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Baldr Force | |
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Developer(s) | GIGA (Team Baldrhead) |
Publisher(s) | GIGA (Giga brand) (Win) Alchemist (DC, PS2) GIGA (TGL brand) (Win SE) |
Platform(s) | Dreamcast, Windows, PlayStation 2 |
Release | Baldr Force November 1, 2002 (Win) Baldr Force EXE January 24, 2003 (Win) October 28, 2004 (DC) April 7, 2005 (PS2) Baldr Force "Standard Edition" March 23, 2007 (Win) |
Genre(s) | action, adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Baldr Force is a 2D action-shooter game and eroge visual novel with fast action and detailed sprite characters. The game features a world in the not-so-distant future where humans are able to dive into the network, and fight using humanoid tools called "Simulacrum".
Baldr Force EXE adds the following:
The Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions removed the adult only scenes.
The PS2 version has a new voice casting, a new theme song, a new opening movie and a new cutscene. Hyper mode and time attack mode were also added to this version.
The Premium pack version, available at the PlayStation 2's rerelease, includes a mech figure. The Dreamcast Sega Direct online shop rerelease came with a Telephone card, poster and mech figure. [1]
It is the PC port of the PlayStation 2 version. However, the title song is still based on the original Windows games. It includes enhanced visuals.
An early order includes a full remake of the soundtrack CD.
As a hacker of the renowned hacking group "Steppenwolf", Tōru Sōma (相馬 透, Sōma Tōru) and his partners earn their living by hacking into servers and selling the information they steal.
As the last hacking before disbanding their group, they hacked into a military server, but soon they find this is a setup by the military to lure terrorists, and they were drawn into battle between two factions. At the end, one of Tōru Sōma's friends was killed by an unknown Simulacrum, while most other group members have been arrested. To investigate and avenge his friend's death, Tōru accepted the offer to join the military.
BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution | |
バルドフォース エグゼ レソリューション (Barudo Fōsu Eguze Resoryūshon) | |
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Genre | Action,mecha,virtual reality |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Takashi Yamazaki |
Produced by | Yasuyuki Ueda |
Music by | Takeshi Watanabe |
Studio | Satelight |
Licensed by | |
Released | October 11,2006 – April 4,2007 |
Episodes | 4 |
An OVA based on the game entitled,"BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution" was released on October 11,2006. The OVA consists of 4 episodes [3] and was directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Funimation licensed the OVA for North American distribution on July 21,2007,and it was released on May 20,2008,including all 4 episodes on one DVD. Funimation released the OVA under the name Baldr Force EXE,dropping "Resolution" from the title. The OVA's opening theme is "Face of Fact (Resolution Ver.)" by Kotoko,and the ending theme is "Undelete" by Mami Kawada.
An entire world exists unseen,a world that can be accessed only by the mind ... the Wired World. A place of freedom. And occasionally a place of death.
Tōru Sōma knows the land of the logged-in well,for he and his fearless gang of hackers once had the run of the place. But as tragedy came to call and the group disbanded,he was forced to join the ranks of FLAK;a military organization charged with protecting the hidden data paradise deep within the vast network of servers. Indentured into service and out for revenge,Tōru cannot let go of the dead of the past even as a ghost of the present takes shape.
Tōru with the loneliness and confusion of being trapped between two worlds,there is only one question ... What is reality?
It is a game included with Xross Scramble,which uses Baldr Force characters.
Helen McCarthy put "BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution" into the book 500 Essential Anime Movies and stated that "the story is simple,but has plenty of well crafted CGI action". [4]
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