Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

 PlayStation 4
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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 939 Ratings

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  1. Megakrage
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    The attention to detail this game gives on the original DBZ story is insane!. more story than any other dragonball game. that with fun combat and a open world. idk how people can't like this game. if you like dragon ball then you must play this
  2. B-Bog
    Oct 23, 2021
    4
    Take the most boring and bland Open-World Action RPG you can possibly imagine and give it a DBZ coat of paint: Voila, you have created this game. The overworld is empty and lifeless (and looks terrible) and exists solely because Open World games are all the rage now and your character needs a space to fly around in. Encounters with regular enemies are incredibly repetitive, side quests areTake the most boring and bland Open-World Action RPG you can possibly imagine and give it a DBZ coat of paint: Voila, you have created this game. The overworld is empty and lifeless (and looks terrible) and exists solely because Open World games are all the rage now and your character needs a space to fly around in. Encounters with regular enemies are incredibly repetitive, side quests are as basic as it gets, and the game's systems are unnecessarily convoluted. Almost every feature in this game seems to have been put in not because it enriches the gameplay, but because other Open-World titles do something similar.

    So the one word to sum this game is: Uninspired.    … Expand
  3. RuriGokou
    Jan 25, 2020
    4
    The last DBZ related game I played was Budokai on the PS2. I thought it was fun and to the point. This game is just very bloated. It bombards the player with menus explaining how to play and just window after window explaining what things do. That is just lazy. I don't want to sit and read text boxes. Granted I was frustrated for the first few hours because I didn't know how to do certainThe last DBZ related game I played was Budokai on the PS2. I thought it was fun and to the point. This game is just very bloated. It bombards the player with menus explaining how to play and just window after window explaining what things do. That is just lazy. I don't want to sit and read text boxes. Granted I was frustrated for the first few hours because I didn't know how to do certain things.

    Does it really need the tacked on RPG elements and open world with nothing there? I'm tired of developers making open world games but never put any effort into the environment. It reminds me of Death Stranding. There is no incentive to explore. The world is just peppered with orbs you can't even use right away, and ingredients for the food crafting mechanics. Aside from the main story characters, all the NPCs look like lifeless dolls. There is no detail to them at all. Instead they could have easily just made it one screen where you just choose the next story event. That's all this game feels like. But instead you just fly through an open empty world to the next event.

    This game is falsely advertised as an RPG. Not sure what is the point of making it like an RPG when you can't really level grind either. I guess to give you the sense you're getting stronger like in the show? But if you try to power up too much and get certain abilities, the game locks you out from using them. So what's the point in training like in the show when you can't even play the way you want and use abilities you earned? Just because it doesn't follow the story? Then why make it like an RPG?

    Normal mobs are easy to kill and some boss fights are very hard if you don't bring healing items. It's very unbalanced. Bosses just spam their special moves. Battle is boring. It's basically just dodge a lot and wait for an opening to get a few hits in. Makes combat take forever on tough fights. It's not fun. What's fun is really beating the crap out of an enemy and feeling good about it. I don't want to sit here and dodge a lot waiting to get a few hits in. This isn't Dark Souls!

    Not very satisfied with this game. It's the same story we've all seen before. Honestly I'm just skipping all the story and dialogue. I know the plot points. I don't want to sit through it all again. If the new content was worth it maybe I'd be into that, but the side quests are boring and repetitive. There really ISN'T a whole lot here that I haven't seen before content wise. If they were going to redo the same story. The least they could have done was make some fun alternative story content.

    This game is just another cash grab on people's nostalgia, and I fell for it. Just avoid this rubbish. The load times are straight up out of PS1 era of bad. Can they fix it in a patch? Anyway, just buy a real open world RPG like Witcher 3.    … Expand
  4. Zisis151
    Jan 30, 2020
    4
    Great visuals and overall presentation, but everything else is just mediocre or straight up bad. I wasn't expecting anything deep but the game's mechanics are either too simplistic or annoying.

