Death Crimson OX

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Death Crimson OX
Death Crimson OX arcade flyer.jpg
Developer(s) Ecole Software
Publisher(s)
  • Dreamcast
    PlayStation 2
Producer(s) Yoshiyuki Manabe
Designer(s) Shinya Sawada
Programmer(s) Takaaki Umezu
Artist(s) Sachiko Akasaka
Writer(s) Manako Ihaya
Composer(s) Masafumi Ogata
Kaoru Mizuki
Yūki Kisaragi
Platform(s) Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Release
2000
  • Arcade
    Dreamcast
    • JP: 10 May 2001
    • NA: 5 August 2001
    PlayStation 2
    • JP: 27 November 2003
    • EU: 10 December 2004
Genre(s) Light gun shooter
Mode(s)
Arcade system Sega NAOMI

Death Crimson OX [lower-alpha 1] is a light gun shooting game developed by Ecole Software. It was released in arcades in 2000 then ported to the Dreamcast console in 2001 (published by Sammy Entertainment), several months after Sega had dropped support for the console. It is the third game in the Death Crimson series, and the only one to be released outside Japan. The game was also released as Guncom 2 in Europe and Death Crimson OX+ (デスクリムゾン OX+, Desu Kurimuzon Okkusu+) in Japan on the PlayStation 2.

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Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot.

The game can be played with either a standard controller or a light gun.

Development

Death Crimson OX was developed by Ecole Software. [3] [4] [5]

Reception

The Dreamcast version received "generally unfavourable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [6] GameSpot described it as a second-rate House of the Dead clone. [9] IGN cited a confusing storyline, poor visuals, and new gameplay mechanics which prevent the game from offering any sort of challenge. [11] Game Informer said that it "gives you plenty of targets, but no real reason to keep pulling the trigger." [8] Eric Bratcher of NextGen called it "A typical gun game with typical gun game problems: It's too short, too redundant, and too similar to everything else out there. Only the NRA would lobby for this one." [12] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40. [7]

Also in Japan, Game Machine listed the arcade version in their 1 January 2001 issue as the thirteenth most-popular dedicated arcade game of the year 2000. [14]

Series

The first game in the series, Death Crimson, was released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn. A sequel, Death Crimson 2: Meranito no Saidan, was released in 1999 for the Dreamcast. Both games were exclusive to Japan. Death Crimson 2 received an English fan translation patch in 2024. [15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: デスクリムゾン OX, Hepburn: Desu Kurimuzon Okkusu

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