Death Crimson OX
Is a light gun shooting game developed by Ecole Software. It was released in arcades in 2000 then ported to the Dreamcast console in 2001 (published by Sammy Entertainment), several months after Sega had dropped support for the console. The game was also released as Guncom 2 in Europe and Death Crimson OX+ in Japan on the PlayStation 2.
Also recorded as Death Crimson
Death Crimson OX
- Date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ecole Software
- Genre
- action game · first-person shooter · light-gun shooter
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Is a light gun shooting game developed by Ecole Software. It was released in arcades in 2000 then ported to the Dreamcast console in 2001 (published by Sammy Entertainment), several months after Sega had dropped support for the console. The game was also released as Guncom 2 in Europe and Death Crimson OX+ in Japan on the PlayStation 2.
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Key facts
• Title — Death Crimson OX • Developer — Ecole Software • Publisher — Dreamcast PlayStation 2 • Producer — Yoshiyuki Manabe • Designer — Shinya Sawada • Programmer — Takaaki Umezu • Artist — Sachiko Akasaka • Writer — Manako Ihaya • Composer — Masafumi Ogata Kaoru Mizuki Yūki Kisaragi • Platforms — Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 • Released — ArcadeOctober 2000Dreamcast8 August 2001PlayStation 2 • Genre — Light gun shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Sega NAOMI
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot. The game can be played with either a standard controller or a light gun.
Development
Development
Death Crimson OX was developed by Ecole Software.
Series
Series
The first game in the series, Death Crimson, was released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn. A sequel, Death Crimson 2: Meranito no Saidan, was released in 1999 for the Dreamcast. Both games were exclusive to Japan. Death Crimson 2 received an English fan translation patch in 2024.
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Death Crimson OX is associated with Japan.
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Reception
The Dreamcast version received "generally unfavourable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. GameSpot described it as a second-rate House of the Dead clone. IGN cited a confusing storyline, poor visuals, and new gameplay mechanics which prevent the game from offering any sort of challenge. Game Informer said that it "gives you plenty of targets, but no real reason to keep pulling the trigger." Eric Bratcher of NextGen called it "A typical gun game with typical gun game problems: It's too short, too redundant, and too similar to everything else out there. Only the NRA would lobby for this one." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40. Also in Japan, Game Machine listed the arcade version in their 1 January 2001 issue as the thirteenth most-popular dedicated arcade game of the year 2000.
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- 1.Famitsu DC. Chapter 5 - NAOMI & NAOMI 2 - デスクリムゾン オックス. Enterbrain. 169. 15 February 2002. 9784757707900.
- 2.Akagi, Masumi. エコールソフトウェア (Ecole Software); セガ社 (Sega). アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005). Amusement News Agency. 18, 39. 13 October 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 3.Death Crimson OX. IGN.
- 4.SoftBank Creative. NAOMI: Death Crimson OX. Dreamcast Magazine. 91. 150–51. 10 November 2000.
- 5.Enterbrain. Death Crimson OX. Monthly Arcadia. 8. 58–59. January 2001.
- 6.SoftBank Creative. Death Crimson OX. Dreamcast Magazine. 109. 54–55. 30 March 2001.
- 7.Fandom. Death Crimson OX. Metacritic.
- 8.Sakai, Kata. NEW GAME CROSS REVIEW: デスクリムゾンOX (ドリームキャスト). Famitsu. Enterbrain. 648. 33. 18 May 2001.
- 9.FuncoLand. Death Crimson OX. Game Informer. 104. 113. December 2001.
- 10.Shoemaker, Brad. Death Crimson OX Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006]. GameSpot. Fandom. 30 August 2001.
- 11.Ross, Max. Death Crimson OX (Dreamcast). GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. 17 August 2001.
- 12.IGN staff. Death Crimson OX. IGN. Ziff Davis. 22 August 2001.
- 13.Bratcher, Eric. Death Crimson OX (DC). NextGen. Imagine Media. 84. 112. December 2001.
- 14.SoftBank Creative. Weekly Dreamcast Soft Review - デスクリムゾンOX. Dreamcast Magazine. 114. 19. 11 May 2001.
- 15.Amusement Press, Inc. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos). Game Machine. 625. 21. 1 January 2001.
- 16.Handley, Zoey. Obscure Dreamcast lightgun game Death Crimson 2 receives fan translation. Destructoid. Gamurs. 14 February 2024.
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