    1. You get 1 attack button that can't be cancelled into supers unless you do a full combo then pair it with a Kamehameha. Some supers are also broken due to input delay and others just don't    Great visuals and overall presentation, but everything else is just mediocre or straight up bad. I wasn't expecting anything deep but the game's mechanics are either too simplistic or annoying.

    1. You get 1 attack button that can't be cancelled into supers unless you do a full combo then pair it with a Kamehameha. Some supers are also broken due to input delay and others just don't work properly like the consecutive energy blast.

    2. Boss fights are annoying. Their attacks are always paired with super armor and will often even go through your supers. If you get a boss down to it's last HP bar then they'll start to permanently rotate between super armor specials and super armor dash attacks. The joke about all this is that the gameplay isn't the slightest bit challenging, yet it tries so hard to annoy you in every single way possible.

    3. Uneccessary rpg mechanics. What's the point of having a leveling system when each time you change characters they get 1million XP for free? No reason to grind. The skill tree is also just a bunch of upgrades for attacks that you get through the story. What's the difference between this and the capsule system that was used in Budokai 3? Maybe the fact that companies today need to have "rPg eLemeNtZ" in order for their game to sell.

    TL;DR Style over substance.. Bandai is a company that makes low effort garbage and Kakarot is yet another proof of that.    … Expand
  5. LefteeTris
    Aug 7, 2020
    3
    I've played every Dragon Ball game you can play. I love them. I don't care if it's just repeat of the same old crap. This game however is horrible. The difficulty scaling is intense. I barely made it through the first fight with Raditz. It took me almost 3 days. And now that friezas lame arc (not the game, but frieza is lame lol) is over the game is unapproachable with its difficultyI've played every Dragon Ball game you can play. I love them. I don't care if it's just repeat of the same old crap. This game however is horrible. The difficulty scaling is intense. I barely made it through the first fight with Raditz. It took me almost 3 days. And now that friezas lame arc (not the game, but frieza is lame lol) is over the game is unapproachable with its difficulty again. Im glad I wanted for a sale but I still want a refund this game sucks so bad.… Expand
  6. Lucith
    Jan 31, 2020
    3
    MAL

    1 NO es un juego RPG bajo ningún parámetro 2 El juego después del primer capitulo es pobre en el sentido de innovación y enfrentamientos, vale decir, repetitivo, peleas constantes y molestas contra, siempre, los mismos enemigos (genéricos) mientras te mueves, (enemigos que no aportan nada, ya que su loot es pobre e invariable, y la experiencia que dan es insignificante) 3    MAL

    1 NO es un juego RPG bajo ningún parámetro

    2 El juego después del primer capitulo es pobre en el sentido de innovación y enfrentamientos, vale decir, repetitivo, peleas constantes y molestas contra, siempre, los mismos enemigos (genéricos) mientras te mueves, (enemigos que no aportan nada, ya que su loot es pobre e invariable, y la experiencia que dan es insignificante)

    3 Demasiadas cinemáticas y cargas, básicamente el juego carga durante 30 segundos mínimo, entre cada 20 segundos o 2 minutos de juego. El 60% del tiempo que estas jugando solo estas viendo cinemáticas, otro 20% estas cargando, por lo que de juego queda bien poco.

    4 Los diseños no están a la altura de otras entregas, en ocasiones se ven cutres o poco detallados

    5 Las batallas son monótonas, todas caen en las mismas mecánicas, después de un rato de jugar, cuando debes aprender skills nuevas, todos los desafíos son iguales, lo cual hace que pierda todo dinamismo y en definitiva no te den ganas de sacarlas, pues con dos o tres puedes derrotar a todos sin problemas.

    6 El juego adolece de sistemas diversos, la única cosa diferente es conducir un auto, mientras otros elementos simplemente son irrelevantes como el farmeo de materiales, la comida incluso la recolección de esferas de poder, en este aspecto el juego es deprimente pues lo único que haces es apretar un botón y moverte a una nueva pelea.

    7 El juego dice tener entre 45 y 80 horas de juego, lo que es verdad, pero como mencione antes, en realidad de juego no tiene mas de 35 si le quitas las cinemáticas y las cargas constantes.

