"Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3" Official Discussion Thread.

[IntangibleFancy]

I'm sure the game won't entirely take place in West City, but I really hope they offer more places to explore. The world of the Kais, Yardrat, Sadala, if they're still doing time travel even planet vegeta would be cool.

[The Dark Knight]

Considering how different this looks from the previous two games, do you think all the characters from XV2 will make the jump or will they start over from scratch ?

[WittyUsername]

Considering how different this looks from the previous two games, do you think all the characters from XV2 will make the jump or will they start over from scratch ?

Ideally, they’ll include all the characters (including DLC) from the previous game at the start, but I don’t know if they’ll do that, given that they apparently redid everything from scratch in this game, as opposed to reusing the assets from the previous one like XV2 did.

[mecha3000]

Thank God this game has finally been announced. As someone who grew up on the PS2 and PS3 era of Dragon Ball games, I never really got behind Xenoverse. As a kid, I DREAMED for a game where you could make your own DBZ character and was excited for Ultimate Tenkaichi for that reason. And that game was really disappointing with that concept and ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!!! So, I never played Xenoverse 1, but did get Xenoverse 2 back when it first released in late 2016. And I played it for maybe two hours before getting bored and selling it. It just wasn't my thing.

There's been times where I wanted to get back into it and even bought the PS5 copy, but again, returned it because it wasn't that interesting to me. And the fact that I had pretty much 10 years almost of catching up to do in terms of the plot and DLC definitely didn't help things. So, Xenoverse 3 represents a fresh start for me and newer fans who can be a part of the hype from the start and be on the same page as everyone else. Can't wait to play it, especially while Super is airing next year too.

[The Dark Knight]

I'm really interesting in seeing how the story will play out, as Xenoverse 2 only took stories up to Resurrection F into its account when it was in-development; things have changed SO MUCH since then.

Champa
Zamasu
TOP
Broly
Superhero
Daima

These are all stories that will be taken into account this time around, with Moro and Granola being kept in-mind as well. They may (hopefully) also include OG DB as well, so all together, that's 5 series and over 20 movies to write a story around. If done right, this will be the most robust story we've ever gotten out of Dragon Ball period, not just in the games, but the franchise as a whole.

[Noah]

It might be too early, but here's what I think at this moment:

Yes, the game takes place in AGE 1000, but there's little to no relation to Dragon Ball Online, in virtually all senses. They asked Toriyama to come up with his own version of the world set two hundred and sixteen years in the future but without the Time Patrol stuff. Notice how Majins and Namekuseijins don't appear at all, it seems to be just Earthlings. And that one in an alley with a Saiyan tail, if I were to guess, that's a synthetic tail, he's not really a Saiyan (also that hair... Not really an usual Saiyan hair, right?). I don't know what to make of the "Demon Realm pop singer", though.

That kinda sucks IMO. Why they would ask a new version of AGE 1000 to the man if we had one that was perfectly fine?

I hope it's a descendant with the same name or our Bulma but she's just been transported into the future and has been trying to get back. If this is the same Bulma who has abused Shenlong wishes to stay young, then that just epitomizes the way the Dragon Ball corpse is artificially kept alive without letting go of the past.

People might think I’m overreacting here, but I honestly hope it turns out to be something like this

or that

Someone said (I don't know where they got this) that it's our Bulma who now jumps between the current and future timelines; she's not stuck. As for why she's doing this, that's yet to be revealed. I read a theory that states all the timelines could be fusing together into one timeline in the Age 1000, where every character from every era will be present there. You could have Cell arc Gohan, Future Gohan, and current Gohan all hanging out together for example.

...because otherwise it would seriously ruin my experience with the game. I might not even feel like playing it at all. To me, it’s already ridiculous that they reverted Bulma’s appearance back to the face she had at 16 in DBS, only for us to then assume that by EoZ she already looked like an old lady (according to Goku), even though in SH she still looked pretty young. Honestly, the worst part is that this idea might have actually come from the man himself.

