how different is this game to jet set radio future

[HAL]

i remember playing jet set radio future for the xbox years ago, how similar is this game to that in terms of gameplay and story?

[Spicy Laowai]

Well, the first game (Jet Set Radio), is also known as Jet Grind Radio. Jet Set Radio Future is the sequel to it.

However, it's not a true sequel. JSRF is a remake of this game, with a few additions like remixing and such. Both games are good!

[CaucasianCrustacean]

JSR and JSRF are actually a bit more different from each other than you might think. Since it sounds like you're coming from playing JSRF, I'll mention the differences from that perspective. I haven't actually played JSRF myself, but i've seen gameplay of it and I think I can give you a decent answer based off of what I've seen.

+It's TONS more colorful. like - TONS.
+You can create your own graffiti, even import images as graffiti if you have the right program.
+It's actually on steam

-No boosting. Everything is based off of momentum rather than speed.

*Spray painting is a little bit different. instead of spraying three, five, or seven little sections in a row for large paintings, you need to perform certain joystick movements in order depending on the painting's size and your character's graffiti skill.
*Tricks are different too. They don't grant you any speed and you don't do tricks on command. Instead, you automatically get points off of grinding and you do tricks automatically after jumping while moving at a fast speed. Basically: If you're going downhill or going a decent speed on a rail, you need to jump to perform a midair trick.

I'm sure there's more i'm forgetting, but like I said, I haven't played JSRF myself (Correct me if I'm wrong on any of these points) I plan to in the near future. However, I'm pretty sure I covered some of the major differences. And don't worry, this game is still amazing. You won't be dissappointed if you've played JSRF before and liked it.

[TipTopChaos]

JSR has enemeies. JSRF has "boss battles" after free skating. Much less fun.

[HAL]

Originally posted by NukedHamster:

JSR has enemeies. JSRF has "boss battles" after free skating. Much less fun.

hmm i remember future having enemies too, and how you can graffiti on them to stop them

[HAL]

so far liking the game, however the music of jet set radio future is way better imo

[ScottOfCanes]

Considering that Future is the sequel, I much prefer that. I'm still willing to play JSR, but oh man, I don't think I'm gonna like the hard parts of this game (whatever they may be).

[Jetbird08]

Well a big difference is that JSR has a timer whereas I haven't seen timers in JSRF.

[TipTopChaos]

Originally posted by fred:

Originally posted by NukedHamster:

JSR has enemeies. JSRF has "boss battles" after free skating. Much less fun.

hmm i remember future having enemies too, and how you can graffiti on them to stop them

Yeah, after you covered enough tagging area the enemies would appear. Instead of constantly avoiding them like in the first one. I could be wrong though it's been so long since I played either of them. TILL NOW

[Primefusion]

The big difference is the controls for this game are far inferior to Future. Which means no command tricks to keep yourself from taking fall damage. No tricks to boost your speed on rails, or boost from spray cans. Also I noticed if you ram your face in a wall really fast you take damage which is lolz for somewhat realism but its annoying and you also trip if you fall like 3 inches of height for whatever reason.

Levels are not interconnected like sort of a world to explore like Future is. With levels feeling like a traditional choose this level and complete the objective sort of deal.

Graffiti in Future is streamlined while in the original you do joystick motions on the big graffiti tags.

The game is still fun regardless but if you played Future first like I did it's kind of annoying to play with the inferior controls. I still enjoy the gameplay and music and style of the game.

Also enemies are alot more of a threat in this game.