    8 El costo del juego es muy elevado para lo poco que ofrece, básicamente, es el costo de un juego como inquisition o cuando salio witcher 3, entre muchos otros de ese nivel de calidad, sin embargo es un juego muy olvidable.

    9 Cero rejugabilidad, un típico RPG lo puedes jugar muchísimas veces; sin embargo, este titulo por su sistema de juego y peleas mas las cargas y cinemáticas, definitivamente no querrás volver a jugarlo, ademas de que en el juego jamas tomas una decisión por lo que no hay posibles variantes o resultados así como tampoco hay finales diferentes, lo cual es lógico por que es la historia de Goku; sin embargo, es tan limitante esto ultimo que es insultante que lo denominen como rpg.

    10 No tiene sistema de pelea pvp, tampoco eventos que siempre llaman la atención como la configuración de un torneo o cualquier cosa que no sea hacer lo mismo por horas.

    BIEN

    1 El sistema de pelea es simple y esto hace que sean rápidas y vertiginosas dando una sensación inmersiva de velocidad, pero solo eso.

    2 Si bien encontré varios bugs, ninguno fue serio o dramático, en ese sentido el juego esta bien.

    3 La animación de los movimientos es fluida y bien lograda tanto para moverse libremente como en las peleas.

    4 Es un buen resumen de la historia, y si bien hay partes que hubiese querido jugar, la mayoría están ahí.

    5 La música esta bien puesta, me refiero a que suena precisamente la que debería sonar en cada momento del juego.

    6 El mapa, los lugares, las ciudades y escenarios están bien logrados, dan la sensación correcta, y dan ganas de recorrerlos.

