T.R.A.G:Mission Of Mercy PS

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• psone

Product Details

• ASIN: B00000J9J7
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,784 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

GameSpot Review

Originally released in Japan last fall as Hard Edge, T.R.A.G. (Tactical Rescue Assault Group) puts you in the line of fire as either Alex or Michelle, the game's two creatively named protagonists. Having been sent to the Togusa Building to investigate some suspicious shenanigans, the entire T.R.A.G. team has been booby-trapped and destroyed by mysterious forces, with Alex and Michelle the only survivors. It is now up to them to get to the bottom of things.

After a semi-lavish CG intro (not nearly as good as Resident Evil 2's, but good enough), you are inserted into the game in the role of Alex, whom you will play as until a later point where you can opt to switch between the two characters. Later in the game, you will be able to control other characters, much like you can in RE2. Other similarities to RE or RE2 are the prerendered backgrounds and polygonal characters. The thing that T.R.A.G. does not share with its evil brethren is the ease of control. If you thought Resident Evil and its offspring were hard to control, then T.R.A.G. makes the RE series feel like Mario 64 by comparison. Analog control is all but useless in this game, since you must still push forward to walk forward, and push right to rotate right, etc. R1 causes you to withdraw your weapon, and square attacks. X makes your character run, and run you will, since the characters walk with mind-numbing slowness. Another little control gripe is the uni-speed dialogue settings that you usually try to fast-forward by mashing the buttons, only to trigger the same text again and again. It's annoying to see the words "it's a bookshelf" over and over again.

Control gaffes aside, the graphics are competent, although not of the high resolutions that RE2 sports, and the characters and enemies are not as detailed or realistic as those found in RE2. If it seems a little unfair to compare T.R.A.G. with Capcom's meisterwerk, it's only because T.R.A.G. attempts to emulate the RE formula so hard with so little success. If there's any one thing that drags this game down (and amazingly enough it's not the control) it's the enemy AI. You can stand there and cause a fuss (read: fire your gun) right around the corner from a horribly generic bad guy, and he'll just stand there until you approach him. Shoot, punch, kick these guys down, and they'll just get up and walk right back into your flurry of attacks until he's deceased. The only time these guys pose a problem is when there is more than one of them. They'll gang up on you, and you won't be able to focus on more than one of them. These odd situations aside, the enemies are absolute morons. They seem to be filler baddies and are more of an annoyance than anything else.

In the end, T.R.A.G. will certainly give you enough game for the 40 or 50 bucks you paid for it, but this might be better viewed as a rental. After the game is over, there's not much incentive to play again. Plus, with the control issues and enemy stupidity factored in, can you really call this a keeper? --James Mielke
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as everyone says, July 18, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: T.R.A.G:Mission Of Mercy PS (Video Game)

I don't know why everyone trashes this game. I mean it's the second best resident evil clone i've ever played (the best being carrier for dreamcast). Sure the controlls are slugish but this was the very first attemt to clone resident evil. I mean come on you have to give it some credit for tryin. The only thing that i absoultly hated about this game is the fact that they completely screwd michelles voice. And there was one other thing i didnt get. It said it was two player on the back but it isn't. Thats got to be the biggest typo i've ever seen. The best thing about this game is its like a 3d anime. If youve read any of my other reviews you know im a huge fan of anime. All in all its not worth more than 20 bucks but if you can find it for less than that then pick it up. You wont be too disappointed

0 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michael's review on T.R.A.G., November 29, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: T.R.A.G:Mission Of Mercy PS (Video Game)

Michael's review on T.R.A.G. This game is the best game I played. You should all play it. It rules