Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2

 PlayStation 4
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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 286 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 181 out of 286
  2. Mixed: 61 out of 286
  3. Negative: 44 out of 286
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  1. joegernaut
    May 4, 2019
    0
    Way too much of the game is DLC ( Developer Locked Content ) then in the 2nd update they jump the difficulty up by at least 5 ! Now it's to hard for my kids even I can't play it and they have no difficulty setting to turn it down . Can't be-leave this ! What a waste of money !
  2. petertosh
    Dec 27, 2016
    1
    This game is the worst game i have ever played based on the dragon ball world and they say lots of fan service content where is it this game is not a dragon ball game its a somekind of based spin off dragon ball abridged world its just xenoverse 1.2 i have always said the best dragon ball game for fans its a role playing game
  3. Zigalot
    Oct 25, 2016
    3
    ONLY get it if you are a die-hard fan and want to add a twist to watching the DBZ series. Graphic is nothing special. Gameplay is simple and repetitive, just button smash. Music sounds like something i would find on old nintendo cartridges.
  4. zachwelch
    Nov 28, 2016
    3
    I was very disappointed complete pile of crap. Half of the cut scenes were from the first game, they scrapped the bottom of the barrel villain wise. really, Turles and Lord Slug? Why not make Krillin the bad guy, it'd be a lot more interesting. This was more of a rehash of the first game then an actual sequel. I should've bought a game that is actually good and not half assed
  5. Johbu
    Apr 21, 2017
    3
    I have to appreciate cuz it is dragonball and the effort it has been given to make this sequel but overall it is a pretty dull game (both 1 and 2). it is repetitive that became boring. when i first played the first game, i just maxed out my training with vegeta and finished the story and i never played it ever again. this second game, it has little difference that i will not waste my moneyI have to appreciate cuz it is dragonball and the effort it has been given to make this sequel but overall it is a pretty dull game (both 1 and 2). it is repetitive that became boring. when i first played the first game, i just maxed out my training with vegeta and finished the story and i never played it ever again. this second game, it has little difference that i will not waste my money on it. this game lacks impact

    pros: (lol?)
    smoother fps
    additional characters and features in terms of combat

    cons:
    no enticing jaw dropping cinematic special moves
    camera angles needs improvement.
    still small area to fight.
    area destruction would be nice.
    open world to fly around (no man's sky should be a good example)
    better combat and how characters react to being hit.
    characters should be faster, they are slow af here
    big explosions. (damn spirit bomb just poofs out)
    moves should have charging up. (like kamehameha)
    also how they punch/kick/parry so fast while teleporting should be added

    a good example of a dragon ball is "earth special forces"    … Expand
  6. silverceroo
    Apr 22, 2017
    2
    Background- I paid a full retail price for this 1.5 expansion only to discover noticeable shortcomings of what hasnt changed / been improved and compared it to the Spike classic BT 3 the best 3d Dbz game out there which are 3d Dbz Games

    (Customization features) QQ bangs are the noticible difference everything else well - No colour Aura Change -Still only one Acessory Slot -Orignal    Background- I paid a full retail price for this 1.5 expansion only to discover noticeable shortcomings of what hasnt changed / been improved and compared it to the Spike classic BT 3 the best 3d Dbz game out there which are 3d Dbz Games

    (Customization features)
    QQ bangs are the noticible difference everything else well
    - No colour Aura Change
    -Still only one Acessory Slot
    -Orignal Cha CLothes colour cant be changed so you look like a cheap imitation
    -No spikey Hair for SSj and All SSj3 look like Goku
    -Weapon Accessory are only for decoration

    Character Roster
    - 5 gokus 5 coolers 5 Gohans 4 friezas 4 cells same cha taking up slots for potential new cha
    -Still No in game transformations for Frieza,Cell,Cooler,Broly
    -Broly no Base form/SSj
    - Where is the Editing CC moves sets and Grapples ? remember it is a CC cha thats only to be expected

    Combat
    More smoother as expected of Ps4 but what lacks greatly is when you played classics like BT 3
    series and you play Xenoverse 2 all the different play styles dissapper quickly
    - Boring combo input no uses of Directional buttons to make combos feel fresh and harder to do
    - No 3 level s of blocking low ,mid,high hit detection anyone ?
    - All combos lead to same outcome which is a smash finish sending your opponents flying.
    No heavy finish,Rolling hammer,No flying kick,kiaki Cannon

    ( Ref for further clarification Look at BT 3 Ps2 command list and see all the combos that exist and
    comapare this to it)

    - Dodging is copy and paste of the Storm series of Naruto the sub meter it becomes a sub meter game,
    BT 3 dodging relied on players timeing O to dodge even if you were losing if your timeing of
    O was good you can make a come back. Now it becomes a meter of Big sub bar = big advantage
    and no excitement of pulling of a Dodge anymore

    -No beam clashes , feels very anti climactic
    -No Melee Clash with Analoge spin to determine victor
    feels very pointless when
    this keeps happening.

