4/14/2023 0 Comments Shonen jump force reviewJump Force spends zero time introducing you to these characters, what worlds they come from, or what impact they could have on the story. Even as someone who doesn’t actively follow anime anymore, it’s hard not to know that Naruto had the gall to name his child Boruto, and the old-school fan in me loves seeing inclusions like City Hunter’s Ryo Saeba, but I’ll be damned if I know who Kaguya Otsutsuki or Sosuke Aizen or Gon Freecss or Killua Zoldyck are. Eventually, the story does bring at least some answers, but they only came long after I’d gotten tired waiting for their arrival.Īnd, oh yeah, one other thing: Who are all of these people? Yes, most players venturing into Jump Force will undoubtedly be anime fans to varying degrees, but the game has no patience for those who don’t have full working knowledge of the full 50-year run of Japan’s weekly manga anthology Shonen Jump-where beloved series like Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Naruto were all born-has existed. How did Goku, Luffy, and Naruto end up meeting each other in the first place? Am I really supposed to assume that all of these beings I’m meeting are actually comic characters come to life? Why do the other members of the various franchises that appear in Jump Force never seem fazed one bit when recruited by a team of fighters from completely different fake universes? Who built the place where all of these beings converge to form the J-force, and did it exist before the recent outbreak of planetary attacks? I dunno. What led up to the Earth being attacked? I dunno. Why was it important that I, a seemingly random human being, survive? I dunno. I give that answer because “I dunno” seems to be the mantra of this game. Are any of those the reason Jump Force starts the way it does? I dunno. Typically, when a piece of entertainment starts in such a way, it’s to serve one of three goals: creating a mysterious occurrence where someone will try to figure out how or why it happened being the first piece of a non-linear selection of scenes a la movies such as Pulp Fiction or getting world building out of the way and admitting the “how” and “why” aren’t important, such as in zombie-based fiction. And yet, that is exactly how Jump Force kicks off, tossing players into a situation that really isn’t concerned with trivial things like setup or exposition. If that seems like a rather abrupt and not-well-thought-out way to start a review, it’s also not the best way to start a game either. Trunks shoves a glowing cube into my body, which, along with saving me from death, also turns me into a hero. As the legendary warrior reels in horror at seeing what’s happened, his ally Trunks rushes to my side, informing me that there’s only one thing that can save my life now. When Goku dodges one of Frieza’s energy attacks, the beam continues on its path until it strikes down a regular human being. Suddenly, a hero appears: Goku, who flies up to trade blows with his fearsome foe. High above, Frieza smiles as he and an army of red-eyed soldiers descend to lay waste to the city. New York’s Times Square sits in near ruin, as buildings crumble and explosions burst below the crimson sky.
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