Of all the largest modern anime, my hero academy has always seemed to be the best fit for a large budget game. It is a series about strange, spotted superheroes that beats tar from even strange villains, which just scream game adaptation. It is a surprise then that it has had much fewer than Demon Slayer, Naruto and of course Dragon Ball.
Despite his huge potential, my hero has not been very lucky at all when it comes to games. By ignoring the strange Battle Royale-Pin-Off who was decent fun but missing some legs, the central figure for the series has so far been The One's Justice Games, which I never really clicked with at all, even though I gave the old UA High School trial.
The first justice was barebones, strangely liquid and one of the root causes of the eyes that 3D -Anime -aren fighters still come to this day. Even Justice 2 made some improvements with a larger program list and tighter mechanics, but it was still a runny during the stacked competition. All's Justice can finally be the game the series deserves, as it has fixed the previous games' questions and continued to build on what makes my hero stand out.
All's Justice can have one of the best game plans in an anime game
At a recent preview event for Bandai Namco, I had the chance to go practically with my Hero Academia: All's Justice for the first time since it revealed earlier this year. The building I played was about as straight to the point as you can get, focused entirely on 3v3 battles against the computer instead of giving me an insight into something deeper, as the story.
Although this is a problem – the depth will be needed for the whole game to thrive – right from the start, All's Justice continues the greatest strength of the last two games: the varied and flowed guard list. There were 18 characters in my demo, ranging from obvious choices such as Deku, Bakugo and Todoroki to deeper cuts such as Kaminari, Koda and everyone's least favorite little freak, Mineta. In fact, All's Justice is the first thing my hero game with all Class 1-A as playable fighters, which is impressive considering how different they all play.
Deku was in everything for a form in demo I played, and it is definitely his most interesting variant but thanks to how he implements Blackwhip and Shoot Style in their combinations.
I tested pretty much all the characters in the demo's program list, and they all felt distinct even though they had the same basic controls. Kaminari uses its electricity to create small traps for enemies, while Ida is more focused on its brand kick and speed. My favorite of the gang is uraraka, whose gravity -controlled forces allow her to turn massive pillars around too large combinations and even cold to pieces of stone to throw on her opponents, making her deadly at all intervals.
While there were some characters, I tested that I did not really gel, like Mineta and his strange little balls or Kirishima's slow hardships, the variety that appears consistently impressive and captures the personality of every character perfectly. The wonderful (and massively improved compared to its justice 2) comic book and unique interactions between characters also put the work to make this feel like a big letter of love for the series.
All's Justice feels much better to play than previous games
Of course, while All's Justice calls everything up to 11 with a larger list and better graphics, this was also true for one's justice. Because the fluent and simplified battle is what has always kept the series back, what I was really Curious to go into my demo was how the third and last game actually played. The game reveals trailer, with its more even animations and faster combinations, let me get my hopes.
As soon as I jumped into my first fight, it was clear that Bigking had heard the fans and made some big tweaks how everyone feels to control. Hope and movements in the air are noticeably heavier and combinations no longer feel like they hit the air, giving it a more realistic and reactive feeling that the last two games missed. Even characters such as uraka and hawks, who are Monged To be easier and flight -focused, feel nowhere close to so slow or difficult of this time.
While the mechanics are mostly Keeps the same as before, there is a new rising system that allows characters to spread into their ultimate form when a meter is full. It is a good addition that I cannot believe has not appeared until now.
It sounds like a simple change, but the faster pace and more grounded feeling makes fights exciting and tense instead of slow, heavy and drainage. That being said, Bigking has not completely reworked the game, so there is still a touch of fluid and attacks that have no impact, but it is still a massive step in the right direction. After just playing its justice 2, the difference between it and all the fair night and day is.
While I still have some questions about the game's history mode (especially since even Justice 2 felt pretty basic), my time with All's Justice was enough to get me excited about a My Hero game for the first time in several years. By making some necessary changes in the formula and building even more on its impressive program list and character, All's Justice shapes itself to be the best of the series by far, although it is not exactly a high bar.
