Gungrave: Overdose (ガングレイヴO.D., Gangureivu Ōbādōsu) is a PlayStation 2third-person shootervideo game developed by animation studio Ikusabune and published by Red Entertainment in Japan and by Mastiff in North America, and a direct sequel to Gungrave. The game was released on March 4, 2004, in Japan, September 15, 2004, in North America and October 7, 2005, in the PAL regions. Gungrave: Overdose picks up where its predecessor left off, and follows its main character through a variety of stages on a path of revenge. It is the only known title fully developed by animation studio Ikusabune, as the previous title was developed by Red Entertainment. (Ikusabune provided animation and cinematics in the first game.)
Two years after the original, Gungrave, and just approaching of that game's anime adaptation, Gungrave: Overdose was released. Preserving Yasuhiro Nightow's flair and artistic style, this outing adds new playable characters to the series and a new story, in which Grave resumes his tale as an unlikely anti-hero tracking down the sadistic son of a Mafia boss who has struck a deal with a symbiotic seed bent on taking over the Earth.
The game was received more favorably by critics than the first game, but still received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] Many critics praised the game's longer length, IGN citing that the game can easily last for more than 6 hours, which they say is in stark comparison to the first game's 2 hour length.[10] The game received similar praise for the art and visual style as the first game did, and critics also praised the game's value, GameSpot's Greg Kasavin stating "its good-sized series of action-packed missions, multiple difficulty settings, three different playable characters, and dirt-cheap $15 retail price make it an excellent value."[7] However, the game's graphics were criticized for being simpler in order to prevent the slowdown present in the first game,[12] and the game's lock-on system was criticized for being too unwieldy and confusing.[10] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one six, two sevens, and one six for a total of 26 out of 40.[5]
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^ ab"Gungrave: Overdose for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
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Gungrave Overdose ガングレイヴO D Gangureivu Ōbadōsu is a PlayStation 2 third person shooter video game developed by animation studio Ikusabune and published by Red Entertainment in Japan and by Mastiff in North America and a direct sequel to Gungrave The game was released on March 4 2004 in Japan September 15 2004 in North America and October 7 2005 in the PAL regions Gungrave Overdose picks up where its predecessor left off and follows its main character through a variety of stages on a path of revenge It is the only known title fully developed by animation studio Ikusabune as the previous title was developed by Red Entertainment Ikusabune provided animation and cinematics in the first game Gungrave OverdoseNorth American cover artDeveloper s Ikusabune Co Ltd Publisher s JP Red EntertainmentNA MastiffEU Play It System 3 Software Limited Director s Naohito HanaiProducer s Tōru KuboDesigner s Tomohiro MaruyamaTakashi HataProgrammer s Naohito HanaiArtist s Yasuhiro NightowWriter s Hidenori TanakaTakashi HinoTomohiro MaruyamaComposer s Tsuneo ImahoriSeriesGungravePlatform s PlayStation 2ReleaseJP March 4 2004NA September 15 2004PAL October 7 2005Genre s Third person shooterMode s Single playerTwo years after the original Gungrave and just approaching of that game s anime adaptation Gungrave Overdose was released Preserving Yasuhiro Nightow s flair and artistic style this outing adds new playable characters to the series and a new story in which Grave resumes his tale as an unlikely anti hero tracking down the sadistic son of a Mafia boss who has struck a deal with a symbiotic seed bent on taking over the Earth Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Development 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksGameplay editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it November 2022 Plot editThis article needs a plot summary Please add one in your own words November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Development editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it November 2022 Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic68 100 1 Review scoresPublicationScoreEdge4 10 2 Electronic Gaming Monthly4 10 3 Eurogamer5 10 4 Famitsu26 40 5 Game Informer4 25 10 6 GameSpot7 8 10 7 GameSpy nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 GameZone7 9 10 9 IGN7 8 10 10 Official U S PlayStation Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 The game was received more favorably by critics than the first game but still received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 1 Many critics praised the game s longer length IGN citing that the game can easily last for more than 6 hours which they say is in stark comparison to the first game s 2 hour length 10 The game received similar praise for the art and visual style as the first game did and critics also praised the game s value GameSpot s Greg Kasavin stating its good sized series of action packed missions multiple difficulty settings three different playable characters and dirt cheap 15 retail price make it an excellent value 7 However the game s graphics were criticized for being simpler in order to prevent the slowdown present in the first game 12 and the game s lock on system was criticized for being too unwieldy and confusing 10 In Japan Famitsu gave it a score of one six two sevens and one six for a total of 26 out of 40 5 References edit a b Gungrave Overdose for PlayStation 2 Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved February 3 2012 Edge staff May 2004 Gungrave O D Edge No 136 Future plc p 110 EGM staff December 2004 Gungrave Overdose Electronic Gaming Monthly No 185 Ziff Davis p 170 Walker John August 18 2005 Gungrave Overdose Eurogamer Gamer Network Retrieved March 6 2018 a b ガングレイヴO D Famitsu in Japanese Vol 795 Enterbrain March 12 2004 Gungrave Overdose Game Informer No 139 GameStop November 2004 p 158 a b Kasavin Greg September 17 2004 Gungrave Overdose Review GameSpot CBS Interactive Retrieved July 14 2017 Chapman David September 20 2004 GameSpy GunGrave OverDose GameSpy Ziff Davis Archived from the original on December 25 2005 Retrieved March 6 2018 Bedigian Louis October 1 2004 Gungrave Overdose PS2 Review GameZone Archived from the original on December 30 2008 Retrieved March 6 2018 a b c Lewis Ed September 7 2004 Gungrave Overdose IGN Ziff Davis Retrieved July 14 2017 Gungrave Overdose Official U S PlayStation Magazine Ziff Davis November 2004 p 130 Wadleigh Jessica October 2 2004 GunGrave Overdose Thunderbolt Retrieved July 14 2017 External links editRed Entertainment page Mastiff LLC page System 3 Software Limited page PS2 PSN Gungrave Overdose at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gungrave Overdose amp oldid 1183032250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
