
You can gain XP from the main story as well, but if you’re not ready to take part in one of the missions, these PQs (as the game likes to shorten the Parallel Quests to) are the perfect opportunity to earn some substantial experience. Taking part in Parallel Quests online or offline helps to build up your XP, and these different scenarios give you a selection of objectives to achieve. The cool thing about the main story is you can’t just plod through it willy-nilly, instead you must level up and train to make things easier on yourself or else you’ll find some of the battles a real struggle.

The game features plenty of Dragon Ball characters, and for fans of the anime and manga, there are some great moments. There are also floating islands and areas outside of Conton that give you different missions and chances to partake in quests others might not be able to do as well. From here you can choose what quests you’d like to undertake, whether you want to train and improve on particular abilities or if you’d rather spend all those hard earned TP medals on sparkly new stuff. The game starts and runs from the main hub in a place called Conton City. I was an earthling called Krystt who wore a bright yellow outfit with blue hair and I looked bloody great, ready to take on anything. Like the first game, you can choose from Humans, Saiyans, Majins, Namekians and Friezas. At the start of the game, you get to create your character, starting with the choice of which race you want to be.

Enemies from different timelines threaten to change history and wipe out the memories of some of Dragon Ball’s greatest heroes and it is up to you to stop them. In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, you play as a new protagonist, one you get to fully customise, who is an up and coming member of the Time Patrol. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2’s fighting is a joy, and doing so against such gorgeously animated backdrops is great. Once one of the Saibamans gets KO’d, I move onto the next one. My hero, Krystt, flies through the air and uses a Meteor Blow to knock the enemy for six, then, as he comes speeding towards me, disoriented and helpless, I let out a sequence of dominant kicks in the form of Meteor Crash to beat him black and blue.


There’s something so satisfying about unleashing powerful combos, battling a clan of Saibamans and taking them out one by one in glorious 60fps aerial combat.
