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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven

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Overview

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven is an action video game for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Based on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series by Hirohiko Araki, Eyes of Heaven is the second game in the franchise to be developed by CyberConnect2, following 2013's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, with which this game shares the same engine. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan on December 17, 2015, and was released exclusively on the PlayStation 4 in Western territories on June 28, 2016.

Eyes of Heaven is designed to be a 3D action brawler with tag-team elements set in large arenas based on locations in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. Players may pick a single character to control in a large environment, as well as a second character that may be controlled by either a CPU or second human player to fight the enemy team for a 2v2 battle. Certain match-ups contain special animations and dialogue between two characters, mostly between allies in the form of unique combination attacks such as the Dual Combos and Dual Heat Attacks, though provide no discernible bonuses or advantages in battle.

The game's main storyline takes place immediately following the events of Stardust Crusaders. Jotaro Kujo and his allies, having just defeated the evil vampire Dio Brando, are suddenly attacked by friends and enemies who have either disappeared or died along the way. They are soon approached by a young Robert E. O. Speedwagon, who possesses a piece of the Saint's Corpse that allows him to not only travel through time and space, but also dispel the evil influence possessing the mysterious foes. Speedwagon leads Jotaro and his allies on a journey through space, time, and alternate universes, in order to stop another iteration of Dio and his disciple Enrico Pucci from obtaining the Saint's Corpse and purging the world of the Joestar family.

The game was first announced in the 01, 15, 2015 issue of Famitsu and featured characters returning from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, such as Joseph Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, Noriaki Kakyoin, Caesar Zeppeli, and Josuke Higashikata (from Diamond Is Unbreakable), but also revealed the introduction of new characters Rudol von Stroheim and Diego Brando. Voice actors from All Star Battle as well as the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders anime adaptation reprise their roles in Eyes of Heaven. The game's genre is described as "Stylish Tag JoJo Action", referring to its tag team style fighting. A demo of the game was revealed at the 2015 Jump Festa on December 20, 2014, and was made public on the Japanese PlayStation Store on January 29, 2015.