Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 188 Ratings

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  1. Suronal
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    What can i say, if you are a fan of DBZ, this game is up there among the best in the series. Its an RPG with some fantastic elements and good fighting mechanics. one can only hope there will be DBSuper DLC.

    If your a hardcore DBZ fan, dont miss out on this. Expanded story from side quests and more focused from the Manga if you are used to the Anime sequences it may be a tad different :)
  2. yoloman0805
    Jan 31, 2020
    10
    It felt like I was re watching the whole Anime again. It is Perhaps the most faithful adaptation of the Anime. Yes the game had its flaws but the overall package was amazing. And damn those amazing custscenes made me remember my whole childhood when I spent my day in front of the TV waiting to watch the Anime.
  3. VendonJura
    May 8, 2020
    10
    This is by far the best Dragon Ball game in many many years. I was so hoping to see an RPG game that is kinda like the anime and not like 99% of the Dragon Ball games we had to play all these years which was just normal Beat em up games like Street Fighter skinned as a DB game and had 0 to do with Dragon Ball the Anime itself. Goku hitting Hercule with a 10x Ka Me Ha Me Ha and he gets justThis is by far the best Dragon Ball game in many many years. I was so hoping to see an RPG game that is kinda like the anime and not like 99% of the Dragon Ball games we had to play all these years which was just normal Beat em up games like Street Fighter skinned as a DB game and had 0 to do with Dragon Ball the Anime itself. Goku hitting Hercule with a 10x Ka Me Ha Me Ha and he gets just some scraches?

    I was hating all these Dragon Ball games we've been feeding all these years and FINALLY a Dragon Ball RPG game with quests, allot of exploration stuff to do, several character to lvl up, some mini games and much more. A Dragon Ball game where you FINALLY could train that strong that you could one shot most enemy who are much weaker than you just like in the Anime itself so the point of training makes finally a sense.

    A Tip for beginner. When you are 5 lvl above the enemy on the map, you can finish the fight without even starting it by Super Speed flying into them. This method saves you allllllllot of time lvling up your character from the beginning of the game. If you love Dragon Ball then this is in fact a MUST HAVE.    … Expand
  4. DaBoss513x3
    Jan 19, 2020
    10
    Just perfect. Love it. & cant stop playing! Got the ultimate edition and wouldve paid more for it too. Lol.
  5. Blittle95
    Jan 21, 2020
    10
    This is the DBZ game I’ve been waiting my whole life for. Not without its flaws as I do wish the side quests and combat were a bit better, but nothing’s captured the feeling of getting more powerful in a dragon ball game quite like this has. If you put in the time you can get your characters feeling truly powerful, and when playing a dbz game what more could you really want.
  6. Rexmaster
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    For me it's a dream that came true.the game it's huge and it's an almost complete immersion to the history of dragon ball.
  7. Ridhwan
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    It is a great game and the best way to play the anime. You can play without watching dragon ball. Its like the anime and you’ll know the important parts of dragon ball z.
  8. Tino_u
    Jan 24, 2020
    10
    It is the Game of dbz, is awesome! I don't understand the people that says "This is not RPG" thats because this game is Action RPG no RPG. But for me is the best game of Dragon Ball.
  9. SupremeCs
    Jan 26, 2020
    10
    Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is by no means perfect, but it’s a solid RPG that very efficiently covers the entire Dragon Ball Z saga. There are difficulties in the game specially in ginyu force and in buu saga.Overall the game is absolutely amazing played enjoyed and ended and once again got the taste of the victory which goku had after defeating Majin buu
  10. BolePug
    Feb 1, 2020
    10
    The game is so beautiful! 10/10 combat, I don't see myself getting bored of this game. I love dragon ball anime and I'll play this game forever and start over from the start when i finish it completely. It's RPG and Open World elements make the game incredible! Would recommend to anyone.
  11. abdu321
    Nov 8, 2020
    10
    this is a good game but its very smiller to dragon ball xenoverse 2 but its good
  12. ahmed_malder
    Nov 8, 2020
    10
    its good game and its some bugs but its stilll good game i love it It felt like I was re watching the whole Anime again.
  13. oosher
    Jan 18, 2020
    9
    It starts a little wonky but it gets real good real quick especially if you compare it to the other games
  14. Purpledreams
    Jan 17, 2020
    9
    Best dbz game for me since the gba rpg. Random encounters and the open World in General could use some more love next time tho.
  15. Kalfis
    Feb 5, 2020
    9
    Got a PC with almost 7 years old, didn't expect the game to run so well with max settings, super optimized, perfect!
  16. NoaLoki
    Aug 15, 2023
    9
    Great nostalgia trip, high recommend for fans of dragon ball. But dlc policy could be better.
  17. saito200a
    Feb 2, 2020
    8
    I'm a YUUUUGE DBZ fan for 30 years. I'd love to be unbiased and give this game a 10, but that wouldn't be right.

