Hard Edge
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| Developer(s) | Sunsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Sunsoft |
| Director(s) | Masayuki Takatsuji |
| Producer(s) | Yoshiaki Iwata |
| Programmer(s) | Hirokatsu Fujii |
| Composer(s) | Atsushi Takada |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hard Edge (ハードエッジ, Hādo Ejji), released in North America as T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group - Mission of Mercy (or simply T.R.A.G.), is a video game for the Sony PlayStation. It is an action-adventure game developed and published by Sunsoft.
Plot
The T.R.A.G. team infiltrate the Togusa building, which has been taken over by terrorists, and they attempt to take it back, as well as rescuing Prof. Kevin Howard, an important scientist who is a hostage of the terrorists.
Gameplay
The gameplay is somewhat similar to that of Resident Evil, with 3D characters moving across pre-rendered backgrounds most of the time.
Characters
There are 4 playable characters, each with a unique ability and also a different fighting style:
- Alex, is a member of T.R.A.G. who is able to use night vision goggles and fights using his pistol.
- Michelle is Alex's comrade, who fights with a knife.
- Rachel Howard is Professor Howard's daughter, who fights with tonfa batons. Her small size allows her to get in tight places.
- Burns Byford is a local detective who was searching for one of the terrorists, Gasshu. He fights with his fists. His strength allows him to move heavy objects that the other characters cannot.
Each character can be switched with another one almost anytime; in fact, if the characters are split into 2 teams, the player is able to explore 2 areas separately as well. It's notable that there aren't new weapons to be picked during the main game; instead those are obtained only as unlockables after the game's completion.
Release
The game was released in Japan on December 3, 1998 for the PlayStation game console.[1] In Japan, it was later re-released under the PlayStation the Best label in 2000, as well as the value 1500 label in 2001.[1] The game was released emulated on the PlayStation Network as a PS one Classic in Japan on March 29, 2007.
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 59%[2] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Game Informer | 7.5/10[4] |
| GameSpot | 5.9/10[3] |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |   [5] |
| neXt Level | 70%[6] |
| play: Playstation | 8/10[7] |
| Video Games | 69%[8] |
| Mega Fun | 84/100[9] |
| M! Games | 68/100[10] |
| Game On! | 1/5 |
| Joypad | 5/10[11] |
The game received an average score of 58.80% at GameRankings, based on an aggregate of 5 reviews.[2]
Gamespot gave it a score of 5.9 out of 10.[3]
Game Informer gave it a 7.5.[4]
neXt Level 5/99 70%[6]
play: Playstation 4/99 8/10[7]
Video Games 5/99 69%[8]
Mega Fun 5/99 84/100[9]
PSM Magazine 3/5
M! Games 68/100.[10]
French magazine Game On gave it 1/5 score.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b "ハードエッジ [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Hard Edge for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Mielke, James (1999-05-25). "T.R.A.G. Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ^ a b "Game Informer Magazine - Review". 2000-05-27. Archived from the original on 2000-05-27. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ^ MacDonald, Mark (May 1999). "T.R.A.G." Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 2, no. 8. Ziff Davis. p. 85. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ a b T. Partetze, Von (May 1999). "Test PlayStation: Hard Edge". neXt Level (in German). p. 70.
- ^ a b "Test Screen: Hard Edge". play Playstation (in German). April 1999. pp. 132–133.
- ^ a b "Test: Hard Edge". Video Games (in German). May 1999. p. 99.
- ^ a b "Test: Hard Edge". Mega Fun (in German). May 1999.
- ^ a b Stuchlik, Thomas (1999-04-30). "Hard Edge - im Test (PS)". MANIAC.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Zapp: Cotton Original". Joypad (in French). No. 87. France. June 1999. pp. 160–161.
- ^ "Critiques: Hard Edge". Game On (in French). No. 2. France. July–August 1999. p. 108.