There are energy attacks which consist of things such as Goku's Kamehameha, and there is melee. There are two types of attacks a player can use. All of this moving drains energy, however, which can be replenished by powering up.
Each character has a number of ways to get around the map, such as the ability to fly (more commonly referred to as swooping in ESF), teleport, jump great heights, as well as beamjump (in ESF, this is the act of firing a beam at the ground using it to propel oneself into the air). The player controls one of nine Dragonball Z characters with the goal of kill or be killed. The mod can best be described as a third person deathmatch game in the Dragonball Z setting.
ESF is a modification of the game Half-Life and as such, its gameplay is unique when compared to that of Half-Life.