Dragon Ball: Xenoverse

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  1. Mateuskb
    Mar 2, 2015
    10
    I love this game,I wasn't expecting nothing to this game,but when i clicked play,everything changed,without spoilers,i can say that is a brilliant game,Ohh my God,is amazing.
  2. Shadox2014
    Mar 3, 2015
    10
    Awesome game, have it on X1 and PC, plays like a mini fighting mmo, with just enough to keep you busy and happy.
    Combat system is great, so as is the costumization options, making builds and mix + matching skills/z-souls/equipement is awesome, it reminds me of the good old days of CoH/CoV build making time sinks, luv it, best game this year for me :)
  3. keroblast
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    its fun but most injotable on pc becaseits fun but most injotable on pc becase MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS DRAGON SOULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL… Expand
  4. zombiehampster
    Mar 18, 2015
    9
    I was pretty skeptical regarding Xenoverse, as Dragonball has had a very mixed quality of games attributed to this license. The source material is one of my favorite animes, and although I don’t really watch it any more, I still have a soft spot in my heart for it. I’ve played most of the Super Famicom fighting games that came out back in the day, and while they were fun and had a degreeI was pretty skeptical regarding Xenoverse, as Dragonball has had a very mixed quality of games attributed to this license. The source material is one of my favorite animes, and although I don’t really watch it any more, I still have a soft spot in my heart for it. I’ve played most of the Super Famicom fighting games that came out back in the day, and while they were fun and had a degree of depth, it was never quite like the show. Xenoverse on the other, does an amazing job replicating the action and visual style that makes Dragonball so interesting, and that is kinetic action and lots of fun battles.

    To my knowledge, I have not played a Dragonball game that hit the nail on the head quite like Xenoverse. The visuals are rendered in a way to mimic (dead on imo) the TV series, giving the characters a hand-drawn appearance, but without the drawbacks that go with 2-d animated characters. From the concussive explosions that can be seen as characters fight, or the color palette and little details that adorn characters, the game is fantastic.

    Now I love my fighting games and have grown up around the Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat era of 2-d fighters and its usually all about the complexity and the technique for your characters suite of special maneuvers. Dragonball has less on technique in the sense of complicated motions/button combinations and more about ease of use and speed of use. Normally I’d frown on the more stripped down approach but in this game, simplicity is more effective, as the action is fast-paced and the control scheme suits the style of play much more. If Dimps goal was to create an ultra-technical fighter (like others have tried to do in the past) then they failed, but if they wished to create a game with complexity in tactical thought and create a game that emulates the show spot on, then I think they succeeded. I can’t stress enough how well they did with that aspect of gameplay.

    Combat in DB XV is more about movement, speed, positioning, multi-tasking (toggling different enemies, fighting multiple opponents at once), and Ki/Stamina bar management. Sure you can button mash and that can get things done just as in every other fighter, but DB XV has many different ways to counter moves, although you can get into some nasty corner traps and get ganged up on by more than one opponent.

    During battles (and you will be fighting often, as this is Dragonball after all) you can replicate the moves you’ve seen on the show, from sending enemies flying with a knock-back attack, to teleporting behind enemies to dodge attacks, to bashing your enemies into the ground, DB XV does it well.

    The controls are very responsive, although the block animation seems to be a tad sluggish (whether done on purpose as a balancing issue, I don’t know), so don’t expect to do any instant blocking. It becomes less noticeable over time, but it does make blocking a little less intuitive. My only gripe (and I’m playing the PC version) was that the control layout for the controller option (tried playing on mouse and keyboard and it wasn’t pretty) could use more options instead of an A, B, C layout and does require some adaptation.

    The music in DB XV is actually very well done and eclectic, offering an interesting mix of musical styles, to which I was surprised (was that a drum n’ base influence I heard on one track?), although I have to say that whoever agreed to the music in the central hub should be punished severely, it sucks that bad (imo).

    One of the bigger issues concerning the game (but not a game-breaker for me) is that the online aspect has minor to major issues, depending on who you are, as I have experienced some latency and connection issues, but not to the level that others are reporting, which could mean that they are being resolved, or are dependent on your location.

