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8) Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
CyberConnect 2 / Bandai Namco Entertainment
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Released January 17, 2020
Would make my top 100 list if re-written: No

Here's the first game that probably wouldn't have made the list if I made it at the regular time - at the beginning of February I had only finished the Saiyan saga, and only beat the game in August last year.

DBZ Kakarot is an action RPG that goes through the entire story of Dragon Ball Z from the Saiyan saga all the way to the end of the Buu saga. You mostly only are able to play as the main characters of the storyline, which include Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, and Trunks at various points. Other characters like Krillin can be added as support characters that can aid in battle. All the dub actors from the Funimation dub of DBZ Kai/Super return to reprise their roles here, which is always welcome even if it is standard for most Dragon Ball games. I never did watch most of the Buu saga during Dragon Ball Z's original run on Cartoon Network, so there actually was part of the story that was completely new to me.

Combat is pretty good for most of the game. You have your team of one main character and two supports against however many enemies. You can attack via melee (the character will dash towards the enemy automatically if far away), through ki blasts, or by using special attacks such as a Kamehameha. The support characters can also use their special skills via a different command, such as Krillin's Solar Flare. Some battles are challenging, mostly if they don't involve Vegeta who is the most broken character in the game. Vegeta learns Big Bang, which is an effective special against every character in the game with little difficulty.

The only demerit this game has is the open world, which is extremely empty of actual things to do. You can fly around and get orbs, but you'll get so many from battles that you will never need these. There's hunting and fishing spots, but all these unlock are some encyclopedia pages and recipes (plus Shenron can just give you the completed dishes randomly in the first place). All side quests are highlighted on the map, so there's no reason to do anything out of the way. I wish there was more of a reason to explore around, but there really isn't much to do outside of the main quest and any side quests collected.

Fortunately, the game is still fun to play through the entire story line, and the Super Finish cutscene is pretty funny, especially when you do it to a character in a friendly story match, like when I had Gohan Super Finish Goten in a training match.