Let's Play the Radio formerly known in the US as "Grind Radio" Jet Set Radio HD
Back in the day where gamers weren't so wrapped up in conspiracy theories involving their favorite gaming companies. The Sega Dreamcast and its cult following have pushed the instant classic label on quite a few games. Some even getting sequels on the first Xbox. This game is no different. Actually it ranks up there with my top games of all time. Although Jet Grind Radio was in some gamer's point of view made obsolete by the XBOX remake Jet Set Radio Future. I personally think that Grind did a lot of little things a bit better than future. In my opinion the little things are what puts a game on the border of just being good and standing alone on that higher echelon of greatness. Everything from having New Game + and tracing Graffiti are two little things that JSRF did not bring to the table. I hope this LP can showcase the few of you who haven't sat along or taken the journey firsthand before. Also in terms of Music Choice the original JGR sits alone as king of soundtracks. Especially since JSRF's OST is filled with quite a few remixes of the JGR soundtrack.
The Skinny:
The game begins in Shibuya-cho, and is introduced by Professor K, the DJ of a pirate radio station based in Tokyo-to, who explains the basics of life in Tokyo-to for a "rudie", the term he uses to refer to young people who roam the streets spraying and skating, as a means of self-expression.
The city is split into three parts?Shibuya-cho, Benten-cho, and Kogane-cho, each of which corresponds to a different time of day. Shibuya is a shopping district full of blue skies and daylight, Benten a nocturnal entertainment spot that represents night, and Kogane a mostly residential area, built on the water, where it is perpetually sunset. In each of these areas, the player will encounter a rival gang - the Love Shockers in Shibuya, the Noise Tanks in Benten, and Poison Jam in Kogane - that attempts to usurp the GG's home turf. The player starts off forming a skate gang which also resides in Shibuya-cho, and thus forms a rivalry between the gangs in the area. After completing a set of menial challenges, designed to introduce the player to the control system, Gum and Tab join the gang forming the first 3 members of the GG's. The player starts out as Beat, a 17-year-old rudie who ran away from home like many other Japanese rudies. Beat was first shunned from gang to gang over and over again until he decided to start his own gang. Beat is the leader and founder of the GG's, short for "Graffitti Gang/Gangsters". The player first starts out spraying a little graffiti in Shibuya-Cho looking to recruit members. First Gum joins, then Tab. Then, as the game starts diving into its further plot, many other willing "rudies" decide to join your graffiti gang. But they don't offer to join you as simply as possible. All of the new soon-to-be rudies challenge you to a set of three challenges. These challenges are to test your speed and graffiti skills, giving you a high score based on your performance.
Other gangs which feature in the game as opponents are the Noise Tanks, who appear to be semi-cyborg otaku, Poison Jam, brutish thugs who wear fish costumes, and the Love Shockers, an all-girl gang made up of jilted lovers. Once the protagonist defeats each gang they hand over their belongings and grant the area to the graffiti gang that dethroned them. Plus, after defeating a rival gang, they might offer the player a "treat"
Table of Contents:
Episode 1: Trippin' Through Da 90's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=94tSDLfbYbE]
Episode 2: Emo Robot Fish Pirate Girlfriends [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjuWrPp6VtI]
USER INTERACTION
Next few parts you the user will be deciding which stage I start the next video off with and the characters I will be using.
In closing sit back and relax and enjoy a classic with me. Also like every good thread you need to tie it together with . . . "Don't try this at home".