[MCDaveG]

Hard pass, it reminds me of Super Dragon Ball Heroes Galaxy Mission, but with XV spin on it. Unless they will blow my mind, I expect it to be game in open world city hub with incidents being some extra dimensional leaks like Buu wreaking havoc in some part and you'll go battle it, with some kind of mastermind behind it. Unless going scroll/dimensional time machine and do the same XV did so far.

It's more of a combination of not being a Xenoverse fan - shit battle gameplay, story being basically the glorified DB best off with same characters in different contexts and taking 3 characters from DBO and CAC. If there weren't other DB Games that I enjoyed way more personally, I'd go for it.

BUT I do like the Great Saiyaman designs and some of the characters, happy to be out of Conton City, it kinda feels fresh.
Looking forward to get to know the story parts at least and what's it all about. Props for the art direction going back to anime look and tossing that 3D shiny plastic look.
If they basically did their own spin on Online, it being just world in AGE 1000 and not just the city, you could explore locales from the show with easter eggs and see ruins, or other progress that went since the OG story ended pretty much what Online did, but without the weird gameplay dictated lore like Buu, Piccolo and Human regions. Also with brand new villains and basically playing Dragon Ball spin-off with callbacks (actually not that different to what Star Wars Sequels did), damn, that would be so cool.

Let's see, it still just a teaser. But don't wanna end up in the same Xenoverse trap anymore.
Also, wonder if Toriyama did more things than just designing the lead characters and would be awesome to see some designs sheets later on the road.

Also wonder, if it has a connection to the previous entries or if it is hard reboot with XV brand stamp on it for recognition and taking just the series staples like CAC and customizations.

[IntangibleFancy]

What do you guys think about the graphics/visuals?

Like with every anime game, I’m kind of sad that it’s so rare to find one with a map/world that’s cel-shaded and “anime-like”. I feel like most anime games, especially dragon ball’s, have such beautiful scenery, and making them all look like unreal tech demos is a disservice.

As far as the models go, It’s an improvement. I like how expressive they are in the in-engine cutscenes. It’s like a mix of Xenoverse and Kakarot to me. I think I’d have to see more characters to make a real opinion on it though. But Brett looks great

[Grimlock]

That kinda sucks IMO. Why they would ask a new version of AGE 1000 to the man if we had one that was perfectly fine?

Maybe Toriyama just didn't want to do the same thing again, who knows. But it's just what I think, it's not confirmed or anything. Like I said, I do hope more stuff from Dragon Ball Online is present and that it greatly influences this game, there's still much more to explore and to bring over from it that past Xenoverse installments and even Dragon Ball Heroes didn't do it.

[The Dark Knight]

When do you expect the next big reveal for the game to be ? I think Summer Game Fest is a safe bet, as its opening show will be on June 5th; I also expect the remaining content for Sparking Zero's DLC to be revealed there.

[Yuji]

The number of times Toriyama/big Dragon Ball(tm) has written over something else is so large that it shouldn't be surprising if this version of AGE 1000 conflicts with DBO or XV2.

We have how many versions of Super? How many post Boo continuations that conflict in some fashion (GT, Super, Neko Majin, DBO, XV, Heroes, Daima)?


The original manga is sacred, and the anchor which every other story will gravitate around. Some stories may have continuity with each other, however they won't ALL have continuity amongst each other, but they certainly all will have continuity with the original manga.

[The Dark Knight]

The number of times Toriyama/big Dragon Ball(tm) has written over something else is so large that it shouldn't be surprising if this version of AGE 1000 conflicts with DBO or XV2.

We have how many versions of Super? How many post Boo continuations that conflict in some fashion (GT, Super, Neko Majin, DBO, XV, Heroes, Daima)?


The original manga is sacred, and the anchor which every other story will gravitate around. Some stories may have continuity with each other, however they won't ALL have continuity amongst each other, but they certainly all will have continuity with the original manga.

As someone who likes the original DB & Z, as well as GT, Super, Daima, and the old movies, I hope this game is able to somehow tie them all together, as it's in a unique position to do so through time travel, alternate universes, etc... We got a glimpse of that in XV2, but I hope they go all the way this time around.

[Bardock God of Time]

It'd be cool if we got an Adult Goku Jr