It’s all very slapdash and thrown together with little reverence for the great shows and books the characters come from. For the non-anime fan, just imagine a Batman game where Bruce won’t stop talking about how he’s motivated by the death of his parents, and you have an idea of how reductive J-Stars’ portrayal of its characters feels. Thanks for reminding us! Luffy can’t go a single scene without mentioning that he wants to become the Pirate King.
Oh look, it’s Naruto, and he’s fighting to become the next Hokage and he can’t wait to eat at Ramen Ichiraku afterwards. Most scenes boil down to static portraits and plain text, mainly made up of characters straining to work in show references to remind us, the fans, that they know we’re watching. There aren’t any cutscenes once you’re past the spectacular opening one, and very little voice acting in general. The story isn’t even presented in an interesting way.
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At key points, you’ll get an upgrade for your ship that allows you to explore more of the map, but there really isn’t anything to see other than brief, throwaway cameos from different manga characters looking to fight you in order to “train.” It’s Sonic Adventure syndrome, where gameplay is just too broken up by clumsily executed light-adventure elements to ever settle into an enjoyable rhythm. All you really do is wander around the overworld, heading to the next bland fight on your map with a bunch of bland story filler in between. Game contains In-Game Purchases JUMP FORCE - Ultimate Edition includes: The game The Characters Pass: 9 additional characters + their respective costumes and moves for your Avatar + 4 days of early access to play with those characters before everyone else 16 exclusive T-shirts for your Avatar A Jump Starter Pack of in-game. DS / DSi - Jump Ultimate Stars - The 1 source for video game sprites on the internet DS / DSi - Jump Ultimate Stars - The Spriters Resource We've received a number of reports about malicious fake virus ads appearing on the sites. And if you want to switch from one story to another, you’re essentially starting from scratch, so there isn’t much reason to play all four.Įven one time through the four- to six-hour campaign felt like too much. There are four arcs to choose, but they’re all essentially the same except with different playable characters. Instead of taking us through fan-favorite story arcs and iconic battles or building up to climactic what-if scenarios, all we get is a hum-drum tale of a parallel universe where characters from throughout the Shonen Jump canon all exist together, for.reasons. As someone who could barely keep from yelling move names along with characters in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, I’m supremely disappointed with how J-Stars looks and sounds. But all too often, the ugly-looking stages and rudimentary character models kept the fan in me from coming out to have a good time. I was ready to feel excited when pulling off signature ultimate attacks with my favorite characters, and for brief moments, I did. Granted, this is a PlayStation 3 game that’s been mildly polished up for the PlayStation 4, but even compared to last-gen games like the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series, J-Stars looks and sounds lackluster.