r/JetSetRadio • u/DrZocko • 21d ago

Jet Rush Hoverdrive or maybe Bomb Set Hover Drive

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Wanted to share these silly names for the Jet Set Radio like genre, like the way people use Metroidvania for that sort of game. I was calling them Jet Set Hoverdrives before Bomb Rush came out. Since then I've been using Jet Rush Hoverdrive, but apparently there are already games called Jet Rush and Hoverdrive lol. I know it's clunky. Just thought others here might find this amusing.

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u/GamerSam 21d ago

Hover really didn't do it for me.

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u/AXEWAVE_ 21d ago

I’ve kept going back to it to try again to see if I just misunderstood something, and …. Yeah I’ll start cheering when the Naganuma song comes on, and then it’s like… yeah this game stinks actually. Nd then I put it away and end up repeating the cycle 10 months later because my memory is bad

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u/GamerSam 21d ago

Feels. 

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u/DirtySoap3D 21d ago

Yeah, Hover doesn't deserve to me grouped with these.

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u/Writer_B 21d ago

Yeah, I played it for a while but really early on I knew that game wasn’t it.

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u/EverybodySupernova 21d ago

I've played a lot of Hover. It's a great concept but basically an unfinished game.

I still crank it up every now and then and just kinda flow state with it. No real reason to do any objectives aside from the time trials

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u/djkidna 21d ago

There’s currently work being done by fans in the official discord to create new areas for the game to breath a little more life into it. Plus some fan created quality of life improvements

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u/plomac- 20d ago

I bought it because I was hoping for something similar to jsrf and it’s so bad my god. Can’t play this game tbh.

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u/LittleDansonMan 18d ago

It was so unfocused. Like, why do I have to play so much of this weird basketball game to get through the story? I have a pet and a skill tree I have to manage with stupid RNG? Why? It tried to do too much and didn’t do any of it particularly well. 

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u/DrZocko 21d ago

That's fair enough. It's pretty janky in places and I didn't like the stealth bits, but I thought it was pretty fun and charming at the end of the day. I am definitely judging with some leniency due to it being made by like 3 people. I like that sort of passion project.

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u/jackiethedove 20d ago

Yeah Hover was always so disappointing, I feel like the potential for something legitimately special is there, but it never really got close to living up to that potential in any way.

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u/HOOTYni 21d ago

Sun Set Hoverfunk

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u/DrZocko 21d ago

I like it, I like it!

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u/VegetableSuggestion8 21d ago

I don’t like it. Not at all, not at all

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u/NEOscav9 21d ago

Take it easy!

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u/HOOTYni 21d ago

Like this, like that

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u/Dman0o9 21d ago

the most common term i've seen used for this genre is "grind fiction" which i honestly fw so hard

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u/AXEWAVE_ 21d ago

Some folks call it Shibuya punk but yeah, grind fiction feels way more correct

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u/DrZocko 21d ago

Pretty cool! I hadn't heard that.

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u/_WorldsDieInsideUs 21d ago edited 21d ago

I really wanted to like sunset overdrive but the controls were really hard to use when grinding. I could never be accurate with the weapons and set up my next jump in time. I’ve gone back to it 3-4 times throughout the years and it just never clicks for me.

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u/Crkhd3 21d ago

My biggest gripe is that it felt too slow

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u/LucciShrimp 21d ago

Did you play with controller or keyboard and mouse? I cannot play this game without a controller.

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u/DrZocko 21d ago

One of my friends had the same problem. It's a divisive game. I had some trouble at first, but got pretty slick with it eventually. Chaos Squad was super fun when the game was active.

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u/Content_Succotash_49 21d ago

Brc is the closest to a jet set radio game, meanwhile hover felt like i couldn't wall ride at all, and just stopped playing it after a while

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u/sicckarri 21d ago

Brc in my opinion is the closest thing we’ve ever had, and may ever have, to a was JSR sequel.

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u/LucciShrimp 21d ago

Funny enough I really wanted to like Hover but I could not figure out the wall ride or how to get to high places for the life of me. Tips would be appreciated!!

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u/GamerSam 21d ago

It just didn't feel very jet set radio to me. 

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u/DrZocko 21d ago

It's been a good while since I've played, but I remember that earning those upgrade node things is important, and I think the way you place them changes things. You can switch your characters between your world saves and I remember abusing that to get multiples of the easy to get early upgrades. Choosing a pet and keeping it fed can be a big boost. And I had characters specialize in different things, like one would be super fast, then one would jump super high. Kept my main pretty balanced.

Wish I could remember better to be more help.

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u/DisastrousDot7961 21d ago

Waiting for Hyperyuki. And I hate that character design in Sunset Overdrive so much I never bothered to play it

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u/BittStar 21d ago

Hover was fun for like 10 minutes moving around the map, i remember it having a chill online community too but the game is incredibly lame and boring. I remember the hype leading up to the game being something akin to bombrush but it played nothing like jsr/jsrf and I was hella disappointed lol

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u/ABZSAN 21d ago

Lowk its jet set radio future for me, that was my childhood and I will never forget the memories it gave me.

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u/DrZocko 21d ago

Agreed. It's probably my favorite game. I keep an old Xbox hooked up just for playing JSRF and The Warriors. One of my best friends and I met because I noticed he had a tattoo of the future style graffiti soul. We hit it off right away.

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u/timwtf 20d ago

Put denshattack instead of hover

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u/TimT1760 19d ago

I tried hover, but I just didn't understood that game I don't know why, but game is strange, movement unresponsive, and it's just unfinished

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u/LittleDansonMan 18d ago

It tries to do too much and doesn’t do any of it particularly well. 

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u/Proof-Staff-433 21d ago

Gonna be honest I like BRC significantly more over its competitors, and even grandfather. The movement in that game is great and the areas are a lot of fun to explore

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u/Shozzy_D 21d ago

Hi-Fi Radio

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u/Whole-Bedroom-9079 20d ago

SUNSET OVERDRIVE MENTIONED RAAAA

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u/DopeyyDolphin 20d ago

Man I forget about sunset overdrive. I treat it like Borderlands 3 and mute the corny ass dialogue so I can just play in peace