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ActionAdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerAnimeFightingCharacter CustomizationMultiplayerCo-op

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Game description

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 builds upon the highly popular DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE with enhanced graphics that will further immerse players into the largest and most detailed Dragon Ball world ever developed.

Basic info

DeveloperQLOC, Dimps Corporation
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateOct 27, 2016
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3570 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory4 GB
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1030 / AMD Radeon HD 7770
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 419 reviews from the past 1 year

80.7/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (90%)

Metacritic: 78 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Fans create their own fighter and travel through the series' history in this action RPG, which scores 80.7 across 419 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

172 reviews find it fun, and some call it a nostalgic favorite they keep returning to. 26 say there is a huge amount of content, and some note years of updates and many characters. Content Volume ranks 333rd of 1351. 20 enjoy the character creation and builds, and some praise the many races, transformations and move sets that open different playstyles. Story & World ranks 748th of 1096.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness appears in 38% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1253rd of 1399. 83 reviews say the DLC costs too much, and some note there is no bundle that includes everything. 49 report connection and server problems, and some say players on different Windows versions cannot play together, while others describe lobby bugs that block missions. 27 find the controls clunky, and some point to awkward keyboard input, a camera that needs constant resetting and a confusing interface. Multiplayer ranks 582nd of 642, and Gameplay ranks 718th of 1396.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“game is good and better than before” · 172 reviews
“requires 300+ dollars on top of game purchase for complete experience” · 83 reviews
“200+ hours of content with base game and all DLCs” · 26 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +2.09 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “character creation and fighting style customization offers meaningful playstyle choices” · 20 reviews

Progression 18% · Difficulty 9% · Onboarding 7% · Freedom 8% · Controls & feel 17%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Story +1.58 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “engaging story with many player choices” · 16 reviews
Negative “story is recycled from Xenoverse 1, more like DLC” · 4 reviews

Characters 3% · World 8%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 32% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.95 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “200+ hours of content with base game and all DLCs” · 26 reviews
Negative “credits are long and unskippable” · 2 reviews

Variety 12% · Replayability 3%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 14% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +1.07 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “cartoon rendering highly restores Dragon Ball original art style with high visual recognition” · 11 reviews
Negative “transformation brightness makes character look soapy” · 5 reviews

Audio 4%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together -0.63 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Negative “cannot play multiplayer without patcher, defeats main reason to buy” · 14 reviews
Positive “played with other people and completed missions together” · 7 reviews

Community 10% · Servers & Connection 19%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.80 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “requires 300+ dollars on top of game purchase for complete experience” · 83 reviews

Anti-cheat 3% · Balance 10% · Matchmaking 3%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.23 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “critical bug unfixed for a week, discriminatory treatment of Chinese/Korean versions” · 17 reviews

Performance 6% · Developer support 23%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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