The environment is constantly shifting as you fight, and then you can use that destroyed environment to your advantage.Īnother big thing that is returning to the game is real-time transformations. Each time you throw an opponent into a wall, that wall will crumble. Heck, even if you aren’t trying to blow up buildings, the terrain around you will inevitably change as a result of your epic battle.

Opponent hiding behind a mountain? Blow that mountain up! Hiding behind a building? Blow that building up! There’s basically nothing that you can’t blow up in this game. Stages are also 100% destructible as well. Diving into water makes it so that your opponent can’t see you, nor can you see them, but you can still lock on to them and throw ki blasts. Remember all those fights in Dragon Ball Z where characters would dive into water to try and get away from their opponents? Well now you can do that. This way you can string together your attacks into more complicated combos, or simply stop your onslaught in order to keep yourself safe.Īnother element of strategy comes in when you consider the new dynamic maps. You can now cancel the startup of basically any move in your repertoire into a block or movement. Starting a combo above your opponent will be different than starting a combo below them. Combos appear to change depending on when and how you initiate them. That being said, there is a bit more depth to the game this time around. Combos are still button mashy as usual, so don’t expect this to be a serious fighting game. As is always the case with these games, half the game is just flying around trying to find your opponent before you even get to fight. The game takes place in full 3D and the camera is positioned over the shoulder. The reason I say that is that the gameplay system is pretty much the same DBZ system that we have gotten used to after so many years. Absolutely no detail was overlooked while designing this game, and I’d hazard that it’s more fun to watch than play. The apocalyptic clouds overhead, the crumbling mountains as you fight, the ripples in the water as you change your ki, all look beautiful. It’s prettier than the Dragon Ball Z anime by far. It’s one of the best looking games I have seen so far on next-generation consoles. Check out CCC's in-depth Dragon Ball Xenoverse preview for the Xbox 360 to find out all about this game.īefore I even talk about gameplay, let me make one thing clear: this is a gorgeous game. Video Game Mods is a network of modding sites each run by its own Manager. Let’s see what the next DBZ game has to offer. Xenoverse… get it? Z-noverse? Dragon Ball Z-noverse? Well, at least that’s the joke that Bandai Namco made when we got to see the game at E3 this year.

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