
Outside of the movie content, the story is fairly similar to the original Xenoverse‘s, but with more detailed plotlines. Integrating these characters into canon without changing them to suit the canon universe is genius, as it lets players finally see the interactions between movie villains. Villains like Turles, Lord Slug, Cooler, and Janemba have been brought into the canon dimension in order to destroy history.

Xenoverse 2 takes advantage of its time/dimension-travelling concept in order to use these movie characters to their maximum potential. Due to the dubious canonicity of the Dragon Ball movies, the memorable villains seen in these movies are often overlooked in terms of plot in other Dragon Ball games. This concept is fantastic by itself, but Xenoverse 2 adds onto it in a very intelligent manner. As your customized personal character, you’ll go back in time to help Goku and Piccolo defeat this enhanced Raditz in order to restore time to what it once was. For example, a mysterious power has made it so Goku and Piccolo are both killed by Raditz in their first battle.

Basically, you play as a “Time Patroller”, a fighter whose job is to travel through time with Trunks and the Supreme Kai of Time in order to correct events from the series that have been altered for the worst. The story of Xenoverse 2 is, structurally, fairly similar to that of the first game, with more detailed events. What I received was a sequel that added a great deal of content and interesting new story concepts, while fixing most of the issues the first game had.

I was very fond of Dragon Ball Xenoverse, despite its issues, so I went into Xenoverse 2 with cautious excitement. MonsterVine was provided with a PS4 code for review.Īt this point it’s likely clear that I’m an enormous fan of Dragon Ball. Despite some minor pacing issues and long load times, Xenoverse 2 is a content-packed, well-made anime fighter. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is a wish come true for Dragon Ball fans.
