Jump Force

 Xbox One
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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 98 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 37 out of 98
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 98
  3. Negative: 43 out of 98
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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Feb 19, 2019
    7
    I enjoyed the sound and visual art design of the game, As a fan of the anime battle genre I was really looking forward to Jump Force. So I was also hoping that they did each franchise justice. Unfortunately there may be a few nice moments there’s some issues that hold it back. I came away feeling a little indifferent. As soon as you begin the game you notice the extended loading time,I enjoyed the sound and visual art design of the game, As a fan of the anime battle genre I was really looking forward to Jump Force. So I was also hoping that they did each franchise justice. Unfortunately there may be a few nice moments there’s some issues that hold it back. I came away feeling a little indifferent. As soon as you begin the game you notice the extended loading time, some of it quite extreme. This isn’t the only problem you contend with a few technical issues which in turn effect the immersion can become affected because of this. When It was nice to see that the game had quite a decent roster for you to play and there’s also a decent selection of play modes as well. I would however recommend that you play the online mode though because the story mode failed to make an impact and on the whole it’s standard. Thankfully the combat elements don’t fall short and I did enjoy doing flash, energy, and scale behind the moves with the different character’s. This however isn’t enough to save the game from the other issues present and when it’s all said and done, Jump Force just doesn’t stand up, when you factor in the price of the game and the shortcomings it has. Id recommend buying the base game before considering a season pass for those who are interested in checking it out.… Expand
  2. Jonnyblond77
    Dec 20, 2020
    9
    This is either the type of game you love or the type of game you hate, if you’ve played any of the dragonball Z 3D fighters throughout the years. Then you know what to expect. Let’s just say this isn’t the most balanced fighter out there as a lot of these licensed anime games seem to be more fan service then anything else. They aren’t deep but that’s what makes them so fun as it’s prettyThis is either the type of game you love or the type of game you hate, if you’ve played any of the dragonball Z 3D fighters throughout the years. Then you know what to expect. Let’s just say this isn’t the most balanced fighter out there as a lot of these licensed anime games seem to be more fan service then anything else. They aren’t deep but that’s what makes them so fun as it’s pretty pick up and play. You can mash your buttons and the game makes you look stellar like your some kinda fighting game pro. Don’t get me wrong though. Sure you can spam a lot of moves over and over and win like that but if you try that against a pro. You’ll get wrecked in a heartbeat. Mind nobody plays fighting games like these competitively. It’s all about using your favorite anime characters and getting to play as them. When I first tried jump force. I really thought it was all graphics and no real gameplay. Sure the games pretty and runs great. But the gameplay has to be decent and fun. The good news is...it’s a blast. The only minus I can give this game is that’s it’s not very hard to learn everything in the first few hours. The combos and the battle system is barebones as it gets but that’s ok though because I have a little boy that thinks this game is insane and fun and doesn’t take a lot to learn it’s ways.

    Long story short. If you love the anime universe and the more popular characters from the shows and books. Then you may want to try this game because I’d say you’ll get enjoyment out of it. I’m not a fanboy and could care less about the anime or manga universe and I still have a riot playing this game. If your looking for gameplay like Tekken or street fighter. Don’t get this game. It won’t be deep enough for you. But there’s like 3 or 4 other games on the Xbox and Sony systems that is pretty much the same fighting system as this one so if you enjoyed those ones. Then buy this because really fun.    … Expand
  3. 2555448663688
    Apr 30, 2020
    10
    Muito bom mais tem alguma possibilidades de anime pode deixar que eu pedir
  4. omniface
    Mar 7, 2021
    8
    jump force is a great smash bros alt
    it even topped new horizons before it came out but no
    pros - - perfect story mode - variety of characters - great dlc - good bug fixes - fair online mode - it even allowed you to fight in the umbras base which is not available in any othergame - good art design cons - medium loading time [minor] lack of new fighters lack of new stages    jump force is a great smash bros alt
    it even topped new horizons before it came out but no
    pros -
    - perfect story mode
    - variety of characters
    - great dlc
    - good bug fixes
    - fair online mode
    - it even allowed you to fight in the umbras base which is not available in any othergame
    - good art design

    cons -
    medium loading time [minor]
    lack of new fighters
    lack of new stages
    decent costume choices
    horrible raid bosses mode
    mixed up hardness levels    … Expand
  5. IK00PA
    Feb 19, 2019
    9
    Game is awesome. There seems to be an agenda to give this game low reviews. Some are as stupid because of "lack of female selectable characters" lol?