    CONCLUSIÓN

    El juego esta bien logrado en los aspectos visuales en su mayoría, también en la animación de movimientos y combate, sin embargo es tedioso, repetitivo, sin rejugabilidad. Tiene una absoluta carencia del genero RPG y no aporta nada ni al genero ni a la saga. Es un juego limitado tanto por la historia original como por el exceso de cinemáticas y cargas, lo que tampoco ayuda a sopesar las constantes batallas contra enemigos molestos e insípidos que vagan por el mapa, los cuales solo varían en lvl pues su forma de pelear como su imagen siempre es la misma.
    El juego trata de sorprender con sistemas de comida, pesca, carreras y un farmeo ágil, sin embargo todas esas mecánicas quedan obsoletas al resultar casi inútiles para el juego, ya que no aportan realmente nada al desarrollo de los personajes, quedando en el rincón de las anécdotas.
    Tomando en cuenta todo lo anterior, el juego tiene un valor excesivo para lo mediocre que resulta al concluirlo, Es un juego que dura un par de semanas y luego quedara en el cajón guardando polvo.
    En definitiva si tuviera que definirlo en una sola palabra, seria: DECEPCIONANTE    … Expand
  7. LegitMan
    Feb 9, 2020
    0
    The game is nothing special but for some reason, people praise it because "nostalgia vibes" while every couple of years you get a dragon ball game that goes through the story, I already did this in Budokai 3 where I had a bunch of characters to choose from...
    cheap ass adventure fighting game that my 6-year-old son might enjoy, It's like those legos made for 3-7 years old.
    not worth 60$    The game is nothing special but for some reason, people praise it because "nostalgia vibes" while every couple of years you get a dragon ball game that goes through the story, I already did this in Budokai 3 where I had a bunch of characters to choose from...
    cheap ass adventure fighting game that my 6-year-old son might enjoy, It's like those legos made for 3-7 years old.
    not worth 60$ and don't believe the reviews, it's just full of fans praise, this game is not even close to this score.    … Expand
  8. syclone_x
    Feb 8, 2020
    3
    This game is incredibly boring. Yes, the story is very nostalgic and you get the experience of playing through very recognizable Dragon Ball Z moments but other than that there isn't much to this game. It's a very simplistic combat system that gets a bit repetitive and the "RPG" aspect of the game is almost entirely missing. If you like the story and just want to play through for it,This game is incredibly boring. Yes, the story is very nostalgic and you get the experience of playing through very recognizable Dragon Ball Z moments but other than that there isn't much to this game. It's a very simplistic combat system that gets a bit repetitive and the "RPG" aspect of the game is almost entirely missing. If you like the story and just want to play through for it, that's great, if you wanted a fun game to pour hours into then this isn't it.… Expand
  9. Discombobulate0
    Jan 24, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game could have been much better, if only they added COOP. Even if they did not they could have added custom characters. The combat is repetitive with the opponent repeating the same attacks without giving you time to charge ki or move. Even when using burst the opponent is unaffected. Also, you cant switch between character until finishing the game, some characters are unplayable as they can only be used for support. And some side quests can only be played as certain characters. Even when you have finished the game and are roaming in the open world you cant use attacks instead of ki blasts. You are also repetitively ambushed in the open world when you are trying to roam around. The dragon balls have very limited wishes. Some battles such as the great ape Vegeta fight had hitboxes that were impossible to hit. During some missions, you are unable to leave. Doing some missions causes you to be unable to complete other missions without finishing the game.Opponents also have an unfair amount of health compared to the player and have attacks that can deal half a bar of health. Some combos do not do any damage even though they re are shown as hitting the opponent… Expand
  10. GerardMalouf
    Jan 20, 2020
    3
    Dragon ball Z kakarot is a disgrace of a video game! After completing the main story as well as doing the majority of side quests, this game has left a horrible aftertaste in my mouth. The main story horribly depicts the well loved anime and manga series and what seems like was mainly developed for an easy cash grab. The only thing holding this game up and what is so appealing about it isDragon ball Z kakarot is a disgrace of a video game! After completing the main story as well as doing the majority of side quests, this game has left a horrible aftertaste in my mouth. The main story horribly depicts the well loved anime and manga series and what seems like was mainly developed for an easy cash grab. The only thing holding this game up and what is so appealing about it is the dragon ball title. The combat is boring and repetitive as there is only one attack button unlike other games they have made in the past like the xenoverse games. This offers no opportunity for the use of different combos while fighting making it overly repetitive. The graphics at times in cinematics are beautiful but when in the game along with poor textures look as if the game was rushed. Npcs other than main people shown in the books or anime are god awful. All npcs are lifeless and overall lack character as there is no hand or face movements while they are taking. The open world experience for this game is pointless other than mainly to collect orbs which are littered throughout the map as well as going to side quests. Hunting and exploring is a bother which mainly all side quests consist of. The game mainly is also way too easy and offers no challenge as there is no difficulty option. The only times where I had fun were the main fights at the end of each ark. Overall I would not recommend this game as it obviously is designed for a quick cash grab.… Expand
