It is a good Dragon Ball Z game; it explains quite well all the important events of Z, and the combat system is very good. However, even if the Nintendo Switch port is very good, the loading times are insanely long, and if you want to complete all the missions, you usually have to travel between different zones, which is really tiring to wait that long so many times. Even with that, the game is still really good.

I feel like most people going into this expect this to be the jack of all trades of Dragon Ball games. With the open world setting, all of the unique combat mechanics, and seemingly endless extra content, you'd think this game would be the talk of the town, at least with anime fans. But behind all of that flash, lies an unpolished and sometimes boring action RPG. Despite a lot of thought being put into the battle system, I never felt a sense of dread during any of the boss fights. Because it's so easy to buy healing items in bulk, I was basically guaranteed to win every encounter, as long as avoided taking too much damage, and I was playing this game on hard difficulty for my entire play through. Seriously, by the time I unlocked Vegeta's "Big Bang Attack", even the secret boss fights proved to be pushovers. I can't believe this game was teen rated. This game makes PokePark look challenging. On top of that, despite this game covering the events of the legendary Dragon Ball Z manga, a story famous for it's dramatic and engaging fight scenes, I found the build up to the boss fights to be pretty weak. While the cutscenes within the boss fights look pretty awesome, the cutscenes leading up to the encounters are really weak. Consisting mostly of static 3D models barely showing any body language or unique expressions. I'm a big fan of the original story, so I was disappointed to discover that about seventy percent of this game was littered with these ugly transitions. And to make matters worse, all of the blood and gore from the original story, had been censored. Really dampening the drama in the more intense portions of the adventure. Xenoverse 2 came out four years prior and had far more engaging cutscenes utilizing blood and big expressions, so what's going on here? Why does it look like this game is half asleep? I think the most enjoyment players will get out of this, will be from freely exploring the open world and just goofing off. Because is no Kingdom Hearts. Not an awful game by any means, but I definitely had a lot more fun playing Xenoverse 2.

Game: Dragon Ball Z KakarotGenre: Action RPGDeveloper: Cyberconnect2Publisher: Bandai NamcoSystem: Nintendo Switch (NS) via Switch OLED (NS)Year of Release: 2021Date of Completion: August 5th 2025Length of Playthrough: 113 Hours---Total Score: 94/100Value Score: 9.4/10• Story: 10/10• Characters: 10/10• GamePlay: 7/10• Graphics: 9/10• Sound: 10/10• Music: 10/10• Length: 10/10• Replay Value: 10/10• Player Value: 8/10Pros+Open World with a lot of side quests with extended lore and detailed story quests+Includes content from Sayian Saga, Namek Saga, Android/Cell Saga, Buu Saga in the base game+DLC includes a alternative version of Battle of Gods and Resurrection F+DLC includes Bardock special, Future Trunks New Hope, 23rd world Tournament (OG Dragon Ball) and Goku's Next Journey (End of Z) - also includes Daima DLC+Overall content is over 100 hours+Replayability of previous story events+Includes music from the original animeCons-Horrendous load times-Too many fetch quests-Open world empty and feels like a MMO with no population-Daima DLC released late and at same price as the game-----Score wise comparison...Dragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku (GBA): N/ADragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku II (GBA): N/ADragon Ball Z Buu's Fury (GBA): N/ADragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii): N/ADragon Ball Xenoverse (PC): 87Dragon Ball FighterZ (NS): 85Dragon Ball Z Kakarot (NS): 94