Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by CyberConnect2. It centers on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and story, case, or mission progress, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.6 / 10
About this game
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and story, case, or mission progress. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Dragon Ball games turn the manga and anime’s battles into fighting games, character-building adventures and action RPGs. You might assemble a tag team, create your own fighter or revisit Goku’s journey between explosive encounters.
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AI review
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A character adventure best suited to revisiting Dragon Ball Z
Free flight and signature attacks make inhabiting Goku’s world immediately appealing, and bosses require some pattern recognition. Ordinary combat has limited variation, so familiarity increasingly places the burden of engagement on affection for the source. The substantial Dragon Ball Z retelling gives major arcs room to unfold, with fishing and side quests adding everyday detail. Repeated errands and encounters mean the large spaces do not consistently produce worthwhile discoveries. Major action scenes vividly restage familiar turning points, and quieter character moments can be charming. Static dialogue and some muddy textures create a noticeable contrast, concentrating the presentation’s strengths in carefully staged highlights. The native PS5 performance mode delivers more responsive 60fps play in the review, alongside improved lighting and models. Those enhancements reduce presentation friction without redesigning the ordinary missions or underlying combat.
Strengths
- Iconic scenes and free flight
Weaknesses
- Errand-heavy side quests and repetitive basic combat
Who it is for: Fans who prioritise experiencing the Dragon Ball Z story
Play notes: Based on the historical review conditions of 2023-01-13, not a guarantee about subsequent patches or current matchmaking populations.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The substantial Dragon Ball Z retelling gives major arcs room to unfold, with fishing and side quests adding everyday detail. Repeated errands and encounters mean the large spaces do not consistently produce worthwhile discoveries. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Free flight and signature attacks make inhabiting Goku’s world immediately appealing, and bosses require some pattern recognition. Ordinary combat has limited variation, so familiarity increasingly places the burden of engagement on affection for the source. | Reviewed | 7.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Major action scenes vividly restage familiar turning points, and quieter character moments can be charming. Static dialogue and some muddy textures create a noticeable contrast, concentrating the presentation’s strengths in carefully staged highlights. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The native PS5 performance mode delivers more responsive 60fps play in the review, alongside improved lighting and models. Those enhancements reduce presentation friction without redesigning the ordinary missions or underlying combat. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- CyberConnect2
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco
- Release date
- Jan 13, 2023
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Solo-friendlyFantasyThird PersonPuzzle SolvingSlow BurnReal-time CombatInvestigationLinear LevelsExploration3D GraphicsMain Story 10–20 HoursStory-driven
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Top-downThird person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideJan 13, 2023
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