Burning Rangers
| Burning Rangers | |
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European cover art
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| Developer(s) | Sonic Team |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Naoto Ohshima |
| Producer(s) | Yuji Naka |
| Artist(s) | Naoto Ohshima Hideaki Moriya Kosei Kitamura |
| Composer(s) |
Naofumi Hataya Fumie Kumatani Masaru Setsumaru |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn |
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| Genre(s) | Action, third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |   |
| CVG | |
| GamePro | 8/10 |
| GameSpot | 6.2/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
| Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) | 90% |
| Sega Saturn Magazine (Japan) | 80% |
| Hobby Consolas | 92% |
| GMR | 8/10 |
Burning Rangers (Japanese: バーニングレンジャー Hepburn: Bāningu Renjā?) is a 3D action video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. It was released in Japan on 26 February 1998, in North America on 31 May 1998, and in Europe on 16 June 1998. The game is set in a futuristic society in which fire is the remaining danger. Players control one of an elite group of firefighters, the Burning Rangers, who extinguish fires and rescue civilians in burning buildings. Most of the tasks the players complete are centred around collecting energy crystals to transport civilians to safety. In lieu of an in-game map, Burning Rangers features a voice navigation system which directs players through corridors.
Development began shortly after the release of Christmas Nights in November 1996. Producer Yuji Naka wanted to create a game which involved saving people rather than killing them. Sonic Team chose to connect the game with firefighting as they thought it was an effective way of having players identify with heroism.
Burning Rangers received mostly positive reviews. Critics unanimously commended the game's soundtrack and audio, with the voice navigation system receiving particular praise. The response to the graphics was mixed, with some critics asserting that it had the best visuals on the Saturn, although it was noted for its poor collision detection and occasional glitching. The game was among the final five Saturn titles released in America.
Burning Rangers is a third-person shooter game in which players complete missions involving extinguishing fires and rescuing civilians. The game is set in a futuristic society in which fire is the only danger, and stars an elite group of firefighters, the Burning Rangers. The player assumes control of one of two apprentice rangers, and completes tasks across the game's four levels. The primary objective is to transport stranded civilians from burning buildings, by collecting energy crystals dropped from extinguished fires. A minimum of five crystals are needed to transport a civilian to safety; the player receives an energy shield if they use ten. The crystals function similarly to rings in Sonic the Hedgehog games: possessing at least one crystal allows a player to survive damage from an enemy or fire. Being hit once scatters the player's crystals and renders them vulnerable to death.
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