    Overall the game plays like a mix of a fighting/RPG/Exploration game with little gems scattered all over and fan service galore. You usually have wide areas to explore and fight in and can uncover hidden items scattered throughout. A caveat, depending on how much you enjoy the fighting engine, is that there will be GRIND. Lots of grind. MMO-epic style of grinding, although I have to say it is not a mandatory thing up to a point. You will need to grind to level, while the other purpose of grinding is to get special items or powers/moves. For the completionist, it’s a nightmare as the RNG aspect will drive people crazy (took me 10+ tries to do Parallel Quest #14 to get Super Saiyan and I’m probably lucky I got it that way). For me it did get tedious, but I was still enjoying myself immensely.

    Bottom line is that, although I’m giving it a 9 (love this game), if you’re not a fan of the series, I’d say its more of a 7 or 8 as it is a solid and fun game with surprising aspects and you can create your own character with lots of customization (one of the best parts).    … Expand
  5. BasilZero
    Jan 14, 2018
    9
    Game: Dragon Ball Xenoverse
    Genre: Fighting
    Developer: DIMPS Publisher: Bandai Namco System: Steam (PC) Year of Release: 2015 Length of Playthrough: 18 Hours Total Score: 87/100 Value Score: 8.7/10 • Story: 8/10 • Characters: 10/10 • GamePlay: 7/10 • Graphics: 8/10 • Sound: 10/10 • Music: 8/10 • Length: 8/10 • Replay Value: 10/10 • Player Value: 8/10 Pros +Main    Game: Dragon Ball Xenoverse
    Genre: Fighting
    Developer: DIMPS
    Publisher: Bandai Namco
    System: Steam (PC)
    Year of Release: 2015
    Length of Playthrough: 18 Hours

    Total Score: 87/100
    Value Score: 8.7/10

    • Story: 8/10
    • Characters: 10/10
    • GamePlay: 7/10
    • Graphics: 8/10
    • Sound: 10/10
    • Music: 8/10
    • Length: 8/10
    • Replay Value: 10/10
    • Player Value: 8/10

    Pros
    +Main storyline consists of all major stories for Dragon Ball Z and includes Battle of the Gods story - alongside the main story for the game
    +Season Pass/DLC includes GT Saga (Story and characters) and Resurrection F Characters (SSGSS Goku, SSGSS Vegeta and Golden Frieza)
    +Parallel quests that increase length of playthrough and also provides replay value due to item drops being like a MMO
    +Create your own character out of five possible races: Human, Saiyan, Freiza, Maijin and Namekian. Choose gender and other aspects on the character
    +RPG system that lets you grow character as you like alongside customizing appearance and moves
    +A MMO like Hub World that allows you to interact with NPCs, to buy items and to do certain quests
    +Single Lobby which shows you player characters standing/sitting in one place with the NPCs or Multi Lobby which allows you to interact with other players

    Cons
    -Due to MMO aspects and RPG aspects, the game feels like a grind at times
    -AI allies at times can be useless and AI enemies can sometimes overpower you especially when you are outnumbered
    -You can only do offline 1 on 1 (or other fights) via a NPC in the hub world, there is no specific menu for it
    -Resetting stats requires you to collect Dragon balls which can be time consuming and requires grinding
    -Animations look awkward at times and visuals look dated for a game that was released in 2015    … Expand
  6. Chaeote
    Mar 5, 2015
    9
    Let's start with the cons:

    Connection Issues - big problem sometimes, but it comes and goes, I've had sessions where I get disconnected after each match, and some where it never happens. They're working on this, so I'm not gonna take points off for it. No explanation of stat growth and the importance of character size (Smaller characters are faster, but weaker, but nowhere do they    Let's start with the cons:

    Connection Issues - big problem sometimes, but it comes and goes, I've had sessions where I get disconnected after each match, and some where it never happens. They're working on this, so I'm not gonna take points off for it.

    No explanation of stat growth and the importance of character size (Smaller characters are faster, but weaker, but nowhere do they mention this). Also, I havent found anyone that can give a straight answer on whether the arrows on equipment are points or percentage based.

    Pros:

    You can make your own DBZ character! Choose their look, their moves, everything.
    The fighting is quick and responsive.
    The game runs FANTASTIC. I havent had a single slowdown due to graphics or action on screen (network lag not withstanding)

    If you're a DBZ fan, and want to pummel people into the dirt. Get this game.

    There IS one thing that is kinda annoying, but it's actually a mechanic to make the game fair.

    When you smash someone into the ground, and then immediately fire a blast at them, it wont do any damage.

    YOu have to wait for them to stand up first, before you can hit them.

