Emergency Heroes
Emergency Heroes is a 2008 mission‑based driving game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Barcelona and published by Ubisoft for the Wii.
Emergency Heroes
- Date
- 2008.
- Genre
- racing video game and vehicular combat game.
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Emergency Heroes is a 2008 mission‑based driving game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Barcelona and published by Ubisoft for the Wii.
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• Title — Emergency Heroes • Developer — Ubisoft Reflections Ubisoft Barcelona • Publisher — Ubisoft • Released — June 12, 2008June 13, 2008 • Genre — Driving • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Wii
Story
Story
The story follows Zach Harper, a former cadet of Emergency Heroes, a futuristic service that combines police, firefighting, and emergency medical roles. Harper leaves the program after his actions allegedly cause a fellow cadet's death. Captain Walters recalls him after the team is overwhelmed by a surge of disasters and crime in the city. Harper navigates San Alto's streets, extinguishing fires, rescuing citizens, clearing wreckage, and pursuing criminals.
Gameplay
Gameplay
The game is a driving title in which vehicles are controlled with the Wii's motion controls. As a first responder, the player completes missions by racing through various locations. Optional side activities are scattered throughout the map. Each mission uses a specific vehicle and requires different driving skills. For example, Rescue Buggies focus on jump‑based missions, while police missions take the form of car chases. The game features 12 rescue vehicle variants, including Police Pursuit, Police Road Clearance, Firefighter, and Rescuer; the remaining three are criminal vehicles. The game includes a two‑player mode.
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Reception
Emergency Heroes received negative reviews, earning a 45% score on GameRankings and a 41/100 rating on Metacritic. GameSpot rated the game 2.5 out of 10, describing it as "Terrible". They criticized the "sterile city", "repetitive missions", and "inconsequential plot", and wrote that neither the single‑player mode, described as a "slog through dull missions", nor the multiplayer mode was well‑designed. Eurogamer, which rated the game 5/10, noted that the controls were acceptable and that it might appeal to a "five year-old boy", but criticized the graphics, describing the environment as "like it belongs in a PSone game".
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- “Emergency Heroes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5370600: Emergency Heroes
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- 1.Magrino, Tom. Ubisoft issues call for Emergency Heroes. GameSpot. March 31, 2008.
- 2.Hatfield, Daemon. Ubisoft Declares Emergency Heroes. IGN. March 31, 2008.
- 3.GameRankings. Emergency Heroes for Wii.
- 4.Metacritic. Emergency Heroes for Wii Reviews.
- 5.Hayward, Andrew. Emergency Heroes. 1UP.com. June 2, 2008.
- 6.Gibson, Ellie. Wii Roundup (Page 2). Eurogamer. September 3, 2008.
- 7.Cocker, Guy. Emergency Heroes Review. GameSpot. July 1, 2008.
- 8.Zacarias, Eduardo. Emergency Heroes - WII - Review. GameZone. June 16, 2008.
- 9.Ronaghan, Neal. Emergency Heroes. Nintendo World Report. June 22, 2008.
- 10.Emergency Heroes Review. Official Nintendo Magazine. 86. July 2008.
- 11.Van Leuveren, Luke. Emergency Heroes Review. PALGN. June 20, 2008.
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