History YMMV / JumpForce

* InferredHolocaust: Some of the SceneryGorn in the stage designs and transitions involves vehicles being toppled over or a building being destroyed. Are there people in there and are they OK?
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Combined with TheyCopiedItSoItSucks with ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' comparisons, many members of the community have been critical of ''Jump Force''[='=]s story mode ever since the [[TaintedByThePreview original characters were revealed]], with Kane and Galena being called copies of [[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse Towa and Mira]]. This increased when the Story Mode trailer revealed Future Trunks, once again, was going to be the playable character's partner just like in ''Xenoverse''. When the game was released, the FinalBoss was called a Demigra carbon-copy due to having a similar concept of being [[spoiler:a villain with a god-complex trapped in an alternate dimension]].

** For many American fans, their earliest frame of reference for a ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' crossover fighting game is ''Battle Stadium D.O.N.'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, which is a crossover between ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Manga/OnePiece'', and ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' specifically, hence the ''D.O.N.'' in the title, but ''Shonen Jump'' crossover games have existed since ''Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden'' on [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem the original Famicom]].

** Loads of them. Despite having a cast of 40 playable characters, only handful contribute in any way to the story, the rest are otherwise relegated to side missions. Even Luffy, Goku and Naruto are mostly stuck as just the team leaders.

** Racist Deku [[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke that started after an interaction surfaced where Deku assumes Piccolo (who, on top of being not human, is often characterized by fans as a black man) of being a villain, which he began as in the original manga before making a HeelFaceTurn. The tweet first noting the interaction spread like wildfire, especially after an official comic news site picked it up and [[PoesLaw took joke tweets out of context]] to make it look like people were serious about Deku being racist.[[/labelnote]]

* BetterThanCanon: For those who heard rumors about the game getting a dub, but were disappointed that [[NoDubForYou it's sub only]], there are a number of Website/YouTube videos making mock up dubs for the game. For example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkRAWmSWRmk this impressive one]] that uses official dub clips from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Prometheus]] is the master of both Galena and Kane. Once a member of the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Umbran]] order known as the Keymen, Prometheus became tired of humanity wasting the knowledge they gave them and betrays his fellow Umbrans by using the Onyx Book to merge the real world with the Jump worlds. Prometheus has Galena give humans with evil intent Umbras Cubes, turning them into Venoms, causing chaos and destruction across the world, while he takes the guise of [[spoiler:Director Glover]] to gather the heroes in order to [[PlayingBothSides play both sides]] into gathering enough power for the Onyx Book. When Galena and Kane are defeated, Prometheus coldly kills them then uses the Onyx Book to try and [[AGodAmI permanently merge all the realities together and rule over them as a god]]. While he claims he wants to [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist guide humanity on a better path]], Prometheus is nothing an arrogant psychopath bent on imposing his own will on the multiverse.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: Combined with TheyCopiedItSoItSucks with ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' comparisons, many members of the community have been critical of ''Jump Force''[='=]s story mode ever since the [[TaintedByThePreview original characters were revealed]], with Kane and Galena being called copies of [[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse Towa and Mira]]. This increased when the Story Mode trailer revealed Future Trunks, once again, was going to be the playable character's partner just like in ''Xenoverse''. When the game was released, the FinalBoss was called a Demigra carbon-copy due to having a similar concept of being [[spoiler:a villain with a god-complex trapped in an alternate dimension]].

* BetterThanCanon: For those who heard rumors about the game getting a dub, but were disappointed that it's sub only, there are a number of [=YouTube=] videos making mock up dubs for the game. For example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkRAWmSWRmk this impressive one]] that uses official dub clips from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: DIO's appearance in Story Mode. He kind of just appears, announces his presence, and leaves. Hilariously, however, many have agreed that this kind of stunt is actually fairly in-character for DIO.
* CaptainObviousReveal: Light being a traitor to the Jump Force is so obvious that [[TheUntwist it's not even worth a spoiler tag]]. Considering that he's one of the most iconic villains in the entire ''medium'', it would be genuinely more shocking if he stayed a good guy for the entire game. [[spoiler:In fact, [[RedHerring that's more or less what really happens]] when the alleged BigGood Glover is an ''even bigger'' traitor as Prometheus, while Light [[PragmaticVillainy is smart enough to just keep helping the good guys in defeating him]].]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Seiya and Shiryu were both revealed at the Brazil Game Show in Sao Paulo due to ''Manga/SaintSeiya''[='=]s popularity in Brazil and Latin America. Similarly, Kenshiro and Ryo Saeba was revealed at Paris Games Week due to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''Manga/CityHunter''[='=]s popularity in France.

