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https://store.playstation.com/#!/en...beta/cid=UP0700-CUSA06202_00-DBXV2NWT10000000

This BETA will be open to everyone between the following times:

START: October 14th 1:00 AM PDT
END: October 17th 1:00 AM PDT

 

[ArchedThunder]

Servers ain't doin too well.

 

[BakedTanooki]

Downloading right now.
The gameplay looks so much more dynamic and smoother than Xenoverse 1,in the videos i have seen.
I am hyped.

 

[BigEmil]

Super hyped for this game

 

[ArchedThunder]

Servers seem to be working pretty well now.

EDIT: And now I'm having issues again.

 

[Caayn]

It plays a lot smoother and looks better than the original.

Loading times are a bit on the long side though.

 

[Memory]

Combat and flight is alot more fluid and smooth, that was my major hang up from the last game. Looking good so far apart from all the loading.

 

[Piers]

Combat and flight is alot more fluid and smooth, that was my major hang up from the last game. Looking good so far apart from all the loading.

Is the combat more than dodging ultimates and spamming teleport dodges?

 

[Lord Phol]

Combat and flight is alot more fluid and smooth, that was my major hang up from the last game. Looking good so far apart from all the loading.

That's what I got as well from watching a few videos. Was initially dissapointed because the screens and trailers made it look way too much like the first game, but now I'm getting interested again.

 

[Miggy]

Heard great things about Xenoverse 1. Looking forward to testing out this beta.

 

[Greenymac]

Downloaded this morning and will get sonebtime to play in. Anybody having any luck playing with friends? First one was a headache at times joining friends.

 

[Memory]

Is the combat more than dodging ultimates and spamming teleport dodges?

Too early to see the meta at this point.

 

[BigEmil]

Combat and play etc is much better than the first nice improvements here and there its great its not cross-gen no more

 

[Pie and Beans]

On PS4 and I see the whole thing has that shit Dim Filter on it again like some animes do for flashy special effects scenes due to... I dunno... an incredibly over-paranoid epilepsy fear?

No other japanese game has it of course. Just these Xenoverse titles. Whyyyyyyy.

 

[bilas]

Do I need PSPlus?

 

[Zero-ELEC]

On PS4 and I see the whole thing has that shit Dim Filter on it again like some animes do for flashy special effects scenes due to... I dunno... an incredibly over-paranoid epilepsy fear?

No other japanese game has it of course. Just these Xenoverse titles. Whyyyyyyy.

Adjusting brightness fixes it. Have to be in town to adjust.

 

[ryushe]

PC?

 

[Possumowner]

Interesting,recently bought the 1st one in a sale,enjoyed it enough to be very interested in this one

 

[PhazonBlazer]

How big is the download?

 

[ArchedThunder]

How big is the download?

6.7 gigs.

 

[Seven Force]

Do I need PSPlus?

Only to play online battles, I imagine.

 

[Caayn]

Only to play online battles, I imagine.

Could play online in this beta without having PS+.

 

[Cromat]

Servers went down only after I excruciatingly created my character haha

 

[BakedTanooki]

Servers went down only after I excruciatingly created my character haha

Oh, so that's why i can not get past the title screen lol.

 

[Memory]

Do I need PSPlus?

You can still play offline quests and the offline local, it repopulates real people with AI if offline.

 

[BakedTanooki]

Seems like not the game servers are offline, but the psn is in maintenance. At least here in Germany.

 

[ViciousDS]

Seems like not the game servers are offline, but the psn is in maintenance. At least here in Germany.

well.....they decided to launch at the exact same time as the call of duty beta. PSN is hammered and down I think for all regions pretty much lol

 

[bizzarewars]

Servers went down only after I excruciatingly created my character haha

Same. Life's rough.

 

[Impulsor]

I played for a while, created frieza race. Golden form is awesome.

I think I'll main frieza race for the full game.

 

[SkywardBeam]

So, will we still be able to play this open beta offline after the 17th or will it stop to work? I am only interested in offline anyway, so I would appreciate it.

And what about the character? Can he/ she be imported into the full game or do we have to start from scratch?

 

[ArchedThunder]

So, will we still be able to play this open beta offline after the 17th or will it stop to work? I am only interested in offline anyway, so I would appreciate it.

And what about the character? Can he/ she be imported into the full game or do we have to start from scratch?

No and no.

 

[RocknRola]

Trying it out right now (never played the first game). It's pretty fun! Liking it so far. Pretty smooth too from a first impression. Doing the Raditz mission as we speak.

Will post a more detailed comment later.

 

[Santar]

Looks like they still haven't fixed that weird gray filter over everything on PS4 the first game had.
It just looks so washed out.
Hopefully the pc version won't have it this time either.

 

[Zero-ELEC]

Looks like they still haven't fixed that weird gray filter over everything on PS4 the first game had.
It just looks so washed out.
Hopefully the pc version won't have it this time either.

You can disable it. It's the "brightness" setting in the pause menu in town.

 

[Revven]

Looks like they still haven't fixed that weird gray filter over everything on PS4 the first game had.
It just looks so washed out.
Hopefully the pc version won't have it this time either.

Putting Brightness on max gets rid of the gray filter. I tried it and it looks exactly like it does on PC. Go to your Options from the pause menu.

