Dragon Ball Zfans aren’t particularly impressed with what we’ve seen so far ofXenoverse 2’s current-gen graphical upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series.
The last few months have undoubtedly been some of the busiest in Dragon Ball gaming history, thanks to the release of anew trailer for Sparking Zero, the seemingly final DLC expansion forDragon Ball Z: Kakarot(which is awesome, by the way), and thelong-awaited release of the current-gen updateforDragon Ball FighterZ. It’s not slowing down any time soon, though.
Back in 2023, it was confirmed that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 would be getting a current-gen update for PS5 and Xbox Series, although it wasn’t revealed at the time what kind of changes would be made alongside the new version. Yesterday,Bandai Namco announced that the update is coming on May 24and that it’ll have save transfers, without giving too much more away about what to expect.
Itdidgive us a brief glimpse at the updated graphics in action, though,as seen in this comparison video. While Kakarot’s current-gen update made quite a difference to the game’s visuals, the same can’t be said about Xenoverse 2, as the only real difference shown in the video is some stray blades of grass swaying in the wind.
As you’re able to imagine, this has led to some discourse in the Xenoverse community, with a lot of players making fun of the minimal update to the graphics.Twitter user SLOplays shared a memethat shows Mr Krabs making fun of the fact that the grass is the only difference,while Burcol mocked how minimal the changes areby replacing the blade of grass with a massive leaf flying across the screen.
Other players were a little less kind to the update, calling the graphical change “terrible” and saying that they can’t even see a difference between the PS5 and Xbox Series versions of the game and the original.
Although most Dragon Ball fans don’t seem all that impressed with the changes, there are some who are a bit more understanding. Some players on the Xenoverse 2 subreddit have made it clear that they just want the long loading times to be shaved down a bit, while those who have worked on mods for the game have pointed out how much work would need to be done to improve all of the game’s models and assets.
