Red Steel (Wii)

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Description

Taking place in both the USA and Japan, Red Steel is a crime themed shooter that has the player controlled Scott Monroe fighting off various members of the Yakuza clans in order to rescue his fianceé.

It features sword duels and gun fights using the Wiimote, to allow the player to swing the control as they would swing a sword. The positioning and movement actions of the Wiimote also let the player aim their weapons almost as they would a real gun.

Not only must the player fight off many clan leaders, but the option is often given to spare lives of the enemy. This is wise as it leads the player gaining more friends, rather than more opponents in the future if the Scott is seen to be dishonorable.

It is up to Scott to hopefully gain allies and uncover the reasons for his financeé's kidnapping.

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Alternate Titles

• "Reddo Sutīru" -- Japanese title
• "レッドスティール," -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: UnrealEngine2
• Physics Engine: PhysX
• Red Steel series

User Reviews

Fun for fans of light-gun genre, yet not of Samurai Shodown.	Minter064 (26)
Excellent New-Gen fps (with some dodgey sword play)	Ynda (18)

The Press Says

Gamezine	Dec 10, 2006	16 out of 20	80
N-Zone	Jan 20, 2007	80 out of 100	80
Games Master	Dec, 2006	79 out of 100	79
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network	Nov 20, 2006	79 out of 100	79
eToychest	2006	78 out of 100	78
games xtreme	Jan 04, 2007	7 out of 10	70
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Dec 12, 2006	6 out of 10	60
Retroage	Sep 12, 2011	5.7 out of 10	57
Lawrence	Jan 02, 2007	5.1 out of 10	51
1UP	Nov 18, 2006	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

In the real world, the Japanese organized crime community known as the Yakuza almost always go to a lot of trouble to cultivate the appearance of charitable, polite and reasonable businessmen. Since almost everybody does what that Yakuza members politely advise them to do, there is almost never any need for violence, and only a very small fraction of the Yakuza follow any kind of ultranationalist or other far-right ideology. Each Yakuza extended family has its leader, whose title is "Oyabun", or "elder brother," -- the same name is used to refer to the combat knife belonging to the character "47" in the Hitman franchise of games.

The term for the group itself derives from "ya-ku-sa", a losing combination of numbers rolled in gambling. This is left over from the fact in medieval times, Japan's military government tended to hire certain con artists who were among the forerunners of today's Yakuza. During times of economic depression, the con men would be sent to gamble with day laborers on public works projects. In exchange for a commission fee, the swindlers returned some of the government's money!