New Review Posted: Firefighter F.D. 18

Daniel Weissenberger · 05-19-2004, 12:40 PM

Brad Gallaway Reviews Firefighter F.D. 18:

"What's going on with Konami? Their wavy-line symbol logo on a box used to mean that you could buy that game with complete confidence, knowing that no matter what it was, it would be a top-quality product good for hours and hours of playtime. These days, that peace of mind is long gone. Rather than guaranteed hits, we've been getting shabby things like the awful Cy Girls, the symphony of errors that was LifeLine, and the unbelievably bad Air Force Delta: Strike. Now comes Firefighter F.D. 18, and it's no better than its addled brethren. Originally spotted at last year's E3 Expo, I had hopes that Firefighter's unusual premise and dramatic cutscenes were the start of something good. I was wrong."

Read the whole review http://www.gamecritics.com/review/firefighter/main.php

QXZ · 05-24-2004, 12:08 AM

Great reading material, Brad. The only item in need of cleaning up is the Consumer Advice section -- since when does "enjoying brutal knockouts" have any relation to "saving lives as quickly as possible"?

Brad Gallaway · 05-24-2004, 12:14 AM

Thanks for pointing that out, i didn't notice that the Consumer Advice portion was incorrect. i'll get our crack errata staff on that... STAT!!!

QXZ · 05-24-2004, 12:23 AM

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Also spracht CG_Brad:
Thanks for pointing that out, i didn't notice that the Consumer Advice portion was incorrect. i'll get our crack errata staff on that... STAT!!!

No problem.

In all honesty, I noticed the miswritten CA when I read in on Thursday. I was just waiting to see if anyone would have written about it earlier.

QXZ · 05-24-2004, 08:22 PM

For those just tuning in, the CA section has been updated to match the review.

murkland · 05-25-2004, 03:40 AM

In reaction to the reviewer's musings regarding the possibility of an acrade cabinet: I would just like to point out that this game actually originated from an arcade cabinet with a hose peripherial.

Brad Gallaway · 05-25-2004, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by murkland

In reaction to the reviewer's musings regarding the possibility of an acrade cabinet: I would just like to point out that this game actually originated from an arcade cabinet with a hose peripherial.

The game you're referring to is "Brave Firefighters" which was an arcade machine put out by Sega (who also did Burning Rangers, the other firefighting game mentioned in the review.) Unless there were some development team members from BF who joined Konami for FD18, i don't believe there's any connection there.

Good try!

murkland · 05-25-2004, 04:55 AM

Okay,
I just figured the reviewer (you) might not be aware of such a cabinet, irrespective of the manufacturers. Just trying to help.