JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future

 Xbox
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Feb 25, 2002
User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 145 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 122 out of 145
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 145
  3. Negative: 16 out of 145
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  1. ProducerD.
    Mar 4, 2003
    7
    Great graffix, fun game. VERY annoying gameplay and player control.
  2. AK
    Nov 17, 2002
    7
    It's really annoyin sometimes thats y it doesn't get a ten. other than that its amazing.
  3. Yuri_Yslin
    Aug 15, 2021
    5
    An uneven game. It does bring interesting art and gameplay concept, but often fails to execute. Some parts of it - like the hyped Death Ball (whole chapter 5) - are just laughable. You get ahead and you win. You repeat that three times and that's it. Makes me really wonder if anyone playtested this game.

    Soundtrack has some cool tunes, some meh tunes, and that one absolutely obnoxious    An uneven game. It does bring interesting art and gameplay concept, but often fails to execute. Some parts of it - like the hyped Death Ball (whole chapter 5) - are just laughable. You get ahead and you win. You repeat that three times and that's it. Makes me really wonder if anyone playtested this game.

    Soundtrack has some cool tunes, some meh tunes, and that one absolutely obnoxious track with some girl screaming off tune to a crappy beat (chapters 2 and 4), it made me mute the TV every time it started playing.

    The fights with Police were braindead, the Tag races... I mean, you can just wait in one spot and spray them as they pass by, and you'll still win. There's so much wrong with this game. And the extreme repetitiveness of it (enter a level, spray all tags, do a race or fight Police, rinse repeat) really makes you bored at times.

    But at the same time, the actual races (not the ones you're supposed to spray someone's back) are fun, and there's plenty of cool "platforming" in this game that makes you entertained.

    There is a lot of aspects to this game that are a nod to the "collectathons" of N64 times - there's a ton of things to explore for, unlock or beat. It's probably THE challenge of the game, because the storyline is just braindead easy, save some hard to find tags or difficult jumps. The difficulty is also very uneven, ie. in the final boss fight you have to do a series of jumps with perfect precision (hard as hell) and then fight one of the easiest bosses in video game history. Okay?

    I guess it's a love/hate kind of a title. You either love it, or you don't. I certainly didn't. It's not a bad game, but it's not a good game either. Which leaves it at 5/10.    … Expand
  4. Yojimbo2015
    Jun 17, 2023
    7
    Great looking cel shaded graphics and a cult soundtrack marks JSRF from the crowd in this graffiti-based rollerblading game. Cynics could point out it's just a dumbed-down version of Tony Hawk with self-consciously "cool" window dressing, but it is fun and worth it for the audio-visuals alone.

Awards & Rankings

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#10 Best Xbox Game of 2002
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#2 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2002
31
#31 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2002

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Game Over Online
    84
    A solid, entertaining game that delivers a high sense of speed and adrenaline.
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  2. Total Video Games
    80
    A game caught in confusion, in one aspect Smilebit have tried to speed up the gameplay and streamline it, yet in removing the time limit and cops that said immediacy is completely lost, what’s the point in whizzing around all of the levels if you have all the time in the world.
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  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    77
    A beautiful game...The problem, though, is that Smilebit is guilty of design overkill, and it negatively affects the overall experience. [Apr 2002, p.142]
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