6/18/2023 0 Comments Game informer jump force review![]() New to reddit? Click here! Subreddit Calendar Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just with the goal of entertaining viewers.įor examples of quality discussion posts we'd like to see in our subreddit, please review this page.įor an in-depth explanation of our rules, please review our rules page. The goal of /r/Games is to provide a place for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. If you're looking for "lighter" gaming-related entertainment, try /r/gaming! Please look over our rules and FAQ before posting. However, the core of it, the battles, are quite redeeming but cannot mask the other glaring issues./r/Games is for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. Despite its impressive roster of characters and interesting premise, Jump Force somehow still managed to miss a great opportunity with a shallow plot and a questionable artstyle. Playing side by side with some of the most famous anime characters should feel like a blast, but it never really delivered. ![]() While the environments look visually nicer than the plastic characters, they aren’t without issues. Playing online will allow you to see the avatars other online players and somewhat populate the HQ but it mostly means seeing them amassed around the Mission Counter trying to complete missions. Wandering through the Jump Force HQ replicates the feeling of visiting a mall on a Sunday night at 10pm empty, uninteresting and eerily quiet. Battle grounds are varied but mostly empty with no interactive elements save for your foes. The issue does not only lie with the character’s renders. The characters feel lifeless, plastic-y and way too shiny, sort of a rip-off action figure, in particular during the cutscenes or conversations where their weirdly animated mouths don’t quite sync with the voice and it all just feels even more uncanny. The graphics are divisive at best, with even the new Berserk’s CGI looking better (sometimes). While this can work with other games, for manga characters and their setting it just feels odd, especially given the cel-shaded style we have seen in similar games and which worked so well. Given the whole collision of universe thing, Spike Chunsoft opted for a more “realistic” art direction with Jump Force to, and I quote, “bring Manga characters to life like never before". While a large part of the issues is due to the bland plot and shallow writing, the artstyle is also to be blamed. You can also partake in online battles and events to hone your skills against other players, but there's not much to say about them. ![]() But the battles do feel satisfying once you get the hang of the controls, allowing you to perform some cool finishes. However, the controls might need some getting used to, in order to handle regular moves, special moves, swapping with your battle buddy, conjuring different special attacks on top of having your battle buddy lend you a helping hand in some moves. Battles are a visual treat, especially the special moves where your custom character can effectuate famous moves from mangas, or even have actual characters perform their signature moves. At the end of each battle, your team will gain valuable experience points, level up, and unlock new moves and equipment.ĭuring combat, you form teams of 3, which you can choose from a roster of 42 playable characters, who all share the same life counter and vary in their range of attacks and combos. Afterwards you'll have several missions, which are basically random bland battles against Venoms and antagonists from other mangas, while the story progresses. Pairing up with various characters like Vegeta and Boruto of the Jump Force team, you, once a civilian now revived as a hero, will have to travel across the globe and deliver other famous characters from the grasp of the evil umbras and have them join your team. Orchestrating this are the game’s antagonists Galena and Kane, those two characters are unique to the game and don’t come from any existing manga. The bad guys here are known as Venoms, characters controlled by cube-like objects called umbras, which have a malicious aura that infect people and control them against their will. Yes, the writing feels too shallow, and I was expecting more from it since animes/mangas are known to do much better. In typical manga fashion, Jump Force features baddies who, surprise surprise, want to dominate the world and then there are good guys who need to save the day.
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