History YMMV / DragonballXenoverse2

*** Transformations are no longer classified under Ultimate Attacks and are instead assigned to the button combination that wasn't used in the first game, allowing for you to now have two ultimates and a transformation instead of sacrificing one ultimate for a transformation.

** Also related to the transformations, the Majin and the Frieza race's transformations has gotten mixed reviews. While fans like the idea of the Pure Majin form, they think it should be a little more to it than just a recoloring of Kid Buu, with fans being especially disappointed that even the female Majins become Kid Buu. With Frieza's race, most of the complaints centers around why the ultimate form is gold. In ''Resurrection 'F''' and ''Dragon Ball Super'', Frieza explicitly says that he chose the color gold since it was meant to be a mockery of a Super Saiyan. So your custom character should have the option of choosing the color of their ultimate form with gold just being the default.

** Related to the Saiyan transformations, the hair not spiking up when the custom character goes Super Saiyan. This has split the fanbase between those who don't see it as a big deal and those are seriously considering not buying the game over it.

** Of course, there's also the game's races. Some fans wanted Bandai-Namco to add new races such as the Androids and the Supreme Kais from ''VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes'' or a catch-all Alien race like in ''VideoGame/DragonBallFusions'', while others are fine sticking with the same five races from the first game because it means the staff can focus on the content.

** Related to the Saiyan transformations, the hair not spiking up when a character goes Super Saiyan. This has split the fanbase between those who don't see it as a big deal and those are seriously considering not buying the game over it.

** The exclusion of ''Dragon Ball'' characters and story, once again, has gotten a lot of ire from fans, especially since ''Dragon Ball GT'' and the original 13 movies material are in the game, which are not canon to the original manga. Fans are particularly upset that instead of creating Kid Goku from ''Dragon Ball'', they instead give GT Kid Goku his moveset like the Power Pole and the Rock-Paper-Scissors attack (which he never used in ''GT''). The official reason for the exclusion of ''Dragon Ball'' era characters is [[http://blog.thetshirtcollection.com/original-dragon-ball-not-dragon-ball-xenoverse-2/ that they can't fly]], the same reason why they weren't in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse''. This has rubbed many fans the wrong way.

** The excluding of ''Dragon Ball'' characters and story, once again, has gotten a lot of ire from fans, especially since ''Dragon Ball GT'' and the original 13 movies material are in the game, which are not canon to the original manga. Fans are particularly upset that instead of creating Kid Goku from ''Dragon Ball'', they instead give GT Kid Goku his moveset like the Power Pole and the Rock-Paper-Scissors attack (which he never used in ''GT'').

** Also related to the transformations, the Majin and the Frieza race's transformations has gotten mixed reviews. While fans like the idea of the Pure Majin form, they think it should be a little more to it than just a recoloring of Kid Buu. With Frieza's race, most of the complaints centers around why the ultimate form is gold. In ''Resurrection 'F''' and ''Dragon Ball Super'', Frieza explicitly said that he chose the color gold since it was meant to be a mockery of a Super Saiyan. So your custom character should have the option of choosing the color of their ultimate form with gold just being the default.
** Should the Saiyan race have Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan Blue, and Super Saiyan 4 transformations? Some say yes since the custom character should have access to the Saiyans most powerful transformations since the Frieza race gets Frieza's golden form which is more powerful than Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. Others say no since the Saiyans already have three transformations, and balancing two god forms and Super Saiyan 4 would be a nightmare, especially since Super Saiyan 4 is a completely different branch of Super Saiyan. These fans also feel that the god forms and Super Saiyan 4 should remain exclusive to Goku and Vegeta.
*** However, the producers have said that there are no plans to add Super Saiyan God or Blue at the moment, precisely because there's no way to balance things out for the other races. They did say that plans may change if there's enough demand ''and'' they can work out a way to be fair to all the players.

** Of course, there's also the game's races. Some fans wanted Bandai-Namco to add new races such as the Androids and Kaioshin from ''VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes'' or a catch-all Alien race like in ''VideoGame/DragonBallFusions'', while others are fine sticking with the same five races from the first game because it means the staff can focus on the content.

** Goku Black being a preorder bonus character. Many like that Goku Black will be in the game since ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' wasn't in production when the game's story was being created and he is a massive EnsembleDarkhorse. At the same time, people hate that he is a preorder bonus since given the history of Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta (who was the preorder bonus character of ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'') he won't be available to buy as DLC down the line. This worry, however, has been addressed since Goku Black will be [[AuthorsSavingThrow available for DLC in the future and isn't a preorder exclusive]].

** Should the Saiyan race have Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, and Super Saiyan 4 transformations? Some say yes since the custom character should have access to the Saiyans most powerful transformations since the Frieza race gets Frieza's golden form which is more powerful than Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. Others say no since the Saiyans already have three transformations, and balancing two god forms and Super Saiyan 4 would be a nightmare, especially since Super Saiyan 4 is a completely different branch of Super Saiyan. These fans also feel that the god forms and Super Saiyan 4 should remain exclusive to Goku and Vegeta.

