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Fun and addictive gameplay, except for one flaw...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game all in all is fun! Graphics are awesome, and the gameplay makes you want to play it without a break. However, one thing made me a little ticked...trying to get away from the cops. That's about the only pain in the butt there is to the game, but it does get your heart pumping. It's one of the Dreamcast's greatest games! I also suggest: Shenmue, Soul Calibur, Crazy Taxi, Sonic Adventure and Skies of Arcadia. If you don't buy this game, you're missing out.

Stylish, But Not That Fun...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I purchased my SEGA Dreamcast not too long ago, the first game I had in mind was Jet Grind Radio. Word of mouth said it was a stylish, fun, innovative game and well worth the purchase.

Well, that's only partially true.

See, while this game is very cool and stylish (with nice cel-shaded graphics and interesting character design, as well as fitting music and sound of acceptable - though not exceptional - quality), and undeniably innovative (the spray paint mechanics are original), it's just not that fun. Here's why.

When I started playing, I was expecting something far more fast-paced. But your character moves at a disappointingly-slow speed. Also, the spray painting system, while fun at first, becomes boring and somewhat irritating. It's no fun to have to repeat the same actions over and over again, and nothing is worse than being shot at while your in the middle of tagging a building or sidewalk.

I would only recommend this game to someone who was interested in studying its cool and bold art style, or a die-hard SEGA fan, but to everybody else: borrow it if you have the chance (assuming you have a friend with a Dreamcast). If you can't borrow it, Just forget about it.

Good game....its a must play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is hands down one of the best games i've ever played. Sega dreamcast may be dead, but the games still live on. This game is a definite must for anyone who owns one. Whether its the cel shaded graphics, ingenius story line, or creative gameplay, this game owns.

3/5

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First of all I'm going to say this game is awesome I would have given it a 5 but there are a few little problems I had with it. I'm still going to say that if you have a Dreamcast go try and find this game. If you don't have a Dreamcast but you see a copy of Jet Grind Radio and you have a few extra bucks pick up the system and this will be one of the only games you will need in fact so far it's the only game that I own.(I bought it for $10 Canadian and I'm not sure what the exchage rates are right now.)

The best sega dreamcast game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this game and after I played it thought it was even better
than tony hawk games...you can preform tricks just by pressing the "A" button...once you get used to it you could be as good as
me...I've beati'n the game about 200 times!theres only 16 levels
but their hard!!!

An eyeful of artistic wonder

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Rating:A
While the Sega Dreamcast will always be known for its niche following of specific licenses, and projects that were well thought out but never received the commercial accolade they so deserved, it is by sifting through the grains of sand and finding specific games of this long gone system that we find a hugely underrated, and classic game in the wake of Jet Grind Radio. Featuring a cast of characters that never seems to get old and the continuous joy of tagging graffiti and running away from the police becomes increasingly more enjoyable as you collect graffit souls that open up newer and bigger tags. While I personally prefer the quicker pace of Future, don't let that fool you into tinking this game is not as enjoyable, it's just not as polished, and as quick paced. In this iteration, spray-painting is accomplished by doing motions on the controller similar to StreetFigthers fireball motions, etc. The music is as equally impressive as the visual style, which at the time of this games release was one of the original titles to featre cel-shading, a technique employed just recently to Capcom's Killer 7, with excellent results. Perhaps a game like this deserves to stay as an underground success, but it is unfortanate that we will probably never see a third game in this excellent series, after the lukewarm sales of JSRF. Oh well though, at least we've got the two games, but who knows maybe one day SmileBit will grace us with another excellent entry into this forgotten artistic masterpiece of a game.

The best Dreamcast game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Jet Grind Radio is not your average skating game and that's what I love about this game. It's hip, it's new and fresh something that's has never bin done before. Jet Grind is not only a terrific Dreamcast game but it simply one of the best Dreamcast games next to Shenmue and Soul Calibur. The game is an instant classic that no one with a Dreamcast should miss out on. The game is extreamly original and a very underrated gem, heck this is better then the Tony Hawk series. It has a pretty cool story. You're are the GG's a skate gang that pretty much takes over other groups of skaters turfs and to make matters worse you are being chased by a ruthless cop and his minions(AKA swat teams)and Tanks, Helicopters and so on. This game unlike the sequal JET SET RADIO FUTURE is more challenging because it has a timer. The games level desighn just keep getting better and better and the best part about this game is.....THE MUSIC. This game has the best music next to Metal Gear Solid. The music will really get you into this game which if really awesome. The game is also pretty original cause you can spray grafiti on walls, trash cans, windows ect. And no game has ever pulled this off but this game is Cell shaded and is very well done. Every character and level is so well desighned that your mouth will be drooling in such amazment. Put simply...the visuals in this game are amazing. I'm going to make this short and sweet.

PROS
-This game has extreamly addicitve gameplay
-The cell shading in this game is absolutley amazing~
-Very Original and ten times better then the rest of those Skating games..

-The Characters compared to the enviroment look nothing alike which gives the game some flavor..

-BEST MUSIC EVER! This game has some really awesome tracks inculding Rob Zombies "Dragula"

Cons...
-.............Nothing

Overall Jet Grind Radio lives up to my opinion as the best game for the Dreamcast and is highly original very addictive. It has sweet cell shaded visuals which even put games like Zelda Wind Waker to shame. The game is a bit of challenge with the Timer and everthing.. Overall Jet Grind Radio screams Originality and awesome....

Final Verdict.. This game truly deserves its

5 out of 5 stars

And I'm sticking to it......Jet Grind Radio is....AMAZING..

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An Awesome Adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Jet Grind Radio is an awesome fast paced game, with only one real disadvantage. This disadvantage is that some people may hit a point where they are just not skilled enough to do what has to be done, or it becomes difficult to figure out what has to be done in order to finish that level, and then you have to repeat the level over and over until you can get it right, but this can get annoying when you have some crazy law enforcement people/things chasing you while you are trying to do something challenging. One way that I have found to minimize this problem is, after failing a mission 3 or 4 times, stop for the day, and come back the next day and try again. This way you don't get too angry, and just stop playing.
Overall the game is definently worth it's cost, and, along with maybe 2 or 3 other solid games, makes it worthwhile to get a dreamcast, even though the system is so old, and many of it's games are on other systems.

Great graphics, sound and repeaitive gameplay all in one

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Fun for a while but got boring when you realise that its the samething over and over and over. A little more variety and some 2 player options would have made Jet Grind Radio a lot better.

Yet again the curse of many Dreamcast games has hit...its only fun for a while, no lasting appeal or repay value.

GOOD GAME!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game puts you into a new world of color and music. You will feel like you are in a music video. This has really good music, and the animation is the greatest. Not to mention that spray painting is very cool, and they do it in beat with the music.

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