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1. Baldr Force Exe. The Wired World exists on a network of servers which can only be accessed by the mind. Souma Toru knows the logged-in land well; his hacker gang once had the run of the place. When tragedy tore his group apart, he was forced to join FLAK: a military organization that protects the hidden data paradise. Toru vows to avenge the.
2. The Wired World exists on a network of servers which can only be accessed by the mind. Souma Toru knows the logged-in land well; his hacker gang once had the run of the place. When tragedy tore his group apart, he was forced to join FLAK: a military organization that protects the hidden data paradise. Toru vows to avenge the dead of his past, even as new ghosts take shape in the present.

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Well... first, I should say that Baldr Force EXE was the thirty-fifth untranslated VN I played. At the time, I didn't have a controller, and I ended up suffering from horrible wrist pain from playing using the keyboard. So my first piece of advice to anyone trying to play this game is to get a controller (most are compatible) that you are comfortable using. This shares basic gameplay with Baldr Skydive, though that game's battle system is quite a bit more advanced. As such, feel free to search my Random VN Thread for my comments on it, lol. It is an action-based system where you use three attack buttons in combination with being at short or long range, dashing, or sprinting (short dash) to combo up to twelve different attacks ranging from fist strikes and submachine guns (you'll use the submachinegun attack throughout the game, because of its utility) to beam bazookas and landmines.

The actual story of this game is very different from what you'd expect from a similar VN today, simply because the choice of characters is different from what most modern readers have grown to expect. There is very little of the 'manzai' comedic byplay that is common to almost every VN made after 2006, and there are bad endings and horrible things that happen to the heroines just in the normal course of the route. While bad endings in themselves aren't rare, ones with story as extensive as these are a bit rare, lol.

This VN's art quality is probably about the best you'll see in any VN from the same era. The CGs, the tachie, and the backgrounds are all about as detailed as you can expect from a VN made around the turn of the century, and all the characters are well-differentiated from each other (though the designs are familiar from various anime that ran before or around the same time).

The musical quality is pretty high... no generic tracks here, though there are remixes of them in later Baldr games. Voices are a bit (quite a bit in some cases) less professional or more grainy than you'll have grown used to with modern VNs, though it isn't so bad as to break the experience.

The protagonist is a young hacker who is a typical rebellious youth who ends up caught in a nasty situation through his own stupid actions. If you know basic tactics, you'll frequently find yourself facepalming early on because of the sheer stupidity of some of the things he does. Nonetheless, compared to the hetare or 'normal' protagonists that are common to most VNs, he is a definite improvement.

There are a total of six heroines: Minori, Ayane, Ryian, Tsukina, Hikaru, and Ren. The route order is locked in stone, with you having to play Minori and Ayane, followed by Ryian and Tsukina, followed by Hikaru, then finally Ren as the 'true' heroine. Each heroine has multiple endings (one sad/bad one good at the very least) and a strong individual route that splits off at some point from the main route. Tsukina's route splits off the earliest, almost at the very beginning, whereas most of the other paths (except Ren's) split off about halfway through the game. This leads to lots of separate events with each heroine - none of them pointless. Just to warn you, like all Baldr games, the setting and story are fairly dark, so don't go in expecting rays of sunshine.

If I were asked which - besides Ren's - stood out the most, I would say Ryian's or Tsukina's stood out the most. Both paths follow unique progression that puts you through an experience almost completely unconnected with the others in general flow. Ryian's is perhaps the hardest emotionally, whereas Renn's is by far the hardest in terms of gameplay.

My overall thoughts on the game generally focus on the simple fact that going through six heroine paths in a VN with gameplay is frigging exhausting. Not only that, but there is a definite feeling of information overload afterward... which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Nonetheless, the actual raw story is very well-written, if in a convention many newer VN readers won't be accustomed to. At the same time, the scenario design is of the highest quality... reminding me why Giga should never be allowed to make VNs outside the Baldr series, since it makes their normal works look like crap.

Baldr Force is a 2D action-shooter game and erogevisual novel with fast action and detailed sprite characters. The game features a world in the not-so-distant future where humans are able to dive into the network, and fight using humanoid tools called 'Simulacrum'.

Baldr Force EXE[edit]

Baldr Force EXE adds the following:

• Bald hell mode
• New weapon: gravity field
• Super easy mode
• Bald checker 1/2 data

The Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions removed the adult only scenes.

The PS2 version has a new voice casting, a new theme song, a new opening movie and a new cutscene. Hyper mode and time attack mode were also added to this version.

The Premium pack version, available at the PlayStation 2's rerelease, includes a robot figure.

Baldr Force 'Standard Edition'[edit]

It is the PC port of the PlayStation 2 version. However, the title song is still based on the original Windows games. It includes enhanced visuals.

An early order includes a full remake of the soundtrack CD.

Plot[edit]

As a hacker of the renowned hacking group 'Steppenwolf', Tōru Sōma (相馬 透, Sōma Tōru) and his partners earn their living by hacking into servers and selling the information they steal.

As the last hacking before disbanding their group, they hacked into a military server, but soon they find this is a setup by the military to lure terrorists, and they were drawn into battle between two factions. At the end, one of Tōru Sōma's friends was killed by an unknown Simulacrum, while most other group members have been arrested. To investigate and avenge his friend's death, Tōru accepted the offer to join the military.

