The big, flashy combat animations are impressive, but they are also time-consuming and emphasize the back-and-forth nature of each fight in a bland way. When you find the rhythm of combat, the experience becomes a spectator sport, for better or worse.
Playing as Midoriya from My Hero Academia and hitting Goku from Dragon Ball as he charges up a Kamehameha with a Detroit Smash is an exciting thing – which is admittedly difficult to explain to non-fans. I like how combat is more about finding the best windows to execute your big attacks, and I enjoyed experimenting with finding the best three-character combos to take into the fray, which highlights the fun mashup nature of the game. You don’t need to learn every fighter’s best combos and counters every character plays similarly, and pulling off their big special attacks is more about keeping an eye on the meters that build up as you take and receive damage. It is a fighting game, but not in the traditional sense. The combat is Jump Force’s strongest element. Unfortunately, the combat never becomes totally engaging, and the sloppy presentation drags down the other elements that had potential. The 40 characters have multiple bombastic animations for their noteworthy attacks, and it’s all wrapped up in a goofy story where universes collide.
Jump Force is not the first time characters from disparate Shonen Jump manga and anime franchises have faced off against one another in a fighting game, but this release represents the biggest and flashiest mashup brawl they have ever engaged in.
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