That said, each section is huge enough to fly around, and that’s all you really need. You can’t explore all of Dragon Ball’s world at once, but considering it’s the most ill-defined aspect of the series, it’s good the effort wasn’t wasted. There’s a big, connected world map (well, multiple world maps), but they’re divided into sections.

We aren’t exactly in “open world” territory yet for Dragon Ball, but this is about as close as we’ve come. It’s sort of a weird culmination of modern video game tropes, Japanese game tropes, and Dragon Ball game tropes all rolled into one big package.

It’s an action-adventure game that presents itself as being about Goku, but it’s more of an all-encompassing Dragon Ball Z experience, with multiple playable characters beyond the titular hero. It’s almost like if that game was smashed into Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, but with the added benefit of being developed by CyberConnect2 instead of mediocre mercenary developers. If you remember playing the Legacy of Goku series on the Game Boy Advance, there’s similar verbiage here. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot retells a story that doesn’t need to be told again, but spices it up with little details and character moments that longtime fans will appreciate.ĭragon Ball Z: Kakarot was presented early on as an action-RPG, and that’s more or less where we’ve landed. But while I’ve seen Piccolo double-murder Goku and his evil brother Raditz a dozen times, it’s been a while since I’ve heard from Eighter. Dragon Ball games love to find new ways to retell Akira Toriyama’s timeless story, and this is another one of those opportunities. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve revisited the story of Goku and his crew of mostly bald friends through comics, TV, movies, and especially video games. I mean that literally-as long as I’ve been aware of Dragon Ball, new content has come from every conceivable multimedia angle. I’m 30 years old, and Dragon Ball has been around all my life.

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