
Back to the FutureThough the story won’t exactly set the world on fire, it does manage to serve as both a plausible excuse to send you on a trip through DBZ history and a sidestory that could conceivably fit into the series’ established lore.


On the whole, though, Xenoverse 2 captures the spectacle of DBZ bouts while keeping things manageable. Since some commands require character-relative directional inputs, this can lead to frustrating missed attacks at the worst possible moments. The camera is downright unruly at times too, in its over-zealous attempts to keep up with the action. “Some of my enthusiasm is dampened by the wet-mop hit effects, which rob even the beefiest looking combos of much of their sense of impact.
