Jet Set Radio is an AMAZING game I’m still playing to this day, and honestly? It still holds up. It’s still FUN AS HELL! The music and art style are timeless, nothing else looks or sounds like it, even now. Yes, it’s difficult, but that’s kind of the point. Just like real-life skating, you don’t get good instantly. You have to practice, learn the controls, and build muscle memory. And because of that, the game actually becomes more fun the more you replay it. Jet Set Radio doesn’t handhold you, it rewards commitment and I welcome a good challenge.

Estéticamente increíble y capaz de trabajar con polígonos de una forma que pocos títulos han logrado. El trabajo visual de sombras, de espacio y de contenido es impecable. Forma parte de la saga increíble de juegos que desarrolló Sega para la Dreamcast y se puede exportar fácilmente a cualquier port de manera satisfactoria. Es un juego bien diseñado. El sistema es interactivo, sencillo y divertido; aunque tiene una cierta profundidad una vez lo dominas. La posibilidad de personalización es un plus añadido que juega perfectamente con una banda sonora a base de breaks, como los que realizas con tus rollerblades. Todo está integrado en el mismo sistema y te evidencia que lo único que necesitabas era un poco de velocidad, montar en tus patines y grafitear la ciudad con joysticks.

Sega is so creative when it comes to video games like this. There’s a super fast hedgehog that saves animals and defeats a crazy fat mad scientist, a star that hangs onto anything like stretch Armstrong and now a teen graffiti enthusiast that’s in a gang rivaling other gangs. Jet Set Radio introduces its world building and story. And the voice acting is actually pretty good and even for 1999, this is really impressive. But what’s also impressive is how innovative the music and art direction is for this game. Very vibrant and cel-shaded art style makes this a completely different and interesting way to make a series. Awesomely groovy music has a bunch of variety and sounds great. And for the gameplay, it’s also pretty great for the most part. Introductions to the controls and general gameplay is very intuitive and a good learning curve. Surprisingly the camera is actually pretty good too and controls are floaty but tolerable. I also like the character designs a lot and the way the world is built around. It feels like such a vibe that I can hang with. Grinding on rails, spray painting walls and cars, doing sick tricks, getting beat by the white paled police guards and avoiding a mad lunatic with a big gun. What a concept for a video game like this; but it all has a nice sense of what it’s trying to be.