It’s hard to believe there actually have been over twenty Bleach video games developed because only a minority of those have made it stateside (this will mark the second console title to do so, and the fifth title overall). We haven’t had much other than Naruto, Gundam, and a couple other smaller adaptations this generation. You may have caught an episode or two on TV, or seen a volume of the manga in a bookstore, but let’s be honest there isn’t a huge demand for anime-based video games in North America. One of the most popular shōnen titles in the manga and anime industry right now is Bleach, a story about a boy who obtained soul reaper abilities to protect the ones he loves.
"One of the most popular shōnen titles in the manga and anime industry right now is Bleach, a story about a boy who obtained soul reaper abilities to protect the ones he loves. Still, with such meager dialogue, Johnny Yong Bosch doesn’t mean much.Bleach: Soul Resurreccion (PlayStation 3) review Both English and Japanese voices are available, so whatever your poison, Bleach has it. Now, the anime isn't known to have the most varied environments, but with just a few different settings, adding a touch of extra detail to separate each area from the next would have made all the difference. However, the backdrops leave much to be desired. There's a decent amount of detail infused into every one of the 21 unlockable characters. Bleach: Soul Resurreccion would have benefited from a co-op mode without it, online multiplayer is dull.Īesthetically, the game's cel-shaded graphics on the characters are surprisingly competent. While these missions do feature more bosses and enemies, in the end, only those who want to be the very best like no one ever was need apply. Online’s main issue is it suffers the same fate of mission and story mode: more of the same. Any developer setting its sights on 44 hours of anime would have trouble implementing into only 14 story missions and SCEI unsurprisingly bobbled it.Ĭompetitive gamers will also find an online mode featuring leaderboards on exclusive missions. And therein lies the problem: perhaps Soul Resurreccion was simply too ambitious.
Most fans can recall this massive storyline spanning 120 episodes of content. The story arc at the forefront of Soul Resurreccion follows Aizen becoming a Judas to his fellow soul reapers by forming the Espada. This is especially apparent in the barebones story mode. As far as the controls are concerned, there's not much to complain about as they're technically sound, but an easy to control game with a clean interface can only get you so far. There is some depth to the combat, but it felt almost unnecessary to be competent at anything other than knowing where the square and circle buttons are. To succeed, all you need to do is mash the same buttons to chain combination attacks. It mimics the anime well, and it’s not too difficult to get into the groove of things. However, instead of ploddingly defeating Chinese warriors, Bleach's Ichigo Kurosaki and friends are all about blazing fast attacks against their ghostly enemies. It's far from a stretch to say that Bleach: Soul Resurreccion takes a lot of its inspiration from Koei's Dynasty Warriors franchise.
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