Baldr Force (2002) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Baldr Force

In the future, cyberspace has become exceedingly dominant. Armed conflicts and cyber-terrorism flourished. Giant mechas known as Simulacrums are utilized for battles within the cyberspace. Toru Souma is an…

1 November 2002

What Baldr Force is

Baldr Force is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by GIGA Team Baldrhead and released in 2002. It was published by Alchemist. It is available on Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on NeXAS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As a hacker of the renowned hacking group "Steppenwolf", Tooru Souma and his partners earn their living by hacking into servers and selling the information they steal. As the last hacking before disbanding their group, they hacked into a military server, but soon they find this is a setup by the military to lure terrorists, and they were drawn into battle between two factions. At the end, one of Tooru Souma's friends was killed by an unknown Simulacrum, while most of other group members have been arrested. To investigate and avenge his friend's death, Tooru Souma accepted the offer to join the military.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, erotic and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Baldr series

Baldr Force is the fourth of 12 entries we hold in the Baldr series. It arrived 2 years after Baldr Bullet. The next entry was Baldr Sky "Zero" in 2013.

See all 12 Baldr games in release order →

What it launched against

Baldr Force launched on 1 November 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Metroid Fusion.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion.

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