Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
| Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage | |
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North American Dreamcast cover art
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| Developer(s) | Yuke's Media Creations |
| Publisher(s) | Eidos Interactive |
| Director(s) | Yoshio Togiya |
| Programmer(s) | Tatsuhiko Sugimoto Hiroki Ueno Takanori Yoshioka |
| Artist(s) | Kentarō Miura (character) |
| Writer(s) | Kentarō Miura Tsuyoshi Tamai |
| Composer(s) | Susumu Hirasawa |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast |
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| Genre(s) | Action game, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Flowers of Oblivion Original Game Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by Susumu Hirasawa | |
| Released | December 15, 1999 |
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| Length | 42:30 |
| Label | Hakusensha, Marine ENTERTAINMENT MMCC-7008 |
| Producer | Susumu Hirasawa, Kentaro Miura |
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage, released in Japan as Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Flowers of Oblivion (ベルセルク 千年帝国の鷹篇 喪失花の章 Beruseruku Sennnen Teikoku No Taka Hen Wasurebana no Shō?), is a hack and slash action video game for the Dreamcast based on the popular Berserk manga by Kentarō Miura. The game is set between volume 22 and 23 of the manga; right after Guts and Puck depart for Elfhelm with Casca, but before Farnese, Serpico, and Isidro catch up with them. The music is composed by Susumu Hirasawa, who also composed the anime series' music.
Released around the same time as Shenmue, Sword of the Berserk is notable for its early use of quick time events (QTE). It used these to determine the different non-linear paths the player would take, depending on whether they succeed or fail in pressing the displayed button quickly enough during a QTE, allowing different ways to complete the game.
After saving a traveling performer named Rita from bandits while on their way to Elfhelm, Guts, Casca, and Puck come to a small castle town to rest. Upon arriving, they learn of a disease that transforms its victims into "Mandragorans", making them go berserk and kill people, even their loved ones, without thinking. The ruler of the castle, Baron Balzac, learns of Guts killing a Mandragoran and brings him to the dungeon where people infected with the disease are kept. Balzac brings Guts to his laboratory while explaining that he is searching for a supposed cure. Guts learns from Balzac that the disease comes from an unusual plant, the Mandragora that grew into a tree located in a nearby village on the borders of his domain. After meeting a group of rebels that abducted Casca and learning the baron is a tyrant to their people, Guts decides to carry out Balzac's request for the Great Tree's heart since the baron's findings might provide a cure for Casca's madness. But while Guts is joined by Rita and a group of rebels, Balzac's men raid the rebels' hideout and capture Casca.
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