** Goku Black being a preorder bonus character. Many like that Goku Black will be in the game since ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' wasn't in production when the game's story was being created and he is a massive EnsembleDarkhorse. At the same time, people hate that he is a preorder bonus since given the history of Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta (who was the preorder bonus character of ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'') he won't be available to buy as DLC down the line. This worried, however, has been addressed since Goku Black will be [[AuthorsSavingThrow available for DLC in the future and isn't a preorder exclusive]].

** Goku Black being a preorder bonus character. Many like that Goku Black will be in the game since ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' wasn't in production when the game's story was being created and he is a massive EnsembleDarkhorse. At the same time, people hate that he is a preorder bonus since given the history of Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta (who was the preorder bonus character of ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'') he won't be available to buy as DLC down the line.

** Frieza and Cell's second forms being excluded again, along with Super Buu's fusion forms. While fans are happy that Imperfect Cell is in the game, and Semi-Perfect Cell is the least popular of the Cell forms, people are still upset that it was cut off again, especially when that form is in other ''Dragon Ball'' games. The missing Buu forms is the most baffling since they're very popular forms among the fandom. Fans are also mad that the transformations are treated as their own character slot again and you can't transform mid-battle like the Super Saiyans.

** Frieza and Cell's second forms being excluded again, along with Super Buu's fusion forms. While fans are happy that Imperfect Cell is in the game, and Semi-Perfect Cell is the least popular of the Cell forms, people are still upset that it was cut off again, especially when that form is in other ''Dragon Ball'' games. Fans are also mad that the transformations are treated as their own character slot again and you can't transform mid-battle like the Super Saiyans.

** The excluding of ''Dragon Ball'' characters and story, once again, has gotten a lot of ire from fans, especially since ''Dragon Ball GT'' and the original 13 movies material are in the game, which are not canon to the original manga.

** Should the Saiyan race have Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan Blue, and Super Saiyan 4 transformations? Some say yes since the custom character should have access to the Saiyans most powerful transformations since the Frieza race gets Frieza's golden form which is more powerful than Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. Others say no since the Saiyans already have three transformations, and balancing two god forms and Super Saiyan 4 would be a nightmare, especially since Super Saiyan 4 is a completely different branch of Super Saiyan. These fans also feel that the god forms and Super Saiyan 4 should remain exclusive to Goku and Vegeta.

** Should the Saiyan race have Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, and Super Saiyan 4 transformations? Some say yes since the custom character should have access to the Saiyans most powerful transformations since the Frieza race gets Frieza's golden form which is more powerful than Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. Others say no since the Saiyans already have three transformations, and balancing two god forms and Super Saiyan 4 would be a nightmare, especially since Super Saiyan 4 is a completely different branch of Super Saiyan. These fans also feel that the god forms and Super Saiyan 4 should remain exclusive to Goku and Vegeta.

*** Frieza race characters gain access to Frieza's Golden Form.
*** Namekians can transform into [[OneWingedAngel Great Namekians]]

** The excluding of ''Dragon Ball'' characters and story, once again, has gotten a lot of ire from fans, especially since ''Dragon Ball GT'' and the original 13 movies material are in the game, which are not canon to the original manga.

* BrokenBase: While some of the transformations have been well received, there's been a good deal of debate about the quality of the Nimbus/Power Pole 'transformation' given to human characters. Some are fine with it and defend it saying they didn't have that many options to go with, others see it as a [[PowerupLetdown complete joke]] that really doesn't make sense.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: As the first game said ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' was an AlternateTimeline to the "main" universe, the Anime Expo trailer indicates that the pre-''Battle of Gods'' movie villains are also from different timelines, which fixes some canonical discrepancies some of the films were criticized for.

* BrokenBase: While some of the transformations have been well received, there's been a good deal of debate about the quality of the Nimbus/Power Pole 'transformation' given to human characters. Some are fine with it, others see it as a [[PowerupLetdown complete joke]] that really doesn't make sense.

** Maijin race characters getting a SuperMode (Pure Maijin), when in the previous game only the Saiyan Race got them originally until DLC added Mystic in.
** Frieza race characters gain access to Frieza's Golden Form.
** Namekians can transform into [[OneWingedAngel Great Namekians]]
** Humans can equip the Flying Nimbus and the Power Pole.
* BrokenBase: While some of the transformations have been well received, there's been a good deal of debate about the quality of the Nimbus/Power Pole 'transformation' given to human characters. Some are fine with it, others see it as a complete joke that really doesn't make sense.

** Humans can equip the Flying Nimbus and the Power Pole.

** Frieza race characters gain access to Frieza's Golden Form.

** Frieza race characters gain acces to Frieza's Golden Form.

** Maijin race characters getting a SuperMode (Pure Maijin), when in the previous game only the Saiyan Race got them originally until DLC added Mystic in.

** A number of changes have been announced that fit right into this as well, including: reworked RNG to make grinding easier, a reworked clothing system that favors players wearing what they want as opposed to what their build demands, new mechanics to punish runners and stamina-stackers, using multiple forms of Super Saiyan mid-battle and the removal of the "free super moves" mechanic the Saiyan forms had in the previous game.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: As the first game said ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' was an AlternateTimeline to the "main" universe, the Anime Expo trailer indicates that the pre-''Battle of Gods'' movie villains are also from different timelines, which fixes some canonical discrepancies some of the films were criticized for.