Emergency Heroes

Emergency Heroes
Emergency Heroes
North American cover art
DevelopersUbisoft Reflections
Ubisoft Barcelona[1][2]
PublisherUbisoft
PlatformWii
Release
  • NA: May 27, 2008
  • AU: June 12, 2008
  • EU: June 13, 2008
GenreDriving
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Emergency Heroes is a 2008 mission‑based driving game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Barcelona and published by Ubisoft for the Wii.

Story

The story follows Zach Harper, a former cadet of Emergency Heroes, a futuristic service that combines police, firefighting, and emergency medical roles. Harper leaves the program after his actions allegedly cause a fellow cadet's death. Captain Walters recalls him after the team is overwhelmed by a surge of disasters and crime in the city. Harper navigates San Alto's streets, extinguishing fires, rescuing citizens, clearing wreckage, and pursuing criminals.[3]

Gameplay

The game is a driving title in which vehicles are controlled with the Wii's motion controls.[4] As a first responder, the player completes missions by racing through various locations. Optional side activities are scattered throughout the map.[5]

Each mission uses a specific vehicle and requires different driving skills. For example, Rescue Buggies focus on jump‑based missions, while police missions take the form of car chases. The game features 12 rescue vehicle variants, including Police Pursuit, Police Road Clearance, Firefighter, and Rescuer; the remaining three are criminal vehicles. The game includes a two‑player mode.

Reception

Emergency Heroes received negative reviews, earning a 45% score on GameRankings[6] and a 41/100 rating on Metacritic.[7]

GameSpot rated the game 2.5 out of 10, describing it as "Terrible". They criticized the "sterile city", "repetitive missions", and "inconsequential plot", and wrote that neither the single‑player mode, described as a "slog through dull missions", nor the multiplayer mode was well‑designed.[4]

Eurogamer, which rated the game 5/10, noted that the controls were acceptable and that it might appeal to a "five year-old boy", but criticized the graphics, describing the environment as "like it belongs in a PSone game".[9]

See also

  • Emergency Mayhem, another Wii‑exclusive released the same year and also centered on emergency vehicles

References

  1. ^ Magrino, Tom (March 31, 2008). "Ubisoft issues call for Emergency Heroes". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Hatfield, Daemon (March 31, 2008). "Ubisoft Declares Emergency Heroes". IGN. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Ronaghan, Neal (June 22, 2008). "Emergency Heroes". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Cocker, Guy (July 1, 2008). "Emergency Heroes Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Emergency Heroes Review". Official Nintendo Magazine: 86. July 2008. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Emergency Heroes for Wii". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Emergency Heroes for Wii Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  8. ^ Hayward, Andrew (June 2, 2008). "Emergency Heroes". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  9. ^ a b Gibson, Ellie (September 3, 2008). "Wii Roundup (Page 2)". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  10. ^ Zacarias, Eduardo (June 16, 2008). "Emergency Heroes - WII - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  11. ^ Van Leuveren, Luke (June 20, 2008). "Emergency Heroes Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
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