Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters
| Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters | |
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 European PlayStation Vita box art | |
| Developer(s) | Toybox Inc. |
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| Director(s) | Shuho Imai[1] |
| Producer(s) | Tomio Kanazawa[1] |
| Artist(s) | Chinatsu Kurahana[1] |
| Writer(s) | Shuho Imai[1] |
| Composer(s) | The Key Project[1] |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
| Release date(s) |
PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita Mato Kurenai Yuugekitai: Daybreak Special Gigs (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita)
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| Genre(s) | Adventure game, visual novel, strategy role-playing game |
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (魔都紅色幽撃隊 Mato Kurenai Yūgekitai) is a video game developed by Toybox Inc. for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It was originally released on April 10, 2014 in Japan by Arc System Works,[2] and was released in North America by Aksys Games on March 10, 2015. Additionally, NIS America released it in Europe on March 13, 2015.[3] An updated version with a reworked battle system, titled Mato Kurenai Yuugekitai: Daybreak Special Gigs, is released in Japan on November 26, 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita.[4]
The game includes adventure game and visual novel gameplay, as well as strategy role-playing elements.[5]
Reception
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Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 2 out of 5 score, and criticized the lack of explanations for many of the elements of the game, such as the icon-based system for responding to characters, while also praising the character animation.[7]
Erren Van Duine of PlayStation LifeStyle also disliked the lack of in-game explanations, but gave praise in particular to the art style, character animation, backgrounds, story, and the English localization, while criticizing the RPG segments for being too frustrating and luck-based; she gave the game a score of 8.5 out of 10.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Creator Introduction". NIS America. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ↑ Sal Romano (2014-07-04). "Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters coming to North America in 2015". Gematsu. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ↑ Jeffrey Matulef (2015-01-23). "Deadly Premonition dev's visual novel/RPG Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters dated for Europe". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ↑ http://gematsu.com/2015/08/tokyo-twilight-ghost-hunters-update-announced-ps4-ps3-ps-vita
- ↑ Brittany Vincent (2015-07-05). "Tell us how you really feel: Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters headed for North America". Destructoid. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/tokyo-twilight-ghost-hunters
- 1 2 Estrada, Marcus (13 March 2015). "Review: Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters". Hardcore Gamer. Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- 1 2 http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/03/11/tokyo-twilight-ghost-hunters-review-gonna-call-ps3/
- ↑ http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2015/03/review-tokyo-twilight-ghost-hunters.html