Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Conflict is a third-person-perspective combating sport based mostly on an anime I don’t watch. Simply so we’re all on the identical web page right here.
It’s advantageous.
The characters run at one another inside the battlefield—which is outlined by a lightweight blue defend—centered round scenes from the present. The truth is, the story mode of play makes a giant deal out of recreating scenes from the collection, however in a method that assumes you realize who these characters are and are enthusiastic about combating with them, or towards them.
For me, it was all sort of a blur as they dramatically launched “Blizz-blam, Princess of the Seven Keys of Fintoozler” as my subsequent opponent.
The story revolves round a highschool scholar who eats a cursed finger (perhaps), and that is unhealthy, however then the one dude who’s purported to kill him (perhaps?) decides that as a result of he’s so good on the punching that they shouldn’t kill him, he ought to kill monsters. Actually, I made quite a lot of use out of the “skip” possibility when the story half got here up. I’m outdated now, and my curiosity in video games based mostly on exhibits about teen boys punching issues is at its nadir.
The story mode of Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Conflict isn’t exhausting in any respect. After ending the tutorial and transferring on to extra missions, I accomplished nearly each stage I performed with an “S” rank, just by mashing buttons. Early on there are challenges the place you need to pull off combos solo or along with your AI companion, and these have been, effectively, largely annoying as a result of I had no thought the best way to do it. Actually, this was the toughest a part of the sport: I’d have defeated the enemy a number of occasions, however the stage gained’t finish till you pull off a specific combo/occasion, which is troublesome as a result of the sport doesn’t do an awesome job of explaining the best way to to drag them off.
When it comes to tone, the sport jogs my memory of the teenager youngsters I see in parking heaps with skateboards, swearing to their mates that this time, they’re going to drag the trick off. No, this time.
And naturally, it comes with the usual well being/mana meter. Oh no, sorry I’ve simply been handed a be aware which reads that it’s not “mana,” it’s “cursed vitality,” presumably from this finger he ate? I believe?
Oh proper, enjoying with companions. I collect that is a part of the present, as a result of while you lastly handle to drag it off, it’s fairly cool. There’s additionally a Hearth Emblem-esque metric the place, if characters battle collectively, they will improve their relationship/belief ranges. You too can unlock and buy (utilizing an in-game foreign money you earn by combating) new outfits, poses, and weapons.
And when you’re an individual who enjoys this present/sport and is aware of different individuals who do, you’ll be able to battle in multiplayer battles.
Look, I watch anime, I do know that this present is common. Hell, they made a sport out of it and it bought ported to America. I’ve little doubt that there are lots of people who’re very excited to play a combating sport set on this world.
However when you’re not, there’s little or no to advocate. It’s not a Avenue Fighter the place the madness of the characters is a part of the allure. (A Hollywood Star combating a four-armed demon? That’s simply going to draw my curiosity.) All of those characters costume in black faculty uniforms, and the monsters they battle are simply kinda grey blobs. I’m certain the explanation they should battle these blobs is defined within the interstitial scenes, however these go on and on (most likely to please the followers). Frankly, I couldn’t be bothered to sit down for a slideshow recounting the plot of a present that the sport assumes I’ve already seen and am invested in.
So, in abstract, Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Conflict is predicated on a extremely popular present a couple of man who eats a finger after which beats folks up. In the event you’re a fan of this present, you’ll most likely like this sport. For everybody else, it’s advantageous.