Recent DLC is functionally unplayable. Systems are poorly implemented, unbalanced, and frustrating. Biggest issue is with difficulty. Game designers don't understand how to program enemy difficulty ranges. Previously, enemies were mindless punching bags with no counterplay, variation, or challenge. However, in the last update with the DLC, they button read so well that it makes MKII blush. Enemies have reactions that border on inhuman, and have even less variation than before.
Rush, sidestep, four-hit combo twice, repeat. If you attack, auto block, if you manage to hit, supercounter, if you fire a special (even in recovery animation) teleport or autoblock, if you charge for ult, rush. This is every. Single. Fight. Without fail.
Also online play is still an unbalanced mess with the same five character appearing in all levels of play, with even causal matches feeling like a sweat-fest. I've begun to see Gogeta blue in my dreams at this point. If I saw someone roll up with Juice, Zarbon, Z-Trunks, or anyone who isn't a fusion I might actually cry.
Finally, the new mode designed to make single player actually exist is pretty awful. There is no meaningful customization to your desired fighter, even though they attempted to create the illusion of one. It's a one dimensional point allocation system which, while technically improving elements of your fighter, feels unimpactful and boring.
Once again, where SZ takes one step forward it makes eight flamboyant leaps backward. Enemies are more difficult now? Cool. But wait! The Saiyan's paw hath curled, now they're unplayable. There's new, extensive single player content? Well it's boring, lacking in depth, unbalanced, and frustrating at the best of times. They finally began incorporating costumes, even possessing meaningful character changes? Well there's like four, they're just for fan favorites, and they're pretty bland.
Do NOT buy the DLC, and drop this garbage fire - best to wait until Xenoverse 3 comes in 2047 or whenever it's slated for release. This game franchise was a massive part of my childhood. But looking at this now, either game designers have gotten worse as time has gone on, or younger me had ♥♥♥♥ taste all along.