    Anyways if you love fast past fighting games that keep you on the edge of your seat and you have split seconds to choose your method of attack this is for you. I think other fight fans dont like it because its not a game where you    Game is awesome. There seems to be an agenda to give this game low reviews. Some are as stupid because of "lack of female selectable characters" lol?

    Anyways if you love fast past fighting games that keep you on the edge of your seat and you have split seconds to choose your method of attack this is for you.

    I think other fight fans dont like it because its not a game where you learn a combo and go in a match with it premeditated knowing it works against 90% of your opponents because you have more hours into the game practicing it. You literally haved to adapt to every match and every opponent within split seconds to be victorious.Matches are pretty intense and there is always a comeback factor even if you are down a round.

    I dont think some of the old heads can wrap their head around this.

    Anyways dont listen to these powerhouse sites giving it a bad reviews its a fun fast paced intense game.    … Expand
  6. EsLinsee
    Feb 16, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its a very nice game for anime fans. i think the price is not worth it but the hype is. You will enjoy if you love anime.… Expand
  7. Hutake
    Sep 26, 2019
    7
    It is in fact a very fun game when ur playing with ur friends and all. If u like animes its a good game to play for fun coop. But when u have to face the empty open world, infinite loading screens and a fragile main story, u can really see why people don´t like this game. The cutscenes are horrible, story its bad, the gameplay and graphics are probably the only things this game it good atIt is in fact a very fun game when ur playing with ur friends and all. If u like animes its a good game to play for fun coop. But when u have to face the empty open world, infinite loading screens and a fragile main story, u can really see why people don´t like this game. The cutscenes are horrible, story its bad, the gameplay and graphics are probably the only things this game it good at it but its not enough :/

    I gave 7 'cause I really have fun playing versus and I felt really good 'cause I dind´t had to buy it... I played by gamepass so... it was fine. If u're planing to buy this.... just don´t, its not worth it. Unless if u find a very good promotion idk...    … Expand
  8. RenegedSoul
    Feb 13, 2019
    10
    Very well done and worked, Cyberconnect 2 made a great game with a great story and great characters.
  9. X0Forsaken
    Feb 13, 2019
    10
    This is so so incredible game, one of best games of the year, Thank Cyberconnect2 and Bandai Namco, I LOVE YOU SOO MUCH.
  10. youngweeaboo
    Feb 13, 2019
    10
    Story Mode was ok at best, but the gameplay and servers are almost perfect. This game is a major improvement for J-Stars and you should buy it if you enjoy Shonen anime
  11. EvilEmperor2
    Feb 13, 2019
    10
    O Jogo apresenta difusores únicos ali, que bem combinados tem um ótimo resultado, muito bem feito e trabalhado, peca em poucos pontos como:
    -Conclusão da História
    -Gráficos Realísticos tornam os personagens um pouco estranhos -Falta de mais Universos. Fora isso, o trabalhado em dublagem, construção de personagem, história e combate é muito bem trabalhado, com poucos bugs e uma boa dose    O Jogo apresenta difusores únicos ali, que bem combinados tem um ótimo resultado, muito bem feito e trabalhado, peca em poucos pontos como:
    -Conclusão da História
    -Gráficos Realísticos tornam os personagens um pouco estranhos
    -Falta de mais Universos.
    Fora isso, o trabalhado em dublagem, construção de personagem, história e combate é muito bem trabalhado, com poucos bugs e uma boa dose de diversão.    … Expand
  12. TwiteerForm
    Feb 13, 2019
    10
    Só o que posso dizer é que o jogo é lindo, fluído e bem feito, tem lá seus pontos fracos como uma história um pouco clichê ou lenta, mas a gameplay e como os gráficos são introduzidos, é sensacional, uma obra prima da Bandai.
  13. Sepps
    Mar 8, 2020
    3
    The novel thrill of seeing beloved characters across different franchises trade fists is lost when those characters lose their personalities. This is a game where the primary differences between characters boil down to the colour of their hair, and that makes the fights feel pointless. This is not Luffy meeting Goku, this is two identical anime dudes trading catchphrases about how hungry they are.
  14. KaeBlade
    Feb 17, 2019
    0
    JUMP FORCE IS A CASH GRAB!