    - Bad balancing of Cha a character like Tien will lose to Veigto why becuase the Substtituion meter
    already determines who has the major advantage if iti was based on BT 3 dodge system things would be different

    Conclusion
    Its more like a Xenoverse 1.5 than a sequal the above is what has me rating it 2/10
    the failure to correct/improve/change the first Xenoverse mistakes.
    If the above are mplemented this will be a great game p.s i doubt greatly if i will buy Xenoverse 3
    and i havbent purchased a single DLC of Xenoverse 2 as the game mechanic in its self is bland,
    boring and not many ways for different play styles.    … Expand
  7. SWERY_51
    Oct 25, 2016
    0
    Crappy simplified gameplay, so far from the excellence of Tenkaichi 2 & 3.
    It's supposed to be a fighting game first, but with this lame gameplay, it's just an on-line DB game with Ok graphics.
    + Graphics looks good and it's 60 fps + Dragon Ball ! + Play with your friends - Poor gameplay - Horrible music themes - Character creation is not much better than in the 1st episode -    Crappy simplified gameplay, so far from the excellence of Tenkaichi 2 & 3.
    It's supposed to be a fighting game first, but with this lame gameplay, it's just an on-line DB game with Ok graphics.

    + Graphics looks good and it's 60 fps
    + Dragon Ball !
    + Play with your friends

    - Poor gameplay
    - Horrible music themes
    - Character creation is not much better than in the 1st episode
    - Destructible environments is a joke (it was better on PS2)
    - Did i already said that the gameplay sucks...    … Expand
  8. jeanphilt
    Mar 24, 2023
    2
    My god this game did not age well, 7 years ago, it looks more like it was made 20 years ago
  9. mrkp
    Aug 7, 2019
    1
    это какой то порожняк, бесячая музыка, задания, окружение, все в этой игре раздражает
  10. Thikag
    Dec 1, 2019
    4
    Jogo extremamente repetitivo e o modo online é uma bagunça. O jogo não tem nenhum critério para organizar as partidas rankeadas, você acaba de começar no jogo e tem como adversário um cara que já esta praticamente no top dos melhores, resultado vc perde, e não tem nem vomo cancelar a partida. Além disso, tem jogador com conexão de internet ruim e você nem consegue escolher pelo menos oJogo extremamente repetitivo e o modo online é uma bagunça. O jogo não tem nenhum critério para organizar as partidas rankeadas, você acaba de começar no jogo e tem como adversário um cara que já esta praticamente no top dos melhores, resultado vc perde, e não tem nem vomo cancelar a partida. Além disso, tem jogador com conexão de internet ruim e você nem consegue escolher pelo menos o nível de qualidade da conexão. Só tentei jogar online por causa das conquistas que acabam abrigando mas estpu deixando esse jogo de lado agora… Expand
  11. Offmychest
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    The IDEA for this game is brilliant. It’s just too bad the decision making and execution was made by people with absolutely no sense. There are so many oversights and imbalances in the gameplay. It’s so disappointing. I get it developers make mistakes, but the amount of times that I google a problem and the response is “yeah unfortunately that’s just how the game’s made” is ridiculous.The IDEA for this game is brilliant. It’s just too bad the decision making and execution was made by people with absolutely no sense. There are so many oversights and imbalances in the gameplay. It’s so disappointing. I get it developers make mistakes, but the amount of times that I google a problem and the response is “yeah unfortunately that’s just how the game’s made” is ridiculous. Some of the laziest development I’ve ever seen.… Expand
  12. Adanishedgehog
    Oct 10, 2022
    0
    game is too hard worst game in the world nobody play this it's too borderline bad
  13. FDragonballX2
    Aug 3, 2021
    0
    What the **** is this **** that Bandai Namco ****ing vomited out then ate it and shat it out called a game. Cabba and fused zamasu are op and spam as ****

    pls fix
  14. Isa699999999999
    Jun 22, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. MOST MENTALLY DRAINING GAME OF ALL TIME DONT PLAY PAIN IN THE ASS Like half of the missions give 2min like when you fight cell 2mins what's wrong with the developers in the manga it doesn't take 2mins to kill cell or freida don't play at all.… Expand

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Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2017
    70
    The sequel does not introduce significant new features, but it’s an enjoyable makeshift MMO if you’re a hardcore Dragon Ball fan. [13/2016, p.50]
  2. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2017
    70
    The sequel does not introduce significant new features, but it’s an enjoyable makeshift MMO if you’re a hardcore Dragon Ball fan. [13/2016, p.50]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jan 1, 2017
    50
    Weightless, repetitive combat makes progress through this strange fan-service story a slog. [Christmas 2016, p.72]
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