Dragon Ball: Xenoverse

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  1. thepatient613
    Feb 16, 2016
    5
    The first game in any of the Dragon Ball series that I just can't finish. It's got a good rating because fanboys are all on it. If I wanted to play the same thing for the 50th time I would just play any other DBZ game. The only interesting part about it is not the game itself but the brand new storyline which I admit is the only thing that keeps me going back to finish it despite how muchThe first game in any of the Dragon Ball series that I just can't finish. It's got a good rating because fanboys are all on it. If I wanted to play the same thing for the 50th time I would just play any other DBZ game. The only interesting part about it is not the game itself but the brand new storyline which I admit is the only thing that keeps me going back to finish it despite how much I find the actual gameplay boring. If that's not enough the game is about 3 times the price it should be because they know people will fall in line like sheep and still buy the heck out of it.… Expand
  2. Unurautare
    Mar 4, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Things this games misses to make it great:
    1) the design of the game for PC needs to be more streamline:
    -faster movement between areas
    -better control when moving and not fighting(to pick up objects even faster and easier)
    -more compact size of areas
    -removal of NPCs that do nothing useful or make them do something useful(like challenging them to battles)
    2) the battle mechanics need to be change for the PC version, they either need to be similar to KOTOR or be more "automated";
    3) the storyline needs more unique things
    4) increased race specialization and unique race story/tutorial and endings
    5) optimization and simplification of the shop and customization menus(I want to instantly know which ability is better and quicky move between what I need)
    6) transformation for all races while humans remain with kaio-ken as race specific

    Only big fans of Dragonball will find this game better than 5/10 or 6/10, but for average people I don't think it's good enough.    … Expand
  3. Dokkodo
    Mar 2, 2015
    6
    The combat is a little too simple considering how many similar DBZ games have already been made. It should be more evolved, not feeling stagnant.

    However the game is a ton of fun. New DB content, it isn't the greatest content, but it is new DB content. The character customization is pretty cool, I made a semi-accurate Chrono from Chrono Trigger so that made me happy. The hair is a    The combat is a little too simple considering how many similar DBZ games have already been made. It should be more evolved, not feeling stagnant.

    However the game is a ton of fun. New DB content, it isn't the greatest content, but it is new DB content. The character customization is pretty cool, I made a semi-accurate Chrono from Chrono Trigger so that made me happy. The hair is a little off, but I'll live.

    Took me 3 days of heavy play to complete all the content, for a fighting game that is pretty significant.

    A lot of stuff in the game are good ideas that are poorly implemented, like Tokitoki City. The hub city that you get everything from, it is only 3 small sections and could easily be one big section and in it you can't dash or fly, that is lame. The masters randomly spawn making it a pain to find them, but the idea of masters is cool.

    The game has a lot of bad super obvious grammatical errors in the subtitles, also subs that don't match the words. I noticed in the ending credits the entire QA team was Indian, I am gonna assume that is why they didn't catch these things. It is pretty lazy on their part.

    Some really cool battles, and some really infuriating ones. Any protect quest sucks as your AI basically runs in, does no damage, and gets owned. AI counterparts serve as nothing but meatshields, so when you have to protect a meatshield that is tedious. I do enjoy the difficult endgame quests though, fighting 3 on 1s against sets of SSJs and powered up villains.

    If the game was more polished it would be a 10, but they got lazy with a lot of the things.    … Expand
  4. Rushrush2meyayo
    Mar 14, 2015
    5
    What I didn't like:

    * You'll get carpal tunnel syndrome first before that rare? loot drops * Meeting quest requirements doesn't always count towards progression * Trying to defend yourself from 2 or more enemies at the same time leaves you with a PTSD * Fighting against enemies who barely flinch and virtually has unlimited stamina that sends you off flying one attack after the other    What I didn't like:

