No matter how good a Dragon Ball game was, none of them were played professionally. No game in the series has been able to require the following of other fighting games such as Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, but Dragon Ball fans would love to see this change. Will this DBVX finally push into the main stream as a professional fighter? Who knows right now but from the looks of it. It does have a lot of promise.
The Story
The Graphics
One of the biggest issues I have with this game is that the stage you fight on repairs itself even after a mountain is smashed. For some reason even on a Next Gen Console this happens and that just makes me scratch. If you watch the show or read the manga you don;t see the ground and mountain magically grow back or reform when it is smashed into oblivion. There is also a bug I ran across where my allies that were "suppose" to be helping me just flew around and chasing each other and playing tag with one another as I was smashing buttons and pummeling my opponent. Even with that said though this game does have it's hard parts which of course are the bosses that can sometimes make you want to smash your controller, or you get so angry you actually turn into a Saiyan!
Final Verdict!
When
it comes to the story of any Dragon Ball game it is pretty obvious what
you are getting into. If anything you are pretty much replaying the
episodes in order and exactly what happened (With the exception of the
moves the order you use them in). This time though something very
intresting and refreshing is happening in the Dragon Ball series putting
everything you have known in the universe upside down.
In
Dragon Ball Xenoverse the story revolves around two demons from the
future, Towa & Mira. Who are taking key events in the Dragon Ball
series and manipulating them for worse. When all seems hopeless, The son
of Vegeta (God I hope that isn't a spoiler anymore) Trunks summons
Shernon and asks for a savior that can help restore everything and
remove the mistakes the two demons have caused, thus creating a much
needed balance to the natural timeline. This savior. Is you and your
created character!
Your
character will have to help important characters in the series over
large epic events and battles, in which would prevent Towa and Mira from
corrupting characters and destroying the natural order of time. One of
the more refreshing things about the story of Xenoverse is that if you
ever though of a "what if" situation, and what it would do to the
timeline it is in the game. We as the "hero" get to see what would
transpire in the show or manga or past shows if those events really did
happen. Being able to see what would of happened if Goku's Full Nelson
didn't work on Raditz and Piccolo hit only hit Goku with the Special
Beam Cannon. The idea of seeing what would happen is very satisfying. Or
witness what would happen if Freeza outlasted Goku in the final battle,
with you interfering and helping make things right teaming up with the
main man and turning the tides with a satisfying outcome.
There
are moments in the Story though will come off as confusing and not
fully fleshed out. The Trunks you are talk to and come across is of
course the Trunks from the future. Yet we are told that the story takes
place in the "Age 850". Yes I was confused at first and this may throw a
few others off who haven't played the Online Dragon Ball Game. (I,
Myself had to read up on it) Trunks now is a time traveler and that the
universe in the Online Dragon Ball game is canon due to the presences of
Mira. From what I have gathered reading up on everything I could.
Trunks traveled to this time to help the Supreme Kai of time, who we
know very little about. As I recall it would be the first time in any
game, manga, or anime that she is introduced.
One small thing I dislike though is the game does skim through battles that I would’ve like to take part in. The Android Saga (non-Future Trunks timeline) was skipped over along with the Majin Vegeta fight.
The
graphics of Dragon Ball Xenoverse is very close to Raging Blast or
Battle of Z. Whichever you played or prefer to compare with. The colors
and scenery makes the environment pop making you want to visit all areas
of the map. Seeing the painful expressions on your face as your body
takes hits and bruises makes the visual expect of the game even more
awesome. All this makes the game feel closer to the actually anime than
any other game that represents the Dragon Ball Universe to date.
With that said though, The environments can either make or break when it comes to intense battles. You’re placed in somewhat grand environments, but you still feel restricted when it comes to flight & being able to destroy objects in your path. Which like any and all Dragon Ball games to date really limit you and has been a problem in this series.
Game Play
The game play is like the other Dragon Ball games when it comes to the fighting with punch, kick, ascend and descend, and along with a guard button. There are some new elements though that makes the past Dragon Ball games seem old and simple. When fighting, you will notices a few things that are very pleasant on the eyes. First the characters are more fluid when it comes to there movement. The movement also seems more realistic. Of course realistic as realistic can get in a anime. Finally the combat does feel that much more energetic.
Flight in this game is defiantly leaves a sore taste in my mouth and could as well leave a sore taste in your mouth as well. As all Dragon Ball games in the past. You are limited to were you can go and what you can do. Sadly though compared to the past Dragon Ball games it seems you are limited even more so. Which is very sad because unlike the show, it feels like you are just fighting in one place and only changing when the story moves on. Also another thing that is a slight problem is you can really do a lot of stuff with the environment. You can't; no matter how hard you try smash your opponent into the mountains right next to you. So that feeling of epicness could really die down when it comes to what you want to do in combat.
Creating your own character in the game defiantly adds to the game. Choosing between Saiyan, Majin, Earthling, Namekian or as a member of Frieza’s race is an enjoyable feature in the game, and each race as well as being the male or female has different stats. For instance. Earthling is the Jack of All trades, master if none. The Saiyan race has high attack, low Hp. The Namekain race has High Health, and better health regen, The Majin race has the best defense but lowest speed and the Friezaclan as the best speed but low attack. Overall though it just depends on what you want to be. As the stats to me really didn't play into the game as much as I wanted to felt it needed to. Just seemed that everyone was the same. Nothing to noticeable in my eyes, again that may just be me though.
People may have a issue that you have to purchase a skill to make your Saiyan character go Super Saiyan, but you can over come this easily by repeating missions and doing the Parallel Quests which can stack up money and experience pretty easily. You can even train under certain protagonist & antagonist from the series that will teach you their iconic techniques.
The main hub of the story is in Toki Toki City and it where the time Patrol and Supreme Kai of Time resides. Toki Toki City is where you can enter both Online and Offline Parallel Quests, it is also a place you can upgrade your character with new items, skills, weapons, capsules and even costumes to use in battle. Players can also take part in the World Tournament Mode & Versus Mode. When it comes to squaring off against friends or the computer in a match outside of the story, you are able to add up to 3 fighters to battle it out
One of the biggest issues I have with this game is that the stage you fight on repairs itself even after a mountain is smashed. For some reason even on a Next Gen Console this happens and that just makes me scratch. If you watch the show or read the manga you don;t see the ground and mountain magically grow back or reform when it is smashed into oblivion. There is also a bug I ran across where my allies that were "suppose" to be helping me just flew around and chasing each other and playing tag with one another as I was smashing buttons and pummeling my opponent. Even with that said though this game does have it's hard parts which of course are the bosses that can sometimes make you want to smash your controller, or you get so angry you actually turn into a Saiyan!
Final Verdict!
The Final Verdict for Dragon Ball Xenoverse is a Thumbs Up! For all the problems I came across in the game, it is ten times better than what we got in Battle of Z. So I can say without a doubt that if you are a Dragon Ball Z, or just a Dragon Ball fan in general you must get this game!
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