Note: I haven't played it, these are my opinions having watched it played by many people over the last 3 days.
***Stars next to a comment are things I know are limitation based OR something that I've searched up on and haven't found anything about or seen.
I've grew up with DB, DBZ, DB GT and I love it, I'm 26 now and I still love it. I've been waiting for another game that captured the essence of the series (I've played every game in existence -- I won't compare this game to them.) I've had my eye on Xenoverse for a long time and now that it's getting close, I've put a preorder on it. (planning to play the demo and decide from there. I'd like to hear other people's opinions and knowledge on the game so I can makethe best decision. (I've come to a point where a game has to pass my "Test"
-Offline gameplay/Single player story (My internet is not the best)
-Hour of play per dollar spent $60 = 60 hours (Certain games are exempt)
-Female & Male characters are playable (UNLESS the story has a set "character" to play.)
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Good:
-Visuals are good
-Fighting system is fine
-Special/Ultimate attacks are cool (visually & in number)
-CaC (Create a Character) is awesome
-The story is alright (I've played DB Online)
-1 v 1, 2 v 2, & 3 v 3 is cool
-Rpg system is cool
-Limiting vanishing to a stamina bar is smart
-Canon character have a selection of "Versions"
-The dragonballs are hard to get (This is a GOOD thing)
-There are skill resets (by wish)
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Bad
***PURE Speculation/Neggling things that I can see being a nuisance with the game: This seems like a game that has "Number 2 will add all the stuff missing" syndrome. It bothers me a lot. Even still, I may purchase it because I have extra money.
***NO DRAGONBALL characters? (I assume this remedied with DLC, which I must state again, I will not talk about.)
***There was no demo BEFORE the game's launch. I didn't have internet during the network test, so I didn't have a chance to play it. I know one is coming with the launch of the game. I plan to play it before I buy.
***The game (which has been released in japan and is going to be released in the U.S on February 24th has no "destructible environments" aside from the city houses and some mountains; the potholes and craters in surfaces staying would make a battle seem more visceral. In my opinion the new consoles and especially pc can handle this. I suppose this is subjective at best; this would be a strain on the engine I'm sure.
***There are no Android CaCs? Regenerating energy, high defense, medium attack (or whatever would balance them?)
***No great ape transformation? (I know this would be a balance issue, but I just wonder) I know there are bosses, but I'm talking CaC-wise
***No CaC usage in couch battles? (Offline multiplayer) Seems kinda goofy...
-3 v 3 gets kinda ridiculous (Most people (Non PvP) choose the most powerful characters and crush everything.) Locking characters to saga would help out with this.
***PvP gives no rewards? (I have only seen 3-4 matches in 3 days) I know that this has been out only 3 days, but I have watched maxed out characters (Level 80?) not even bothering to do anything pvp what-so-ever.
-Swords/Powerpole/Weapons can't be an alternative to fist? (Only certain attack allow you to use them)
-More supers/ultimates should be chargeable (the charge time would make it stronger, players could see attacks coming.) This would make weaker attacks more formidable at a price.
-No aura color customization (The races have their set colors, kaioken, super saiyan have their auras and canons have theirs, but CaCs are stuck with races auras.) A way to fix this is to have an aura slot that uses canon colors for customization. I would suggest beams at well, but the color of specials and ultimates are a part of lore and canon.
-All Non Namekian/Arcosian/Majin/ character are SAIYANS (I know this because I've seen constant super saiyan transformations)
-Namekians, Acrosians, and Humans have no transformation besides Kaioken (which drains stamina) They should have something that can match up against super saiyan transformation (It doesn't have to be the same, but it has enable a Non Saiyan CaC to battle on par with a super saiyan CaC) Final form and Great Namekian form could be the answer to balance this. Saiyans are arguably the BEST CaC character because super saiyan allows for super - ultimate spam
-DLC seems to be this games method of getting money (Costumes, GT Goku - Pan - Trunks all are incoming DLC for $10 ((I'm not even going to get on this subject))
***Stars next to a comment are things I know are limitation based OR something that I've searched up on and haven't found anything about or seen.
