![]() ![]() Go north and find a school and training area where you can complete increasingly advanced and difficult “tutorials” to hone your skills. To the south of the hologram sits the Elder Kai and your campaign. Just off to the west of that is your center for online and offline battles and parallel quests. Clothing shop, skill shop, bank, mail and anything else you could possibly need are all right there for your convenience. The center of town has a giant hologram of the savior of the city (your character from the previous game if you import a save file) and all around it are your vendors. The city isn’t big just for the sake of being so however, it is full of content, characters and life. One of the most noticeable upgrades here is the sheer size of the hub world, Conton City. ![]() The colors are a huge part of what makes DBZ great and Xenoverse 2 nails it with vast contrast between the bright purple of a Galick Gun and the vibrant blue of a Kamehameha. The edges are just sharper and crisper than ever before, with fluid movement and combat visuals that are second to none. They have far surpassed anything they have been able to do with the show or movies, yet still make it look true to the way those mediums portray these characters. I was playing on my PS4 and the visuals were stunning. ![]() Speaking of graphics, this game looks GOOD. This is less a sequel and more a retelling with added content and seriously upgraded gameplay and graphics. This game is for everyone, including people that didn’t play the first one. They cater to hardcore fans and people that have seen all of the anime and read all of the manga (such as myself) and people that are not that familiar with the storylines and lore. That is part of what makes these games so great. (Note: This review was written pre-launch, and some aspects of the game including online were not yet available) The solo missions I did play though were great, bringing lesser known stories from the side sagas to light and adding content that many casual fans of DBZ might not be as familiar with. This cooperative aspect of the game was my favorite part of the original, and something I am very much looking forward to exploring in more depth post-launch. You can choose to play them solo or online with friends. Parallel quests also make a come-back in a big way. These help put Xenoverse 2 ahead of other games of its type and make it more than just a fighting game. The story is also great, with well-placed cut scenes and pieces from the show and movies to segue between fights. This allows you to circle back to things you missed or to try and increase your score throughout the missions. The campaign holds a lot of content and a ton of replay value, as you can just pick and choose the individual fights from each saga and play through them at your leisure once you have completed them. These are all great additions and provide more than enough content to fill the campaign and parallel quests. It also includes the content from both Battle of the Gods and the newly released Resurrection F. You don’t spend an hour waiting for a spirit bomb to charge up, it happens in about four seconds. This takes you through all nine action-packed seasons with none of the obligatory filler you get with the show. After getting my hands on the game however, I realized that all of my fears were groundless.ĭragon Ball Xenoverse 2 has the same basic premise the original had, you are a time patroller who travels through DBZ history reliving major events from the show that are being altered, and you have to set them right. The first game had told most of the stories that could be used from the DBZ universe, and had done an amazing job with them so I really was not sure where they could go from there. This year, when the announcement of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 came I was cautiously optimistic. Both solo and co-op game modes kept the experience fresh and intriguing. It had enough content to keep me coming back for more several months after its launch. Back in early 2015 when Dragon Ball Xenoverse was released I was enthralled, both by its ability to translate the stories and characters from the anime and manga correctly into a video game and its fantastic gameplay. ![]()
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