Red Steel is a shooter developed by Ubisoft Paris, released 19 November 2006 on Wii.
What Red Steel is
Red Steel is a shooter game developed by Ubisoft Paris and released in 2006. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Wii only. It runs on Unreal Engine 2.5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Taking place in both the USA and Japan, Red Steel is a crime themed shooter that has the player controlled Scott Monroe fighting off various members of the Yakuza clans in order to rescue his fianceé. It features sword duels and gun fights using the Wiimote, to allow the player to swing the control as they would swing a sword. The positioning and movement actions of the Wiimote also let the player aim their weapons almost as they would a real gun.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Red Steel holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 26% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Red Steel launched on 19 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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