History YMMV / JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game based off of Part 1 is generally less well received compared to either the ''Stardust Crusaders'' or ''Golden Wind'' games. The game's clunky combat system, where the lack of a lockon feature combined with CameraScrew means having to constantly redirect Jonathan and center the camera just by pressing block while enemies move around far faster and thrash the player, and the Heat move mechanic can't decide if rotating the stick just about fails to fill the entire bar or doesn't even make it budge. The difficulty curve is schizophrenic too with battles either being comically easy or horrid slogs. The game's slavish devotion to being an adaptation of ''Phantom Blood'' ultimately hurts it as not only does it reproduce manga panels with ingame graphics poorly, but half of the game's combat system, the Hamon mechanic, is locked out for the first half of the story for the sake of plot, making Jonathan feel extremely clunky, and making some battles far harder than they need to be (such as the bullies somehow being harder than Dio). While many characters are present, many of them are redundant as many are either alternate versions of Jonathan or Dio, or play identical to another character anyway (Sledgehammer Speedwagon and Spear Jonathan play exactly the same, for one) and its still let down by the lack of a free battle mode letting players really take advantage of the roster. Those, coupled with bland art and sound direction led to the game being panned compared to its predecessors.

* BaseBreakingCharacter:
** Jonathan Joestar is definitely this amongst the fanbase when it comes to ranking him amongst the other Jojos. Some fans admire him for being an AllLovingHero with a [[IncorruptiblePurePureness heart of gold]] [[spoiler: whose death [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth is absolutely heartbreaking,]]]] while his detractors see him as a [[VanillaProtagonist generic good guy]] whose descendants are much more entertaining to watch due to being [[GoodIsNotNice the exact opposite of him.]] That being said, nobody really ''dislikes'' Jonathan in the traditional sense of BaseBreakingCharacter (he's fairly well-liked), it's more an argument of how he stacks up against the other Jojos.
** George Joestar. While some fans admire him for being a prime example of TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth and HonorBeforeReason in taking in Dio and forgiving both Dio and Dario despite knowing how evil they are, others decry his preferential treatment of Dio over Jonathan as unfair and even abusive towards the latter. Some fans even claim that said treatment and George's HorribleJudgeOfCharacter regarding the Brandos in general is what ultimately [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom enabled Dio to become the villain he is]].

* CommonKnowledge: The unnamed woman that was reluctantly helping Dario loot the wreckage of George Joestar's carriage accident who later found a then infant Jonathan and his dead mother is often assumed to be Dio's mother. She is actually just a woman that Dario met at a bar and Dio's mother is TheGhost.

* CommonKnowledge: The unnamed woman that was reluctantly helping Dario loot the wreckage of George Joestar's carriage accident and later finding a then infant Jonathan and his dead mother is often assumed to be Dio's mother. She is actually just a woman that Dario met at a bar and Dio's mother is TheGhost.