On the surface, Dragon Ball XenoVerse seems like a great game for someone like me who enjoys anime, fighting, and role-playing games. Customizing my own character's equipment and move pool is fantastic..

Customizable heroes; True-to-form graphics; Unique story

Shallow combat; Unfair missions

It's been too many years since I've played a Dragon Ball game that I genuinely enjoyed. My favorite game in the series is Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and since then I've struggled to find another to match. With Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, some of my prayers have finally been answered.

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z released last year, and despite an initial string of setback preventing online play from being enjoyable, the game was actually pretty solid. While the game did have some gameplay issues, its follow up, Xenoverse fixes some of these things.

Bandai Namco Games has announced the release of their new title Dragon Ball XenoVerse for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4 and PC. The recent release marks the first Dragon Ball game to appear on next-gen consoles while featuring an all new story.

The Dragon Ball Z storyline has been retold countless times across many formats. However, Dragon Ball Xenoverse aims to use what fans already know by heart to tell an original story featuring the new demonic villain Towa, who seeks to manipulate history in search of ultimate power.

I have long been envious of those who have the skill, patience, time, and dedication to truly master fighting games. The level of strategy and dexterity exhibited by those at the yearly EVO tournaments always impresses, and the spectacle of stylized fighting dazzles.

Each match looks like a scene straight from the anime

Simplistic play; unreliable controls; and inconsistent checkpoints make matches feel unfair

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It wasnt really what i was expecting from the game. Its intriguing and the characters are all there, its just i did not like the controls. It made the game play difficult.

This game is awesome!

Graphics

The appearances of Goku and friends on PS3 and Xbox 360 will be remembered more for the number of entries than their quality. One of the few that I recall with some love is the PS3 title Raging Blast (despite its crazy camera).