When does DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2

Oct 27, 2016 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 82% of owners

Steam reviews 90% positive of 59,962

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
82% of owners got the first achievement.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 60,151 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 23.5h for positive, 22.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (81.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (61)

story milestone ending side

Prologue to Battle! Complete "Raditz's Attack." 100%
In a Rocket Built For One Person? Ride a vehicle. 96%
The Saiyan Legend Reborn! Complete "The Saiyan Threat." 72%
Dawn of the Fierce Battle... Complete "Ruckus on Planet Namek." 68%
Frieza's Secret Weapon! Complete "The Ginyu Force Strikes." 64%
Prepare to Die! Pass the Easy Class test. 61%
Awaken Warrior of Legend... Complete "The Galactic Emperor." 59%
Successor of the Strongest Complete "Android Warfare." 54%
The Spirit of Goku is Forever! Complete "A Desperate Future." 54%
Take Care of Your Mom for Me... Free all allies who were put under mind control. 53%
See You Later! Successfully repel a Gigantic Ki Blast. 53%
Seize the Future!! Complete "Decisive Battle with Majin Buu." 48%
My Stomach Hurts! Receive an SP Reward from Hercule. 48%
The Battle of Gods Concludes! Complete "God of Destruction's Anger." 48%
It Won't Be Enough to Kill Me! Pass the Kai Class test. 44%
Despair Once More! Complete "The Emperor's Return." 44%
You're Number 1! Get Vegeta to acknowledge your strength. 44%
You Wouldn't Want to Work for Me, Would You? Join the Frieza Force. 43%
Shut Up and Put This on Your Right Ear! Create a QQ Bang. 42%
Goku's Dream is Super-Huge! Watch the ending sequence. 41%
Allow Me to Awaken This Power for You Unlock an attribute boost. 39%
I Summon You Forth: Shenron! Gathered 7 Dragon Balls and summoned Shenron! 37%
The Most Powerful Majin is Born! Cause a Majin to be born. 36%
I'll Make You Commander of the Frieza Force Become Frieza's second-in-command. 36%
Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Reach level 80. 35%
The Righteous Must Flourish! Become a student of the Great Saiyamen and defeat all the villains. 35%
Hello! Pay a visit to Kame House. 31%
Takkaraput Pop Porunga Pupiritt Paro! Power up Shenron's wishes. 30%
If I Don't Do It, Who Will? Complete 7 Expert Missions. 26%
How About a Little Warm-up? Played Online Battles for the first time! 25%
You Really Get Around! Visited all stages! 23%
Defiance in the Face of Despair!! Complete "Unknown History." 20%
You're Not Worthy of Fighting Me! Parallel Quest completion rate is over 50%! 20%
And This...is Vegito Blue! Transformed into a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. 16%
Want to Be the Next God of Destruction? Pass the Super Class test. 14%
I Feel a Little...Different! Cause a Majin to change. 14%
You Can't Destroy What I Really Am! Collect 50% of nicknames and view the nickname list. 13%
People of Earth, Please Lend Me Your Energy! Collect half of all skills. 12%
You Really Are a Hero! Complete all Expert Missions. 11%
Focus Hard - Not on a Place, But on a Person Interact with Time Miniatures in all Bases. 9.4%
Victory is Mine! Won online 7 times! 8.3%
You're the Second Foe to Push Me This Far! Cleared all Parallel Quests! 7.5%
You're Like the Son I Never Had... Complete all the instructors' lessons. 6.7%
I am Only Following a God's Sense of Justice Complete all of Zamasu's lessons. 6.7%
The Bad Guys Always Wear the Coolest Clothes Collect half of all equipment. 6.0%
We Better Use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber... Complete all Challenge Quests. 5.6%
How About This Color? Is it not Beautiful? Complete Parallel Quests 118 to 122. 4.9%
The Power of Super Saiyan Blue and Kaioken! Reached level 99 and reported to Oshi. 4.8%
This Pain Will Make Me Stronger! Complete Parallel Quests 113 to 117. 4.3%
Revere Him! Praise Him! Completed both timelines in the Extra Story. 3.9%
I've Come for You! Unlocked all characters and variations! 3.6%
Of All My Fights You're My 2nd Strongest Foe Won endless battle 7 times! 3.1%
Over Here, Slowpoke... Learn all possible Awoken Skills for each race from the large time rifts. 2.7%
Tra La La La La La! Complete 10 of Krillin's training sessions. 2.5%
That Stone Might Be a Decoy! Let Me Check It Complete 10 of Yamcha's training sessions. 2.5%
I'll Take My Time With You. Watch Your Back. Complete Parallel Quests 113 to 117 with a Z Rank. 2.5%
This is the New Super Saiyan Blue! Collected 70 different Hero Colosseum figures and reported to Oshi. 2.2%
I'm Only Gonna Get Stronger! Acquired nickname: ∞ 1.7%
Everyone, Lend Me Your Power! Learned a Dual Ultimate Attack from all instructors (excluding Hit, Bojack, and Zamasu). 1.3%
It Was a Good Fight. I Have...No Regrets... Finished all stories and Free Battles in the Hero Colosseum. 1.2%
Bye Bye, Xenoverse Obtained all achievements! 1.1%

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