I think if you really enjoy Dragon Ball Z and want to explore the world in canon, you should absolutely pick this up. Telling the Z story is a little tiring if you've been through it in other games or have recently watched the anime, but it is pretty fun and I found myself engaged most of the time. Exploring is fun and what the sidequests lack in variety they make up for in charming and cute dialogue.

A pleasant surprise when playing through is that there is a lot more homage and love to the original Dragon Ball than you would expect and one of the collectibles in the game are snippets from the og anime. Lore-wise, the game kind of cleans up some inconsistencies to line up with Dragon Ball Super, but it also keeps some weird stuff (at the end of Buu Saga, they keep the part where Dende is a tiny kid for some reason lol-- he's back to normal in post-game)

The gameplay itself isn't groundbreaking, but DBZ Kakarot begins to scratch an RPG itch that other Dragon Ball games haven't really done. I'd love to see a similar DB game to this but with a different story or setting.

I think if you really enjoy Dragon Ball Z and want to explore the world in canon, you should absolutely pick this up. Telling the Z story is a little tiring if you've been through it in other games or have recently watched the anime, but it is pretty fun and I found myself engaged most of the time. Exploring is fun and what the sidequests lack in variety they make up for in charming and cute dialogue. A pleasant surprise when playing through is that there is a lot more homage and love to the original Dragon Ball than you would expect and one of the collectibles in the game are snippets from the og anime. Lore-wise, the game kind of cleans up some inconsistencies to line up with Dragon Ball Super, but it also keeps some weird stuff (at the end of Buu Saga, they keep the part where Dende is a tiny kid for some reason lol-- he's back to normal in post-game) The gameplay itself isn't groundbreaking, but DBZ Kakarot begins to scratch an RPG itch that other Dragon Ball games haven't really done. I'd love to see a similar DB game to this but with a different story or setting.