Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2022

  I must say that I am highly impressed. I have followed this game's development on twitter for quite a while and after spending over 130 hours on Streets of Rage 4 (even after they released DLC), I was left alone ASKING FOR MORE and today was the day that I have been blessed with something that will keep my Beat 'em Up thirst in check. EDITED: I finished Story Mode on Easy and I can safely assure you: this game HITS ALL THE RIGHT SPOTS (for me at least). So, what's so good about Jitsu Squad? [b]-The Art Style[/b] of this game is amazing. I really like how cartoony the environments and the characters are. This is further emphasized when you attack an enemy and/or get attacked by it as well as when you or the Bosses use Super Moves; [b]-Music and Sound design[/b] fit really well along with the Art Style and it's quite charming. It really shows the passion behind this game. This game also has voice acting when you do special moves as well as cutscenes and even though I could live without it, I must say that it's a welcome addition; [b]-Gameplay[/b] in this game: CHEF'S KISS! I love how smooth it feels to chain normal moves with special moves as well as switching between main weapon and secondary weapon attacks. You also have access to what I believe is an Omni Parry that, if timed correctly, can completely negate any enemy attacks and allow ur character to follow up with a counter attack. This parry is, off course, another fine addition to the game. Now, there are places where Jitsu Squad falls short, however, I believe these can be fixed rather quickly since, none of them involve gameplay (if the game gets an update where they tackle the following issues, I will gladly remove them from this review). [b] Inability to change resolution and/or graphic settings:[/b] This one affected me a bit, since my specs can barely run the game at stable framerate but I believe that, with the addition of more graphic settings in the menu, me and other people with similar PC specs should be able to easily run this game on their lower end computers. At the end of the day, Jitsu Squad is an amazing Beat 'em up made by equally amazing people and their passion really shows. Their hard work and dedication should be [b]THE GOLD STANDARD[/b] in the entire game development industry. [b]I strongly recommend this game, 9/10 [/b]
• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2022

  Jitsu squad is a tribute to all the greats that has come before it... wrapped up into an amazingly fast paced cartoony over the top beat em up that i just can't get enough of. Video Review: https://youtu.be/Yb5PGfiRSmE
• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2022

  It ain't Fight N Rage but it'll do.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2022

  I've been watching this game since it got funded and my initial play of it had me mixed. From the start, up until the middle of the second stage, I was floored. (This game has received some GOOD patches and I have not played through the entire game yet since.) The game is clearly crafted with a lot of passion. The art is silly and fun, the concepts are unique, and for fans of 2D fighting games and brawlers, the gameplay starts out immaculate. The references to other games and media really make you feel that this studio has a genuine love for the games that they take inspiration from, and the first half of this game blows that expectation wide open and makes for an extremely enjoyable and deep experience. As far as intent goes, the intent of this game is to be a high octane brawler with a parry system similar(?) to Street Fighter 3rd Strike, and a special cancel system that borrows ideas from various other 2D fighters and brawlers. The depth that these bring is initially excellent. By the halfway point of the game, you will be chaining parries into combos with 3 or more special moves and the flow of the game really begins to hit a peak in tempo. The pure amount of THINGS on the screen can sometimes, but less often than on release take a crisp overall combat system and begin overloading the player with information. And this is from the perspective of someone who hasn't yet played the chaos that must be 2-4 player co-op. Some good looking changes have been made since writing this, though, so I will try it again. Minor inconsistencies in enemy hitboxes and objects pushing each other around caused situations where parries that feel they should have hit can get you stuffed. This game is now, after some changes, an overall pretty great beat-em-up, a hard genre to master. Right now, my biggest complaint is that it isn't longer. I'd love a boss rush or survival type mode here to dig deep into. EDIT 1.2: The difficulty of this game on the highest difficulty is aa pretty daunting task still. Some will love it, some won't. Personally my only gripe with it is that armored enemies in a beat-em-up feel weird to me, and I love the impact of hitting stuff in the game so much I might prefer to always play on normal so that the enemies aren't as sturdy to hit-stun. EDIT 2.2: Most of my problems with this game have been fixed in the June update. Excellent job for a game studio to actually listen to their fan base, they are totally receptive in their Discord. I look forward to picking this back up for another go when I have the time, and hopefully for this studio to make more games. Good luck to them.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 31, 2022

  Game isn't bad or anything, but it simply did not sit well with my siblings, since it was so chaotic with 4 players. 3/4 of the time I was confused as to where I was on the screen. The screen is too zoomed in and there isn't enough space since everything is mashed into a tiny little area with masses of enemies. It might work out for some people if you play with 2 players or less, but I don't recommend grabbing it if you're expecting a pleasing experience with 4 players. Regardless the game is pretty decent, so I'm giving it a positive.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 31, 2022

  I dunno, this game have a lot of move set combo but what i do is BANG BANG KABOOOOOM POW POW WUUTHAAA AGHHHHHHHH!!!!
• gamedeal user

  Apr 3, 2022

  Absolute little Gem of a game. Bought the game to play with my young daughter as she loves Beat'em'ups and we're having a lot of fun with this one. Looks great, sound great and plays extremely well, Easy recommend!!
• gamedeal user

  Apr 3, 2022

  Great game, full of action, crazy combos, lots of fun systems!
• gamedeal user

  Apr 5, 2022

  I tried this with two friends, and none of us enjoyed it. The humor didn't land and the gameplay felt chaotic and unrewarding. The voice lines were grating and repeated with no cool-down (e.g. same phrases for every combo). We also encountered some bugs (one was the scoreboard/health for one player disappearing throughout a level, followed by a crash at the end). Some of the art is pretty nice though.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 21, 2022

  kinda tired of trying to get the game to work, if you dont have crash issues this is a very fun game but if your like me and game wont let you play it longer than a few minutes before yet another crash keep your money... the customer service is the best thing about them though, very good customer service but maybe the coding team is the issue