Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash

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Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash
Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash Boxart.png
Cover art
Developer(s)
  • Byking
  • Gemdrops
Publisher(s) Bandai Namco Entertainment
Director(s)
  • Takuya Nagashima
  • Isao Takeda
Producer(s)
  • Yuichiro Kitao
  • Misaki Kai
Designer(s) Takeru Imai
Programmer(s) Tomoyuki Kurino
Composer(s)
  • Mitsuhiro Tabata
  • Daisuke Nakajima
  • Kousuke Koizumi
Series Jujutsu Kaisen
Engine Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
Release
  • JP: February 1, 2024
  • WW: February 2, 2024
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash [lower-alpha 1] is a fighting game co-developed by Byking and Gemdrops, [1] and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Based on the 2020 anime adaptation of Gege Akutami's manga series, Jujutsu Kaisen , the game was released on February 1, 2024, in Japan for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, [2] which was followed by a worldwide release the next day on February 2. [2] It received generally mixed-to-negative reviews due to a lackluster story mode, small character roster, poor netcode, and an underwhelming co-op mode. [3]

Contents

Gameplay and plot

Adapted from the events of the first season of the anime series and the film Jujutsu Kaisen 0 , the game's single player story mode follows Yuji Itadori, the series' protagonist, as he faces off against various monsters (known as "Curses") in order to save humankind in modern-day Japan. [4]

Cursed Clash features 16 playable characters in the base game, where players form teams of two fighters from the roster and battle CPU opponents or other people online. [5] Additional playable characters have been released as both paid and free downloadable content, as well as a new story chapter based on the Hidden Inventory / Premature Death arc of the anime series' second season. [6]

Roster

Base game

Additional characters (DLC)

  • Satoru Gojo (Young) [6] P
  • Suguru Geto (Young) [6] P
  • Toji Fushiguro [6] P
  • Mai Zen'in [6] F
  • Momo Nishimiya [6] F
  • Noritoshi Kamo [7] F

^P Paid downloadable content
^F Added in a free update

Development

The game was announced in July 2023 by Bandai Namco at Anime Expo. [8] [9]

Reception

Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash received mixed-to-negative reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [10] [11]

Lewis Parker of Eurogamer panned the game as "a product disguised as a game" and "the epitome of every pitfall the [arena fighter] genre consistently falls into," criticizing its shallow and unbalanced gameplay, poor visuals, pointless story mode, and terrible online experience. [3] Similarly, Jason Hon of ScreenRant gave the game a 2.5/5 score, finding fault with its "unbalanced, clunky, and frustrating" gameplay, disappointing story mode consisting mainly of "image slideshows with uninspired voice acting," and lack of local multiplayer. [12] Both reviewers felt that despite some promising ideas and "well-constructed animations," Cursed Clash ultimately failed to live up to the potential of a fighting game adaptation such a popular series as Jujutsu Kaisen, with Parker arguing it was an obvious attempt to capitalize on the IP's popularity without providing a quality gaming experience. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Known in Japan as Jujutsu Kaisen Norowareta Shōtotsu (呪術廻戦 呪われた衝突)

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