You can see my full take on all four of the series' main adaptations at the following links. Credit: Bandai Namco The story of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot These sections are impressive as they allow the player to explore a faithfully adapted world of fan-favorite locations and characters.ĭragon Ball Z: Kakarot screenshot. This is when the game gets really slice-of-life, which is utterly unique for a Dragon Ball game.

There are open-world sections where you are on downtime between sagas.

There is often a limited number of activities you can do during sagas like this, as some of the more open world aspects such as collecting the Dragon Balls remain unavailable. This is a great time to complete side stories, which are helpfully marked on the map with blue exclamation points.

There are sections during the story mode where you can explore the larger Dragon Ball world.

This portion of the game guides you through the story complete with cut scenes and mandatory battles.

Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo, Future Trunks, Vegito, and Gotenks are playable while the other Z-Warriors are support characters. During this portion of the game, you are taken along for the ride with the game dictating who you play, with the playable characters growing the more you play.

The story mode is when you are in the midst of one of the main four sagas.

It begins as a slice-of-life story of Goku and Gohan that dips into and out of the familiar territory of the iconic Dragon Ball Z storyline. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is a semi-open world game that grows as you complete story elements.

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