Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 186 Ratings

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  1. p1menta
    Aug 10, 2020
    5
    I couldn't even finish it. not because it's a bad game, really, it's just boring. same ol' same ol'. Why release the same game following the same ark, by the same point of view, nad with less powers each time?
    I remember DBZ: Budokai and DBZ: Tenkaishi, back in the early 2000, on PS2 and how different it was, how many characters they had, like an overwhwlming amount of fighters in the    I couldn't even finish it. not because it's a bad game, really, it's just boring. same ol' same ol'. Why release the same game following the same ark, by the same point of view, nad with less powers each time?
    I remember DBZ: Budokai and DBZ: Tenkaishi, back in the early 2000, on PS2 and how different it was, how many characters they had, like an overwhwlming amount of fighters in the roaster. You could choose each sayin form, with the possibility to transform up or down from there. You could choose wich freeza form you'd be, wich Cell form, or different 'post-absorving-someone' Cell. Like Cell after absorving Goku. And each of of these different forms had a bunch of different -most time- exclusive powers. You could fuse fighters during battle, both potara or by the little dance, there was some kind of (really quick) QTE for it, and if you messed it up you could end up playing as a skinny old Vegeto that couldn't properly fight, for example, it was so cool.
    And even the story mode had different events instead of just one fight after the other.
    And here we are now. almost 20 years later, you can't even free fight, no 2player battle, each fighter has only 3 boring powers, and every event is the same: battle. I got really bored around Freeza, and just stoped playing.    … Expand
  2. Kesz
    Jan 24, 2020
    6
    This is not RPG...

    Auto lv up when you end mission. Very boring exploration Mini games who show too late Side quest like from mmo generator Good story mode, but i so many cut-scenes, 60% this mode is watching story and 40% is gameplay Strange fight mechanic, when my Genki Dama disappears if enemy hit me, when i hit my enemy with special attack, he can still attack me... I    This is not RPG...

    Auto lv up when you end mission.
    Very boring exploration
    Mini games who show too late
    Side quest like from mmo generator

    Good story mode, but i so many cut-scenes, 60% this mode is watching story and 40% is gameplay

    Strange fight mechanic, when my Genki Dama disappears if enemy hit me, when i hit my enemy with special attack, he can still attack me...

    I have problem on my pad, when i use block, sometimes i get slowmotion and menu to transformation... Man i wanna block enemy attack! no use transformation!

    Where is tournament mode?    … Expand
  3. Dungeon00X
    Feb 2, 2020
    6
    Not as good as I was expecting, and somehow subpar from CyberConnect2.
    You know, the Asura's Wrath developers.

