Gungriffon Blaze

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GunGriffon Blaze
Gungriffon Blaze cover.jpg
North American version cover art
Developer(s) Game Arts
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: August 10, 2000
  • NA: October 26, 2000 [1]
  • EU: July 12, 2002
Genre(s) Vehicle simulation game
Mode(s) Single-player video game

GunGriffon Blaze (ガングリフォン ブレイズ, GanGurifon Bureizu) is a video game developed by Game Arts and published by Capcom and Working Designs in 2000, and by Swing! Deutschland in Europe in 2002 for PlayStation 2. The game was a launch title on the PlayStation 2 in North America.

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Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] Eric Bratcher of NextGen said, "If you can buy one mech game, [ Armored Core 2 ] will give you more for your money. But if you can afford two, this title is well worth your time." [14] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 33 out of 40. [8]

The game was a runner-up for "Action Game of 2000" Editors' Choice award at IGN 's Best of 2000 Awards for PlayStation 2, which went to TimeSplitters . [16]

Notes

  1. In Electronic Gaming Monthly 's review of the game, two critics gave it each a score of 7/10, and the other gave it 6.5/10.
  2. In GameFan 's viewpoint of the Japanese import, three critics gave it each a score of 70, 85, and 73.

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