Customer Reviews

JET GRIND RADIO

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Vicarious Visions has done it again. The developers behind the excellent GBA Tony Hawk games and Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace have crafted a great game that is surprisingly faithful to it's original Dreamcast counterpart. The storyline is simple: you play as various members of a street gang on futuristic roller blades waging a turf war with other gangs by spray painting while dodging the oppressive police force. Just about everything from the original Dreamcast classic is retained here, including the custom graffiti editor. The graphics are nicely animated and are surprisingly similar to the original game with it's cell-shaded 3-D graphics, and the game also features some of the best music and sound quality you'll ever hear from the GBA's speakers. Where Jet Grind Radio really snags though is with the controls. Gamers familiar with the GBA Tony Hawk games and the original Dreamcast game will instantly pick up the control scheme, but new comers will find them very tricky to grasp. Spray painting is tricky as well; but with enough practice and patience, you'll find a very fun time with this game. All in all, GBA owners who loved the original Dreamcast classic will find a lot to love here.

I bought this game because I have Jet Grind Radio for the Dreamcast (in fact, this game is the reason I bought my Dreamcast) and Jet Set Radio Future for the Xbox. I love them both; and are certainly in my top ten favorite games. I wanted to have a complete set, and I also wanted to be able to play it during long car rides. So i bought it, and it's fun, but it has problems.

People say the Dreamcast version has camera issues. I notice it a little, but it's perfectly manageable. This game wasn't really meant to be on that small of a screen with that limited of hardware. Depth-perception is terrible in the Gameboy version. Then there's the controls. They did a great job making the D-Pad usable, the controls are great, but they are difficult to get used to. The plot is just about the same as the Dreamcast version, but the areas are a little different because of the hardware.

Overall, it's a very fun game, but the Dreamcast or Xbox versions are much, much better. Unless you have a good reason for wanting this version, go with the others. I think it's worth buying, however.

A great game. It is just like the original Dreamcast version. The controls are awkward at first, but once you get used to it, you couldn't see it controlled any other way. The music is shortened, but some contain lyrics. The graphics are fairly good. It almost looks cel-shaded. It included the custom graphic editor.

Best of all is the multiplayer. Grab a couple friends who have Jet Grind Radio, and you'll have a blast. This game's multiplayer is up next to The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords. It includes races, freestyle skating for points, and timed tagging sessions.

There are a few known bugs when grinding up railings. The game is known to freeze on rare ocassion. A minor set-back for an otherwise excellent game.

This is a great game to take on the go.

-Review my mrsamlee

The art style is interesting and the soundtrack is unique. The gameplay is like a skating game except puts a twist on it with the addition of graffiti. The controls for the GBA are simple but hard to get used to, but otherwise the concept, music, and visuals are worth playing for.

If you played Jet Grind Radio for the Dreamcast, then you should be very familiar with this game on the GBA. The controls and layout are very similar to the Tony Hawk games on the GBA. You play the game on an isometric view which works very well, as long as you have the patience to understand how the play angle works. It is sometimes difficult to align your grind with platforms or reach certain areas because you have no idea if your character is too much to the left or too much to right of the platform you actually want to hit. Getting familiar with the controls is another task to understand in order to fully enjoy the game. But patience will earn you rewards of a great game, memorable characters, and a fantastic combination of J-Pop/Hip Hop tunes. Jet Grind Radio may actually get you hooked on Hip Hop music! This is one of my favorites games.

Like said before, this game rocks. The controls are different, but once you've played the game for longer then 30 minutes, the controlling is very fluent, and I didnt even have to think about it at all. The sound and music is 110% for a GBA game. try it with head phones and you just might be blown away.

This game isn't the best game on GBA (I'd say either The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past or Metroid Fusion is the best game for GBA)but it does have good graphics. The controls are a little whack, B is jump, A is do graffitti, R is boost, and L isn't really used. You can create your own graffitti and save it on to the game pack, but you can only have one custom graffitti. I bought this game because I just beat JSRF(or Jet Set Radio Future) which I really loved.............................................................................................................................
If the controls were better, then I'd give it a five.

In the end the effort put into this game falls apart do to the horrible controls. They idea behind them seem to be to duplicate the controls of the original console versions. However, in then the controls become anti-intuitive making it difficult to truely enjoy the game.

The stlye of the graphics are in the same vain as those of the console versions, and do a good job of giving you a nice feel. However its all ruined by shady controls.

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