Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

 PC
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 186 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 125 out of 186
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 186
  3. Negative: 26 out of 186

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. 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
  2. pavel8585
    Jan 26, 2020
    1
    I was on the fence about this game and decided to give it a go anyway, i regret that decisions.

    - game progression / tutorial is made so by the time you're into the proper game you can no longer refund. - one of the first quests is an escort where they walk for no reason. - movement in some areas is restricted to a super slow walk. - story pacing means 1 minute of game-play to 10    I was on the fence about this game and decided to give it a go anyway, i regret that decisions.

    - game progression / tutorial is made so by the time you're into the proper game you can no longer refund.
    - one of the first quests is an escort where they walk for no reason.
    - movement in some areas is restricted to a super slow walk.
    - story pacing means 1 minute of game-play to 10 minutes of story.
    - story movie scenes are either really good or really bad, most are bad though so you gotta watch them all just in case.
    - Skill/level progression is tightly coupled to story progression.
    - skill variations are very limited.
    - zero motivation provided to non-story content.
    - mini games are missing game elements.
    - game is expensive
    - enemies are all the same, no mechanic changes over time.
    - game feels like a chore to play.    … Expand
  3. Weidenwiesel
    Jan 29, 2020
    4
    I'm rather disappointed with this game.
    Every aspect of it is just lackluster.
    The story lacks many interesting scenes for character development and others are twisted around in ways they weren't in the original. It simply baffles me when I see how much cool stuff was left out. This game will rush you trough the story at full speed, no training scenes, no interesting dialogue, no cool    I'm rather disappointed with this game.
    Every aspect of it is just lackluster.

    The story lacks many interesting scenes for character development and others are twisted around in ways they weren't in the original. It simply baffles me when I see how much cool stuff was left out. This game will rush you trough the story at full speed, no training scenes, no interesting dialogue, no cool gags that made the anime so fun to watch, nothing. And all side-missions are uninspired, unvoiced busywork.

    The fights are super-ridiculously easy and lack any kind of variety. Every enemy basically has the same dumb attacks and every boss has 2 special attacks he uses that can be easily dodged. Also because the AI is dumb as a rock and will just gladly enjoy getting beat by basic ki-blasts. Just spam the blast button and you'll win this game. Trust me, I've beat Vegeta doing this.
    One thing I want to talk about is the the fight agains Frieza. It's a bad joke, an insult to the original. It took me about 10mins to finish the whole Frieza-saga in this game. The bossfight (Goku SS VS Frieza) about 2mins. Very limited dialogue in between and completely cut short. Almost every cool attack Frieza uses against Goku is missing. WTF?

    And I want to emphasize this again: the fights are really super-super-ridiculously painfully mindbogglingly easy. There is no challenge in this game. None.

    The world is ... just another lazy open world with busy stuff... *sigh* I don't really want to talk about it, at some point I just completely ignored it and went for the main storyline. You'll forget about it, too.

    The developers decided to introduce f%%%ing D-medals and all kinds of orbs you need to collect in order to upgrade your skills, I downloaded a trainer to get rid of this grind. I recommend anyone who wants to play this to do the same. You'll fall asleep if you try to collect them, trust me.

    RPG is nonexistent in this game. No equipment, no customization, no stats to change - all the characters do auto-level-ups which is the dumbest thing I have ever seen in a Dragonball game. The only way to (temporary) improve your stats is by cooking stuff and that requires, here we go again, f%%%ing open world busywork grinding and collecting items.

