G-Police

I bought this for 12.00 not even knowing what it was. This is such a cool game. I'm no gaming expert at all but I favor the PS1 games. Definitely a should if you dont already have it.

This game brings back so many memories. I traded my friend Wild Arms for it and I think I made a good choice. G-Police was released for PS1 in 1997 so anyone buying it now is buying for nostalgic purposes just like me. I played this game constantly as a kid and finally beat it after like a year! Back then the graphics were awesome and the music and voice overs really put you in the game. I love futuristic, dystopian stuff so this was right up my alley.

One of the best games played. Old classic. Would recommend to anyone. Graphics and game play are very very good.

Good graphics along with the action great game to play.

G Police was released in 1997 by Psygnosis, a company owned by Sony at the time. Psygnosis was responsible for many of the great games and also partly responsible for causing the first Sony PlayStation to be the first video game console to enter the mainstream. It made some of that console's best and most remembered games including G Police, WipeOut XL (a.k.a. Wipeout 2097), Colony Wars, Destruction Derby, Formula 1, and Rollcage Stage 2, all of which were titles that would either start a series of sequels, or were sequels in an existing franchise. And, this company was one of the first to popularize sequel franchises in the video game medium.The great thing about a few of these titles were how complicated some of these games' plot lines were. This is especially true for G Police. G Police is one-part game and one-part movie, and both parts have a lot of suspense. It spends over ten minutes in telling its Blade Runner-esque plot before the first mission starts.Not all of these games had plots with any depth, and the popularity of one of these games, Colony Wars, can mostly be attributed to its Star Wars clichés.Luckily, G Police is the opposite: it is an original story feeling like it's right out of a detective story in the best noir film, and so it really applies that same genre of Blade Runner which is sometimes referred to as "future noir" or "gothic sci-fi." The imagery of the game reminds me of "the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles" that gives Blade Runner it's look, although this game is set in another place and even further into the future than that film. Also, a few of this game's images additionally evoke the essences of The Terminator, the first Robocop film, and the action film Blue Thunder--about a NYC police helicopter pilot who is told to test a military attack helicopter in NYC, a vehicle with state-of-the-art surveillance and a cloaking silence mode. Blue Thunder, with its conspiracy plot, is a thinking-man's action story; and, so is G Police.Actually, the story is the highlight of the game: I had to know what would happen next and where it would go. And, the game never disappointed me there, except in how fast those few intermittent scenes would unravel. To me, the missions were slightly too long and a little too hard and sometimes interfered with my loving desire to continue the plot. At one point, I would only play the game with the GameShark codes for unlimited ammunition; and, by the time I would get to see the inter-cut plot segments, the story seemed to unfold in too short a timespan. I actually recorded all of the segments on VHS so I could re-review them, because that's how quickly they move. I wanted a chance to study them, and by the time I got there, they were already over. To my recollection, there is no way to review those segments outside of the normal game play. So, if you play this game and have a keen interest in its worthy story, have your recorder ready!The actual game play is very good, especially considering how obsolete the processors of the PlayStation would be now. The game has a lot of complicated three-dimensional landscape graphics: it's like the megapolis of New York City. Of course, I suggest playing this game on the PlayStation 2 with the Texture Mapping on Smooth. You can change the settings to this by turning on the PS2 and clicking the triangle button twice from that first menu, which will bring you to the place where you can change Texture Mapping to Smooth. Doing this helps the visuals drastically! If you don't do this, the frame rate will drop severely during the action. But, how you would use GameShark codes for a PS1 game in a PS2, I don't know; but, maybe it's possible.Also, a lot of the story line unfolds during the game play, which is one of the more interesting elements about it. The movie plot developments reflect the in-game plot developments, and vice versa.Also, the game play is extremely innovative in adapting the story. Each planetary city is contained within a bubble of air, and these bubbles are connected through gates that act as interstate highways. Some subroutine missions will lead you to other areas, yet the focus is always maintained on the current mission. But, the affair is usually linear despite the freedom of movement you are given.I give this game a five-out-of-five stars. The only problems to me with it are based on the graphic limitations of the PlayStation and the game's difficulty which occasionally inhibited my interest. However, this game is extremely playable: the maneuvering controls feel great. The map system is intriguing and fresh because of the way the cities interconnect.The plot is probably THE BEST of any PlayStation game: a classic. The story and theme of corporate rule and the extinguishing of the government is an Orwellian theme which is reflected by the plot very closely. One of the main characters gets killed, and I remember how regretful I was, how much hope I lost in finding out if justice would ever be served in humanity's future, or if it would be dictated by corporate interest. It was like the death of a martyr: the regret is in the loss of universal justice, and of truth. It concerns all things, especially in a capitalist community. Games may have seemed childish before, but this game is one landmark of adulthood.

I played this a very long time ago on ps1. This game was ahead of its time... Very very very difficult. Awesome sound track aswell. It reminds me of Star gate star trek ish or being a pilot or rescue hero or something...or living under the dome.. The game should be remade to current day..Boy i remember a few difficult missions...game makes you panic and proceed cautiously..with the mix of music and race against timed missions i believe this game has like 35 missions.. and they were pretty severe.. all the people that have played this game will understand... Alot of concentration and coordination is required. " mission failed return to base" get use to hearing that with the cleanly orchestrated music music chord : o )

Great action plus great story line make an awesome game. G Police proves this formula is right. I bought G Police 2 before this one, and I have to say this one is harder than it's sequel for which I had to give 4/5 stars. Some missions are rather frustrating, but overall it's a great game.