"Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2" Official Discussion Thread

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

Alright, So I've played the game for a bit now. I just finished the Cell Games in the story. I'm enjoying it so far, lot's of improvements over its predecessor. The only downside I guess is that the game really doesn't do enough different for me to be truly invested into it.

Battles are fun. I love the cinematic camera effects they've added to the fighting. The hub world is great but my god that music, what the fuck. All the tracks I've heard so far for the hub completely suck. Other than those songs, the new ones are mostly great.

The new alterations that they've made to the DBZ story arcs are pretty cool, but I would have preferred an all new story rather than going through the same arcs that we completed in the last game. Hopefully things begin to change a lot as the story progresses. One moment I loved was when...[spoiler]Trunks wanted to change history by fighting alongside Future Gohan against the Androids. Really powerful moment. I hope to see more moments like that as I keep playing.[/spoiler]Also, seeing my created character from XV1 as a hero and a story character in this game is really cool.

I hate that they reused Parallel Quests from the last game. I lose the desire to complete them because I've already completed them before. I haven't tried online battles yet so I can't really say much about them. I've only done the tutorial for the Master Quests so I can't really say much about those either.

Overall, I'm enjoying it so far. But it leaves a lot to be desired due to it being not that much of a step up from its predecessor. I'm sure I'll be invested to it once I start playing it alongside my friends when we create an online team.

[MathSSJ]

Only day 2 and they're already doing balance checks...nice.

Hopefully they'll make some Ultimates easier to connect with... Dragon Fist has failed for me every time.

I have read you need to use Stamina Break, but given that it costs 500 ki I think it's pretty weak that it can only work with Stamina Break.

I have 0 points in Strike nor any gear that gives me damage to them. With my SSJ3 female, it still racks up to 7000 damage.

For comparison, my x4 Kaioken Kamehameha with 125 points in Ki Blasts deals roughly 8000.

It's really powerful, the biggest problem is that it straight up doesn't work if your enemy has less then 4.5 stamina bars, even if you break them.

[Kanassa]

Gueeeess which major gaming site gave the game a 7.5!

Who is i- Oh, it's just IGN.

[Lord Frieza]

Ok Dodoria Launcher is now my favorite attack in the game! Its not the best but it feels so epic and powerful!

[YonedgeHP]

Actually in the Spanish (from Spain) edition it is Son Goku negro.

My console is on Spain's Spanish and I haven't seen that name.

Really? Are they using different names for the console and PC version of the same game in the same region?

[spoiler][/spoiler]

Yeah I don't like that inconsistency on the names.

[nato25]

Alright, So I've played the game for a bit now. I just finished the Cell Games in the story. I'm enjoying it so far, lot's of improvements over its predecessor. The only downside I guess is that the game really doesn't do enough different for me to be truly invested into it.

Battles are fun. I love the cinematic camera effects they've added to the fighting. The hub world is great but my god that music, what the fuck. All the tracks I've heard so far for the hub completely suck. Other than those songs, the new ones are mostly great.

The new alterations that they've made to the DBZ story arcs are pretty cool, but I would have preferred an all new story rather than going through the same arcs that we completed in the last game. Hopefully things begin to change a lot as the story progresses. One moment I loved was when...[spoiler]Trunks wanted to change history by fighting alongside Future Gohan against the Androids. Really powerful moment. I hope to see more moments like that as I keep playing.[/spoiler]Also, seeing my created character from XV1 as a hero and a story character in this game is really cool.

I hate that they reused Parallel Quests from the last game. I lose the desire to complete them because I've already completed them before. I haven't tried online battles yet so I can't really say much about them. I've only done the tutorial for the Master Quests so I can't really say much about those either.

Overall, I'm enjoying it so far. But it leaves a lot to be desired due to it being not that much of a step up from its predecessor. I'm sure I'll be invested to it once I start playing it alongside my friends when we create an online team.

Yes I loved that moment as well. Unfortunately there are only one, arguably two that are as good as that. Imagine if the whole story had that effect. I seriously had goosebumps in that moment, if that was 'canon' I would not complain in any way.

And you're analysis is spot on swagger. Smart guy. As I've been saying this whole time (I've been playing for about 5 days thanks to a review code, beat the story) as a Dragon Ball Z game it's one of the best we've ever had but as a sequel it's really lacking in key content. Which when I look at the game I think why do I feel that way. Conton City is soooo much better than Toki Toki with heaps of cool new stuff to do. The fighting is really improved. It's like there is new content there but I don't know there's definitely something missing. I'm keen to see what they do with this 'year of support'.

[Sshadow5001]

Yay I got my game today
Boo my controllers left analog stick has a deadzone and when i dash it constantly stops for no reason gotta go buy a new controller

[ryou766]

Anyone know how to get the Time Patroller suit?

[Hellspawn28]

Is getting the Dragon Balls easier now in XV2?

[sintzu]

I'm stuck somewhere after the golden Freeza partso if you haven't reached that then don't read this, it'll spoil the story for you.

[spoiler]After I fought bardock and broke his mask, he took mira somewhere and vanished but after that I haven't been able to start a mission, I'd go to the capsul corp area and talk to a morosaki and he tells me how to power up which I do, I'm at level 50 but how do I continue the story ?[/spoiler]

[KinguKurimuzon]

So if there's no GT stuff in the main story, how do you unlock the characters? Parallel Quests?

