JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 35
  3. Negative: 4 out of 35
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  1. ZTGD
    Jul 14, 2016
    45
    There’s a lot of new interest and goodwill rolling JJBA’s way in the last few years and I truly wish that this was competent fighter that I could point to get the gamer crowd interested in this legendary manga/anime series. However, the shallow, uninteresting combat, boring story mode and the lack of a local multiplayer mode makes this one hard to recommend, even to the most diehard of fans.
  2. Destructoid
    Jul 11, 2016
    45
    Simply put, we’re still looking for that definitive JoJo's game, because JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven isn’t it.
  3. Gamer.nl
    Aug 2, 2016
    30
    This game is shallow and very out-dated. The source material makes it so easy to make a solid fighting game, but yet Eyes of Heaven is quite the opposite. Don't buy this game, just go for the old JoJo on PlayStation.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Jul 25, 2016
    30
    The dialogue, merely filler between bouts, is more entertaining than the combat that's meant to be the game's focus.

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 177 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 115 out of 177
  2. Mixed: 43 out of 177
  3. Negative: 19 out of 177
  1. Bitrip
    Jul 13, 2016
    10
    The Bad: The netcode is horrendous so online multiplayer is pretty much useless and there is no local co-op to compensate. Some of theThe Bad: The netcode is horrendous so online multiplayer is pretty much useless and there is no local co-op to compensate. Some of the character names are changed from the anime. Only a little more than half of the entire roster can be used in story mode.

    The Good: The game literally feels like you are playing the anime. They didn't shy away from bringing characters with complex powers like Diavolo or Vanilla Ice. Every stage in story mode has a free-roam version. The roster has something like 53 playable characters. Many characters interact with each other during the fight opening.

    I think this game is great. As a long time JoJo fan it does just about everything I want it to. I can't recommend it to non-JoJo fans, but I can't recommend it enough to those who are.    … Full Review »
  2. blakfayt
    Jun 29, 2016
    8
    Eyes of Heaven is a game I've been waiting for since it was announced. I got the demo the day it was released and found myself replaying theEyes of Heaven is a game I've been waiting for since it was announced. I got the demo the day it was released and found myself replaying the very limited fights it gave over and over again. Put simply, this game is for fans of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and no one else. More so than a Naruto game, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure has so many characters, so many jokes and references, that if you haven't read the manga or watched the anime, you just will not care.

    The plot picks up after the third arc of the series and travels through all 8 arcs that currently exist and doesn't explain much about them. This is why being a fan is a prerequisite to enjoying the game. Even in combat most of your moves are references or taken straight from the source material.

    With that out of the way, if you're a fan of Jojo and wondering "Is this any good then?" The answer is yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. (To non Jojo fans, I just made a reference) The gameplay is so much better than it was in the PS3 fighter. Eyes of Heaven is more of an arena brawler. You and a companion (generally AI) face off against another team of two in a decent sized area full of traps, usable items, and stuff to throw. Each character has a list of unique moves and even how their basic attacks work are different (Unlike the fighter where almost everyone was all punching and kicking all the time). Combat can be fast paced, the levels aren't big enough that you'll do a lot of running at the enemy, but they have height to them that you can use to escape and plan, if you're character is less inclined to face punching.

    Each area of the game was pretty much lifted from the manga itself, and the story was overseen by the creator of the manga, Hirohiko Araki. This is again where I stress that if you're not a fan this won't matter to you, but if you are a fan it's like a golden stamp of quality assurance. The story was drafted by Araki and in that way it's like we've gotten a bonus arc.

    Overall, if you haven't gotten it by this point, fans of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, either the anime or manga, should buy this game when it fits their budget. It's a fun game with a lot of characters to play as and the interactions between them are great. The story will be interesting and it's almost like an arc from the manga or anime. If you aren't a fan, don't buy it, don't look at it, pretend it doesn't exist, because all you'll see is an arena brawler like Power Stone with weird characters saying things you don't understandu. (That's a reference too.)    … Full Review »
  3. joshcbrln
    Jun 28, 2016
    7
    It's JoJo and that's all I really wanted from it.I'm not sure how deep the combat is yet, if at all, but it's a fun brawler.Any game where youIt's JoJo and that's all I really wanted from it.I'm not sure how deep the combat is yet, if at all, but it's a fun brawler.Any game where you can play as a coffee flavored gum chewing dog cant be all that bad right?… Full Review »
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