Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash
A fighting game adaptation of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash is a fighting title jointly developed by Byking and Gemdrops, with Bandai Namco Entertainment handling publishing. Drawing from the 2020 anime adaptation of Gege Akutami's manga, the game launched in Japan on February 1, 2024, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, and arrived globally the next day. Critical reception was broadly mixed to negative, with reviewers citing a weak story mode, a limited character selection, subpar netcode, and a disappointing cooperative mode.
The single-player story mode follows protagonist Yuji Itadori as he battles cursed monsters to protect humanity in modern Japan, adapting events from the anime's first season and the film Jujutsu Kaisen 0. The base game includes 16 playable characters, with players forming two-person teams to fight CPU opponents or others online. Additional characters have been released as paid and free downloadable content, along with two new story chapters based on the anime's second season.
Bandai Namco announced the game in July 2023 at Anime Expo.
On Metacritic, the game received mixed-to-negative scores, while OpenCritic reported weak approval, with only 11% of critics recommending it. Lewis Parker of Eurogamer called it "a product disguised as a game" and "the epitome of every pitfall the [arena fighter] genre consistently falls into," criticizing its shallow, unbalanced gameplay, poor visuals, pointless story mode, and terrible online experience. Jason Hon of Screen Rant gave it 2.5/5, faulting its "unbalanced, clunky, and frustrating" gameplay, a story mode consisting mainly of "image slideshows with uninspired voice acting," and the absence of local multiplayer. Both reviewers agreed that despite some promising ideas and "well-constructed animations," Cursed Clash failed to realize the potential of a fighting game adaptation for such a popular series, with Parker arguing it was an obvious attempt to capitalize on the IP's popularity without delivering a quality gaming experience.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash
- Developer
- Byking · Gemdrops
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Director
- Takuya Nagashima · Isao Takeda
- Producer
- Yuichiro Kitao · Misaki Kai
- Designer
- Takeru Imai
- Programmer
- Tomoyuki Kurino
- Composer
- Mitsuhiro Tabata · Daisuke Nakajima · Kousuke Koizumi
- Series
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S
- Released
- JP · February 1, 2024 · WW · February 2, 2024
Facts from the source article.
Contesto e storia
The game adapts events from the first season of the anime series and the film Jujutsu Kaisen 0. Its single-player story mode follows protagonist Yuji Itadori as he battles monsters called Curses to save humankind in modern-day Japan. Players form teams of two fighters from a base roster of 16 characters to battle CPU opponents or other players online. Additional characters have been released as both paid and free downloadable content, along with two new story chapters based on the anime's second season.
Guida alla lettura
Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash was announced in July 2023 at Anime Expo by Bandai Namco. Upon release, it received mixed-to-negative reviews on Metacritic and weak approval on OpenCritic, with only 11% of critics recommending it. Reviewers from Eurogamer and Screen Rant criticized the game for shallow and unbalanced gameplay, poor visuals, a disappointing story mode consisting mainly of image slideshows with uninspired voice acting, a lack of local multiplayer, and a terrible online experience. Despite some promising ideas and well-constructed animations, both reviewers felt the game failed to live up to the potential of a fighting game adaptation for such a popular series, with one arguing it was an obvious attempt to capitalize on the IP's popularity without providing a quality gaming experience.
Lo sapevi?
- The game was co-developed by Byking and Gemdrops.
- It was released in Japan on February 1, 2024, and worldwide on February 2, 2024.
- The base game features 16 playable characters.
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