    Jump Force is Bandai Namco's most recent example of exploiting Shonen Jump fans. The game just screams cash grab! Rant aside... I'll try to break down below why I think you shouldn't even pick this game up. GAMEPLAY - The fighting mechanics are shallow af. I acknowledge that Bandai Namco likely made it shallow so that more people can just pick up a    JUMP FORCE IS A CASH GRAB!

    Jump Force is Bandai Namco's most recent example of exploiting Shonen Jump fans. The game just screams cash grab! Rant aside... I'll try to break down below why I think you shouldn't even pick this game up.

    GAMEPLAY
    - The fighting mechanics are shallow af. I acknowledge that Bandai Namco likely made it shallow so that more people can just pick up a controller and start throwing out Final Flashes and Getsuga Tenshous. Due to this likelihood, I think Jump Force really isn't much of a fighting game as it is a party game. It's fun for a couple of hours then it gets old. It's not going to get any attention from recognized fighting game tournaments. I don't see this game having any legs at all. It'll likely end up like My Hero One's Justice whose support ended in less time than you can say PLUS ULTRA!

    ART STYLE
    - Likely due to the decision to adopt shiny 3D models to somehow marry all the different art styles of the Shonen characters into an acceptable middle ground, the art style thus looks awesome for some characters but totally weird for others.

    ANIMATION
    - Slightly related to art style... since they opted for 3D models for the characters, you'd think the animation would look great. Unfortunately, it only looks passable during fights. Throwing out rush attacks and moving around did not feel smooth and was really janky, like you're playing a stop motion video. A lot of the animation is covered up by the explosions, particle effects, and bright lighting. Facial animation is nonexistent outside of static facial expressions.

    CONTENT
    - What content? Jump Force has a Story Mode (I'll get to this one in a bit...), online versus, player vs ai, practice mode while waiting for matchmaking, a shallow Create-a-Character system... what else? That's Jump Force already.

    STORY MODE
    - This is just effin' sad. You've got a roster of the most recognizable and beloved anime characters ever, and they get a throwaway **** Story mode with stiff animations, a cringey script, and forgettable plot. I'm not sure if which modern fighting game's story mode is worse now... SFV, MvCi, or Jump Force. Some people would say... "it's a fighting game. No one plays fighting games for the story. etc etc." Sure ok, a bunch of people just want to watch an action movie with their favorite action heroes for the explosions. There are also fans of those action heroes who want to see those characters develop. But fine, Jump Force obviously wasn't made with those fans in mind. What an incredible waste of an opportunity to make an awesome story involving so many awesome characters. The beloved Shonen characters do not deserve to be in something as poorly executed and half assed as Jump Force.    … Expand
  15. Mauron
    Feb 21, 2019
    5
    Un juego que parece que quisieron hacer un salto a la 3d, y no salio, de hecho me atrevo a decir que el nararuto rise of shipuden, se ve mejor y tiene mejor historia, la historia en si es aburrida, los personajes se ven muy mal hechos en esa version 3d, lo unico rescatable que veo de ahi, es el estilo de pelea, es un estilo que bueno, de lo que yo se, no ha habido ningun sistema de peleaUn juego que parece que quisieron hacer un salto a la 3d, y no salio, de hecho me atrevo a decir que el nararuto rise of shipuden, se ve mejor y tiene mejor historia, la historia en si es aburrida, los personajes se ven muy mal hechos en esa version 3d, lo unico rescatable que veo de ahi, es el estilo de pelea, es un estilo que bueno, de lo que yo se, no ha habido ningun sistema de pelea igual, el juego en si graficamente los escencarios se ven geniales y las peleas y lo que son los poderes son geniales, pero es lo unico que puedo rescatar de el juego, es por eso que le pongo 5… Expand
  16. Street1824
    Feb 23, 2019
    6
    It is a pretty good game, I just wish that I could experience it better with a better format. The characters and gameplay are extraordinarily fun, however, when the cutscenes before and after the battles occur you can't help but laugh. Also, connection problems are horrendous.
  17. StriderKiwi
    Apr 28, 2019
    1
    Once the initial high of the flashy fighting wares off, Jump Force is revealed to be a terrible fighting game and a huge disappointment.