  11. sweed1234
    Jan 26, 2020
    1
    They took out some of the best iconic parts. Such as vegeta and android hand tearing part and iconic speech on fear, vegeta final flash on cell, bubbles and Gregory on king Kaiser planet, so much dialogue during fight against cell, missed out on the ginyus attacking goku and missing and so on. Very annoying.disappointing.
  12. BlackLotus
    May 28, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So many great ideas for this game, poor execution. One of the more aspects for me was cooking setup. Only make one item at a time, takes way too long. The constantly switching between characters was also annoying. Artificially extending boss fights by adding lame mechanics that make them invulnerable almost. The power curve for levels and exp is way out of portions as well. The biggest annoyance was how bad the voice acting and lip sync was.… Expand
  13. eric2nite
    Jan 17, 2020
    4
    I wanted to like this game, but I found myself falling asleep between fight/cut scenes. Very, very slow starting the information is not that complicated to warrant the slow approach to the simplistic controls. I just feel it’s too late in the franchise for this, the retelling of the same story yet again for the 24th time. I know this content too well to be exited for what comes next. II wanted to like this game, but I found myself falling asleep between fight/cut scenes. Very, very slow starting the information is not that complicated to warrant the slow approach to the simplistic controls. I just feel it’s too late in the franchise for this, the retelling of the same story yet again for the 24th time. I know this content too well to be exited for what comes next. I KNOW what’ll happen. The gameplay is fun, if only there was more fighting. The enemies in the open world hardly put up more then 50 seconds of fight, and that’s being generous. That coupled with the main fights being easier than they should be just kills the small uplifting moment before the droning storyline, single sentence button tapping dialogue advancement continues. Having an open world, world map and an odd skill tree doesn’t constitute the RPG tag line here.
    Insanely let down. This was marketed as something it clearly is not.
    But hey, if you’re just getting into DBZ this game will fill you in on it’s long, long past, which is worth it for new comers.    … Expand
  14. PushaG
    Jan 20, 2020
    0
    Dbz story with a lot of filler. Side quests are extremely boring and repetitive
  15. DriverGTS
    Jan 17, 2020
    4
    Unbalanced combats, some are very easy, others very hard, to the point to have to retry several times. You can buy items to make it easier(HP recover) but for that, you must spend time farming. While too simple in some ways(empty scenarios, not much to do), It's unnecessary complex in some other ways, they tried to compensate filling it with things like the "badges with characters faces"Unbalanced combats, some are very easy, others very hard, to the point to have to retry several times. You can buy items to make it easier(HP recover) but for that, you must spend time farming. While too simple in some ways(empty scenarios, not much to do), It's unnecessary complex in some other ways, they tried to compensate filling it with things like the "badges with characters faces" system or collecting random objects. The game forces the player to do boring things to continue the story, they increase the duration of the game in the cheapest possible way.… Expand
  16. Gq793000
    Jan 20, 2020
    2
    Same old story line. Wish they would of picked up from dragon ball super left off or did a super game. Occourse die hard fans are going to love it. But honestly its a a rip off they keep selling us the same story over and over and fans keep falling for it. There is no wow factor cause you already know how it ends.
  17. Eliotz
    Jan 19, 2020
    4
    È un tributo all' anime che ti fa rivivere emozioni nostalgiche, a volte lo fa da Dio, a volte lo fa meno.
    Graficamente molto bello ottimi modelli ricalcano lo stile del maestro Toryama, stabile come frame rate, unica nota da sistemare sono alcune texture dei fondali e la telecamera che impazzisce a volte. Gameplay molto scolastico, per intenderci fa un po' di tutto ma senza approfondire,    È un tributo all' anime che ti fa rivivere emozioni nostalgiche, a volte lo fa da Dio, a volte lo fa meno.
    Graficamente molto bello ottimi modelli ricalcano lo stile del maestro Toryama, stabile come frame rate, unica nota da sistemare sono alcune texture dei fondali e la telecamera che impazzisce a volte. Gameplay molto scolastico, per intenderci fa un po' di tutto ma senza approfondire, bisogna abituarsi ai comandi un po' ostici nelle fasi di volo, quelle di esplorazione sono più semplici. Fase combattimento molto ben fatta, ottime collisioni e comandi semplici, peccato non abbiamo aggiunto un multiplayer versusus locale o online.    … Expand
  18. POoRU
    Jan 17, 2020
    1
    The road is very long and painful
    The action is terrible-very very very boring
  19. deplorable
    Jan 17, 2020
    2
    It's everything you've already done before. It's just Xenoverse with extra bits. Combat is still terrible, tutorials gloss over everything and there's no real fun.
    Grind for orbs, grind normal mobs, grind animals... grind grind... then fight a few battles in the saga. Fighting is dodge dodge dodge dodge (get some hits in) and repeat. It's just terrible.
    It has enough filler to make    It's everything you've already done before. It's just Xenoverse with extra bits. Combat is still terrible, tutorials gloss over everything and there's no real fun.
    Grind for orbs, grind normal mobs, grind animals... grind grind... then fight a few battles in the saga. Fighting is dodge dodge dodge dodge (get some hits in) and repeat. It's just terrible.

