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Jet Set Radio Future xbx Game Reviews
Jet Set Radio Future
Critic Score
Metascore: 88 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.2 out of 10
based on 37 reviews
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The setting is Tokyo; the year is 2024. Freedom is a valuable commodity, and freedom of expression is even more so. Featuring unique comic-style graphics, new tricks, and hot tunes, JSRF brings the hippest game ever into a brave new world. Choose a character, strap on your rocket-powered skates, and immerse yourself in living, breathing cities filled with opportunity. Along the way, you'll compete with rival gangs, be chased by cops, and perhaps discover something unthinkable. [Sega]

PUBLISHER: Sega
DEVELOPER: Smilebit
GENRE(S): Action, Adventure
PLAYERS: 4
ESRB RATING: T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE: February 19, 2002

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100
GamePro
A breathtaking experience. From the inimitable graphics to the hypnotically addictive gameplay, it’s captivating on every level.
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100
Gaming Age
A visually and aurally overpowering game with playability to back it up.
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100
Play Magazine
Smilebit's marriage of art, music, and gameplay is so profound, I may never stop playing it. [Mar 2002, p.24]
94
Gaming Maxx
JSRF isn't going to wow you with its realistic factor, but it will blow you away by showing off a colorful and very beautiful cell shaded world.
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94
GamerWeb Xbox
JSRF is hipper and cooler than any game on the market. Other games are jealous, and rightfully so.
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92
Xbox Exclusive
It presents one of the most unique and fresh experiences I have ever had the pleasure to take part of. Words just escape me when trying to talk about this game, well besides the general feeling of 'awesome-tacular.'
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92
Official Xbox Magazine
Where else can you grind up a neon-lit, dragon-shaped skyscraper while launching a graffiti assault on a bunch of red-headed punkettes in tube tops? Absolutely nowhere. [Apr 2002, p.66]
92
Media and Games Online Network
With anime quality graphics, music worthy for your CD player, and addicting "fight the man" gameplay, JSRF is an obvious winner.
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91
netjak
The combination of great control, unique gameplay, killer graphics and a soundtrack to die for.
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91
XenGamers
Graphically, Jet Set Radio Future is one of the most gorgeous games to grace a console.
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91
IGN
One of the coolest titles around. It's unique...just not enough of a challenge.
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91
Cinescape
Incredibly fast, but the Xbox shows no signs of slowdown during gameplay. And really, it's saying a lot, but Jet Set Radio Future is probably the best looking Xbox game on the market right now.
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91
Into Liquid Sky
The design and layout are well conceived and pulled off convincingly with the highly stylized cel-shaded world. The levels are large, well-populated and fully active.
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91
Gamezilla!
Excellent controls, easy on the eye graphics, killer soundtrack and a challenging adventure mark this as this year's best Xbox game (so far).
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90
Team Xbox
Jet Set Radio Future will be a game that future developers use as the epitome of a product that includes top notch planning and imagination all in one package.
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90
Hot Games
From the clean lines of the characters to the neo-corporation look of the cities to the lightning-fast action and rail, wall, and banister grinding, Jet Set Radio is something you'll want in your future.
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90
Yahoo! Games
As stunning an Xbox conversion as it was a Dreamcast original.
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90
Electric Playground
While the environments in "Jet Grind Radio" were dazzling, especially since it was one of the very first games to make use of the animation-style cel-shading technique, the levels in JSRF are nothing short of mind-boggling.
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90
TotalGames.net
A refreshing experience that reminds us what gaming is all about. Right from the start, the levels just beg to be explored and the vibrant graphics and quirky sense of humour make you smile.
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90
GameSpy
Drips with style in every possible way. It's a brilliant game, but at times it's more challenging than it is fun.
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90
GameShark
After watching the characters dance and listening to the game's great music, I now find myself dancing around my house like an idiot.
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87
Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
JSFR looks better than any game around but, being a bit too easy and slow, it doesn't involve or engage you as it should. [GamesMaster Magazine]
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87
GameSpot
Despite a few rough edges, Jet Set Radio Future manages to shine because of its addictive, original gameplay and its stunning graphics.
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86
GameReviewer
Stylish, original, and fun are a few adjectives I would use to describe it, but unfortunately it would seem that this franchise was destined to miss out on the commercial success that it so richly deserves.
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84
Game Over Online
A solid, entertaining game that delivers a high sense of speed and adrenaline.
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84
GameZone
A solid, entertaining game that delivers a high sense of speed and adrenaline.
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83
Game Revolution
It's not as groundbreaking as the original, but it's just about as fun.
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80
All Game Guide
A game offering finely tuned level design, crystal-clear graphics, and a wave of free-roaming fun.
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80
Maxim Online
While this Xbox sequel is even quirkier, it’s just as insanely addictive...[and] plays like one big ghetto-fabulous party. Word.
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80
Xbox Nation Magazine
Battles with five-o, which take place inside a small, (electrically) fenced-in environment – are painfully clumsy, and underscore the game's unwieldy camera. [Spring 2002, p.80]
80
Total Video Games
A game caught in confusion, in one aspect Smilebit have tried to speed up the gameplay and streamline it, yet in removing the time limit and cops that said immediacy is completely lost, what’s the point in whizzing around all of the levels if you have all the time in the world.
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80
GamePen
I personally believe all of these problems stem from the fact that there is no "save anywhere", because the single player campaign is more or less easy.
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80
G4 TV
The simplification of the gameplay also tends to make the game feel a bit repetitive, and it can be frustrating to repeatedly try to make the same jump to that last graffiti spot only to fall and be forced to climb all the way back up and try again...[yet] one of the best games on the Xbox.
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77
Electronic Gaming Monthly
A beautiful game...The problem, though, is that Smilebit is guilty of design overkill, and it negatively affects the overall experience. [Apr 2002, p.142]
70
Game Informer
A decent game, but its lack of depth makes it the poster child for an average game...On a side note, the music is some of the best I have heard in a game in a long time. [Mar 2002, p.83]
70
Computer and Video Games
It's the game's lack of originality that proves the real disappointment.
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67
Entertainment Weekly
A great looking game that isn't very deep. [19 Apr 2002, p.75]

What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 56 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Mads C. gave it a9:
A great game that still holds it own 5 years after its release. The tight and very stylized cel-shaded graphics looks amazing. It is a great game of exploration. Eventhough it can get frustrating on the later levels, it makes the game that much sweeter once you know your way around.

Kyle H. gave it a10:
This game is the most longest game i have ever played i giv it a tem:)

TaVonne W. gave it a 9:
People dont kno how nice this game is.it talks about graffiti,has a realy big storyline environment.this game has everything that I ever wanted out of an adventure game,not all those crappy games like Timesplitters, and enter the matrix(which I both finished in less than 3 days with no cheats) that shows a crappy game.I give it 9 cause its on xbox,which has greater controls than the PS2(if they came out with it.) and the art of spray paint brings back history when cops were after people.

Patrick W. gave it a 10:
I like this game !!!!! but i don't know how to get yoyo from the mummy freaks. it gets annoying.

Prophecy gave it an 8:
I really really liked it until i got to the final boss u cant sfip the long cut sceen and it is nearly impossible to beat the boss i still havent beaten him and the boss level does get anoying after a while. for the rest no one has ever made a game like this it is a classic and an interesting type of action.

Devin P. gave it a 10:
This game is cool!! The dances are sweet!!!I am a good skater too but this game made me look bad. I hope they put this on PS2.yeah!!!!!!

bam wanabe fox gave it a 10:
Josh maxx im with you guys this game kick ass and the audio is tight.

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