Very simple beat up that starts really bad but ends surprisingly well.
The presentation is very cool for something before David Production just going all out in adapting Araki way of working with colors ands panels and the story is told really well, even more with you having the chance of winning some fights Jonathan didn't win in the manga and seeing how it would turn if he kicked the ass of the dude. The combo system is fun to use and wen you get hamon everything becomes more fluid and you feel the power of your punchs way more. The biggest problem of the game is the camera, a game without a lock on is okay but one with a bad camera and without a lock on becomes a nightmare very quickly. Thanks god the game is short to the point none of the problems really hurt the experience.
Definitely a fun time for a JoJo fan
The presentation is very cool for something before David Production just going all out in adapting Araki way of working with colors ands panels and the story is told really well, even more with you having the chance of winning some fights Jonathan didn't win in the manga and seeing how it would turn if he kicked the ass of the dude. The combo system is fun to use and wen you get hamon everything becomes more fluid and you feel the power of your punchs way more. The biggest problem of the game is the camera, a game without a lock on is okay but one with a bad camera and without a lock on becomes a nightmare very quickly. Thanks god the game is short to the point none of the problems really hurt the experience.
Definitely a fun time for a JoJo fan
Yikes.
decent adaptation for something that didn't even have an anime at the time
yah only beat this cause i was in my jojo phase
yah only beat this cause i was in my jojo phase
visually its very nice, and it was a decent way to revisit Part 1 since i havent experienced it in 6 years. i was very surprised to see that you even get to play as Straizo for a mission. the Dio's perspective mode is a cool bonus, and the 77 Rings mode is an even cooler bonus for people that read the manga. they even made up designs for the other 3 knights you never get to see be actual characters.
now unfortunately this game fucking sucks to play, so why would i bother with those once i trudged through the main story? it is one of many ps2 beat-em ups where 3 guys just beat you down and never let you get a hit in until you get lucky. Bruford's underwater fight might just be one of the worst boss fights i have ever played, you really have to just land every hit you can since there's barely enough time to defeat him, and if you're not angled right when blocking, his attack can just send you flying away, leaving you too far to do any damage in time before he starts his swimming loop again. if you miss him like 2 times then just start over. the Jack the Ripper fight is also extremely frustrating because of the infinitely spawning zombies chasing you while you chase Jack.
its a neat little thing that exist, but its probably best just watched than played. i really considered giving up during the Bruford fight but i kept going since it was already so close to being over.
now unfortunately this game fucking sucks to play, so why would i bother with those once i trudged through the main story? it is one of many ps2 beat-em ups where 3 guys just beat you down and never let you get a hit in until you get lucky. Bruford's underwater fight might just be one of the worst boss fights i have ever played, you really have to just land every hit you can since there's barely enough time to defeat him, and if you're not angled right when blocking, his attack can just send you flying away, leaving you too far to do any damage in time before he starts his swimming loop again. if you miss him like 2 times then just start over. the Jack the Ripper fight is also extremely frustrating because of the infinitely spawning zombies chasing you while you chase Jack.
its a neat little thing that exist, but its probably best just watched than played. i really considered giving up during the Bruford fight but i kept going since it was already so close to being over.
Surprisingly took me less time than I thought it would, but I beat the JoJo Part 1 game for the PS2 today! It was actually pretty fun, the animation was nice to look at, and the story was pretty darn accurate. Only problem was it ran like dogshit on my PC lmao
It's awful and I hate that fact given how much I love the source material.
Everything I liked about 2002's Golden Wind is absent from this game, replaced with more awkward, clunky, and frustrating alternatives.
Even after unlocking Hamon abilities, which does make the combat less frustrating, the game then decides to find new ways to annoy and frustrate because apparently fun wasn't the goal here.
Everything I liked about 2002's Golden Wind is absent from this game, replaced with more awkward, clunky, and frustrating alternatives.
Even after unlocking Hamon abilities, which does make the combat less frustrating, the game then decides to find new ways to annoy and frustrate because apparently fun wasn't the goal here.
This review contains spoilers
It made me fight Dio's head in a forced-loss battle that ended as soon as I used my Heat Special
Welcome to the Dio beating simulator. you fight with a guy, then two fights with Dio and so on in a circle. The gameplay itself is monotonous and extremely primitive. Hit a lot to hit harder. I liked the fact that the Persians have different costumes in every battle, you don't often see this, even though it's a small thing. However, I came here to feel the confrontation, a kind of action from the battles of pumped-up gentlemen one on one, and this is tight here.
A pretty alright adaptation of "Phantom Blood" that has one of the worst first impressions of any game I've ever played. But if you stick around enough to get Hamon, then the game gets pretty good.
I REJECT MY HUMAINITY JOJOOOOOOOOOOO
I gave it a 3 because it is mediocre but there's some weird OTG stuff and broken combos here and there that are a lot of fun to exploit. There are far more moves than you would need to use and some have some weird interactions that don't feel super well-thought out. If you're an experimenter who likes jank, this game is more like a 4-star game for being a curious look into what half-baked systems can result in.
Also honestly really great if you're a fan of the first Jojo's arc, it shows it all.
Also honestly really great if you're a fan of the first Jojo's arc, it shows it all.
could be better, it's mediocre. There are a few things the game doesn't tell you about its mechanics and there are a few dog shit bonuses, like playing the dumbass Aztec guy in the opening.
Zeppeli: Hey Jojo guess what?
Jojo: What?
Zeppeli: 三角形を押して、ハモンダチを使用します.
Jojo: I see.
Jojo: What?
Zeppeli: 三角形を押して、ハモンダチを使用します.
Jojo: I see.