** There seemed to be a RunningGag in the American fandom where every character announcement is followed up by someone asking where Midoriya and Jotaro are, seemingly hinging whether or not they buy the game on whether or not those two franchises are confirmed or denied for inclusion. This lasted until both franchises were confirmed for inclusion.
** Where's ''Manga/FairyTail''??? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Similar to ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVs'', whenever a post about ''Jump Force'' is made, expect a horde of fans asking for ''Fairy Tail'' characters due to its popularity or rather confusion about what magazine ''Fairy Tail'' belongs to. It has gotten to the point where the requests have somewhat become a meme, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URg6vL2udtY one video]] actually makes fun of said requests.[[/labelnote]]
** 12 new characters! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Trusted leaker Yonkou Productions [[https://twitter.com/YonkouProd/status/1076559409050923008 tweeted out that there would be 12 characters]] revealed. Come the 2nd day of Jump Force's Jump Festa panel, the entire panel was just showing what was already revealed in previous announcements, and his fans, for lack of a better term, weren't having any of it.[[/labelnote]]
** Nope, the roster is complete! [[labelnote:Explanation]]What a Bandai Namco representative said regarding the base game roster after Jotaro and DIO were revealed. The fan response was... unpleasant to say the least.[[/labelnote]]

** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "I have to go now. My planet needs me."]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]One particularly [[{{Narm}} goofy-looking]] moment has Frieza [[PowerFloats float up offscreen]] in an oddly rigid manner that reminded many fans of [[ShooOutTheNewGuy Poochie's infamous exit.]][[/labelnote]]
** THE ''Jump Force'' song/Loading Screen Music [[labelnote:Explanation]]In Alpharad's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZYZBCiDIxU "I played Jump Force so you don't have to"]] video, he notes, among other criticisms of ''Jump Force'', [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading how frequent loading screens are and how bad the game's loading times are]] (cut down from ''3 minutes'' to "only" 20 seconds post-patch) and elected to use [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0rX0xi4n0 the game's lobby theme]] (linked to in the video description as "THE Jump Force song") constantly throughout the video, [[RunningGag including every single time a loading screen popped up]]. This led to said theme [[ColbertBump gaining increased attention]] and jokes along the lines of the above. Adding to the hilarity is that listeners agree that the track, unlike the game it originated from, is ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic genuinely]]'' [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic good]].[[/labelnote]]

** For many American fans, their earliest frame of reference for a ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' crossover fighting game is ''Battle Stadium D.O.N.'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, which is a crossover between ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Manga/OnePiece'', and ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' specifically, hence the ''D.O.N.'' in the title, but ''Shonen Jump'' crossover games have existed since ''Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden'' on the original Famicom.

** Yugi may come across as an UnexpectedCharacter, but he was actually playable in ''Jump Super Stars'' and ''Jump Ultimate Stars''. Other ''Anime/YuGiOh'' characters, such as Kaiba, Jonouchi and Anzu, also appeared in ''Super Stars'' and ''Ultimate Stars'' as assists.

* TearJerker:
** Despite Angela [[spoiler:being a modified Venom controlled by Galena, it seems she still had feelings for Sanji as she gazes longingly at him while dying.]]

** Special mention goes to Light. Despite becoming well aware that he’s in a multiverse with a chance of godhood right at his fingertips, he doesn’t take it and instead goes after his Death Note still, a weapon that would only effect less than half of the Jump Force. Instead, his only role in the game is to be suspicious, go to Kane (a scene that goes nowhere) and his story ends with him picking up a cube, setting up an obvious sequel hook, which so far only has one follow-up cutscene between him and Aizen; the latter easily deduces what he’s up to. In short, he does surprisingly so little in the story he could have been cut from the game entirely.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: There's pretty much no reason for there to not be a stage revolving around Cairo, given it's both a real-world location ''and'' the location of a major story arc in ''Jump'' ​(specifically the final battle of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''), whereas the other stages seem to only incorporate one or the other. It would probably be one of the most fitting stages to include in the game, and could even feature DIO's Mansion in the background (like LA does for U.A. High School or New Zealand does for the Black Whale)... and it's just not there. Ditto for Rome (featuring the final battle of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind''), though this is slightly mitigated by Giorno being DLC-only.

** "[=UE4=] fan project" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A ''very'' common criticism often made regarding the game's UncannyValley graphics and artstyle is to compare it to a variety of fan projects that try to recreate games in Unreal Engine 4, particularly those based on ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. This is made even funnier by the fact that the game actually ''was'' made in Unreal Engine 4.[[/labelnote]]

** The design of the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Prometheus]], has been called laughably lazy by many in the community. The character looks like an adult [[Anime/DragonBallZ Kid Buu]] but in blue and wings, and [[UncannyValley adding the ugly in-game model]] and monotone voice acting it makes the character not interesting to look at. By comparison, while [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Jiren]] (another character designed by Creator/AkiraToriyama) was thought to be lazily designed too by many members of the community, he at least appeared in [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt well regarded episodes of the series drawn by the top talents of the show]] like [[CreatorWorship Yuya Takahashi or Naoki Tate]], which ''Jump Force''[='=]s FinalBoss doesn't have.

* SpecialEffectFailure: A lot of the cutscenes suffer from poor texture-mapping or lighting effects, in addition to animations have [[https://twitter.com/Somecallmejon/status/1095396430758457344 widely been criticized]] as [[UncannyValley stiff and unnatural]].