 

[BakedTanooki]

Oh man, i just finished the training and I'm already in love.
It feels much better and smoother. It's faster than Xenoverse 1.
Beautiful 60fps, even with many characters on screen. Also 60fps in the city hub world.

But yeah, turn the brightness on maximum! Or else you got the ugly grey filter on screen, making everything washed out.

Game looks perfect and colorful when turned up the brightness.

 

[Santar]

You can disable it. It's the "brightness" setting in the pause menu in town.

Putting Brightness on max gets rid of the gray filter. I tried it and it looks exactly like it does on PC. Go to your Options from the pause menu.

Ahh I see, very good!

 

[ViciousDS]

Oh man, i just finished the training and I'm already in love.
It feels much better and smoother. It's faster than Xenoverse 1.
Beautiful 60fps, even with many characters on screen. Also 60fps in the city hub world.

But yeah, turn the brightness on maximum! Or else you got the ugly grey filter on screen, making everything washed out.

Game looks perfect and colorful when turned up the brightness.

gggaahhh the wait to get home is going to be painful!!!!

 

[patchday]

Can someone test the multiplayer missions to see if its still a grindfest to get staple powers unlocked like SSJ 2 form etc?

stuck at work...

 

[Revven]

Can someone test the multiplayer missions to see if its still a grindfest to get staple powers unlocked like SSJ 2 form etc?

stuck at work...

Transformations, at least the race exclusive ones, are unlocked from the start. At least, for the beta. Not sure if it's like that in the final game.

Not sure how the RNG is yet.

 

[Docpan]

Is it just me, or is there some kind of darkness filter applied to in-game.

It didn't affect the opening anime intro or starting cutscenes, but once the gameplay started everything got noticeably darker.

I just got a new Tv and want to make sure this isn't a problem on my end. I have HDR turned on to this hdmi input, but it shouldn't negatively affect standard color hdmi, if I understand correctly.

Someone else please confirm.

 

[BakedTanooki]

Is it just me, or is there some kind of darkness filter applied to in-game.

It didn't affect the opening anime intro or starting cutscenes, but once the gameplay started everything got noticeably darker.

I just got a new Tv and want to make sure this isn't a problem on my end. I have HDR turned on to this hdmi input, but it shouldn't negatively affect standard color hdmi, if I understand correctly.

Someone else please confirm.

Look above Turn up the brightness in the options. It will look perfect.

 

[Sheppard]

Are there subtitles when using the Japanese language option at all times? I remember not being able to understand everything being told to me since there were not subtitles at the end of matches and whatnot from my mentor.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Transformations, at least the race exclusive ones, are unlocked from the start. At least, for the beta. Not sure if it's like that in the final game.

Not sure how the RNG is yet.

Ultimate finishes and mentors are no longer tied to RNG and the drops you get from missions are very generous.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Keep getting dropped out of the loading screen because of server issues. I can not even walk around the city for the first time.

 

[chaosaeon]

Can someone post a screen before and after maxing the brightness ? I'm curious and probably won't get to try the beta. Haven't played a DBZ game since Tenkaichi 3. This has got to be a dramatic step up from that right ? Just from videos, the character models in this look a little shiny, like they've been dipped in oil, which doesn't look that great imo, and I'm not a fan of the huge character covering yellow target symbol. I hope that can be disabled since from a distance it looks like you're fighting a yellow circle and not an enemy. I think I read there's no beam struggles. Ultimate moves lack a little drama and grandeur, they're just casually thrown out there and take 2 seconds, miss, cause no big explosion in the background, and then the match goes on. A missed beam should make a flash come up in the sky on the horizon at least, that'd be cool. I miss feeling like those moves were a big deal when they happened. I liked the crater that forms from a transformation, but they disappear after two seconds :/

How much of a generation leap is this over Budokai 3 and Tenkaichi 3 ?

 

[Alienous]

It's a better looking game than both of those, but then again so was Raging Blast and Burst Limit.

But yeah, the character models shine under light in a way that they wouldn't in the anime.

 

[RocknRola]

Well, getting constantly disconnected right now, which is a shame. Hopefully in a few hours or during the weekend things will be calmer.

I really enjoyed what I played so far, open city and all! Everything was just sooo smooooooottthhhh!! Felt great. It also looks miles better in motion than in pics. I remember people complaining about grinding and RNG for the first game, not sure if that'll change for this one or not since the Beta has a bunch of stuff unlocked from the start. I can see the PQ's getting repetitive after a while if they're required to obtain items/powers/techniques/stuff.

Still, very positive impression from the beta right now. It's been too long since I played a good DB game!

 

[Revven]

Yeah servers seem to be getting jammed, not surprised. I played a good hour this morning no issues but now I can't even get in and the one time I did it quickly threw me back to the title screen. Kinda lame they don't let you pick the offline mode but I guess it makes sense why they wouldn't.

Won't be surprised if day 1 is pretty much going to be like this, except at least with the full game you'll be able to go into a single lobby and what not.

 

[BakedTanooki]

Man, i already see myself putting hundreds of hours into the full game.
Everything is much improved
I could imagine Xenoverse 1 will feel like a beta or half finished game, after playing Xenoverse 2.