    First things first: this game is AWESOME. If you are a DBZ fan you will feel the same chills you had while watching the anime, and you'll get 20 to 40 hours of great fun. I would give it a 10 if not for the flaws below. It is the closest any game has reached to watch    I'm a YUUUUGE DBZ fan for 30 years. I'd love to be unbiased and give this game a 10, but that wouldn't be right.

    First things first: this game is AWESOME. If you are a DBZ fan you will feel the same chills you had while watching the anime, and you'll get 20 to 40 hours of great fun.

    I would give it a 10 if not for the flaws below.

    It is the closest any game has reached to watch the anime / read the manga. The feeling of story and character growth is really excellent.

    However, it has 3 important flaws:

    1. It is FAR TOO EASY. You'll maybe struggle in 3 or 4 battles in the whole main game. The rest is a cake walk. The difficulty and the enemy AI should have been ramped up.

    2. Too many collectibles and items that ultimately feel useless. You can ignore most of the tons of things spread around the map and you'll be fine. There was fuss about the food, the fishing and so on. But all this stuff is useless. If anything, it will make the game even easier, so you would actually do well to avoid it. That feels like a waste and part of me would wish they simply fleshed out a bit better the story and didn't add all these sub-systems and items.

    3. No interesting end game. Yes, you can do battles end game, but they're just not interesting. They could have easily added somewhere a mode where you can replay some custom battles over and over, and give the option to replay parts of the story right off the bat. A tournament mode like in BT3, which would have been perfect for this game, a survival mode... basically all the modes in BT3 would have been a good addition and an incentive to continue playing and leveling up after beating the main story.    … Expand
  18. anfil18
    Mar 11, 2020
    8
    Nostalgico a mas no poder. Juego largo y grandes momentos de la serie Z. Demasiado facil el juego. Pero tras pasarmelo y meterle unas 45h me lo e pasado muy bien que es lo que importa. A partir de la mitad de juego las misiones secundarias se hacen repetitivas. Limitado a 60fps en pc. Amantes de la serie MUST HAVE
  19. kazz
    Jan 20, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is one of the best when it comes to giving fans the world of DBZ to explore. The story follows closely to the manga/anime and lets you relive the exciting moments from your childhood. But there are some down sides that stop it from reaching the 10/10 marker. Being a dragonball fan the biggest mistake is the fact that alot of the filler episodes arent in the game. Things like princess snakes palace, going to hell and returning to snake way, seeing goku in the hospital, the side adventures in space like fake Nakim. Things like this are not even shown in the game which could of added to the story and really make you feel like your in the anime. The combat is alright for what they are going for. Thee flying this alright but not the greatest. Overall i think any dragonball fan will love this game but have a slight feeling of disappointment dut to missing events.… Expand
  20. Tino2010
    Sep 9, 2021
    8
    One of the best dragon ball z games I have ever player good story line good graphics and awesome gameplay
  21. Sathona
    Feb 3, 2020
    8
    The story telling was great,albeit some iconic moments werent in the game, most were. Legit the best adaption of the anime a dbz game had, if you're a big DBZ fan you will love it, theres sweet references to the Dragon ball series as well. The progression is great tho "grinding" for exp pre-endgame isnt really worth it since you get a huge amount of exp and lvl boosts after certain momentsThe story telling was great,albeit some iconic moments werent in the game, most were. Legit the best adaption of the anime a dbz game had, if you're a big DBZ fan you will love it, theres sweet references to the Dragon ball series as well. The progression is great tho "grinding" for exp pre-endgame isnt really worth it since you get a huge amount of exp and lvl boosts after certain moments during the story. Anyone who bought the game expecting it to have multiplayer,splits screen etc didnt do any form of research and shouldnt be taken seriously, game was advertised purely as RPG and re-telling the DBZ Story. Some side quests are great since they talk about characters that we didnt see often after a point on the anime/manga. But later on its just a chore of "go get this and bring it back to me" thing. They have done some twists in the story compared to the official material which isnt too bad in some cases and in others its quite impressive. Baseball and driving are fun but after a while its boring and non rewarding, if they awarded outfits for the