Crimson Tears

Crimson Tears
Crimson Tears
Crimson Tears Coverart.png
PAL cover depicting the game's three characters. From left to right: Tokio, Amber, and Kadie.
Developer(s) Spike, Dream Factory
Publisher(s) Capcom
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release date(s)
  • JP April 22, 2004
  • NA July 21, 2004
  • PAL November 5, 2004
Genre(s) Beat 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s)

Crimson Tears (クリムゾンティアーズ?) is a cel-shaded 2004 sci-fi beat 'em up game developed by Spike and Dream Factory for the PlayStation 2. The game is set in Tokyo in the year 2049 and revolves around three characters whose home has been destroyed. As seen on the game's front cover, this trio seems human; however, they are actually bio-engineered weapons developed by a company named A.R.M.A. called "mutanoids". A notable feature of Crimson Tears is that the levels are generated on the fly using templates, as opposed to a predefined game worlds that are the same every time.

The game plays similarly to many dungeon crawlers except that the combat is in real-time. Unlike in most sixth generation games, the levels are completely flat.

The game has a score of 63% at Metacritic. While critics praised the game's cel-shaded graphics and anime cutscenes, they criticized the game's repetitive nature.

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