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Like many games, Jet Set Radio Future was critically acclaimed, but the sales weren’t as good as the game deserved. Some were lucky enough to get a free copy of the game, along with Sega GT 2002, when they bought their Xbox, but at the time, the game was definitely worth paying full price for.
JSRF is the sequel to the Dreamcast game Jet Set Radio and has some differences in its gameplay: levels no longer have a time limit and spraying graffiti has been greatly simplified. Rather than moving the controller’s analogue stick in directions specified on screen, all that is required is spraying a certain number of tags at the graffiti’s location, and this varies depending on the size of the tag.
You start the game as Yo-Yo, a teenager who wants to join a local gang called the GGs, and is mistaken for a pizza delivery boy by the gang’s leader, Corn. This leads onto a short tutorial, and if you need a recap of anything during the game you can visit the gang’s resident robot, Roboy. The garage, which is the gang’s main area, is the hub for the game, where you can switch characters, load or save your game, and change the background music for the game. From the garage you can access other levels, some of which lead on to other levels, but not all of them are available to visit from the start of the game.
The main plot of the game concerns the city of Tokyo, which has been heavily influenced by the Rokkaku Group. The group’s leader has become Mayor and has been oppressing the city’s citizens. As part of the GGs you have to fight back and retake areas of the city, facing rival gangs along the way.
Jet Set Radio Future is well known for its cel-shaded graphical style and its catchy soundtrack. Despite the game being six years old now, it still looks great and is a great example of how well cel-shading can be used in games. As for the soundtrack, it features mainly foreign artists as well as lesser known artists and is definitely one of the most memorable aspects of the game.
Six years on, Jet Set Radio Future is still a great game. It looks great, sounds great, and plays great. If you haven’t played it, it’s still worth doing so. The game is also backwards compatible on the Xbox 360, and this includes the bundle version, so the only excuse you can have for not getting it is having neither console.
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