

The biggest problem I had during my hands-on time was just how floaty everything felt.

Things really get flashy, however, whenever a character enters their Awakened Mode, turning them into a highly destructive alternate form, like Super Saiyan for Goku and Gear Fourth for Luffy. The key to combat seems to be finding the right timing on all of your attacks, especially when striking a balance between basic attacks, special moves, and guarding. For example, Goku can use Kamehameha and Spirit Bomb, Naruto Rasengan, and Roronoa Zolo 1080 Pound Phoenix. The special attack button has four over-the-top iconic moves for each character to use, and they cause massive damage, on top of just being flashy as all hell. Attacks send characters flying around the stage, crashing into buildings and causing huge destruction as pieces of the rubble fly everywhere. You control your character from a point of view similar to the Budokai games and can unleash basic attacks, grabs, and a wealth of special moves once you’ve built up a gauge by attacking.Įverything flows similarly to a game like Budokai or Xenoverse, with the ability to execute a high-speed dash on the LB button, and a quick sidestep dodge on the RB button. In my hands-on time, it was a bit difficult to grasp the main combat system, as there was so much happening on-screen. Currently, only Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and One Piece are represented but, due to a teaser trailer, we do know Light and Ryuk from Death Note are on the way. Jump Force lets you build a team of three Shonen characters to face off against an enemy team.

Twinfinite recently got some hands-on time with the game, as well as some new info from Bandai Namco. In truth though, Jump Force totally feels like a Dragon Ball Z game, just with Naruto and Luffy beating the crap out of Frieza. There are plenty of other successful franchises under the Shonen Jump umbrella, however, and Jump Force is the latest crossover game that sees those worlds collide.

Countless games in the franchise have been well received by both critics and fans, from the recently released Dragon Ball FighterZ, to Legacy of Goku on the GBA. Dragon Ball has easily been the most successful anime franchise, in terms of video games adaptions.
