Critical Gaming Flops in 2019
Jump Force
You would think that a game filled with some of the most iconic characters from Shonen anime set in a realistic setting would be successful, Jump Force didn’t appease the fans like it wanted to.
For starters, combat looked super flashy when we saw it go down in the many, many trailers, but the graphically inferior cutscenes and shoddy voice-acting, the parts that weren’t shown too often, shocked early adopters, and thus, is the reason why Jump Force can’t stand next to other fighters like Smash and Dragon Ball FighterZ.
Jump Force was going in the right direction, but when you couple that with motionless characters in cutscenes, it doesn’t feel authentic. We dream about Goku fighting Naruto, but what’s the point if their interactions are devoid of any life.
If you’re a diehard anime fan, Jump Force will possibly scratch that itch for you, but once you peel the layers, this game sort of falls apart.
Ultimately, as our staff writer and anime aficionado Keenan McCall puts it, Jump Force failed to leverage its Shonen properties in a way that would be exciting for the shonen fan. There’s not enough meaningful, or interesting, interactions between them.
Most critics agreed, and Jump Force has a score of 57 on Metacritic. Average overall, but disappointing considering the hype going into it. Again, the user score is even lower.
