing thorwards him, then you'll pass him, wich is very irritating. The music is still the same cheesy rock, despite of the two pages of pleading in the forums there is still not one song from the original soundtrack.
Well that about says it, you deside on these facts if the game is worth buying or not.