    The graphics and lack of animation is beyond abyssmal. Look up cutscenes on Youtube to get a good laugh. The fighting is so basic it makes literally any other fighting game, even mediocre ones, look amazing. The roster is the only good thing going    Once the initial high of the flashy fighting wares off, Jump Force is revealed to be a terrible fighting game and a huge disappointment.

    The graphics and lack of animation is beyond abyssmal. Look up cutscenes on Youtube to get a good laugh. The fighting is so basic it makes literally any other fighting game, even mediocre ones, look amazing. The roster is the only good thing going (which some of the cool characters like Seto Kaiba and All Might aren't in unless you have the season pass). The story sucks, the missions are boring, the hub world is unnecessary and way too big, you can't even customize your character as much as you'd expect. And the load screens are abundant and long.

    I really wanted to like Jump Force but I cannot recommend this even to fans of My Hero Academia, Black Clover, the "Big Three", JoJo fans, or any shonen fans. I spent $60+ on this game and the season pass and immediately regret it. Spend your money elsewhere!    … Expand
  18. Broyax
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    Un jeu de baston dans l'univers des fameux personnages des mangas à succès... sauf qu'on ne peut pas les incarner ?!... on se contente d'un avatar personnalisable à même d'uiliser cela dit toutes les "techniques" de combat à débloquer... uniquement si on farme et si on grinde comme un crevard les dits-combats comme un joueur dédié coréen, cela va sans dire...

    C'est bien tordu et    Un jeu de baston dans l'univers des fameux personnages des mangas à succès... sauf qu'on ne peut pas les incarner ?!... on se contente d'un avatar personnalisable à même d'uiliser cela dit toutes les "techniques" de combat à débloquer... uniquement si on farme et si on grinde comme un crevard les dits-combats comme un joueur dédié coréen, cela va sans dire...

    C'est bien tordu et rapidement compliqué comme "système" de combat mais surtout très confus, trop rapide, plein d'effets super énervés et très épileptogène (prévoir des équipes médicales à côté de la télé et des gamins parce qu'ils vont tourner de l'oeil d'une manière ou d'une autre).

    C'est assez joli en tout cas malgré un rendu un peu trop lisse... et des saccades dans les cinématiques ! mais de toute façon, il faudra surtout s'armer de patience : ça charge sans arrêt, tout le temps, régulièrement, plus ou moins longtemps, après et avant chaque cinématique -aussi courte soit-elle- avant chaque combat, juste avant et juste après ou à l'issue de chaque didacticiel bien lourdingue et ainsi de suite...

    Loading Force, il aurait dû s'appeler ce truc ! bon, de toute manière, ça ne reste qu'un jeu de baston à la con mais ici tout de même un peu plus con et lourdingue que d'habitude.    … Expand
  19. Shykaze
    Apr 11, 2019
    2
    This game is a joke on every point, they managed to ruin it on every aspect. And for the price the game is sold at, it makes it even more ridiculous.