    * You'll get carpal tunnel syndrome first before that rare? loot drops
    * Meeting quest requirements doesn't always count towards progression
    * Trying to defend yourself from 2 or more enemies at the same time leaves you with a PTSD
    * Fighting against enemies who barely flinch and virtually has unlimited stamina that sends you off flying one attack after the other can be really annoying.
    * Supersaiyan transformation is reduced to a timed buff while AI can sustain it during scripted fights.
    * a 5 year old can play better than your AI controlled partners
    * no server support for Asia and connection instability
    * Clunky UI/Menus:
    - no way to preview clothing from the store
    - no way to compare stats of your current equipment while browsing the store
    - no proper in game text chat
    - difficult to get players in your team
    * You always have to run your way back to the quest counter after finishing one
    * You can't fly in toki toki city (lobby), but you can jump that doesn't even get you over low obstacles
    * AI entrances mid fight does a great job of breaking the pace of combat, which isn't really a good thing
    * No kii blast and melee clash system
    * The opening song for the original anime is immortal so there is no need to revive it like the awkward to listen to version used in the game.
    * Day 1 only DLC playable character SS4 Vegeta
    * Color editing is locked for most equipments and there's just not enough hair to make your character really unique
    * Keeping AI (artificial idiot?) controlled characters alive in some quests can be very frustrating

    What I liked:

    * Great visuals
    * Addictive gameplay once you get to know the mechanics better
    * Great replay value
    * Character building
    * Engaging and fun combat

    Though short comings hold it back from being the greatest dragon ball game ever, I've never had this much fun since Budokai Tenkaichi's 2 and 3. But since the game is best played with people rather than dumb AI party members, the lack of proper server support for ASIA is really game breaking, for players in Asia at least, except Japan?    … Expand
  5. Nepharos
    Mar 9, 2015
    5
    Everyone probably knows the Dragon Ball saga from some point in their childhood.
    It spawned many games over the years, however I read that you were never able to participate in the game with your own character.
    But here's what I thin of Xenoverse. [Gameplay] Although I hate fighting games in general, I bought this because of nostalgic reasons. The combat is OK, it feels right when    Everyone probably knows the Dragon Ball saga from some point in their childhood.
    It spawned many games over the years, however I read that you were never able to participate in the game with your own character.
    But here's what I thin of Xenoverse.

    [Gameplay]
    Although I hate fighting games in general, I bought this because of nostalgic reasons.
    The combat is OK, it feels right when you blast someone from the sky with a Ki blast.
    However there are some remarks to be made...

    'Guard' doesn't work, once you are stuck inside a combo or blast, there is no way you get out of there.
    Because 1. your skills won't go off (for no apparent reason) 2. you have lost all your stamina.

    When you start flying using the fast way and stop to attack someone, it takes you several seconds to stop and be able to launch an attack.

    Then there is the delay on ultra attacks, you first get an 'awesome' cut scene of your character powering up and executing the move. But 80% of the time, your enemy just teleports away!

    I don't know what happened to the servers, but every time I start my game it says the servers are not accessible. Which means multiplayer won't work! Sadly this is a great part of the game, so I hope Bandai will fix this ASAP!

    On Quick play they should add the level of the character you play in the filter. I tried multiplayer (when it actually worked) with a new character to see what would happen. I got a 2v2 fight against people with characters at least level 50, it took them 2 seconds to kill me.

    [Story]
    I have seen all Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z series, so I know the story progression from the series.
    I have to say it was a nice twist Bandai made, creating a fun story to play. And it's nice to fight besides your favourite heroes!
    However I do feel the difficulty level is kinda random. One battle is very hard, but if you make it the next will be too easy?! It felt weird.

    [Graphics]
    Graphics for combat are nice and finished, however when you watch the story cinematic and animations they really suck! The mouths don't move according to the voices (which in these days should be possible), sometimes the camera glitches during a cut scene, it's not polished at all!

    The only thing that is hateful during combat is the camera, it starts bouncing when you fight in close quarters or when you use high speed super/ultra attacks on your enemy.

    [Overall]
    For nostalgic reasons, it's a great game. The story is fun and has some weird (original) twists.
    Combat is OK and it feels good when you perform devastating attacks. However the defence feels clunky and doesn't really work that great.

    The multiplayer should be fixed ASAP, because it's a great part of the game and it has been broken 90% of the time since launch. Then they should tweak the filtering of 'quick matches' so you will end up fighting against characters your own level.

    I do not recommend this game to people who don't know Dragon Ball, because it isn't a good fighting game, nor a good MMO. End result: 5.    … Expand
  6. owenw218
    Nov 30, 2015
    7
    This game is a solid pc port, I play with a 360 controller and it's fun as hell. The 60 fps looks gorgeous and the graphics are accessible for a wide range of hardware. The voice acting isn't bad, the story is a cool series of twists that isn't just a rehashing of the past million games.