* UncannyValley:
** The 3D textures have received mixed reviews from people on the web, calling them too realistic for the cartoony characters' designs, similar to what happened to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. Early screenshots of the game, and character reveals for characters like Gon, Hisoka, and Yugi also got similar reactions, particularly for the latter who seemed rushed until his character reveal trailer. Comparisons with ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'' were quick to follow. When the actual game was released, the puppet-like designs were called out even more. Considering these series tend to thrive in games with stylized cel-shaded 3D visuals that try to properly emulate the look of (or at least the spirit of) the original manga titles such as ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'', ''VideoGame/NarutoUltimateNinjaStorm'' and ''[[VideoGame/OnePieceWorldSeeker One Piece: World Seeker]]'', the decision to use "realistic" visuals comes off as a bizarre decision, and the apparent lack of time and budget makes that decision seem even more baffling, as a more stylized approach would have looked significantly better overall.
** The characters from ''Dragon Ball'' were hit particularly hard by this. While the [[OnlySixFaces lack of relative variation in faces]] is forgivable within the context of Toriyama's fluid and expressive drawing style, it very much ''does not'' work in this approach to 3D (see ''[=FighterZ=]'' or the earlier ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai Budokai]]'' games for examples of how ''Dragon Ball'' in 3D can be done very much right), especially when placed alongside reps from franchises like ''One Piece'' or ''MHA'' who have [[CastOfSnowflakes much greater variety in their character designs]]. It's not so much that the characters don't have realistic or convincing expressions as it is that all of them only have ''[[DullSurprise one]]'' [[DullSurprise expression]]. Though, really, "only one expression" is a problem ''everyone in the game has''.
** The worst offenders would have to be the ''One Piece'' characters like Luffy. Like the characters from ''Dragon Ball'', their expressive and cartoony expressions don't work with this approach to 3D (see ''World Seeker'' for, again, a vastly superior take on ''One Piece'' in 3D). Their default expressions make them look [[SlasherSmile psycho]][[PsychoticSmirk tic]]. Blackbeard gets the worst of it because his mouth is ''constantly open'', and while it moves a bit when he speaks, ''it never closes'', making him look robotic.
** Special mention goes to Toguro's transformation, looking way more creepy in realistic animation than he is in the original ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' anime and manga.
** The story mode cutscenes look unpolished and puppet-like, with comparison with ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' (and keep in mind that game was ''[[TroubledProduction rushed]]'' and [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome has good cutscenes when not relying on the in-game models]]) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}'', with [[https://twitter.com/Swaps4/status/1096001358497366016 some]] [[https://twitter.com/Somecallmejon/status/1095396430758457344 of]] [[https://twitter.com/ValorRippr/status/1095396859173064706 questionable]] quality.

* MagnificentBastard: [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]] joined the Jump Force both to protect the world and to find a way to restore power to his Death Note. Quickly deducing the presence of a mole within Jump Force, Light is also the only one to suspect Angela, [[SpotTheImposter who turns out to be Galena]], exposing her and partially preventing her from destroying the Umbras base with a trap. Locating Galena while she reports her failures to Kane, Light arrives and convinces Kane that the villains hold the advantage, while claiming his interests align with the villains, allying himself with the villains while [[PlayingBothSides the heroes are left in the dark]]. After Prometheus/Director Glover's betrayal, Light assumes leadership of Jump Force and assists the Player by bringing a reformed Kane who gives the Player their own cube. After Prometheus' defeat, Light manages to acquire one of the Umbras cubes [[TheBadGuyWins which was his plan all along]]. This Light proves himself to be [[AdaptationalNiceGuy far more collected and sympathetic]] than his smug canon self, while no less brilliant.

* FandomRivalry: A vicious one emerged between the game and ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVs'' over which is the "better" ''Jump'' crossover. Those on the ''J-Stars'' side accuse ''Jump Force'' of pandering to the fandoms of a few specific series while snubbing others, and consequently "failing" as a celebration of ''Jump''[='=]s history. Those on the ''Jump Force'' side accuse ''J-Stars'' roster of being overstuffed with so many representatives that the casts of individual series were wasted, and that much of the cast was little more than unfitting {{Joke Character}}s anyway. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment There is very little middle ground.]]

** Despite Angela [[spoiler:being a modified Venom controlled by Galena, as she dies, she longingly looks to longingly look too Sanji.]]

* Tearjerker:

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: There's pretty much no reason for there to not be a stage revolving around Cairo, given it's both a real-world location ''and'' the location of a major story arc in ''Jump'' ​(specifically the final battle of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''), whereas the other stages seem to only incorporate one or the other. It would probably be one of the most fitting stages to include in the game, and could even feature DIO's Mansion in the background (like LA does for U.A. High School or New Zealand does for the Black Whale)... and it's just not there. Ditto for Rome (featuring the final battle of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''), though this is slightly mitigated by Giorno being DLC-only.

* HeartwarmingMoments: