Jet Set Radio likes

Can generally be defined as rollerskating games, often with more of a focus on traversal than necessarily doing tricks (though tricks are usually included). Usually you'll know em when you see them. Gladly looking for suggestions, as they should be a nice warm-up before Bomb Rush Cyberfunk comes out this year for me (though I don't think I'll do write-ups for most).

Not including original Jet Set Radio or Future for obvious reasons

Not on IGDB:

Lock N Load [Dinosaur Games TBA?]

PO**M

Amen Breakers

Jamphibian

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Neon Tail
Neon Tail
Hover
Hover
Butterflies: Episode 1 - Rudies
Butterflies: Episode 1 - Rudies
Butterflies Episode 2: Getting Up
Butterflies Episode 2: Getting Up
Butterflies Episode 3: Welcome to the Jungle
Butterflies Episode 3: Welcome to the Jungle
Zineth
Zineth
Street Gears
Witchpunk
Witchpunk
Downtown Jam
Downtown Jam
Project Feline
Project Feline
FreeJack
FreeJack
Rollerdrome
Rollerdrome
Yanya Caballista City Skater
Yanya Caballista City Skater
Ollie King
Ollie King
Parcel Corps
Parcel Corps
Sunset Overdrive
Sunset Overdrive
Not too sure about this one, feel free to convince me otherwise
Varial
Varial
From the trailer alone on the Steam Page this looks like it has a lot of similarities but also has guns and giant boss fights? I'll have to check it out myself later, for now consider this a fringe case
Rolling Revolt
Rolling Revolt
This has a bit more melee combat than I expected so I'm considering this a fringe case until I get to try it out for myself. Could be convinced otherwise

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10 months ago

Was a parkour game rather than a rollerskating one, but Freejack Online's enter shtick was being a JSR rip - no idea if you can still play it though

10 months ago

I think Sega's "Ollie King" is definitely worth considering, for its aesthetic alone.

10 months ago

@87th Not to mention what is possibly Hideki Naganuma's best OST ever

10 months ago

I think Aggressive Inline is more a straight Tony Hawk's clone, mimicking its aesthetic, tone and focus. A decent game if you like that stuff, but I don't think it's any closer to JSR than more down to earth rollerblading games like Rolling and On A Roll.
Would Rollerdrome be worth considering? It doesn't match JSR's sense of style, but the cel shaded visuals and wallrides definitely feel inspired by it.

10 months ago

@87th: Thanks for the input, you've convinced me to leave Aggressive Inline off for now.

Rollerdrome is something that I had considered prior actually. It has more similarities to original Jet Set Radio than one would expect, given its arcade structure and optimization of routes once you get used to enemy spawn positions, locations to perform tricks to refill ammo, and token locations to maintain the combo chain as efficiently as possible. You're right that it doesn't match the exact JSR sense of style, but as you also brought up, the cel-shaded visuals and wallrides alongside the structure (to some degree) remind me a lot of JSR. I'll include it in for the time being.

10 months ago

Would something like Go Go Hypergrind for the Gamecube qualify?

10 months ago

@conman: I actually don't know much about Go Go Hypergrind at this time, I'll have to give it a trial run one of these days to see if the structure/gameplay feel close enough to JSR.

10 months ago

playing that one guy in overwatch is kind of like this


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