Racing Lagoon (PlayStation) Racing Lagoon is broken up into a series of nights with the player navigating around Yokohama challenging other street racers, completing optional side events, and advancing the story by visiting locations on the overworld.Īll of the non racing action takes place on an overworld map in which you can drive around freely. While the game is heavy on the narrative, the nature of its racing genre means the casual player can navigate through the game easily. Somewhere along the lines, WON-TEC, an evil corporation, and a drug called DIABLO get thrown into the mix as the plot moves along. Racing Lagoon (PlayStation) The plot revolves around Sho Akasaki, a young street racer for the Bay Lagoon Racing team with amnesia (of course) fighting against rival gangs in Japan to become the Fastest Legend, while also searching to uncover the mystery behind his lost identity. The story segments play out over static prerendered backgrounds with the CG model characters acting over them. The car models are very well done and are at the same level of a Gran Turismo 2 or Ridge Racer Type 4. Those nostalgic for grainy, low poly cityscapes will find a lot to love about Racing Lagoon s visuals. The contrasting color palette of dark and light blues or greens do a fantastic job of painting a pseudo-neon haze over the pixellated Yokohama. The game begins with an ultra stylish intro that immerses you in the world of 1999 Yokohama. It draws direct parallels to the series from the music to the 1986 Toyota Corolla AE86 the player begins with. The rather bizarre script was written by Motomu Toriyama, who later directed Final Fantasy X-2 and the Final Fantasy XIII games.

Round out this oddball cast of Squaresofts cult hits is the producer Akitoshi Kawazu, most notable for being director in the SaGa series. Tsukasa Fujita, notable for being on the Final Fantasy Tactics team, is listed as the designer for the game.

The game was directed by Hitoshi Sasaki, who also was the gamegraphic designer for Bahamut Lagoon, another cross breed RPG released on the Super Famicom. In addition to original games such as Parasite Eve and Xenogears, Squaresoft also took bold steps with their established franchises with very different entries in the SaGa and Mana series. Over the course of the PlayStations lifetime, Squaresoft produced original IPs at a rate that hasnt been seen before or since for the company, especially in their second life as Square-Enix. Japanese PlayStation Cover There were few companies with an output like Squaresoft in the mid to late 90s.

The overworld map itself is designed quite well and looks similar to the one found in Parasite Eve, but benefits from the freedom of movement. Racing Lagoon Iso English By quotescompturn1984 Follow | Public

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