I've grew up with DB, DBZ, DB GT and I love it, I'm 26 now and I still love it. I've been waiting for another game that captured the essence of the series (I've played every game in existence -- I won't compare this game to them.) I've had my eye on Xenoverse for a long time and now that it's getting close, I've put a preorder on it. (planning to play the demo and decide from there. I'd like to hear other people's opinions and knowledge on the game so I can makethe best decision. (I've come to a point where a game has to pass my "Test"
-Offline gameplay/Single player story (My internet is not the best)
-Hour of play per dollar spent $60 = 60 hours (Certain games are exempt)
-Female & Male characters are playable (UNLESS the story has a set "character" to play.)
---------------------------------------------
Good:
-Visuals are good
-Fighting system is fine
-Special/Ultimate attacks are cool (visually & in number)
-CaC (Create a Character) is awesome
-The story is alright (I've played DB Online)
-1 v 1, 2 v 2, & 3 v 3 is cool
-Rpg system is cool
-Limiting vanishing to a stamina bar is smart
-Canon character have a selection of "Versions"
-The dragonballs are hard to get (This is a GOOD thing)
-There are skill resets (by wish)
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Bad
***PURE Speculation/Neggling things that I can see being a nuisance with the game: This seems like a game that has "Number 2 will add all the stuff missing" syndrome. It bothers me a lot. Even still, I may purchase it because I have extra money.
***NO DRAGONBALL characters? (I assume this remedied with DLC, which I must state again, I will not talk about.)
***There was no demo BEFORE the game's launch. I didn't have internet during the network test, so I didn't have a chance to play it. I know one is coming with the launch of the game. I plan to play it before I buy.
***The game (which has been released in japan and is going to be released in the U.S on February 24th has no "destructible environments" aside from the city houses and some mountains; the potholes and craters in surfaces staying would make a battle seem more visceral. In my opinion the new consoles and especially pc can handle this. I suppose this is subjective at best; this would be a strain on the engine I'm sure.
***There are no Android CaCs? Regenerating energy, high defense, medium attack (or whatever would balance them?)
***No great ape transformation? (I know this would be a balance issue, but I just wonder) I know there are bosses, but I'm talking CaC-wise
***No CaC usage in couch battles? (Offline multiplayer) Seems kinda goofy...
-3 v 3 gets kinda ridiculous (Most people (Non PvP) choose the most powerful characters and crush everything.) Locking characters to saga would help out with this.
***PvP gives no rewards? (I have only seen 3-4 matches in 3 days) I know that this has been out only 3 days, but I have watched maxed out characters (Level 80?) not even bothering to do anything pvp what-so-ever.
-Swords/Powerpole/Weapons can't be an alternative to fist? (Only certain attack allow you to use them)
-More supers/ultimates should be chargeable (the charge time would make it stronger, players could see attacks coming.) This would make weaker attacks more formidable at a price.
-No aura color customization (The races have their set colors, kaioken, super saiyan have their auras and canons have theirs, but CaCs are stuck with races auras.) A way to fix this is to have an aura slot that uses canon colors for customization. I would suggest beams at well, but the color of specials and ultimates are a part of lore and canon.
-All Non Namekian/Arcosian/Majin/ character are SAIYANS (I know this because I've seen constant super saiyan transformations)
-Namekians, Acrosians, and Humans have no transformation besides Kaioken (which drains stamina) They should have something that can match up against super saiyan transformation (It doesn't have to be the same, but it has enable a Non Saiyan CaC to battle on par with a super saiyan CaC) Final form and Great Namekian form could be the answer to balance this. Saiyans are arguably the BEST CaC character because super saiyan allows for super - ultimate spam
-DLC seems to be this games method of getting money (Costumes, GT Goku - Pan - Trunks all are incoming DLC for $10 ((I'm not even going to get on this subject))