[ShadowBardock89]

So if there's no GT stuff in the main story, how do you unlock the characters? Parallel Quests?

You unlock Hit and some of the GT characters with the Dragon Balls.




On a sad note, I should have received my Collector's Edition by now had Namco Bandai (as well as Walmart) got their act together. But, alas, I do not have it.

[nato25]

I'm stuck somewhere after the golden Freeza partso if you haven't reached that then don't read this, it'll spoil the story for you.

[spoiler]After I fought bardock and broke his mask, he took mira somewhere and vanished but after that I haven't been able to start a mission, I'd go to the capsul corp area and talk to a morosaki and he tells me how to power up which I do, I'm at level 50 but how do I continue the story ?[/spoiler]

The transformation quests are level locked. For example I played through as Frieza race, I had to get to level 57 to complete all the quests to get me Turn Golden. I don't know what race you're playing but the requirement is probably similar. It's a really dumb system that wrecks the story progression, as you can clearly see transformations do not matter in the slightest in terms of power in Xenoverse.

[DB_Fan1991]

What strikes me as odd is that Sabat is playing Zarbon when they already have Tatum as Mira. A real pity as I loved Tatum as Zarbon. I only assume they did this to pander to fans of the old dub since terms like Hercule & Special Beam Cannon are present too. Of course Clinkenbeard & Rial have to stay because Nadolny & Vollmer no longer live in Texas and Ayres has to be used as Freeza because Young can't handle the more accurate scripts the newer games have. Slug had to be replaced & Ginyu is still voiced by Elliott because of Armstrong's retirement. Some old voices such as Sabat as Jheese & McCoy as 18 are for the better as those were the 2 Kai replacements I liked the least, so great to have them back in this game. I did notice that Clinkenbeard sounds way off in this game as Gohan compared to Kai and even Xenoverse 1. I still think they could have used this game to sack Patton as Tullece & Chandler as Coola and put Schemmel & Ayres in the roles. As for Schemmel as Black, I think the tone is somewhat there, but I do hope that the raspiness is gone by the time they dub Super as if he sounds like that in Super it won't work. Speaking of raspiness it seems like Vale has finally lightened up on the rasp for Future Trunks. If how he sounds here is a preview of how he'll sound in Super then I think it'll work.

[sintzu]

I don't know what race you're playing but the requirement is probably similar. It's a really dumb system that wrecks the story progression, as you can clearly see transformations do not matter in the slightest in terms of power in Xenoverse.

I'm a Saiyan so do I have to reach level 57 to unlock Ssj to continue the story ?

[Sailor Haumea]

What strikes me as odd is that Sabat is playing Zarbon when they already have Tatum as Mira. A real pity as I loved Tatum as Zarbon. I only assume they did this to pander to fans of the old dub since terms like Hercule & Special Beam Cannon are present too.

I think with Satan they're saying his full stage name is "Mr. Hercule Satan". That was headcanon for most people anyway.

[DB_Fan1991]

What strikes me as odd is that Sabat is playing Zarbon when they already have Tatum as Mira. A real pity as I loved Tatum as Zarbon. I only assume they did this to pander to fans of the old dub since terms like Hercule & Special Beam Cannon are present too.

I think with Satan they're saying his full stage name is "Mr. Hercule Satan". That was headcanon for most people anyway.

Which in my opinion is pandering to the fans of the original dub. Just call him Mr. Satan and be done with it.

[Sailor Haumea]

What strikes me as odd is that Sabat is playing Zarbon when they already have Tatum as Mira. A real pity as I loved Tatum as Zarbon. I only assume they did this to pander to fans of the old dub since terms like Hercule & Special Beam Cannon are present too.

I think with Satan they're saying his full stage name is "Mr. Hercule Satan". That was headcanon for most people anyway.

Which in my opinion is pandering to the fans of the original dub. Just call him Mr. Satan and be done with it.

But the wonky name changes are part of the charm of the dub. Like Master Shen and Master Roshi.

Some...actually make more sense than the original, really. Like Launch works because, uhh...she has a volatile personality. Was trying to figure out how to word that.

[DB_Fan1991]

I think with Satan they're saying his full stage name is "Mr. Hercule Satan". That was headcanon for most people anyway.

Which in my opinion is pandering to the fans of the original dub. Just call him Mr. Satan and be done with it.

But the wonky name changes are part of the charm of the dub. Like Master Shen and Master Roshi.

Some...actually make more sense than the original, really. Like Launch works because, uhh...she has a volatile personality. Was trying to figure out how to word that.

I just hope Super's dub is more like Kai's and not like Z's.

[Sailor Haumea]

Which in my opinion is pandering to the fans of the original dub. Just call him Mr. Satan and be done with it.

But the wonky name changes are part of the charm of the dub. Like Master Shen and Master Roshi.

Some...actually make more sense than the original, really. Like Launch works because, uhh...she has a volatile personality. Was trying to figure out how to word that.

I just hope Super's dub is more like Kai's and not like Z's.

Current names revealed (based on Crunchyroll subs):

Zeno = Zen-Oh
Merged Zamasu = Fusion Zamasu

Everyone else has the same name as in Japanese thus far.