JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by CyberConnect2. It centers on combat encounters, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure games bring Hirohiko Araki’s characters and unusual powers into RPGs, fighting games and arena action. Depending on the entry, you guide a party, learn a fighter’s distinctive moves or pair characters for spectacular team attacks, with the manga’s poses and personality shaping the battles.
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AI review
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A layered, expressive fighter with stronger local appeal than online reliability.
All-Star Battle R offers more than a large cast of familiar faces. Combos, cancels, assists and sidesteps interact meaningfully, and distinct character approaches reward practice. A broad base roster and solo battles provide substantial offline experimentation, although this is not an adventure retelling the complete original story. Poses, attacks and character interactions show particular care for the source material, aligning extravagant presentation with mechanical personality. Online play is the main weakness: a 2022 PS5 review describes inconsistent delay-based networking and frequent errors, compromising the predictable feedback precise inputs need. Season-pass characters cost extra, while the standard base roster already offers substantial room for practice and experimentation. It is best suited to players prioritising local competition, practice and an expressive adaptation of JoJo.
Strengths
- Deep combo and assist systems
- Varied character mechanics
- Detailed source-faithful presentation
Weaknesses
- Historical PS5 online testing is inconsistent
- Not a complete narrative retelling
Who it is for: JoJo and fighting-game fans willing to practise and favour local matches.
Play notes: Paid season passes are separate; 2022 PS5 testing reports inconsistent online delay and frequent network errors.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Roster experimentation and solo battles have longevity, with less narrative focus. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Layered combat and character differences reward serious practice. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Exaggerated movement and details closely capture the source's personality. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The local systems are solid, but historical PS5 online stability is weak. | Reviewed | 6.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- CyberConnect2
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco
- Release date
- Sep 2, 2022
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Fighting · Primary genre
- Tags
- InvestigationStory-drivenReal-time CombatLinear LevelsMain Story 10–20 Hours3D GraphicsThird PersonSlow BurnPuzzle SolvingExplorationSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerCo-opSingle player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideSep 2, 2022
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