playable characters and supports it would have been great. Dragonball gathering is done between each saga[except Saiyan saga] and after you beat the game. What mostly sucks is the controls and the 60 FPS lock but you can remove that 60 fps lock through a mod that released recently. I finished it twice once in Japanese Dub and once in the English Dub, theres certaintly a lot to do and a lot of secrets to find but thats all there is to it, if the Time Machine was available once the game was beat it would have been better but we are waiting for this patch now. Enemies have Super Armor where if you use a Ki Attack on them or melee it wont do anything but they will still hurt you to maintain a lvl of difficulty and not spamming. Another problem is the fact theres TOO MANY enemies around, this makes it less enjoyable to explore and search for secret items as i constantly have to run away from the spot i wanna land to or be forced to fight. The game IS great but it could have been SO much better. Sadly a lot of the negativity comes from people who thought DBZ:Kakarot would have automatically Online PvP etc while it wasnt advertised so. Just to end my review, if you're a DBZ fun ull love it, the original Japanese music,original voice actors, some scenes done better than the anime even is worth it. first playthrough took me 56 hours including watching cutscenes,side quests.exploring and no rushing. Second one 35 hours while doing the same but being more experienced. If the side quests were better and more rewarding and the open world was done better it would have been a 10 from me.… Expand
  22. HazMattIsHere
    Feb 6, 2020
    8
    It feels like a playable series of the show. Combat is fun consistently and the characters are well portrayed. Finally a good RPG in DBZ. Its not perfect by any means, coop would be cool in certain scenarios and going farther than the typical DBZ series would be nice. Let us play Super please and the score will rise.
  23. Sodomizer
    Jul 6, 2020
    8
    After a long time they released a decent game of Dragon Ball, some things like the unstoppable power of the machine are bad
  24. biasedreviews
    May 18, 2023
    8
    Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is a great game, unlike what others say. It retells the great story that is Dragon Ball Z in a great way. Most of the game is quite easy (normal mode) but there are a few challenging fights, such as Dodoria, Dr Gero and Kid Buu. Although there are quite a few flaws, such as there being no versus mode, little endgame content unless you buy DLC, etc.
  25. TurboDog777
    Jun 11, 2020
    7
    I've got a bit of a bias writing this review because DBZ was a HUGE part of my life growing up. I've been waiting for a game like this for years and now we got it! All in all, if you are a DBZ fan (and I don't know why you would be playing this game if you aren't a DBZ fan) you are going to love it. ESPECIALLY if you download the Bruce Faulconer music mod which replaces the games originalI've got a bit of a bias writing this review because DBZ was a HUGE part of my life growing up. I've been waiting for a game like this for years and now we got it! All in all, if you are a DBZ fan (and I don't know why you would be playing this game if you aren't a DBZ fan) you are going to love it. ESPECIALLY if you download the Bruce Faulconer music mod which replaces the games original soundtrack with the classic funimation soundtrack. This being said, I had a few problems with it. My main problem is that the healing item system borderline breaks the game with how OP it is. You can literally bring any amout of healing items in to a fight that you can afford and getting money is not hard. Towards the end of the game, things start to balance out a little bit but at no point in time did I ever feel that there was any real challenge to any fight other than the challenge you want to make for yourself. This game really is only as hard as you want it to be. I know a lot of people decide to just not bring in items or limit the amount of items they use but I would have preferred a system where you would only bring in say 4 healing items per fight or if you use an item, there is a cooldown before you can use another one. Just that small tweak would have balanced things in game so much more and ultimately provided a much more enjoyable and exciting experience. Second issue is with the camera. If you and the person you are fighting are at different elevations, good luck trying to figure just what the hell is going on. Sometimes the camera gets stuck behind a tree or a rock, sometimes it detaches from you all together. Besides for those 2 issues, I would ABSOLUTELY recommend this game to any DBZ fan.… Expand
  26. Vissermatt
    Jan 29, 2020
    7
    Mediocre game covered in Beautiful DBZ colors and sounds.
    Game mechanics are crap, game progression is meh, game pad isn't configurable.