    They were on the right track, hopefully the coming DLC will give us a better experience.
  4. Hellspeller
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    All in all, mediocre game with all aspect of the "RPG" genre being superficial, boring, useless and grinding at times. Combat is ok at it's core; but the fights themselves are often cheaps and unbalanced. You will often fight 1v3 with no hope of winning other than cheesing the fight; unless you are stuck up on healing items; which means you had to grind A LOT for money to buy those. IAll in all, mediocre game with all aspect of the "RPG" genre being superficial, boring, useless and grinding at times. Combat is ok at it's core; but the fights themselves are often cheaps and unbalanced. You will often fight 1v3 with no hope of winning other than cheesing the fight; unless you are stuck up on healing items; which means you had to grind A LOT for money to buy those. I would resume this game as a great execution of poor ideas..… Expand
  5. MarrecoXV
    Jan 19, 2020
    5
    O jogo é uma boa pedida pra os grandes fãs do anime, pois aumentar o universo da obra, porem como jogo não é tão bom assim, combate muito simples e sem grande estrategia, mundo aberto fraco e missões segundarias sem graça, alem de uns sistema de inventario horrível, ao comprar um jogo como esse você acredita que serrar uma jogo com combate excelente e historia intensa, porem o jogo é superO jogo é uma boa pedida pra os grandes fãs do anime, pois aumentar o universo da obra, porem como jogo não é tão bom assim, combate muito simples e sem grande estrategia, mundo aberto fraco e missões segundarias sem graça, alem de uns sistema de inventario horrível, ao comprar um jogo como esse você acredita que serrar uma jogo com combate excelente e historia intensa, porem o jogo é super rapado, eu só concluir a saga dos sayans e em mais de 40 minutos de jogo você luta apenas 2 vezes. Conclusão: so jogue se amar Dragon ball, pois como jogo ele é fraco demias… Expand
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. Adamsfamily
    Feb 2, 2020
    6
    I am a huge fan of the Dragon ball series,watched every episode of every series,even the GT (which is non canon anymore),and the Super.I tried to like this game,but I simply can't,because it's an adaptation,but not an entertaining one.Cyberconnect 2 simply can't make an entertaining game.They use the gameplay mechanics of a PS1 generation game and make a nice graphics to it.They made theI am a huge fan of the Dragon ball series,watched every episode of every series,even the GT (which is non canon anymore),and the Super.I tried to like this game,but I simply can't,because it's an adaptation,but not an entertaining one.Cyberconnect 2 simply can't make an entertaining game.They use the gameplay mechanics of a PS1 generation game and make a nice graphics to it.They made the same with the Naruto series.… Expand
  9. 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
  10. Zaronx
    Oct 16, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So.. the game looks very good, its easy to pick up, and the scenes that they did from the original anime are pretty nice to rewatch. Now.. on to the negatives, for a game called Kakarot, you sure need to use Gohan for basically most of the game, I would have like to see re-imaginings from everything that happened to Goku, even though I know that the other characters have very interesting fights so it cant just be all "Kakarot". But the game feels pretty cheap, combat is fine, nothing special, the fetch quests get a bit annoying after the first few. The orb collecting mechanism feels dumb for me, I would have rather had an ability unlock by level than by level and paying with orbs, or just having AP would have been better, than just substitute the orbs for something else. As for the in game movies and conversations, after the cell saga I found myself basically skipping almost all of them, I just got bored and saturated, I saw the classic ones but to me they felt cheaply made. I mean if you compare the Naruto Ultimate Ninja games the epic moments in the series are recreated beautifully or even better than the anime in the game. Here they're just.. ok, some look better than others, some epic moments aren't even there. Really for a story that's been told a million times already in a lot of different games, it HAD to be better than what we got. I also played the God DLC which if I had known, would have played first so I could level up my main characters and just breeze through the whole game even quicker. Overall, it deserves the score it got. its mediocre at best.… Expand
  11. 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.
  12. Hozuki
    Sep 2, 2020
    6
    Um jogo que perde um potencial enorme com tão pouco.
    O jogo em seus trailers, passa que o jogo é uma adaptação incrível e moderna do clássico anime, mas peca terrivelmente em seu conteúdo.
    começando pelas cenas pré-renderizadas, o jogo não consegue entregar algo da própria engine, apesar dos gráficos serem lindissimos e detalhados, o jogo peca ao não confiar em seu motor gráfico, O    Um jogo que perde um potencial enorme com tão pouco.
    O jogo em seus trailers, passa que o jogo é uma adaptação incrível e moderna do clássico anime, mas peca terrivelmente em seu conteúdo.
    começando pelas cenas pré-renderizadas, o jogo não consegue entregar algo da própria engine, apesar dos gráficos serem lindissimos e detalhados, o jogo peca ao não confiar em seu motor gráfico,
    O mundo aberto apesar de parecer recheado de novidades para explorar, não passa de algo vago com varios inimigos que te atacam a cada 1km que você passa, iniciando uma luta automaticamente e só te permitindo sair dela derrotando os mesmos, tornando o jogo cansativo, massante e até mesmo frustrante, algo completamente desnecessário.
    Fora também os órbes que ficam pelos céus, comprometendo o horizonte e seu cenário deslumbrante, voar e pegar esses órbes torna o jogo não muito superior que o Superman 64...

    Amo a Cyberconnect2 e seus jogos, tanto a franquia Storm quanto Asura's Wrath, e todos eles conseguem ser mais solidos e interessantes no final do que o jogo mais importante que a desenvolvedora teve em mãos, pois estamos falando das maiores obras do mundo pop, Dragon Ball Z..    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. M_MIXER
    Sep 29, 2022
    7
    GOOD《7/10》⭐⭐

    《STORY》
  15. C4NAB1Sx
    Jan 27, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff… Expand
  16. Chaothic
    Oct 26, 2022
    6
    A perfect example of how to destroy an AMAZING game with the least effort.
    For the combat that could have so many absolutely cinematic combos, you're allowed to do next to NONE. All thanks to 24/7 HYPER ARMOR on enemies and NONE on the player; nothing flinches, nothing connects, constant interruptions, and so all melee combat of it is reduced to braindead ranged attack spam or another    A perfect example of how to destroy an AMAZING game with the least effort.
    For the combat that could have so many absolutely cinematic combos, you're allowed to do next to NONE. All thanks to 24/7 HYPER ARMOR on enemies and NONE on the player; nothing flinches, nothing connects, constant interruptions, and so all melee combat of it is reduced to braindead ranged attack spam or another kind of cheezing.
    If you don't care about playing in style: 9/10    … Expand

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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.
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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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