Gungrave (2002) (VG)

Release Date:

16 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Kick Their Asses!

Plot:

A man (was Brandon Heat before he was known as Beyond the Grave) was betrayed and killed by Harry McDowell...

Plot Keywords:

Anti Hero | Video Game

Cast

Iemasa Kayumi	...	Big Daddy (voice)
Tsutomu Isobe	...	Harry McDowell (voice) (as Tutomu Isobe)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Maria Asagi (voice)
Tomoko Kawakami	...	Mika Asagi (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa	...	Dr. T (voice)
Fûrin Cha	...	Bob Poundmax (voice) (as Chafurin)
Masaya Onosaka	...	Balladbird Lee (voice)
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo	...	Bear Walken (voice) (as Ryuzaburo Ootomo)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Bunji Kugashira (voice)
Kazuya Kobayashi	...	Men 1 (voice)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu	...	Men 2 (voice) (as Nobuaki Kanemitu)
Masako Ôkishima	...	Women (voice) (as Masako Oukishima)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | USA:M

Company:

Ikusabune Inc.

Quotes:

[after Beyond the Grave defeats Big Daddy]
Harry McDowell: Is it over? Go for it, Brandon, it's your turn now. Do it.
[Beyond the Grave shoots and kills Harry]

Movie Connections:

References Devil May Cry (2001) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Here Comes The Rain

Spectacular action game

Gungrave is the best anime-game and one of the best PS2 games. Fantastic movies mixed with spectacular dynamic gameplay. If you want non-stop action, Gungrave is just what you need. Action doesn't stop even while you are standing. In this games everybody shots every time. Gungrave is a good example of a great production design. The design of the main character (Brandon/Grave) is awesome. Bosses are wonderful. Absolutely different locations. Every level, like a new game. Good stylized animation. Especially when you are standing. Grave like a death-dancer and gives 1000 of bullets to his enemies. All this comes along with a good story.

But every great game has drawbacks. Gungrave has them too. First of all - the duration. Gungrave is a very short game. 6 levels only. Just 1,5 hours of game-play. Like a good movie. Then comes unbearable difficulty. One small disadvantage is graphics. It's a great stylized cartoon graphics. But when you approach the enemies, you can see scarecity of polygons. But it happens very seldom. You always have to run and shot everybody. And a very little disadvantage is a monotonous game-play. Sometimes you could get tired of infinite action. That's all. But all of these minuses are nothing. You will enjoy Gungrave. And you will play again and again, because it has many endings and a dozen of special features (production arts, an exclusive making of (after third end), and more).

To conclude with I can say, that a great production design, good story, amazing characters, hi-octane game-play, stylized graphics and spectacular inter-mission movies make Gungrave the best action game of PlayStation 2 and the best action game of the world. My Grade is A.