Jet Set Radio (Series) Review

Posted: 9 months ago.

Overview

Jet Set Radio is an action game where you play a skating youth traversing Tokyo, spraying graffiti and evading authorities. It was influenced from late 90s Japanese pop culture such as the rhythm game PaRappa the Rapper.

Jet Set Radio received acclaim for its graphics, soundtrack, and gameplay. It won several awards and was nominated for many others. A Game Boy Advance version, developed by Vicarious Visions, was released in 2003, along with versions for Japanese mobile phones. In 2012, Jet Set Radio was digitally re-released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and iOS, followed by releases for Windows, PlayStation Vita and Android. A sequel,

Jet Set Radio (2000) on Dreamcast
Jet Grind Radio (2003) on Game Boy Advance
Jet Set Radio (2012) digitally re-released Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS, PC, PlayStation Vita and Android.
Jet Set Radio Future (2002) on original Xbox in 2002.

Game Details

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 01/01/2000, updated in 2012

Platforms: Android, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360 and iOS

Genres: Action, Creative, Open World, Simulation and Sports

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Commitment

Duration: This game will take between 7 hours and 10 hours to complete.

Players: This is a single player game.

Costs

Does not offer in-game purchases, 'loot boxes' or 'battle/season passes'.

Age Ratings

This game has been rated ESRB TEEN.

Rated PEGI 12 with frequent moderate violence and occasional mild language. During the course of the game, police will try to apprehend the player's character. This can involve the use of firearms, the effect of which is non-realistic. The police officers will occasionally use mildly offensive language such as *!@?*, hell and damn. The player can create new graffiti by using a virtual keyboard which will allow any words to be used. Newly created graffiti is only available on the console on which it was created.

Accessibility

Accessibility for this game is as follows:

System Settings

Android has accessibility settings including ways to navigate and interact, although not all games support this. Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators. iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games... read more about system accessibility settings.

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