#BOMB RUSH CYBERFUNK TEAM REPTILE FULL#
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk incorporates everything that made Jet Set Radio so memorable - it relies on a cel-shaded art style to deliver striking visuals, features an original soundtrack full of catchy tunes, and throws in a super charismatic cast of characters to zip around the city & tag graffiti with.Īs you zip around various metro locales on your inline skates, skateboard, or BMX bike, you'll be tasked with painting graffiti around it until your raise your REP to the point where you can challenge that area's local crew. The studio is going all-in on a game that pays homage to its inspirations in every way, shape, and form. It's clear that they took notice of the Jet Set Radio fanbase that cried out for a new game and lamented Sega's non-usage of the IP in any meaningful way. That game is Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.Įnter Team Reptile. And as the creatives behind the super flashy and inventive game known as Lethal League Blaze, it makes all the sense in the world for them to throw their weight behind a project that's a love letter to Jet Set Radio. Independent game development studio Team Reptile is cooking up something incredible that evokes memories of a classic Sega franchise that's only gotten two installments, sadly. The enjoyment that comes from playing games that revisit the winning concepts of dormant IPs while mixing in its own flavor to stand out is simply unmatched. Some of the best examples of successful spiritual successors include BioShock (the spiritual successor to System Shock 2), Undertale (the spiritual successor to EarthBound), and Stardew Valley (the spiritual successor to Harvest Moon). HINT FOR SEGA: If you don't respect your legacy, someone else will (or at least try to as we have seen with Taxi Chaos).The term spiritual successor gets thrown around a lot in the world of gaming.Īnd that ongoing trend has been kept intact due to a wealth of inspired development studios that go out of their way to create something entirely new yet familiar that harkens back to the greats of the past.
“You will encounter a lot of weirdos,” Team Reptile promises.Īs heard in today’s trailer, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk will feature new music from composer Hideki Naganuma, the composer behind Jet Set Radio and Jet Set Radio Future’s iconic soundtracks. Team Reptile describes its new game as offering “1 second per second of highly advanced funkstyle.” Players will create a custom cypher composed of chunky, colorful polygons and will “dance, paint, trick, face off with the cops and stake your claim to the extrusions and cavities of a sprawling metropolis in an alternate future.” Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, the stylish, Jet Set Radio-influenced action-graffiti game from developer Team Reptile, is coming in 2022 to “all relevant platforms.” (That definitely includes Steam.) A new trailer for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk released Wednesday shows that people with access to relevant platforms should be excited, especially if they have a fondness for Dreamcast-era visuals.
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