    At first it's REALLY annoying, but it helps prevent juggling. Without that little delay, this game would have ABSURD levels of juggling, like 10x worse than Dead or Alive.    … Expand
  7. Contrabardus
    Mar 1, 2015
    9
    First of all, ignore anyone who is currently complaining about the servers. It's a new multiplayer game, of course the servers are going down. This is not unusual in the slightest for a brand new online fighter. If it's still going on in a week or two, then you might need to worry a little.

    Secondly, contrary to what some claim, it does take skill. You can button mash your way through    First of all, ignore anyone who is currently complaining about the servers. It's a new multiplayer game, of course the servers are going down. This is not unusual in the slightest for a brand new online fighter. If it's still going on in a week or two, then you might need to worry a little.

    Secondly, contrary to what some claim, it does take skill. You can button mash your way through the early portions of the game, but will quickly find yourself ground into the dirt once you get past the first part off the game. The moves aren't difficult to pull off, but you find yourself managing a stamina and Ki bar, as well as figuring out the best abiliteis to use in certain situations. Dodging and blocking attacks is also important and takes a little skill to pull off. It's not Street Fighter IV by any means, but it's not something you're going to just mash your way through. It gets tough around the Frieza portion of the game, and doesn't let up.

    There is a bug with the vanish mechanic, but they've already said there will be a hotfix for it shortly. Again, not unusual for a game that has been out for less than a week. If it's still there next week, I'll probably change my tune, but currently it's not a huge deal. Many players have finished the game already despite it, and it's far from game breaking.

    The game itself is great. The fighting isn't as good as the Budokai series, but it makes up for it in other ways. It's not the same rehash of the story of the show yet again, which is very nice. The custom characters are a very nice addition, and there are lots of game modes, upgrades, and plenty to keep any Dragonball fan busy.

    It's an okay fighter though. For fighting game fans who don't care about Dragonball, this game is probably a 6 or 7. It's not bad at all, has some depth, but won't leave a fighting game fan who isn't a fan of the series satisfied for long. They'll have fun with it for about 15 hours and then lose interest.

    Fans must get this game. Non-fans should rent it, or pick it up on sale. It's a lot of fun, but not essential for non-DragonBall fans.    … Expand
  8. Solerion
    Mar 5, 2015
    9
    Bonjour, amazing game, splendid characters, great story line, great fight but just miss 2 or 3 combo list. If yu love DBZ don't miss this game so fun, so nice THANK YOU BANDAI VERY GOOD JOBS
  9. FilemonBR
    Aug 24, 2016
    9
    Jogo divertido no estilo MMO, voce nao ira conseguir parar de jogar isso, tive que zerar umas 4 vezes no pc e ps4, porem ele é enjoativo depois, aonde voce quer ficar longe dele
  10. renyw
    Dec 19, 2022
    9
    great great great great great great great great great great great great great
  11. Ansatsu83
    Feb 27, 2015
    8
    I highly recommend this for DBZ fans. It is a great game, has fluid controls, lots of customization options. The story feels like it could be in a DBZ movie, itself.

    There are some things that irk me, but these things are minor. Only concern is that it might become too repetitive over time. Additionally, many missions are repetable and you need to do them to gain levels and get    I highly recommend this for DBZ fans. It is a great game, has fluid controls, lots of customization options. The story feels like it could be in a DBZ movie, itself.

    There are some things that irk me, but these things are minor. Only concern is that it might become too repetitive over time. Additionally, many missions are repetable and you need to do them to gain levels and get zenni/gear/skills/dragon balls.

    Overall, highly recommended for avid fans of the series. For non-fans it will be a hit or miss.    … Expand
  12. TheKrous
    Apr 6, 2015
    8
    The Game's great and fun to play I love the choice of different races and various moves and other characters from the main series that can be used, however I would like to see that there would be a lot more moves and characters added especially from the movies e.g. Super Gogeta and Janemba or Android 13 with their moves included more customization for the characters especially for theThe Game's great and fun to play I love the choice of different races and various moves and other characters from the main series that can be used, however I would like to see that there would be a lot more moves and characters added especially from the movies e.g. Super Gogeta and Janemba or Android 13 with their moves included more customization for the characters especially for the Frieza, Namikian and Buu races also fix a lot of errors for example on PQ 12 Freza talks instead of Ginyu when he appears and make sure that the servers are more stable and make the worse moves better and the OP moves less OP… Expand
  13. JMJT1998
    Mar 11, 2015
    8
    Dragon Ball : Xenoverse may not be a revolutionary game , but nevertheless , it is the best dragon ball game in recent years . The character customization is really well done and the game overall is very good . Totally recommend it if you're a DBZ fan , even if you are not
  14. SanctumRevel
    Mar 6, 2015
    8
    It sure stands out a lot on it s own good gameplay battle fun with descent rpg elements yet some levels combined with camera issues is horrible if you can overlook these minor hiccups you can enjoy it if you are a DBZ fan
  15. flametail23
    Feb 28, 2015
    8
    I only got into DBZ about 2 years ago and since them I have played about 6 or 7 of the games, most of them were very good but last years Battle Of Z was my least favourite. This new game has an original tale of time travel which is very fresh. I also LOVE the character creator, it's quite expansive and each of the 5 races have their own merits.