    It has enough filler to make Bleach, Naruto and One Piece blush but those are just bad, first one is finding a porn mag. There isn't enough personality here to make it a DBZ game worthy of any praise. And the RPG parts aren't well done, and try to do too much without achieving anything...

    buy persona 5. enjoy. if you already have it and beat it several times. Do it again... royal is just around the corner    … Expand
  20. Infernal_Kiwi
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Terrible writing, Awful combat, and on top of it the open world is an ugly gaudy mess.
  21. The_WickerMan
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    The art style in this game is so good! Love it! Gameplay is solid, having a lot of fun!
  22. crazy19900
    Jan 18, 2020
    0
    Rubbish game. Good idea but graphics like in the 90's, wooden animations, controls terrible. game not even worth time i spent writing this review
  23. AstralXF
    Jan 17, 2020
    3
    Não gostei muito não, to querendo fazer reembolso. Só não sei se na PSN tem como... Eu gostei mais do FighterZ.
  24. sarinaru
    Jan 17, 2020
    0
    Disgustingly close to the older games,graphics and an expansive open world filled with nothing. Thanks for the garbage once again
  25. lvSILVERvl
    Jan 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego que mas que RPG es una novela gráfica. En ningún momento el juego presenta una dificultad mayor y limitar las cantidades de objetos a comprar no hace que el juego sea difícil.
    El juego tiene demasiadas cinemáticas en las cuales solo algunas son rescatables.
    Repartir experiencia en cantidades insanas y hacer que el personaje suba de nivel no hace que un juego solo por eso pertenezca al genero de RPG.
    Un juego que no recomiendo comprar a no ser que el nivel de fanboy del usuario sea lo suficientemente alto como para soportarlo.
    El juego no tiene cariño porque cometen errores groseros incluso en una cinemática, eso si es que no hay mas errores en otras.    … Expand
  26. preuss
    Feb 5, 2020
    0
    altamente repetitivo e enjoativo, tornando a experiencia com a franquia dragon ball fraca, nao cativando novos usuarios a consumir dessa franquia
  27. Gonoru
    Feb 28, 2020
    2
    TONS of stupid censorship, misplaced camera angles on key scenes, boring secondary missions, and lack of cut scenes in fights...It seems like they put some effort to ruin their product
  28. molner
    Feb 16, 2020
    3
    it's a perfected jump force open world with the basic whole story of songoku but it is very slow at the voice acting and the story process
  29. Syfin
    May 1, 2020
    0
    Боевая система в этой игре перекрывает все её плюсы до 0 из 10. Это просто ужас какой-то. Ни в одной игре хуже боевки не встречал. И эта игра имеет оценки намного выше one piece world seeker? Не смешите меня. Да на фоне её ван пис вообще шедевр. В этом dragon ball ничего хорошегокроме сюжета сезона Z больше ничего нетБоевая система в этой игре перекрывает все её плюсы до 0 из 10. Это просто ужас какой-то. Ни в одной игре хуже боевки не встречал. И эта игра имеет оценки намного выше one piece world seeker? Не смешите меня. Да на фоне её ван пис вообще шедевр. В этом dragon ball ничего хорошегокроме сюжета сезона Z больше ничего нет
  30. Juvator
    Feb 5, 2020
    2
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  1. Positive: 40 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 75
  3. Negative: 1 out of 75
  1. RPGamer
    Apr 30, 2020
    60
    Despite the numerous flaws, Kararot still offers a wonderful retelling of the main story, above-average graphics, and a great soundtrack, so it’s worth picking up for established and new fans of the series alike.
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  2. GameSkinny
    Apr 10, 2020
    70
    Even though DBZ: Kakarot retells the same story the franchise has been telling for decades, it manages to do so in creative new ways for hardcore anime fans.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 16, 2020
    90
    A very few games can compare to Kakarot in terms of sheer love towards the original series and storytelling qualities. Not without its set of flaws that leave only regret not being even greater, Kakarot still manages to be a great game for fans. No, scratch that. It manages to be an amazing game! May they not stop here, and deliver more and more of love-letters like this. If it goes in the right direction, the next one could definitely be legendary.
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