Bujingai: The Forsaken City

by BAM! Entertainment

Product Features

• Furious, fast-paced fighting like the greatest Hong Kong action films, in fully detailed, interactive environments
• Exciting, intuitive, multifaceted combat system with fluid motion-capture movements, for a more cinematic fighting game
• Combine magic and combat as run on walls, glide through the air & rack up 100-hit combos
• Dozens of unlockable techiques, costumes and video footage to keep the adventure fresh & exciting

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0001HAI68
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 6.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: July 20, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,031 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Bujingai: The Forsaken City is a third person action-adventure title that brings martial arts fantasy to life. Inspired by classic Hong Kong cinema, the player takes on the role of a spell-casting, gravity-defying warrior named Lau. Set in post-apocalyptic Asia, Lau must battle his way through an army of fiends to rescue a fellow warrior who has been possessed by a demon. Lau is able to fight multiple enemies while running, gliding, floating, and running on walls. To make the action even more authentic, all of the characters in Bujingai: The Forsaken City have fluid motion capture movements that give them just as much personality as Lau.

Product Description

Bujingai: The Forsaken City brings martial arts action and fantasy together, in a great 3rd-person action-adventure. In the 23rd century, humanity's need for energy caused a disaster that killed 70% of the population. Those who lived tapped into internal sources to give themselves incredible powers. 400 years later, a rift has been opened into the demon dimension, and the fiends have invaded a small Asian city. One warrior, armed with only two swords and a knowledge of magic, will face them to rescue the survivors.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best button smasher yet., August 16, 2004

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M. Alterio "mach7" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bujingai: The Forsaken City (Video Game)

Yes, this game is essentially a button smasher, but it's a very good one. The music is fabulous, the graphics are beautiful, and it's got great control. It still has some elements of Japanese in it, which I personally like. Overall, it's a very fun game, and I would reccomend it to anybody.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boy, Gackt = INSTANT SALES., October 6, 2005

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Kitana Kiyoshi (Detroit, MI, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bujingai: The Forsaken City (Video Game)

The game Bujingai is interesting. It has Easy mode and Normal mode (I'm not sure about a Hard mode... I wouldn't want to see that >_>). I started off playing it in Easy mode, and some parts made me wonder whether I was still playing in Easy mode. Especially some of the bosses. You really have to have good real-time playing skills, or else they'll be so fast and leave you behind to diiie.

The story and stage mode of Bujingai remind me very much of Chaos Legion. If you've played Chaos Legion, you've played Bujingai in some respect. However, that's not to say that Bujingai isn't a great game. The main character Lau uses two swords and a seriously punch-packing array of spells.

This game is minimalistic at best. Very short, but beautiful in it's execution. There's nothing too complicated (except maybe the gliding thing.. argh, that killed me) and that makes Bujingai have both stress relieving properties (hack and slash!) and a better replay value than some games.

There's also the unlockables. Every fitfh gold coin you collect you unlock something. The unlockable interviews, among other things alone are worth playing the game many times.

All in all, I recommend this game.

..Wow, I managed to go through this and not mention Gackt, once!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great hack'n'slash, November 4, 2004

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Va- Bank (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bujingai: The Forsaken City (Video Game)

As other reviews pointed out - not much depth, but extremely fun. You can get by by just hitting the attack button, but there's more to it if you choose to make it more complicated. For example by learning how to do magic reversals, you can finish off bosses much faster then by hacking away at it.

Great Graphics, lots of style, some elements of puzzle-solving. Great game. I would wait for the price drop, though.