    8/10
  16. NicolasBessonN
    Jul 22, 2015
    8
    In this new story you can live Dragon Ball history with your own character. I liked that.
    You feel battles are very fluid with very comfortable control but sometimes it can be really repetitive.
    I can't believe you cannot customize fights, which is a very important part of a DBZ game.
  17. Apolsc
    Feb 27, 2015
    8
    As this is the only Dragon Ball for Pc game since ever, it becames an automatic must have, besides that it is a pretty good game with some MMO mechanics and a fluid combat system based on those great ps2 titles. The story is a big "What if" that lets you get into the most important battles of DBZ story with a new invented character.

    Al ser el único juego de DBZ para PC se convierte en    As this is the only Dragon Ball for Pc game since ever, it becames an automatic must have, besides that it is a pretty good game with some MMO mechanics and a fluid combat system based on those great ps2 titles. The story is a big "What if" that lets you get into the most important battles of DBZ story with a new invented character.

    Al ser el único juego de DBZ para PC se convierte en un imprescindible, además es una muy buena versión, con mucho de lo mejor de los títulos de PS2. La historia se basa en cambiar eventos de la serie original, introduciendo un personaje inventado desde cero por el jugador.    … Expand
  18. Dragonfire14
    Mar 2, 2015
    8
    Dragon Ball Xenoverse is one of the best Dragon Ball games to come out in a long time. The battles feel nice, the character customization does it's job well, and the story adds a new interesting spin on the DBZ story we all know. They did a good mix of fighting, and rpg mechanics. You are able to equip up to 7 skills, and put skill points into 6 different stats. The skills are easy to use,Dragon Ball Xenoverse is one of the best Dragon Ball games to come out in a long time. The battles feel nice, the character customization does it's job well, and the story adds a new interesting spin on the DBZ story we all know. They did a good mix of fighting, and rpg mechanics. You are able to equip up to 7 skills, and put skill points into 6 different stats. The skills are easy to use, but it is when to use them that takes skills. The hand-to-hand combat feels nice, and you can string together nice combos, that can string into more combos.

    The story is nice, but really short. There are few missions in the main campaign, and they don't cover most of the story. They hit all the main points of the DBZ story, but they leave out things like cooler, and most of the movies besides broly, and bardok. They are costumes from other movies, but no missions/characters.

    The multiplayer is fun, and works farly well. The servers are haing problems right now, but that will be fixed soon. There are some cheap tactics that people can use, and are annoying to deal with. Most of the time though you will have a far fight.

    The game is not perfect though. Some missions have you fighting a 3-5 on 1, and the computers will stagger you, and basically make it impossible to move. It is possible to deal with it, and win but it can be very annoying to the player.    … Expand
  19. Sonyggerslol
    Feb 27, 2015
    8
    Okay, let's write a legit review for this. Played it for 10 hours so far.

    The combat system is pretty good. Attacks are visceral and feel good to execute, so on the visual end, it's fantastic. Each race has a unique fighting style and other playable character on the roster do, as well. Pretty much any move in DBZ is available, from the lowly Yamcha's Spirit Ball to the Final Shine    Okay, let's write a legit review for this. Played it for 10 hours so far.

    The combat system is pretty good. Attacks are visceral and feel good to execute, so on the visual end, it's fantastic. Each race has a unique fighting style and other playable character on the roster do, as well. Pretty much any move in DBZ is available, from the lowly Yamcha's Spirit Ball to the Final Shine Attack from Vegeta in GT.

    Visuals capture the feel of DBZ quite well. The only complaint I have here is that the bloom is overused somewhat. Could have helped with toning it down. In terms of story, I'd say it's a fresh take on the usual stuff, and things like fighting inside Frieza's ship is quite cool. I won't spoil too much here.