    First of all, the combat system. You don't have 1, nor 2, but 3 combos. That's it. But you'll most likely spam X throughout every fight. Not mix-up, no follow-up. Any hit on the enemy will eject him to the other side of the map with an    This game is a joke on every point, they managed to ruin it on every aspect. And for the price the game is sold at, it makes it even more ridiculous.

    First of all, the combat system. You don't have 1, nor 2, but 3 combos. That's it. But you'll most likely spam X throughout every fight. Not mix-up, no follow-up. Any hit on the enemy will eject him to the other side of the map with an invicibility shield up so you can just sit and wait until he gets back up to spam X again. All the special attacks deal approximatively the same amount of damage, which is based on the level of your character. So people end up using the same skills from the mediocre list of skills you can get from missions or the shop. Some characters have dozens and dozens of fighting skills in their anime/manga, yet this is reduced to 2 or 3 within the game. It is a pure shame. It makes all the fights feel the same, and make you feel like you wasted your time mastering the tedious counters that are available in the game.

    Now the characters themselves, the animation and dialogues. It feels like they have never made a franchise game, and rely on such cliché only to make money, the whole thing done with the technology we used to make 1990 games with. The animation is AWFUL, no expression, no thrill, nothing. They took the basic catch phrases for each character and thought it was enough to fill up 500 dialogues throughout the game.
    - Goku : I'm hungry
    - Luffy : Me too ! Sanji will cook something amazing
    - Goku : Is he strong ? I want to fight strong people
    - Luffy : I'm gonna be the Pirate King !
    - Naruto : I want to be the Hokage, it seems we all have the same goal
    - Zoro : I'm lost

    What is thinner than the plot story is the store. You chose something like 15 to 20 different anime/manga/worlds yet could only include 4 different outfits to make hardcore generic shonen fans happy. It's a complete void, everyone looks the same, because they also failed the character customization. I spent a good 30 minutes making it look exactly like I wanted, but when I entered the game, all the colors changed, the collision between hair and outfit is inexistant, making my character look so dumb on every cinematic. This character that doesn't even talk ONCE and whose name isn't mentionned ONCE by any other character in any conversation in any cinematic. Your character is a GHOST whom everyone else whorship as a god because you end up in every fight of the game as if you were the only one able to fight.

    Lastly, the game overall is like going to the doctor. You wait 30 minutes in the waiting hall to get a painful experience in the end. The loading screens are so long that after a week of playthrough I was able to finish a whole 24 episode anime, watching here and here between fights. All this waiting to have a boring fight against a bad-made AI who will wait for you to come at the far end of the map to spam Ultimate skills 5 to 6 times in a single fight whenever you dare approaching.

    In conclusion, this was a great FIFA: Black Ops unlimited experience that was made only for money. Trying to look compelling to young fans with catch phrases and iconic features while putting everything else aside. I did not have a single minute of fun playing this, only sadness and susprise when I ended a fight with 16,329 X counters in a row for 2 damage to that 5000 health bar.

    Absolutely awful    … Expand
  20. AndreAlexandr
    Nov 14, 2019
    2
    A meaningful "load screen simulator" where you spend more time seen the thing load than in proper game.

    And what game i ask? You have to battle some manga characters, but they are all the same. Onl thing that change are their special attack animations, visuals and dubs. All the rest looks the exactly the same. If this wasn't enough, the pointless hub between fights that remember a    A meaningful "load screen simulator" where you spend more time seen the thing load than in proper game.

    And what game i ask? You have to battle some manga characters, but they are all the same. Onl thing that change are their special attack animations, visuals and dubs. All the rest looks the exactly the same.

    If this wasn't enough, the pointless hub between fights that remember a generic MMO lobby looks exaggeratedly big, which turn it empty since theres almost none (if theres some) relevant NPC to talk there than the main quest and shop ones (which are there just for cosmetics by the way; you can buy techniques too, but in the end it don't matter too much).