    The worst of it is, I wish that the environments were more destructible. This is DBZ, 45% of a    This game is a solid pc port, I play with a 360 controller and it's fun as hell. The 60 fps looks gorgeous and the graphics are accessible for a wide range of hardware. The voice acting isn't bad, the story is a cool series of twists that isn't just a rehashing of the past million games.

    The worst of it is, I wish that the environments were more destructible. This is DBZ, 45% of a fight usually involves destroying mountains, bodies of water and slamming fighters into the ground. There is some basic destruction, and I understand resources are limited, but it doesn't stop the game from being fun.

    I have put in around 30 hours leveling up my female saiyan, and it's been a lot of fun. The side quests to unlock abilities are a bit grindy, but it adds incentive to keep playing. Over all, it's one of the best dbz games I have ever played and while it's a bit rough around the edges, it's worth it, as this game is routinely on sale for around 30 bucks. Online coop with friends is a lot of fun too.    … Expand
  7. Wake_loms
    Apr 27, 2017
    7
    Es el mejor intento por rescatar los juegos de dragon ball que he visto, pero el hecho de que las habilidades se pueden concentrar demasiado, mas el hecho de muy pocos HP hacen que su jugabilidad se pierda, es una lastima por que todo lo demas es excelente
  8. rubencristiano9
    Sep 5, 2015
    7
    Did I enjoy my time with the game?
    Yes I did, I believe that is the most important question you have to ask when you're reviewing a videogame therefore I would recommend it. Now, not to everybody, so here is where you try and decide if you fit in this category or not:
    I would recommend this if: -You like the series or have watched/played dragon ball sometime in your life. -You    Did I enjoy my time with the game?
    Yes I did, I believe that is the most important question you have to ask when you're reviewing a videogame therefore I would recommend it. Now, not to everybody, so here is where you try and decide if you fit in this category or not:

    I would recommend this if:

    -You like the series or have watched/played dragon ball sometime in your life.

    -You are the kind of player who buys a game and plays that game for a long time till completion

    -If you inted to play this online or/and have a friend that plays it I strongly recommend you to buy this, there is online so you can fight with other people as well, not the same against someone you know though.

    A few notes of how I played it:
    -Played it offline, never once connected to the dragon ball servers.
    Side notes to you to keep account on.

    Design choices favoured online play, it's not a game focused to really play singleplayer all the time.
    They could of greatly done a better game (mainly the story, only involves of jumping to fight in to fight, yes it is a fighting game but I remember the dragon ball tenkaichi 2 I believe it was on PS2 which was the last dragon ball I played since this one and that had a kind of open world game with little mini games in it), you do not have an open world game in this game, you have a kind of a city divided in three parts (loading screens) with players there like an mmo kind of stile and some npc as well.

    Mentor system is a complete failure, the idea is not that bad but the execution is horrible, you won't mind this if you play the game for 100+ hours though, afterall, it's more content to complete I guess.

    Combat is fun and challenging for the most part, difficulty is pretty high and requires you to farm quite a lot with some secondary missions called 'parallel quests', thing is the difficulty is rather imbalanced during the main story line with some character or missions being to difficult for what/who it is at that point in time and can also be fairly easy like the last boss at the end game for example.

    I must of spent about 30 hours with this game, there is still is a fair amount of things for me to do {got the SEASON PASS btw should of noted that out from the start, 3 DLC, to be honest they don't add much to the game, just some characters to play in battles and maybe if you want some parallel quests although that comes with disadvantatges not using your character ''no rewards just XP and money ((zeni))' ) and some content in the way of more battles with no real story behind it whatsoever}

    It's a fighting game, so the replayabilty is ludicrous can spend thousands of hours in the game if you wish, not content wise but surely just playing agaianst other people.
    I've finished the main story being lvl 51 so to go up to 80 or 100 if you intend to buy DLC.
    You can also create more characters and level the up as well.

    Ok, next i'll list the cons I found with the game so if you find here something that really breaks it for you there is where I would stop recommending it to someone:

    -Story is crap, has no logic behind it whatsoever, voice acting is trough the floor and you're character cannot talk for some reason which really pis*** me off when they ask him questions and he just pulls these stup** faces and gestures.

    -Any sort of humor they try and pull of is pulling me out of the game step by step.

