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BAM comes through with Bujingai

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: June 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Having played the import and BAM's US version of Bujingai, I can say that the US version keeps most all of the Gackt goodness of the import version. The only main difference are the cutscenes are dubbed in English.

In my opinion it is virtually impossible to find better voice actors than they have in Japan, but BAM did manage to find some decent voice actors. The decision to dub was one that took much consideration by BAM, who did not want to offend Gackt's US fans. The choice to dub was only made because it was not technically feasible for BAM, to add subtitles and offer dual language audio. Bujingai is a single layer DVD5, and is right at the size maximum.

As for the in game sound, all of the Gackt voice samples are intact, along with the rocking Zuntata soundtrack. The soundtrack, by the way, is available separately as an import on the Zuntata Records music label. The extras you ask? They are all there, including the alternate Gackt costume, and the beautifully subtitled video extras.

I find that many reviewers are bothered by the rather unique storyline of Bujingai. The game's story doesn't seem all the strange, if you consider that Gackt Camui claims he was born on July 4, 1540, and yes as some have suggested Gackt didn't have a happy childhood. BAM really did a great job of preserving Gackt in all his glory. Don't get me wrong, even without Gackt this is one heck of a beautiful game, but Gackt just makes it all the more beautiful. Having purchased the import version, would I buy BAM's US version? I sure would, since you can never have too much Gackt Camui.

very short beet it in 2 days!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love this game! in all the levels you can mostly go anywhere chop down any thing and run on any thing!yep you can run on walls(just like in the matrix!) allthough they could have changed a couple of things to make it better.lou wong looks like a girl i rented this game and i was abou to take it back into the video store until i read about his character in the instruction manual and he was a boy!(thankgoodness!!) and the other thing is that lou of all charcters dosn't talk! he just makes little grunting noises,and i beet the game in two days!

PLAY NOW!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't know how many people have ever heard of this game. I surely hadn't and only discovered it through my obsession with Gackt-sama, who happens to play the role of the protagonist Lau. I just got this game yesterday and I am completely in love with it! I only regret not hearing about it sooner.

To start off, the game is beautiful- the character designs, the environments. The music, both relaxing or blood pumping, depending on what you are doing in the game at the time, fits the overall feel of the game very well. The movements you perform while fighting are not only beautiful in their elegance and grace, but they look cool and are a lot of fun to do. Yes, this is what you would call a button masher, but it feels rewarding to see it executed on screen. There are a variety of moves you can do both on the ground and in the air ranging from kicks and spins, to shooting a ball of fire and creating a powerful whirlwind. Lau can even scale walls and glide.

The story is decent, although I've chosen to spend more time killing things than progressing with the storyline. I've heard this game described as a mix between God of War and Devil May Cry, and I wholeheartedly agree. At the end of each level, you are ranked on a basis of style, timing, the amount of orbs you've collected (for upgrading Lau and making him stronger), and such. The tutorial of movements and combat at the beginning of the game is thorough, clear, and can even be viewed multiple times in case you forget something. There is also an area where you can practice your moves on a training dummy.

In addition to playing the game, there are dozens of unlockable features, such as movies of interviews and motion captures.

This is such a wonderful game and I encourage you all to play it. For only $20, how can you possibly go wrong?? I hope this review was helpful. XD

Will they stop delaying this game?!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: July 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been waiting patiently for this game since may, and it still hasen't come out. however, the game looks intriguing enough to wait a little bit longer. Crazy action, hyper fast paced music, and whacky lightshows all come together to make it look like a pretty addictive game. I just hope it actually comes out before Christmas.

Mweh

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 16
Date: August 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I haffen't actually played the game, but I've sat for hours reading other sites reviews, and the translated official site, and watching all the videos you can download from the site. Needless to say, I love it to death and back. I even managed to convince my dad that this single game was worth the money its selling for, and worth the money to buy the ps2. That is, once the ps3 is out and the ps2 is a bit cheaper.
I absolutely love everything i've every seen about this game.

one of the best i have played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is really cool. Its got lots of fun things to unlock and a intresting story. Bujingai is probably one of the most beautiful games i have ever played and its action packed.

Best button smasher yet.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: August 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yes, this game is essentially a button smasher, but it's a very good one. The music is fabulous, the graphics are beautiful, and it's got great control. It still has some elements of Japanese in it, which I personally like. Overall, it's a very fun game, and I would reccomend it to anybody.

Hack and Slash

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: August 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well I bought this game in a day. I was browsing Gamespot and tumbled upon a video of this game, the next day I saw it at a local store so I bought it. It's a fairly easy game and mostly you just Press your way to the end. You only have to hit 2 buttons to attack.

The only major problem people have is the hero. He really looks like a girl... Swordplay is colorfull (strikes of blue and green) and blurry... as if the air around the blades moved. Not really worth this much, wait for around 20-30.

Great hack'n'slash

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As other reviews pointed out - not much depth, but extremely fun. You can get by by just hitting the attack button, but there's more to it if you choose to make it more complicated. For example by learning how to do magic reversals, you can finish off bosses much faster then by hacking away at it.

Great Graphics, lots of style, some elements of puzzle-solving. Great game. I would wait for the price drop, though.

Boy, Gackt = INSTANT SALES.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game Bujingai is interesting. It has Easy mode and Normal mode (I'm not sure about a Hard mode... I wouldn't want to see that >_>). I started off playing it in Easy mode, and some parts made me wonder whether I was still playing in Easy mode. Especially some of the bosses. You really have to have good real-time playing skills, or else they'll be so fast and leave you behind to diiie.

The story and stage mode of Bujingai remind me very much of Chaos Legion. If you've played Chaos Legion, you've played Bujingai in some respect. However, that's not to say that Bujingai isn't a great game. The main character Lau uses two swords and a seriously punch-packing array of spells.

This game is minimalistic at best. Very short, but beautiful in it's execution. There's nothing too complicated (except maybe the gliding thing.. argh, that killed me) and that makes Bujingai have both stress relieving properties (hack and slash!) and a better replay value than some games.

There's also the unlockables. Every fitfh gold coin you collect you unlock something. The unlockable interviews, among other things alone are worth playing the game many times.

All in all, I recommend this game.

..Wow, I managed to go through this and not mention Gackt, once!

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