    The campaign story partially is in this hub too, but who cares? This game campaign is so dumb and pointless that shouldn't even be considered if it wasn't the only way to unlock new stuff. It's just the same concept from "DBXV", but worse (much worse!), this time being about "all" manga characters from Jump instead of set in a Dragon Ball story.

    I personally can't see how this game should be relevant unless for people that are too much alienate and sick for main stream manga/anime games (theres some classics too like "YuYu Hakusho" and "Rurouni Kenshin", but it don't change anything).    … Expand
  21. LuchoCorleone37
    Dec 14, 2019
    0
    Aunque seas fan de los animes que aparezcan aqui Jump Force es una decepcion......Incluso para el que no espera nada de el
  22. GabFire
    Aug 9, 2020
    2
    A piada do século talvez pertença a Bandai Namco, por nos trazer um jogo com personagens de anime numa forma genérica que já contava para não dar certo desde seu anúncio oficial, ridículo a forma como esse jogo lançou, e a Bandai mais uma vez trazendo porcaria.
  23. ProfAmateur
    May 21, 2020
    5
    Well Bandal Namco Games release so many fighting games without any surprising or improved elements. the games are sold for to high price
  24. nichi
    Jan 20, 2022
    3
    Bad performance, bugs, very much loading, bad cutscenes, crashes, bad history...
    Graphics: 6/10. Art/Design/: 8/10. Music/Soundtrack: 5/10. Gameplay: 7/10. Story: 2/10 interface: 5/10 World: 1/10, Cutscenes: 1/10
  25. Gunblade44
    Oct 13, 2021
    10
    People just hate the game because they got their expectations all lined up to astronomical and unreachable levels. Then when those expectations are obviously not met, it's somehow the developer or the game's fault.

    This game hit every note it needed to, to be exactly what I expected it to be... and guess what? I love it. I also don't sit here trying to play games with a    People just hate the game because they got their expectations all lined up to astronomical and unreachable levels. Then when those expectations are obviously not met, it's somehow the developer or the game's fault.

    This game hit every note it needed to, to be exactly what I expected it to be... and guess what? I love it.
    I also don't sit here trying to play games with a Frame-per-second or optimization plug stuck in my body somewhere the sun doesn't shine. I'm also not a thirsty virgin wanting to stare at anime females.

    I'm a married nerd who loves anime & manga, and plays games with a smile on my face when they're made with love and fun. Jump Force is absolutely that.

    The cut scenes play out like a first class Manga. The animations aren't lacking in the slightest, The cut scenes are supposed to be non animated manga panels. They are. The fights everyone wanted in cut scene form? You play those. Those are the story marks that you get to hands on control. If you didn't expect or understand this I could see why you might hate the game. But it's still not the game's fault. It's yours. Fix yourself.

    I love this game. You should too. I hope the next one they do less competitive style and more co-operative like Xenoverse.    … Expand
  26. Caffe
    Sep 3, 2023
    6
    A good experiment. The character models and combat system are decent. The story is awful.

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#42 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2019
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#17 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2019

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Mar 9, 2019
    80
    It's the fights that really count, and they're crazy fun. [Issue#225, p.71]
  2. Gamers' Temple
    Feb 27, 2019
    60
    Jump Force celebrates 50 years of Shonen Jump with an overall rushed game that could have been so much more.
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  3. TrueAchievements
    Feb 26, 2019
    50
    Jump Force somehow only achieves mediocrity at best despite the star power found on its roster and the potential that comes with that cast. The characters are indeed faithfully recreated, stylish abilities and all, but nothing feels seamless. From the horrible cutscenes and choppy combat animations to the struggling frame rate, everything feels cut together haphazardly. Jump Force looks like an excellent idea on paper as a crossover containing over 40 characters from various Shonen Jump series, but in practice, the vision falls flat due to a serious lack of polish.
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