    There are various game modes within Xenoverse. In addition to the main story, called "Time Patrol", you can do online or offline "Parallel Quests", which are basically what-if scenarios and missions to fighting anything from Saibamen to Beerus. There is a World Tournament mode as well, so I think we'll be seeing some cool online tourneys in the future. You can of course duel other custom created characters as well as play with the original DBZ character in the roster.

    Character customization isn't that great, it's definitely not deep, but I'd say it's enough for a DBZ game. You can make your Namakian look like a demon, and you can make Earthlings look like the aliens in Frieza's army. There is a vast amount of clothing available for your custom character, as well as a wide array of skills. You choose between 4 super attacks, 2 ultimates, and 1 evasion attack to execute at any time.

    The controls are good, but not without flaws. I definitely felt they were inferior to the control scheme of Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Flying around is a little awkward, and you can't choose between flying normally or going faster and being enveloped with ki.

    In terms of problems with the game, I'd say the fact that there's stats on armor, and some Z-Souls (accessories that turn on when you're at low HP) are quite overpowered and need to be balanced. There is on-disc DLC as well, like Imperfect Cell and Android 16 which they will be charging you for. A bit suspect, if you ask me.

    In conclusion, I definitely recommend this to any DBZ fan. It's a great game with flaws, but flaws that I think are forgivable. I can easily see myself putting over 100 hours into Xenoverse.    … Expand
  20. Officer_jenni_2
    Mar 5, 2015
    8
    This game is really fun and its a lot like the Naruto games only with custom characters.
    I feel like i got ripped off though not because of servers being down all the time but
    The co-op ... It's falsely advertised it's not co-op at all. fighting each other isn't co-op, that's a normal fighting game. You can only do repetitive quest together which that is Multi-Player. If i knew that    This game is really fun and its a lot like the Naruto games only with custom characters.
    I feel like i got ripped off though not because of servers being down all the time but
    The co-op ... It's falsely advertised it's not co-op at all. fighting each other isn't co-op, that's a normal fighting game.

    You can only do repetitive quest together which that is Multi-Player. If i knew that i probably would of waited for a sale before grabbing it even if it was a small sale,
    i just don't like paying so much for fighting games i don't get much use out of them.. But it is a lot of fun and i don't really regret buying it because it was really nice to see a alternative story to dragon ball putting you into the game, i do hope they add more hairstyles and customization.    … Expand
  21. Patomalox
    Mar 15, 2015
    8
    Very Good game, good work on 1st PC Dbz game, need some tinning but its really fun.

    The fighting mechanics feel simple at first but once u get more techniques you start doing impressive combos. Good rooster, i mean everyone is b*** about 2nd and third form freeza and imperfect cell, but who used them anyways. the main story takes a while, not too long but enough, then yo spend    Very Good game, good work on 1st PC Dbz game, need some tinning but its really fun.

    The fighting mechanics feel simple at first but once u get more techniques you start doing impressive combos.

    Good rooster, i mean everyone is b*** about 2nd and third form freeza and imperfect cell, but who used them anyways.

    the main story takes a while, not too long but enough, then yo spend your time doing the parallel quest to get skills and costumes.

    Sadly the online pvp is kinda broken.

    very fun game.    … Expand
  22. Sanastusa
    May 11, 2015
    8
    In the line of Dragon Ball video games, Xenoverse really stands out. Great mix of rpg elements with the fighting of Dragon Ball. The customization was a nice touch to the game allowing you to pick you race and clothes, really giving it the feeling of you being apart of the DBZ world. Story was kinda dull early going, but picks up and becomes enjoyable later on.
    Enjoyed: Combat, Clothing    In the line of Dragon Ball video games, Xenoverse really stands out. Great mix of rpg elements with the fighting of Dragon Ball. The customization was a nice touch to the game allowing you to pick you race and clothes, really giving it the feeling of you being apart of the DBZ world. Story was kinda dull early going, but picks up and becomes enjoyable later on.
    Enjoyed: Combat, Clothing options (More BUTT FLAPS)
    Disliked: Limited to ONE accessory :( and in most cases the "helpful" AI battle partners were about as useful as a poop flavored lollipop    … Expand
  23. Exavier
    Sep 8, 2015
    8
    Having read reviews prior to purchasing, I was skeptical as to whether or not I'd find my money well-spent. I'm a fan of the show and a fan of the previous games, in particular Tenkaichi 3. I wasn't expecting this to be quite as good, but with that in mind, I wasn't disappointed. I'm giving it a solid 8/10 because I think the game is worth $40, not $50, for the content and the quality.Having read reviews prior to purchasing, I was skeptical as to whether or not I'd find my money well-spent. I'm a fan of the show and a fan of the previous games, in particular Tenkaichi 3. I wasn't expecting this to be quite as good, but with that in mind, I wasn't disappointed. I'm giving it a solid 8/10 because I think the game is worth $40, not $50, for the content and the quality.

