The Buu Saga is the weakest installment due to a huge section of time with no gameplay, but it still serves as a terrific adaptation and a fitting end.

While Trunks does get shafted by having his battle against Perfect Cell cut, the cast gets to shine here in major ways.

The Cell Saga was my favorite due to the amount of downtime during battles as well as the characters featured.

It's hard to imagine that this saga went on for so, so, so many episodes, as the game distills it perfectly into an action-packed, emotionally driven arc. The Frieza Saga is perhaps Dragon Ball Z's most iconic, and Bandai Namco handles it well in Kakarot.It's the most low-key of the sagas, though, allowing players time to adjust to the game.

It is a great introductory that paints the characters as nuanced and likable, throwing them into a tense situation that has a strong dramatic build. 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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