Characters[edit]

Steppenwolf[edit]

Tooru Souma (相馬 透, Sōma Tōru)

Voiced by: Akira Ishida (PS2 Version), Kenichi Suzumura (OVA Version) (Japanese); Jason Liebrecht (English)

Tsukina Sasagiri (笹桐 月菜, Sasagiri Tsukina)

Voiced by: Miya Serizono (PC Version), Ayako Kawasumi (PS2 Version), Rina Sato (OVA Version) (Japanese); Trina Nishimura (English)

Yuuya Nonomura (野々村 優哉, Nonomura Yūya)

Voiced by: Kazuki Yamaguchi (PC Version), Shinichiro Miki (PS2 Version), Hiroki Takahashi (OVA Version) (Japanese); Christopher R. Sabat, Travis Willingham (young) (English)

Akira Nikaidou (二階堂 あきら, Nikaidō Akira)

Voiced by: Gekki Kanna (PC Version), Souichiro Hoshi (PS2 Version), Kentaro Ito (OVA Version) (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)

FLAK[edit]

Minori Segawa (瀬川 みのり, Segawa Minori)

Voiced by: Manami Takeshita (PC Version), Yukari Fukui (PS2 Version), Mai Nakahara (OVA Version) (Japanese); Gwendolyn Lau (English)

Ayane Shidou (紫藤 彩音, Shidō Ayane)

Voiced by: Shoko Sakamoto (PC Version), Michiko Neya (PS2 Version), Hitomi Nabatame (OVA Version) (Japanese); Brina Palencia (English)

Kaira Kirsten (カイラ・キルステン, Kaira Kirusuten)

Voiced by: Satomi Watanabe (PC Version), Manabi Mizuno (PS2 Version), Shizuka Ito (OVA Version) (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)

Yousuke Kashiwagi (柏木 洋介, Kashiwagi Yōsuke)

Voiced by: Kunihiko Akita (PC Version), Daisuke Hirakawa (PS2 Version), Daisuke Ono (OVA Version) (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English)

Souji Yagisawa (八木澤 宗次, Yagisawa Sōji)

Voiced by: Toru Sakura (PC Version), Ryusuke Obayashi (PS2 Version), Shinpachi Tsuji (OVA Version) (Japanese); Mark Stoddard (English)

Gen Gondou (権堂 厳, Gondō Gen)

Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (PC Version), Ken Narita (PS2 Version), Tomomichi Nishimura (OVA Version) (Japanese); Cole Brown (English)

Fei Dao[edit]

Qu Wong (クーウォン, Kūwon)

Voiced by: Ryoku Riki (PC Version), Akio Otsuka (PS2 Version), Keiji Fujiwara (OVA Version)

Liang (リャン, Ryan)

Voiced by: Aoi Sakuragi (PC Version), Mamiko Noto (PS2 Version), Nana Mizuki (OVA Version) (Japanese); Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)

Genha (ゲンハ, Genha)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Toriyama (PC Version), Shigeru Chiba (PS2 Version), Wataru Takagi (OVA Version) (Japanese); Chris Cason (English)

Others[edit]

Reika Tachibana (橘 玲佳, Tachibana Reika)

Voiced by: Wataru Kaiato^[1] (PC Version), Atsuko Tanaka (PS2 Version), Sayaka Ohara (OVA Version) (Japanese); Stephanie Young (English)

Bachelor (バチェラ, Bachera)

Voiced by: Mamoru Ayukawa (PC Version), Haruko Momoi (PS2 Version), Houko Kuwashima (OVA Version) (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)

Ren Mizusaka (水坂 憐, Mizusaka Ren)

Voiced by: Natsumi Yanase (PC Version), Sakura Nogawa (PS2 Version), Noriko Shitaya (OVA Version) (Japanese); Carrie Savage (English)

OVA[edit]

An OVA based on the game entitled, 'BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution' was released on October 11, 2006. The OVA consists of 4 episodes^[2] and was directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Funimation licensed the OVA for North American distribution on July 21, 2007, and it was released on May 20, 2008, including all 4 episodes on one DVD. Funimation released the OVA under the name Baldr Force EXE, dropping 'Resolution' from the title. The OVA's opening theme is 'Face of Fact (Resolution Ver.)' by Kotoko, and the ending theme is 'Undelete' by Mami Kawada.

Plot[edit]

An entire world exists unseen, a world that can be accessed only by the mind ... the Wired World. A place of freedom. And occasionally a place of death.

Tōru Sōma knows the land of the logged-in well, for he and his fearless gang of hackers once had the run of the place. But as tragedy came to call and the group disbanded, he was forced to join the ranks of FLAK; a military organization charged with protecting the hidden data paradise deep within the vast network of servers. Indentured into service and out for revenge, Tōru cannot let go of the dead of the past even as a ghost of the present takes shape.

Tōru with the loneliness and confusion of being trapped between two worlds, there is only one question ... What is reality?

Baldr Force Re-Action[edit]

Baldr Force Exe Anime

It is a game included with Xross Scramble, which uses Baldr Force characters.

Reception[edit]

Helen McCarthy put 'BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution' into the book 500 Essential Anime Movies and stated that 'the story is simple, but has plenty of well crafted CGI action'.^[3]

Baldr Force Exe

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Baldr Force

1. ^http://beautyplanets.web.fc2.com/VADB/actor/c_0294.html
2. ^'DVD info page of official site'. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
3. ^McCarthy, Helen. 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 46. — 528 p. — ISBN978-0061474507

External links[edit]

Baldr Force Review

• Giga game page(in Japanese)
• Alchemist game page(in Japanese)
• BALDR FORCE Standard Edition game page(in Japanese)
• BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution OVA homepage (archive) (in Japanese)
• Baldr Force (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Baldr Force at The Visual Novel Database

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