For a die-hard fan of both Dragon Ball and JRPGs both old and new, this wound up being more or less the perfect storm for me. I've had the game since launch and spent over 100 hours on both the main quest and DLCs. I played through the main quest at launch and have been coming back to it for the DLC episodes and piecemealing of side quests off and on for five years.

This is pretty much the best way to experience the Z portion of the Dragon Ball story aside from watching or reading it. While it's not 1:1 with the source material, it hits all of the hot points through the story while giving the player fun quest tasks, battles, and side quests for about 25-30 hours. If you want to go back and complete the game in its entirety, you're looking at much more than this, and if you're someone like me who enjoys the Dragon Ball world, you can spend a ton of time exploring and re-exploring the game world and even going back to battle against bosses and other story points that you've already completed. It's a pretty immense game and a must-have for Dragon Ball fans. The battle and party mechanics are extremely satisfying. Your characters gain all of the fun power-ups and techniques from the manga and anime so you can look forward to gorgeous punches, kicks, team-up techs, hitsparks, and screen-filling special moves while you take on all of the enemies and supervillains you see in the series.

If you're wondering if playing this game is a good substitute for watching the series, I'd say it's not; but if you don't have time to watch Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z (don't skip the original!), this game is a great Cliff Notes version. If you're not a fan of Dragon Ball, this game probably won't change that but if you're a fan of Dragon Ball or modern JRPGs, you'll love it.

For a die-hard fan of both Dragon Ball and JRPGs both old and new, this wound up being more or less the perfect storm for me. I've had the game since launch and spent over 100 hours on both the main quest and DLCs. I played through the main quest at launch and have been coming back to it for the DLC episodes and piecemealing of side quests off and on for five years. This is pretty much the best way to experience the Z portion of the Dragon Ball story aside from watching or reading it. While it's not 1:1 with the source material, it hits all of the hot points through the story while giving the player fun quest tasks, battles, and side quests for about 25-30 hours. If you want to go back and complete the game in its entirety, you're looking at much more than this, and if you're someone like me who enjoys the Dragon Ball world, you can spend a ton of time exploring and re-exploring the game world and even going back to battle against bosses and other story points that you've already completed. It's a pretty immense game and a must-have for Dragon Ball fans. The battle and party mechanics are extremely satisfying. Your characters gain all of the fun power-ups and techniques from the manga and anime so you can look forward to gorgeous punches, kicks, team-up techs, hitsparks, and screen-filling special moves while you take on all of the enemies and supervillains you see in the series. If you're wondering if playing this game is a good substitute for watching the series, I'd say it's not; but if you don't have time to watch Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z (don't skip the original!), this game is a great Cliff Notes version. If you're not a fan of Dragon Ball, this game probably won't change that but if you're a fan of Dragon Ball or modern JRPGs, you'll love it.