    -Voice actors, oh dear... Your character does not talk for some reason, they ask him questions and he just pulls these stupid faces.

    -It's an inmature game, it's obviously focused to teenagers or youngsters who are currently watching dragon ball. (I'm talking the main story line here as it's most of what I played and is the only real content it has outside of the combat)

    -Camera is quite awfull, I played this with a gamepad and I had a lot of trouble trying to show the A X Y square instead of some weired numbers, also had a lot of trouble trying to run the damn game offline, it keep getting stuck on a loading screen after each fight saying loading to leaderboards when I wasn't even connected to the servers! solution was playing steam in offline mode, very very annoying.

    I had fun with it and I'll be looking for the next dragon ball game, hopefully with better design choices and a more balanced game overall.    … Expand
  9. GuywiththeGames
    Apr 27, 2015
    6
    Its not perfect, but it is fun. You get to make your own custom character, go through the sagas, and just have a good time. Its cool how you really feel that you are in dbz and fighting along side with everyone. However, the AI could be better, also the hub is a little bit of a pain to travel through. Also, there can be a few parts of the game that may seem like they were cut because of aIts not perfect, but it is fun. You get to make your own custom character, go through the sagas, and just have a good time. Its cool how you really feel that you are in dbz and fighting along side with everyone. However, the AI could be better, also the hub is a little bit of a pain to travel through. Also, there can be a few parts of the game that may seem like they were cut because of a tight budget. But I still highly recommend this game to anyone who loves dbz.… Expand
  10. NextManUp
    Mar 26, 2015
    6
    The RPG elements are the only thing saving this grade from being lower than a 6. Leveling up, selling and buying items from various stores to edit and upgrade whatever was customizable was fun and kind of addicting. When I finally got enough currency to purchase a full Saiyan armored suit (plus scouter) I felt like a bad-ass Saiyan Warrior like Vegeta and Nappa. Now when it comes toThe RPG elements are the only thing saving this grade from being lower than a 6. Leveling up, selling and buying items from various stores to edit and upgrade whatever was customizable was fun and kind of addicting. When I finally got enough currency to purchase a full Saiyan armored suit (plus scouter) I felt like a bad-ass Saiyan Warrior like Vegeta and Nappa. Now when it comes to actually fighting, this game really shows its true colors. I found the fighting mechanics to be repetitive, dull, and sometimes VERY frustrating. There are many times in the middle of combat where the character you’re playing as, for some reason, just can’t seem to focus on the opponent even when they were “LOCKED” on. Having to take a brief moment to stop in the middle of battle because I’m punching air while my opponent is behind me, or beside me was highly annoying. Amid the Saiyan Saga when you first encounter a great ape fight, it was fun at first until I realized how easy they were to defeat and didn't really provide a challenge. There are A LOT of times where you find yourself having to defeat 20+ “throw away” characters such as Saibamen and Frieza’s henchmen in order to move on to the next level. At that point, the game becomes tedious and feels like nothing but a chore. I recommend you maximize the multiplayer features if you want to maximize your fun.

    FOR MORE GO HERE:
    http://www.nextmanup.co/dragonball-xenoverse-review/    … Expand
  11. ronaldlee0917
    Jun 2, 2015
    5
    don't buy this game if you do not have a controller
    Very clumsy control
    frustrating missions
    crash to desktop every time when I am about to win and I have to start all over again
  12. Shimmeywill
    Feb 20, 2020
    6
    Hard to judge this game after Xenoverse 2 was released which is a flatout improvement of this game in every facet. Otherwise, the dated visuals and game strucutre doesn't negate the otherwise fun activity of creating your dream dragon ball character. Still remains to be a solid and entertaining game.

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  1. Riot Pixels
    Apr 19, 2015
    64
    DBX is huge — it can entertain you for dozens, if not hundreds of hours. On the other hand, you have to be a big fan of the series to enjoy the game.
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  2. CD-Action
    Apr 1, 2015
    80
    There were dozens of Dragon Ball games, but Xenoverse still managed to surprise me with fresh approach. It’s still primarily a fighting game, but the developers went for many features associated mainly with MMOs. [04/2015, p.56]
  3. Gameplanet
    Mar 13, 2015
    80
    Xenoverse blurs the line between video game and anime. Despite a few issues, there’s tons of replay value here, and fans can finally fulfill their dream of putting themselves in Dragon Ball.
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