

The fishing minigame is too repetitive, and the checkpoint car races are too easy, but they do deliver nice rewards, which are sometimes Soul Emblems.

Side missions are periodically thrown at you, but if they don’t involve combat, you’re not doing anything entertaining – unless you like the idea of picking apples. You’re essentially just ripping across the land to gather supplies. Sure, you can hover in the air to take down a dinosaur or spaceship for crafting materials, but no danger or skill is really involved. Outside of flying around to collect orbs that can be used to buy new special moves, these areas aren’t much fun. Flying is a satisfying means of travel, but ends up being the one truly enjoyable part of the open worlds, of which there are over a dozen to explore. Each character flies with the strength and speed of Superman. The thrill of controlling a powerful hero continues within open-world exploration. These battles can last for roughly five minutes, require plenty of healing items, and reward you well with plenty of experience points and loot.

The boss battles, which can be against a foe with millions of hit points, push you in a different way, where you are more defensive and looking for windows to unleash the heavy arsenal or rejuvenate ki (which is essentially your magic meter).Ĭombat is satisfying, both against low-level foes who you can eventually one-hit kill, and against enemies that are a higher level than you. In the standard open-world battles, a fair bit of strategy comes from prioritizing targets and bouncing between foes. When a foe is stunned or at a specific range, the big moves like Spirit bomb and Super Kamehameha can be used to deal serious damage. No matter who you are using, combat is fast and frantic, pushing you to dart through the skies, pepper foes with fire blasts from afar, and then get in close for quick combos.

Each is similar in build for the base moves, but with a little different flavor in their attributes and super attacks. Since the game covers the Saiyan Saga through the Buu Saga, players take to the skies as a variety of characters. Most of the voice cast from the TV series reprise their roles, once again bringing these characters to life in clever and over-the-top ways. No footage from the animated show is used, and we instead see Goku and his family’s life unfold through beautifully animated in-engine footage for the dramatic moments, and animation-free conversations for the relationship building and mundane story beats.