    I can't really recommend this game to anyone.
    Many reviewers called this game "only for fans" but I think that especially fans (like myself) will just hate it for leaving so much cool stuff out.    … Expand
  4. Jamesfuicka
    Jan 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't know why this game is so popular because it's so boring and destroyed the original.… Expand
  5. sarinaru
    Jan 19, 2020
    0
    Disgustingly close to the older games,graphics and an expansive open world filled with nothing.
  6. FM10
    Jan 30, 2020
    4
    It's extremely repetitive, not consistent, and very bad side missions, I'm playing it only because I bought and it would go to waste, the combos are only pressing O over and over, really really I expect very much out of this game, I don't know who had the idea that you can't even move because Red Ribbon Army Robots are all around the f.....ng world, it's pretty annoying, it has good thingsIt's extremely repetitive, not consistent, and very bad side missions, I'm playing it only because I bought and it would go to waste, the combos are only pressing O over and over, really really I expect very much out of this game, I don't know who had the idea that you can't even move because Red Ribbon Army Robots are all around the f.....ng world, it's pretty annoying, it has good things though. Overall It's a meh... game. Coming from a huge fan of Dragon Ball for a lifetime… Expand
  7. DarkSonicPT
    Jan 17, 2020
    0
    No ultra widescreen support and the game is locked to 60 frames per second. What is this, the 00s?
  8. sweed1234
    Jan 26, 2020
    1
    They took out some of the best iconic parts. Such as vegeta and android hand iconic speech on androids feeling 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 what a total disapointment.
  9. WalElefant6512
    Jan 26, 2020
    3
    This game is for the Price so Bad.
    Dont buy it.
    I had boght it for 57.00 Eur
    i have played y a frind i was so boring.
    dont buy.
  10. tremault
    Jan 26, 2020
    2
    I am sorely disappointed and filled with regret. I went by the masses of positive reviews on steam and I really don't understand why this trash anime game with dragonball cutscenes is being lauded so much. this game made me feel badly depressed that i wasted money on it. I can't even get a refund because of the store i bought it from.
    The graphhics are very poor compared to other    I am sorely disappointed and filled with regret. I went by the masses of positive reviews on steam and I really don't understand why this trash anime game with dragonball cutscenes is being lauded so much. this game made me feel badly depressed that i wasted money on it. I can't even get a refund because of the store i bought it from.
    The graphhics are very poor compared to other dragonball games. the area design is bland and empty. the music is really lame. the gameplay is cliche and really not engaging. just play fighter z. or watch the anime.    … Expand
  11. knald
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    I uninstalled this crap after less than 10 minutes! A Fcking fighting game with no multiplayer or split screen ? No versus mode? Basically you have to go through the story or else? Nothing?
    I have watched Dragon Ball a zillion times already, I don't need to go through it all again!
    FCK OFF!
  12. fallout7050
    Feb 14, 2020
    1
    the game is bad for a good number of reasons the first of these would be to omit a lot of scenes such as the final flash of vegeta or the fight of trunks dai ni dankai and cell or the exploration of the planet namek in addition to this they also put characters that they have nothing to do with the original story like * ahem * * ahem * android 21 and look and towa this not only makes nothe game is bad for a good number of reasons the first of these would be to omit a lot of scenes such as the final flash of vegeta or the fight of trunks dai ni dankai and cell or the exploration of the planet namek in addition to this they also put characters that they have nothing to do with the original story like * ahem * * ahem * android 21 and look and towa this not only makes no sense but also contradicts the original story the original story but there is no end to the thing then we have the "open world" that is not an open world and that could be considered a semi-open world this already if it fails to fulfill several of the promises that this would be an open world and that does not all loading screens are horrible tedious and this is bad because as the game is divided into several small minimaps you will inevitably have to go through these horrible loading screens and now we go with the combat system which is worse than that of the xenoverse and that is a tracing of this same is because the combos are very simple and it all comes down to the same circle circle or in my left click dipper left click and launch super attack this indirectly leads us to bad controls which I have no idea who really set them up who thought that to fly faster would be useful the b key on the keyboard and continuing with the same theme of the fighting The artificial intelligence of the enemies is garbage literally they do not know how to do anything other than spamming attacks and give you the impossibility of performing any combo when they turn red. and the story is boring and does not make you want to continue playing and more with those filling missions that are in each interlude of each saga and rpg mechanics does not suit him since when you do not train a character the game automatically gives you mind the necessary exp so that it is at the current level wasting all kinds of depth in the rpg system that it could have and already finally I would like to add that no matter how many units the game is sold or the rating that this has on the criticism page that It does not define if a game is good or not and with all the points that I have tried it is shown that this game despite having high sales and having very good qualifications in metracritic is a garbage… Expand
  13. Nyakuya
    Feb 22, 2020
    2
    Jugabilidad muy simple, los combos a golpes se realizan precionando el mismo botón multiples veces.

    Hay bastante contenido secundario sin interés, cliché, y que tienes que hacer para conseguir ventajas. No tiene modo versus, ni local ni online. Está bloqueado a 60fps, no puedes jugar a más de eso. Los gráficos se siguen viendo como si fueran del año 2012, siguen sin actualizar    Jugabilidad muy simple, los combos a golpes se realizan precionando el mismo botón multiples veces.

    Hay bastante contenido secundario sin interés, cliché, y que tienes que hacer para conseguir ventajas.

    No tiene modo versus, ni local ni online.

    Está bloqueado a 60fps, no puedes jugar a más de eso.

    Los gráficos se siguen viendo como si fueran del año 2012, siguen sin actualizar a gráficos más realistas.

    Solo hay 7 personajes jugables... Por un juego que te cobran precio completo de triple A. (Goku, Gohan,
    Vegeta, Piccolo, Future Trunks, Gotenks, Vegito)

    Está censurado a no más poder, super infantilizado. Los personajes no sangran, las heridas que se hacen las censuran, si cazas dinosaurios para conseguir carne simplemente desaparecen...

    En resumen, el contenido secundario es aburrido, las peleas son aburridas y repetitivas, y viene PELADISIMO de contenido con varios DLC desde el día 1. NO TOCAR NI CON UN PALO.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

65
#65 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  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.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »