In each chapter, you’ll encounter a handful of optional missions - but only a handful. Interestingly, the game’s side quests give us a glimpse into what Kakarot could have been, if it had been a little more assiduous about its open-world elements. After you’ve spent 10 or 15 minutes flying through the colorful-but-lifeless expanses, you’ll have seen pretty much all there is to see. Each one has a lot of empty space, populated only by crafting and cooking resources, as well as Z Orbs: currency to upgrade your special abilities. On the other hand, there’s not actually that much to do in Kakarot’s sprawling levels. Getting to travel freely through these areas is pure wish fulfillment for fans of the show, and makes the game feel like a more cohesive whole. After all, the Dragon Ball anime isn’t just a series of fights it’s also about a group of magnetic characters exploring a variety of memorable locations, from Master Roshi’s colorful Kame House, to Bulma’s bustling West City, to Frieza’s deadly spaceship on Planet Namek. On the one hand, the game’s semi-open design adds a lot to what could otherwise be a fairly rote action/RPG.
Each level you explore in Kakarot is a huge, sprawling environment, which often contains multiple biomes, such as grasslands, deserts, marshes, snowfields, cities and more.
While Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is not a truly open-world game, it does take a lot of cues from the genre. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot review: Open-world elements But it also means that simply waiting for the story to advance often gives you much better rewards than putting in effort on your own. This means you can’t simply grind your way past bosses, and, in theory, could feel some of the same desperation and triumph that the characters onscreen felt during those battles. Instead, characters gain massive amounts of XP during story cutscenes, or after boss fights. For example, most random encounter enemies give pitiful experience point rewards, while the game’s infrequent side quests are not much more generous. Some gameplay systems in DBZ: Kakarot are almost oddly faithful to the anime, which can work both in the game’s favor and to its detriment. (Image credit: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)
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