Though Akira Toryiama has left this world, fans of his works can now visit the one of his most famous and beloved creations: The world of Dragon Ball. Dragon Ball Online Revelations is a community driven relaunch of the 2010 Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean online version of the Dragon Ball IP.

I had the chance to sit down and play to level twenty in the game, and though there are a few hiccups present from the translation to English, the game runs great and offers a lot of content for players and fans of Dragon Ball to indulge in. You’ll choose between human, namekian, and majin characters at the outset, and take on the role of a fighter or spiritualist. You begin the game as a “kid” and upon reaching level 30, players can complete a quest to become an “adult” and carry on with the endgame mechanics.

This set up was actually really delightful as a casual player but somewhat hardcore fan of Dragon Ball. I found the separation of the “tutorial” stage of the grind into a kind of “childhood” stage to fit perfectly with the way Dragon Ball itself progresses. Even better though, is the conceit of Dragon Ball Online’s story telling. The game itself takes place in “age 1000” – approximately 240 years after the events seen in the Dragon Ball series. Images of Goku and Vegetta are plastered about towns all over the map, with epitaphs of their heroism accompanying their pictures. This doesn’t keep you from romping through some of Dragon Ball’s most famous moments though, as rifts in time have opened up across the land to take you back to more familiar times. Of course, future Trunks plays a key role in navigating back and forth through time, which ties the whole set up together rather nicely.

Aside from all that, it just feels good to be in the world of Dragon Ball Online. There is something delightful and calming about just pacing down a dirt road and watching some Toryiama designed buses and motor bikes rumble past, or to wander into a new area and take a moment to observe the flora and fauna. So often when you see these particular designs they are stuck in a panel, or if they are 3D, they are limited to a specific camera frame. Though more open Dragon Ball worlds have been designed for players in the past, this one feels especially cozy, perhaps entirely due to it’s own kind of time travel from being originally released in 2010.

If you’d like to take a look at Dragon Ball Online Revelations, head over to their site and set up an account. It’s fairly easy to get the game up and running on most PCs, so if you’ve been needing a dose of Dragon Ball, this is one that might hit the spot.