    I'm still having fun, cause I'm a DBZ fan.
    If your expecting a "decent" rpg, it isn't.
  27. Ryudogaming
    Feb 5, 2020
    7
    First off, the game is fantastic especially on PC where it runs flawlessly at 60fps 4k. (More on this later)
    The story follows closer to Kai (I believe as I have never seen it) than it's original run.
    The English voice cast (Dub) is the voice cast from Kai (for better or for worse). There is something that feels off for me personally not hearing Frieza's or Captain Ginyu's OG voice    First off, the game is fantastic especially on PC where it runs flawlessly at 60fps 4k. (More on this later)
    The story follows closer to Kai (I believe as I have never seen it) than it's original run.

    The English voice cast (Dub) is the voice cast from Kai (for better or for worse). There is something that feels off for me personally not hearing Frieza's or Captain Ginyu's OG voice actor (RIP 01/10/2020).

    Whilst it does have some new music, it reuses a lot of older tracks from the series which fit extremely well because playing the game really does feel like playing the anime.

    The combat is fun, flashy and fast paced but can get repetitive especially when flying around and having open world encounters, with the repeated "Better deal with this now" over and over and over again.

    CC have done an outstanding job of conveying the strengths and weakness of the bosses and fight mechanics, I do wish there were a variety of way to "win" fights, unfortunately it's always "Beat X" even when the game or story tells you that you're weak or not strong enough to beat said opponent you still have to win.

    Side quests are your typical go here, pick up X, fight the same monsters you have already beaten. There are a few that are a little more "fleshed out", but they are few and far between. Luckily there is some nice little lore bits in the quests that at least for me make them feel worthwhile.

    Having played the PC version I can't talk about the console versions, one of my pet peeves is present in this game and that is having 30fps cutscenes on a 60fps game. There is nothing more jarring than having a buttery smooth experience ruined by slowdowns whenever anything is pre-rendered.

    There is another problem with the pre-rendered cutscenes in that they're between 11MB/s to 13MB/s which sadly for a game where there is a tremendous amount of effects and things going on, on screen. It feels like you're watching a YouTube video sometimes and that sucks cause its disappointing, that this amazing game is letdown by something so easily fixed. It also seems like the cutscenes are void of AA and maybe even rendered at a lower quality and then upscaled to 1080p.

    To summarize :
    Easy 60fps 4k +
    Fantastic English dub +
    Original OST New and Old +
    Fun combat but can be repetitive + -
    Always have to win -
    Pre-rendered scenes are low quality and 30 FPS -

    Overall Dragon Ball Z Kakarot gets a 7/10 from me, a fantastic game for fans of the series and newcomers alike but is let down by shoddy encoding and 30fps cutscenes to cater to the lowest denominator.    … Expand
  28. cozkimiyu
    Jul 8, 2020
    7
    This game made good use of the original animation.
    I'm satisfied as a fan, but not enough as a game.
  29. Daigo19
    May 2, 2021
    7
    Was not a bad game, I expected too much, its an interesting RPG, you can spend many hours in these
  30. M_MIXER
    Sep 29, 2022
    7
    GOOD《7/10》⭐⭐

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 17
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  1. PCMag
    May 1, 2020
    60
    Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot pays homage to the classic manga and anime with its faithful representation of the source material. Unfortunately, its gameplay is too thin to satisfy anyone but serious devotees.
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  2. GameSpace
    Mar 6, 2020
    85
    I am currently sitting at about 40 hours into the game and have beaten the main story, I would highly recommend Dragon Ball Z Kakarot to any fan out there. If you are looking for a serious fighting game, this is not for you. I would point this player to something more like Dragon Ball Z Fighters. If you are looking for a game that brings out your inner dragon ball anime-loving child then this is perfect for you. My only suggestion would be to not over-analyze what is missing but enjoy the new content and soak up the overall experience.
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  3. GameCritics
    Feb 19, 2020
    90
    There are dozens of Dragon Ball Z games and Kakarot represents only the latest attempt to fully retell the manga’s story in videogame form. However, the quality of the experience makes a strong argument for this entry being the last one since the cartoon graphics perfectly recreate Toriyama’s visuals and the story hits every beat far better than the anime managed to. By presenting a great story with such perfect fealty, it’s safe to say that (for now, at least) Kakarot is the definitive Dragon Ball Z videogame.
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