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Incredible No, Crisis Yes

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: February 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First you dance, then you run. IC is a game fueled by curiosity, as long as you don't blow your top. You never know what will happen next. First, dance in a parappa the rappa style button pressing to the beat of music that is really off beat. This game is clearly a japanese game poorly made into an English version. The character Yano has to dance, I don't know why. Then a wrecking ball hits the building and you have to run from it. It is quite difficult but once you get the hang of it, you progress. If you like weird story type games, you'll like IC.

Too hard to be fun

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was unable to get past the frustrating "Parappa" style first level so I can't recommend this game. After 20 minutes of not getting anywhere, I gave up and threw it away. (And I was able to beat "Parappa" so I know I'm not totally inept at this sort of game.) There's no difficulty option, nor is there a way to skip levels. Don't waste your time.

Funny, but flawed, big time

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: June 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was interested when I first saw Incredible crisis. It looked so funny I was imediatly hooked. After playing it on a demo disk I was ready to laugh and fall down while playing. Was I satisfied? Well...kinda. Incredible Crisis is a fun but flawed game that needs some serious tinkering before they come out with(I wont spoil it for those of you who have reached the ending). Let me say the good points first. First off this is the funniest game I have ever played, I fell down laughing many times, laughing untill my lungs hurt. The FMV sequences are well done and often the funniest parts of the game. The music is the best part of the game. It is incredibly addictive and you will find yourself humming the music hours after you stopped playing. Well thats all the good parts. Now for the bad parts. Incredible Crisis has 4 serious flaws that seriously inhabited my enjoyment of the game. The first flaw is that there is little replay value, except if you want to see all the FMVs a!gain (Which you cant watch once you finish the game, unlike the mini-games). The second isint that serious but whenever you want to load a game it seems that the game dosent want you to because it always places the cursur on the "Cancel" button. The third flaw is that your fingers will be mush after you finish this game(On the positive side, your fingers will be really strong). And finally the biggest flaw of all. This is way too hard. Some of these games are just insane in terms of difficulty. The elevator of doom, the back rubbing game, and (Shudder) the pound for pound and the Golden pig games. These can be so frusturating you will scream and rip your hair out. I'm talking Throw-your-controller-smash-the-TV-obliterate-the-game-disk frusterating. Still this is a OK game that is more worthy of a rental then a purchase.

The Good:Lots of funny moments, interesting graphics, good music, some entertaining games

The bad: Really puts a strain on fingers

And the! Ugly: INCREDIBLY difficult

Incredible Frustration!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was real excited to get this game but playing it I could hardly pass the first stage, This game is harder than Gundam: Zeonic Front and less satisfying upon completion. I've had this game for a year and it just takes that long to beat it. Really rent this one before deciding to buy it.

Memorable lunacy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 17
Date: January 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

"Incredible Crisis" strikes me as being more like a book or a movie than the typical game. Most games you'll play until you've mastered the skill-set and achieved all the internal goals (like unlocking characters or seeing different endings), or until you grow bored with them.

"Incredible Crisis" is more like a crazy movie, so inventive that you're enchanted with the question of "what happens next".

The story involves a Japanese family trying to get home early for Grandma's birthday. Along the way they'll face construction accidents, explosions, terrorists, aliens, etc., in situations so bizarrely contrived they have to be seen to be believed.

It's not really about the gameplay -- the dozens of mini-games are simple affairs, sometimes consisting of just pushing the buttons really really fast. The simplicity is a good idea here, since the appeal is the crazy story, not the gameplay. It would be bad narrative if you had to play a mini-game 10 or 20 times to get past it.

The upbeat soundtrack by the "Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra" nicely compliments the delightfully whacked story.

The game has a very Japanese flavor and you have to be open-minded and willing to be won over to enjoy it. Put another way, if you like watching "Iron Chef" on TV's Food Network (either for camp value or in sincere awe), you'll probably like Incredible Crisis. On the other hand, if the last two games you played had the words "Twisted Metal" or "Tomb Raider" in their titles, then you are probably waaaay too mainstream to get into this one.

The Anti-Mario

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was shocked to see a US release of Incredible Crisis because the game is just so strange and chock full of Japanese humor. It's hardly the type of game someone who has been raised on a steady diet of cutesy mascot-driven platformers would understand, much less embrace.

But there's a lot to like about IC, which is a series of mini-games that range from finger-numbing button mashers to memory and timing tests. The gameplay can be challenging at times but, there are enough slapstick gags and pop culture references to keep you from getting mad.

Thankfully, Titus had the guts to localize IC virtually in tact, Japanese ska soundtrack and all.

This game rules!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

There are many good things about this game but a few bad. On the upside it is funny without ripping anything off. It boasts of sheer playability and will last you a for a while. On the downside the graphics are very stringy and some levels are almost impossible for lesser gamers.

Hard to beat and Hard tp put down

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is the definition of a button masher.
It is hard. But if you stick with it you will be
rewarded. It is very unique and quirky and at a
bargain bin price you can't pass it up. Good Game

awsome game... and i only played the demo!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

let me start out by saying, i have played the demo at least 10 times now and i still play it, i plan on getting it soon when i get some money, but for now i will stick with the demo, such a fun and replayble game, for me anyway. and the cutscenes are the best they are great looking and funny, the jap language yells used in the game are great to "yewehhhh" don't know if that is how you spell it, but i know how to say it. i love this game, i want a sequel dangit!

A worthy addition to any collection

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I remember playing this demo when I was younger and laughing harder than I had ever laughed while playing a game before. I forgot about this game for a solid ten years or so and randomly saw it online. I decided it's cheap and read some reviews and decided to go ahead and order it. As soon as I put this game in, I was laughing.

The graphics are a little dated, but I can generally get past that. The gameplay has a lot of variety, many different mini games that last longer than current microgames in the Wario Wares, WTF, and Mario Party styles. Most of the games are pretty good, but a few (stretcher steering) can be a little annoying.

The story is great, an intertwining story of this goofy family with slapstick humor showing how everything that can possibly go wrong will. This is a great game to pop in with a couple friends around to just hang out and pass the controller around for a good laugh.

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