The Red Star
Set around three main characters, The Red Star tells the tale of an alternate Russia, the URRS, where massive technology and futuristic weapons are wielded by its army, The Red Fleet. Your journey begins as…
The Red Star is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Acclaim Studios Austin, released 20 April 2007 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 and iOS.
What The Red Star is
The Red Star is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Acclaim Studios Austin and released in 2007. It was published by XS Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 and iOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set around three main characters, The Red Star tells the tale of an alternate Russia, the URRS, where massive technology and futuristic weapons are wielded by its army, The Red Fleet. Your journey begins as Maya Antares, the sorceress-general for The Red Fleet, searches for her husband, Marcus, who was lost in battle. Each of the game's three characters offers different game experiences. During cooperative play, player characters can interact with each other and perform special attacks.
How it plays
Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction.
How it was received
The Red Star holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 48% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What it launched against
The Red Star launched on 20 April 2007, within three weeks of Persona 3 FES, The Lord of the Rings Online, Super Paper Mario and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Persona 3 FES, The Lord of the Rings Online, Super Paper Mario, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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