Rise of The Kasai cover art

Rise of The Kasai

Rau, the hero of The Mark of Kri, has fallen in battle. Take control of Griz and Baumusu through the timeline of events ten years prior to discover what exactly happened to Rau. Then, take control of Rau and…

70 5 April 2005

Rise of The Kasai is an adventure developed by BottleRocket Entertainment, released 5 April 2005 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2.

Verified Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Rise of The Kasai is

Rise of The Kasai is an adventure game developed by BottleRocket Entertainment and released in 2005. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rau, the hero of The Mark of Kri, has fallen in battle. Take control of Griz and Baumusu through the timeline of events ten years prior to discover what exactly happened to Rau. Then, take control of Rau and Tati to find out what happens in the decade that follows the events of The Mark of Kri. Featuring a beat-'em-up style of gameplay, this action adventure differentiates itself by using a targeting system allowing the player to effectively fight oncomers from all directions. The addition of three new playable characters allows for an extension in play mechanics from the first title, opening the possibilities for different strategies depending on who the player chooses to use. Another…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Rise of The Kasai holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Rise of The Kasai launched on 5 April 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Psychonauts and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Psychonauts, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Official trailer

Trailer thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Rise of The Kasai — frequently asked questions

When did Rise of The Kasai come out?
Rise of The Kasai was released on 5 April 2005 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2.

If you like this

Games like Rise of The Kasai

See all