If anything, Jet Set Radio’s graphics are bright. Jet Set Radio’s core gameplay returns without any changes, but that also brought back the slightly annoying controls. Character movement is also really loose so changing directions in very easy, but try and use precise controls and you may have a problem. There was a problem with the controller recognizing the patterns that the game required, causing the loss of the combination for the score. The larger the tag, the more patterns you have to complete. Using a controller, you have to use the analog stick to perform patterns to complete tags. The controls in Jet Set Radio still prove to be a challenge. Also if you do not finish tagging an area by the time limit, you also fail the level. You have a life bar in Jet Set Radio that falls each time you are hit by the police or vehicles that drive around each area. Tokyo-to’s police force is also out to stop you from tagging each area and send out SWAT police to stop you.
This is accomplished by skating around levels and spraying your tag over theirs to claim the area.Įach level contains a time limit to completely tag the area. The fictional city of Tokyo-to is broken up into individual levels, and you have to expand your gang’s territory by defending your turf and expanding into other rival group’s areas. With buttons to jump, sprint, and tag with spray paint, combined with directional and camera controls, Jet Set Radio does not require a lot of button memorization. Since the original Dreamcast controller has a lot less buttons than current generation controllers, you could consider Jet Set Radio a simple game to play.