    PROS:
    - The story, as it progresses and weaves your character in, is quite cool, especially if you're keen on the series. There have been a couple of "whoa, WHAT!?" moments for me so far.
    - Parallel Quests are a bit of a grind, but I put this as a positive because they manage to keep them interesting. You can play them either online or offline, and in both cases you can select what character you play as from your currently unlocked roster. This was unclear to me before buying, as I thought you could only run with your created character. Being able to jump in as one of the Z-fighters from the get-go is great fun, and there's plenty of dialog between characters when they're fighting each other or on the same team (although this can get a bit repetitive).
    - Combat is generally enjoyable, though a bit lacking in depth. It's the same ol' formula from the previous games, but lacks the enjoyable beam clashes. Also, there's no traditional "counter" move, though there are some abilities that act as counters.
    - And speaking of, great selection of abilities.

    CONS:
    - Somewhat repetitive, although this is largely counteracted by the enjoyable animation, graphics and overall gold-coiny feel to the game.
    - Acquiring the Dragon Balls themselves is basically just a grind of the same PQ over and over and Retrying until you get one from the time patroller that spawns most of the time. Doesn't particularly feel exciting.
    - AI is kinda weak. I haven't noticed much difference between any of the NPCs AI-wise. I expected that. And they usually fall prey to the same tactics. I sort of expected that too. What I didn't expect was for them to implement a stage with enemies that respawn in the center of the ship, which is another room in itself with only one entrance, and to watch my allies try to fly *through* the wall to get to them (and vice versa). Indefinitely. Lookin' at you, Frieza's Ship.
    - Doubly worse about the AI is how NPCs you're supposed to protect or keep alive have no regard for their own safety.
    - Manual item collection in the world is tedious. I don't want to look for them first-person, for a start. Take it a step farther and let's just add that loot to the end without me having to pick it up. I find this part very un-fun.
    - The on-disc DLC is an obvious cash grab. No one likes that **** Stop it. I don't blame them for trying to make more money, but honestly, at $50, I already feel slightly ripped off. I *might* buy the Return of F DLC, that'll be it.
    - You will grow to hate the theme song in the town. And to make matters worse, when you're shopping, it adds another "layer" to the track to make it unique (like another set of drums). For me it just makes it more annoying. Maybe it's just me.
    - Unclear tooltips for pretty much everything, especially equipment. Wouldn't be a HUGE issue were it not for the lack of a training mode. Would still be a pretty big issue without. All we get are a number of arrows showing... something...? At least we know if it's positive or negative.

    OPINIONS:
    - People complain about Super Saiyan Ki-spam. Granted, the only offset is that their Ki is being drained and it's easy enough to charge it back up, but... y'know... just don't let them charge back up and dodge 'em. I rolled a Saiyan on my first because I wanted Super Saiyan for PvE, and granted, being able to spam supers on some parts is GREAT. It offsets some of the difficulty surprises. Overall I feel it's balanced, though, and frankly this wouldn't feel like DBZ if there weren't some walls you had to bang your head on, y'know?
    - I feel there's plenty of customization in character creation, y'all crazy. The only thing that bugged me a little bit is, and this is just an example, that for saiyan hairstyles, #2 and #12 (total shot in the dark on the numbers there but just an example), they're the same hairstyle reversed. Why could we not simply have a reversed option for each hairstyle? Why are the two so far apart on the list? Why do no other hairstyles get a reverse? This tells me they were just putting in a filler option, and not even being subtle about it.

    CLOSING STATEMENTS:
    I do agree that this is a must for any DBZ fan. An enjoyable button-masher with some fun, if a bit grindy, collecting elements. For what it is, the game is enjoyable, but I don't feel it's worth the pricetag for anyone that *isn't* already a DBZ fan, and even then it's a stretch. I don't regret adding this to my library in the slightest, though.    … Expand
  24. JoelArpal
    Dec 29, 2020
    8
    Spectacular fights. I'm not a Dragon Ball fan, but i had a great time playing it.
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
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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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