Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit

Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
Developer(s) FromSoftware
Publisher(s) From Software (JP), Ubisoft (WW)
Director(s) Masanori Takeuchi
Producer(s) Akinori Kaneko
Programmer(s) Kiwamu Takahashi
Platform(s) Xbox
Release
  • JP: July 25, 2002
  • NA: March 4, 2003

Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit is a video game developed by FromSoftware and published by Ubisoft, it is From Software's first game for the Xbox.

Story

In the year 2090, a new energy source is invented and a city is constructed to focus on the further development of this energy called Oliver Port. In response, a company called LugnalCorp utilizes this energy source for the development of conscious mecha known as ARKS (Artificial Reflexive Keneticoid). Due to the high industrial demand for the ARKs, LugnalCorp rushes the ARKs into production; after a while of operation, the ARKs rebel against their human operators and start their rebellion over Oliver Port. A team of fighter pilots is assembled to combat the renegade ARKs under the name of Murakumo.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings50.49%[1]
Metacritic48/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GameSpot3.4/10[3]
GameSpy58/100[4]
IGN4.5/10[5]
X-Play[6]

Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit received negative reviews upon release. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 48/100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[2] On GameRankings, the game holds a score of 50.49% based on 25 reviews.[1] GameSpot's Giancarlo Varanini described it as "one of the worst games to come out for the Xbox this year."[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit for Xbox". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Varanini, Giancarlo (March 27, 2003). "Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ Barnholt, Ray (March 30, 2003). "Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit (Xbox)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on June 18, 2003. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Justin (March 6, 2003). "Murakumo Review". IGN. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Hudak, Chris (April 2, 2003). "'Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit' (Xbox) Review". Extended Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on April 17, 2003. Retrieved September 16, 2018.


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