A pursuit, meanwhile, lets you close the gap between your character and your foe but can be hit by strikes or blocked - the latter resulting in increased recovery lag that makes the pursuer susceptible to counterattacks. A block, for example can save you from strikes but can be grabbed. Each of those moves are either strong or weak against another move so you’ll want to mix them up accordingly. The base combat employs a combination of basic or rush attacks that can be comboed, charged attacks that hit harder, throws, blocks, dashes and pursuits. Fights themselves occur on a 3D plane as opposed to the side-scrolling view you see in games like Smash Bors. Basically, its an adaptation of either the Dragon Ball, One Piece or Naruto fighting styles. Like the Xenoverse games and Naruto to Boruto, you can also unlock various clothing to dress up your character in spiffy outfits.Īnother choice you need to make in the beginning is which character class your original fighter will adopt. Picking a certain team allows you to acquire the skills of its members earlier so just choose whichever one has the characters you want (otherwise, you can still get them later on). In addition to leaders, each team also has specific characters as members such as Sanji, Boa Hancock and Gaara. One team, for example, is lead by Son Goku while another has Naruto as its leader. In Jump Force, you basically pick one of three teams to join, each overseen by its own leader. The difference is that you have various sub-areas in the base to take missions from, simply named as the Alpha, Beta and Gamma sections. You basically get an MMO style hub world where you can take missions with three-man cells or teams, earning experience and currency in the process. In terms of overall game design, Jump Force is more akin to the Dragon Ball Xenoverse series. I also like how certain characters such as Asta lose their clothes when they take a lot of damage. On the plus side, battles feature some pretty cool visual effects for movement and attacks. The animation aren’t as noticeable during combat since you’ll likely be either dashing or pursuing while moving but it’s still there if you just run naturally.
This is especially noticeable when using characters with pointy, voluminous hair, causing some weird bobblehead effect to occur as you run. The character animations inside the main hub, meanwhile, can look stilted and jerky sometimes. This becomes more noticeable during voiced sequences where you have Japanese voice actors expressing emotion well, for example, but the models’ dead eyes makes their performances less impactful. There’s an odd quality to the character models and you sometimes get a bit of an uncanny valley effect going when the look doesn’t quite work. It’s an approach that can be hit or miss. Instead, it goes for a more plasticky, 3D look that lies somewhere between toylike and photo-realistic. For a game based on manga and anime characters, Jump Force surprisingly holds off on using the trademark cell-shaded visuals that we’ve seen in a lot of Bandai Namco games. The graphics, meanwhile, are likely going to be polarizing. I credit the folks behind the game for at least coming up with some semblance of a narrative, even though it isn’t exactly anything to write home about. Then again, you normally don’t play these kind of games for story. Even the commander that helps your avenging heroes assemble your band of heroes looks like a manga version of Nick Fury (let’s call him, uh, Fick Nury). Your character gets caught up in destruction and suddenly turns into a hero.
The game starts off with a dramatic scene of a city under attack by a familiar villain and some strange lackeys. Which side of the aisle does Jump Force fall under?Ī lot of crossover games use a plot that’s anchored by some world-threatening, dimension-breaking calamity that causes the various heroes to join forces. For every underwhelming title such as J-Stars Victory VS, however, you get some rare gems like Jump Ultimate Stars. More often than not, such titles end up being not-so-solid from a mechanical perspective - and Jump games are no exception. I say that as someone who has bought my fair share of games based on these IPs. For anyone who likes manga and anime, the nostalgia from Jump games can be hard to resist. It also makes it fertile material for all sorts of video game crossovers. The roster of the “Jump Force” video game is a testament to that.ĭragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Saint Seiya - the list of popular franchises to show up in its pages is both long and storied. And in the echelons of Japanese comics, Weekly Shonen Jump arguably stands at the top thanks to its long and storied history of churning out iconic franchises. In Japan, that means reading lots of “shonen” or boys’ manga.
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